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Primeval Whirl
Primeval Whirl WDW.jpg
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 / 28.3564028; -81.587722
Status Closed
Opening date March 31, 2002
Closing date March 15, 2020
General statistics
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)
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Primeval Whirl at RCDB

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.

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