Primeval Whirl
| Primeval Whirl | |
|---|---|
 Car going up chain lift | |
| Disney's Animal Kingdom | |
| Location | Disney's Animal Kingdom |
| Park section | DinoLand U.S.A. - Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama |
| Coordinates | 28°21′23.05″N 81°35′15.8″W / 28.3564028°N 81.587722°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | March 31, 2002 |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel – Spinning – Wild Mouse |
| Manufacturer | Reverchon Industries |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Model | Spinning Cars |
| Track layout | Wild Mouse |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Drop | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Length | 1,378 ft (420 m) |
| Speed | 29 mph (47 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 1:30 |
| Capacity | 900 riders per hour |
| G-force | 2.5 |
| Height restriction | 48 in (122 cm) |
 Fastpass+ available | |
| Primeval Whirl at RCDB | |
Primeval Whirl is a steel wild mouse roller coaster at Disney's Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort. The ride is an "off the shelf" spinning roller coaster purchased from Reverchon Industries. The ride is part of Chester and Hester's Dino-Rama, which is itself part of DinoLand U.S.A. It is a roller coaster in the "Mild But Wild Thrills" category. It has cars that spin in circles while traveling on tracks, permitting the ride experience to vary greatly each time it is ridden. The ride features 13 cars, each seating up to 4 riders.
The ride
The ride is lightly themed, with decorations related to time travel and to the meteor which is believed to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. This gives the coaster a storyline very similar to that of the nearby dark ride, DINOSAUR.
Similar to Space Mountain at the Magic Kingdom, Primeval Whirl is actually two roller coasters with identical layouts, but facing opposite directions.
Incidents
On Thursday, November 29, 2007, Karen Price, a Disney Cast Member, died in a Florida hospital, five days after falling from the Primeval Whirl ride platform and hitting her head. On March 5, 2008, Disney announced it was adding sensors that would detect if a cast member entered into areas that are off limits and stop the movement of the ride vehicles in the immediate area.[1][2]
On Monday, March 14, 2011, 52-year-old Russell Sherry Roscoe, a Disney Cast Member, died at Orlando Regional Medical Center after suffering a head trauma while working on The Little Dip section of the ride the previous day.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Primeval Whirl". WDWHistory.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Disney's Animal Kingdom ride gets added safety features". tribunedigital-orlandosentinel.
- ^ "Disney's Animal Kingdom worker dies from injuries". tribunedigital-orlandosentinel.
External links
- Official Page
- WDWMAGIC Dino-Rama page - includes details about Primeval Whirl
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