Primeval Whirl
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| Primeval Whirl | |
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| Disney's Animal Kingdom | |
| Land | DinoLand U.S.A. |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Attraction type | Steel-spinning roller coaster |
| Theme | Time machine |
| Soft opening date | March 31, 2002 |
| Opening date | April 18, 2002 |
| Ride duration | 1:10 minutes |
| Height requirements | 48" (122 cm) |
The ride is lightly themed, with decorations related to time travel and to the meteor which is believed to have caused the extinction of dinosaurs (Cretaceous-Teritary extinction event). This gives the coaster a storyline very similar to that of the nearby dark ride, DINOSAUR.
Similar to Space Mountain at Magic Kingdom, Primeval Whirl has actually two roller coasters with identical layouts, but facing opposite directions.
Fastpass is available for the ride.
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.
- 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.
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