Changes coming to Primeval Whirl

[Mr Bill]

http://www.local6.com/news/15500139/detail.html

Looks like they're adding sensors to automatically stop the ride as well as improving the loading and unloading areas.

 

[Gooch]

This is the only ride in WDW I refuse to go on...and the Tea Cups. Damn those Tea Cups!

 

[Captain Chaos]

Maybe they can make it less violent... I always get off the ride hurting from slamming side to side...

 

[Master Yoda]

The story also made it into the Washington post. The Post article goes just slightly more in depth about the changes.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/05/AR2008030501389.html

There was also a notice of commencement filed yesterday on a new platform for primeval whirl.

 

[Hammer1310]

Do yer worst. They've already ruined this ride in my opinion. The last trip we went on it didn't spin nearly as much or as early in the ride as it used to. I don't mind the extreme jolts and turns, those are fun. Heck, that's half the point of riding. We always started laughing about the time it started throwing us around.:ROFLOL:

 

[Teenchy]

Someone always beats me to the WDW news! Anyways here is another link from another source. This is mostly for operator safety does not look like the ride itself will change.
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/printarticle.aspx?feed=AP&date=20080305&id=8286259

 

[BillyBuff]

Do yer worst. They've already ruined this ride in my opinion. The last trip we went on it didn't spin nearly as much or as early in the ride as it used to. I don't mind the extreme jolts and turns, those are fun. Heck, that's half the point of riding. We always started laughing about the time it started throwing us around.:ROFLOL:

Rode it a few times and didn't think it spun as much but when they stuck us with 2 other people with a total of 4 people on the ride, I think that gave it some sort of an off-set in weight distribution. Well, the couple seated next to us weighed more than 600 lbs combined...

that's just my theory...lol :ROFLOL:

 

[Dink5582]

I don't tend to do rides that much as I am a big wimp but I LOVE LOVE LOVE this ride and I insist we have to go on it every year, unfortunately my partner hates it because it throws you about but he does it for me as I wait on him!

I hope the ride doesn't change other than with the safety updates!

Just thought I'd share :sohappy::sohappy::sohappy::sohappy:

Rob
x

 

[Rob562]

Do yer worst. They've already ruined this ride in my opinion. The last trip we went on it didn't spin nearly as much or as early in the ride as it used to. I don't mind the extreme jolts and turns, those are fun. Heck, that's half the point of riding. We always started laughing about the time it started throwing us around.:ROFLOL:

The spinning is dictated almost entirely by the weight distribution of the riders and not by anything that Disney can adjust. I've been on some rides where it's spun a lot, others where it didn't spin much at all. It's simply the weight distribution and where the heaviest point of the car is located when it hits a curve. If the heaviest point is already pointing toward the curve, it won't spin much. But if the heaviest point is turned to the side as it hits the curve, it'll be flung into a spin.

I suppose that Disney *could* fool with the spinning (knowingly or unknowingly) by adjusting how well-greased axles and bearings are, or installing some kind of brake restrictor on the chassis, but I've never heard of such things being done.

-Rob

 

[Ausdaddy]

The spinning is dictated almost entirely by the weight distribution of the riders and not by anything that Disney can adjust. I've been on some rides where it's spun a lot, others where it didn't spin much at all. It's simply the weight distribution and where the heaviest point of the car is located when it hits a curve. If the heaviest point is already pointing toward the curve, it won't spin much. But if the heaviest point is turned to the side as it hits the curve, it'll be flung into a spin.

I suppose that Disney *could* fool with the spinning (knowingly or unknowingly) by adjusting how well-greased axles and bearings are, or installing some kind of brake restrictor on the chassis, but I've never heard of such things being done.

-Rob

I, personally, have noticed a lot less spinning in the last couple visits. Not sure, if it's weight distribution or not. If so, I must be really unlucky.

 

[yazmin182]

Do yer worst. They've already ruined this ride in my opinion. The last trip we went on it didn't spin nearly as much or as early in the ride as it used to. I don't mind the extreme jolts and turns, those are fun. Heck, that's half the point of riding. We always started laughing about the time it started throwing us around.:ROFLOL:

I know, that's the best part!

 

[disneydata]

Yeah, cause we couldn't see THIS coming from a mile away ...

 

[Hoop Raeb]

I'm OK with the spinning but this ride is just too rough. I just rode the Crush Coaster in DLP. That spins but nowhere near as violent.

 

[MIDisneyFamily]

Between this ride, Space Mountain, and Big Thunder Mountain RR, I keep my chiropractor very busy after the family trip every year. I wouldnt miss either. I have also wondered why the ride height restriction on PW is so high, is it because of the violent motion?

 

[steve2wdw]

Rode it two weeks ago with my daughter....I weigh 240 and she weighs 95. I sat on the outside of the left pair of seats and she sat on the inside of the right pair. We've never spun as fast as we did that day. Repeated the ride a few days later on the 2nd track and same results....extreme spinning. Disney has done nothing to alter this ride. By the way, we had a ball and laughed our butts off from the minute the spinning starts (1/2 way through the ride).

 

[Yanks07]

Do yer worst. They've already ruined this ride in my opinion. The last trip we went on it didn't spin nearly as much or as early in the ride as it used to. I don't mind the extreme jolts and turns, those are fun. Heck, that's half the point of riding. We always started laughing about the time it started throwing us around.:ROFLOL:

Funny, We rode it last Thurs. and we all said it spun more, go figure. :shrug:

 

[Disneykidder]

I'm with Gooch. I can do upside down roller coasters, but spin me horizontally and I feel sick. I have been on it once over the summer, and it was plenty for me!:hurl:

 

[comics101]

This is one of my favorites, and I'm always worried it could be removed very easily and replaced with something a tad more attractive. I know most Disney fans don't enjoy the themeing, but this ride is just pure fun!

 

[WDWGuide]

http://www.local6.com/news/15500139/detail.html

Looks like they're adding sensors to automatically stop the ride as well as improving the loading and unloading areas.

Maybe they should make it stop s__________g so hard?

 

[LeeLee D]

The spinning is dictated almost entirely by the weight distribution of the riders and not by anything that Disney can adjust. I've been on some rides where it's spun a lot, others where it didn't spin much at all. It's simply the weight distribution and where the heaviest point of the car is located when it hits a curve. If the heaviest point is already pointing toward the curve, it won't spin much. But if the heaviest point is turned to the side as it hits the curve, it'll be flung into a spin.

I suppose that Disney *could* fool with the spinning (knowingly or unknowingly) by adjusting how well-greased axles and bearings are, or installing some kind of brake restrictor on the chassis, but I've never heard of such things being done.

-Rob

That explains it!

I've only been on once and I was by myself. I am extra, extra fluffy and by the time I rounded the first corner, I was spinning so fast and screaming so loud that I thought they would stop the ride just to shut me up!

Never again