Disney Parks has started demolition on Primeval Whirl at Animal Kingdom this week.
Disney placed construction walls around the ride earlier this month, signaling that the ride’s end was near.
The attraction, located at Animal Kingdom’s DinoLand, was one of the centerpieces of the park. Visitors noticed that several of the large archways that framed the chain lift of the ride were pulled off the starting hill. Bioreconstruct of Twitter recently posted several pictures of the destruction as you can see below:
Areas of cut roller coaster track at the demolition of Primeval Whirl. pic.twitter.com/q0fiOF2rlU
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) October 2, 2021
Primeval Whirl 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 spun in circles while traveling on tracks, permitting the ride experience to vary greatly each time it is ridden.
Disney has yet to comment on what would replace the ride.