Disney Is Adjusting Safety Measures To The Primeval Whirl

By Matthew Williams
21:36, March 5th 2008
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Disney Is Adjusting Safety Measures To The Primeval Whirl

Walt Disney World will make changes regarding the safety to a roller coaster in the Animal Kingdom after an employer was killed last year by one of the ride’s car.

According to Disney spokeswoman Kim Prunty, the entry and exit areas of Primeval Whirl will be changed, with sensor mats which will be installed in the restricted area that will stop the ride once they are stepped on.

Also the ride platform will be extended and bold stripes will be placed in the load and unload zones.

On November 24 ride attendant Karen Price, 63, got hit by a car from the ride in the loading area of the Primeval Whirl after she fell from a platform. A few days later she died.

Her death is still investigated by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Prunty said that the safety work will take a few weeks as it will be done after hours.

According to her, since it was opened in 2002 there wasn’t any rider seriously wounded on the Primeval Whirl.

Still, the park still faces a lawsuit from a man who said got injured in 2005 at his knee when he got off the ride.

Primeval Whirl is a ride at Disney's Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort. Is spinning roller coaster and is part of Chester and Hester's Dino-Rama, which at its time is part of Dinoland USA.

It fits in the category of “Mild but Wild Thrills” of the roller coaster. Primeval Whirl has cars that spin in circles while on tracks and has seat for 4 riders.



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