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Primeval Whirl
(photos below)
In the Dinorama section of Animal Kingdom, there's an
outdoor roller coaster called Primeval Whirl. It's actually a
"low-budget" take-off of Dinosaur,
another attraction also in Animal Kingdom. It seems that a
dinosaur-fossil-hunting couple known as Chester and Hester
have set up the Dinorama area as a tourist trap in order to
raise money to support their archaeological habit. In addition
to Primeval Whirl, Dinorama also has Triceratops Spin, a large
gift shop, a snack bar, and a host of carnival games to
entertain Chester's and Hester's visitors.
The coaster is rather ordinary, it has hills and heights,
and perhaps the fact that each car rotates on its own chassis
(in addition to the forward motion on the tracks) makes it
somewhat unique, but not enough so to warrant any special
treatment here. The fright factor--for me at least--comes from
the fact that the track framework looks rather
"skimpy" with respect to the size of the ride
vehicles. Of all the rides at WDW, this is the one I most try
to avoid.
Primeval Whirl is more of an ordinary carnival-style
coaster than something that, in my opinion, should be in a
theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. In fact, the whole
Dinorama area seems like a stopgap measure to fill space (and
time) in a park which was frequently criticized for having to
little to do. However, while Dinorama may have served its
purpose in the recent past, with the several new gatebuster
attractions and shows which have since opened in Animal
Kingdom, I feel that Dinorama has outlived its usefulness. I
hope that the future will see this area redeveloped--either as
a higher-quality Dinorama, or as something else altogether.
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