Primeval Whirl facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Primeval Whirl |
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Car going up chain lift
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| 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 | Closed |
| Opening date | March 31, 2002 |
| Closing date | March 15, 2020 |
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| Type | Steel – Spinning – Wild Mouse |
| Manufacturer | Reverchon Industries |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Model | Spinning Coaster |
| Track layout | Wild Mouse |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 42.7 ft (13.0 m) |
| Length | 1,377.9 ft (420.0 m) |
| Speed | 29.1 mph (46.8 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 1:30 |
| Capacity | 900 riders per hour |
| G-force | 2.5 |
| Height restriction | 48 in (122 cm) |
 Fastpass+ available |
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| Primeval Whirl at RCDB Pictures of Primeval Whirl at RCDB |
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Primeval Whirl was a steel Wild Mouse roller coaster at Disney's Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort. The ride was a spinning roller coaster purchased from Reverchon Industries. The ride was part of Chester and Hester's Dino-Rama, which is itself part of DinoLand U.S.A. It was a roller coaster in the "Mild But Wild Thrills" category. It had cars that spin in circles while traveling on tracks, permitting the ride experience to vary greatly each time it is ridden. The ride featured 13 cars, each seating up to 4 riders.
Similar to Space Mountain at the Magic Kingdom, Primeval Whirl was actually two roller coasters facing opposite directions. Unlike Space Mountain, both tracks had an identical layout instead of the mirrored track.
The ride had been reduced to seasonal operation from June 17, 2019, and later in September park officials stated that the attraction would only be operating on a seasonal basis. On July 16, 2020, officials confirmed that the attraction would not re-open after various speculation.
The ride
The ride was themed to time travel and to the meteor which was believed to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. This gave the coaster a storyline very similar to that of Dinosaur, the nearby dark ride.
