Draft:Primordial (roller coaster)

• Comment: The two sources (KUTV and the Deseret News) that could be used to demonstrate WP:SIGCOV both relate to the opening of the attraction and are, therefore, probably WP:ROUTINE. This may, potentially, be a WP:N subject, though this might be a case of WP:TOOSOON. Chetsford (talk) 22:15, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

• Comment: For a Wikipedia article to be published, it must be about a notable subject. A subject is notable if it has significant coverage in several independent, reliable sources.
  Coverage of a subject is significant if the subject is covered in depth in the source; passing mentions and routine news stories are generally not significant. The sources cited here are routine news stories.
  Additionally, the "Ride experience" section requires citations. I'm not sure where your very thorough description of the ride's layout comes from, but Wikipedia does not allow users to write their own summary of something because that is original research. voorts (talk/contributions) 01:13, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

• Comment: At present, I'm concerned the existing source may be routine coverage and thus, not denote notability. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 15:02, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

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Primordial is a 4D, interactive dark ride roller coaster at Lagoon Amusement Park located in Farmington, Utah. It is the newest and most technologically advanced ride at the park, created in partnership with ART Engineering and Triotech. A roller-coaster/dark ride hybrid, Primordial is mostly housed inside an 87-foot-tall, 70,000-square-foot synthetic mountain. It bears resemblance to and draws inspiration from Wonder Mountain’s Guardian in Canada’s Wonderland.

Construction of the ride began in 2018 but was suspended in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Construction later resumed in early 2021. Primordial was teased to open during the 2023 season, though it was postponed by park management multiple times. The ride was opened—seemingly unannounced—on September 15, and held ride "previews" exclusively for Lagoon season passholders.

Ride experience

Guests enter the ride queue by passing under a concrete arch and making a few turns that lead to a square, castle-like building about halfway through. Inside this one-room structure is an animatronic of the regal lynx Queen Azdra, who informs passersby of the ride's plot, in which her kingdom's legendary guardians—day-protecting dragon Dragnor and night-sheltering owl Astradir—have been captured by a clan of monsters called the Army of the Ancient Enemies. In this address, Azdra also introduces two other characters, Puntus and Ateca, who serve as "guides" to the guests and make small appearances throughout the ride.

After leaving the pre-show room, guests pass by the locker section and ascend a ramp that leads to the loading dock, which is designed to look like a medieval village. Here, riders are given 3D glasses and loaded onto sideways-facing pairs of stylized vehicles that are equipped with blasters, score counters, and an on-board soundtrack.

Once out of the dock, the vehicle trains rotate to face forward and make a near-180° turn onto the lift hill, where they ascend nearly to the height of the mountain. At the top of the hill, a semi-hidden camera takes photos of the riders, which are used later on in the ride. The trains then fall and turn into a sideways loop, which cuts straight into the side of the mountain.

Once inside the mountain, the trains brake and slowly move riders through the first of four dark-ride sections. This area contains a long, arched screen, which displays a swamp-like area home to giant spiders that can be shot for points. At the end of the screen, Puntus and Ateca can be found, encouraging riders to proceed.

The second section displays a giant castle resting on a craggy pillar in the center of a seemingly bottomless chasm. The main targets here are skull-faced phantoms in purple robes that fly around the castle. At the end of this screen, the vehicles pivot left to face a real-life sculpture of one of these phantoms. They then fall backwards as if to escape the phantom and turn through the only indoor coaster section of the ride.

The trains brake again and twist to the right to face the third section, featuring a body of water from which bird-like creatures (vaguely resembling Minecraft's phantoms) emerge, becoming targets for riders.

The final section contains a physical alcove, which houses two enemy statues. The enemies are independently illuminated based upon which one is to be fought and which guardian is to be saved: the armored skeleton signifies the ending with Dragnor, while the blue troll indicates Astradir. Depending on the selection, riders are taken onto one of two tracks that move past a flat screen displaying a group of either of the two target enemies. They then enter one of two wrap-around screen rooms. The room displaying a realm of lava features Dragnor's escape and ends in a vertical drop, while the room displaying the realm of ice shows Astradir's escape and ends in a slide either forward or backward. Each room is also capable of displaying different visual finales.

During any and all of these endings, riders are plunged into darkness for a few moments and eventually brought back toward the loading dock. Here, they get to see their scores paired with their pictures from the beginning of the ride, and receive a randomly selected message from Puntus and Ateca, who can be seen running through a cave inside a fake hole in the wall. Passing by a fantasy mural, riders unload from the vehicles, return their glasses, and continue to the lockers and gift shop, which sells fantasy-themed merchandise as well as souvenirs donning the Primordial logo.

External links

• Primordial (Lagoon) at the Roller Coaster DataBase
• Primordial at Triotech's website