It had cars that spun in circles while traveling on tracks, permitting the ride experience to vary greatly each time it is ridden.

Its concept would utilize mine cart style train cars in a ride through the old work site where, in the backstory for the land, the very first bones were found in Diggs County.

Warning signs would flank the entry as guests boarded what could be assumed was an attraction set up by the grad students that ran the nearby dig site.

Primeval Whirl received mixed reviews from guests, as some praised the theming and dual track ride experience, but others criticized it as not being up to Disney standards.

In reality, it was all carefully designed and constructed to be a loving tribute to the roadside attractions between the 1940s and 1960s before the Interstate Highway System rendered the old routes obsolete.

[10] On November 29, 2007, a Disney employee, Karen Price, aged 63, died in a hospital after falling from the Primeval Whirl ride platform and hitting her head.

[11][12] On March 14, 2011, Russell Sherry Roscoe, aged 52, died after suffering from head trauma while working on a dip on the ride the previous day.