Construction permit filed for the closed Primeval Whirl at Disney's Animal Kingdom

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Tuesday August 24, 2021 4:55pm ET · "Primeval Whirl"

Disney has recently filed a construction permit for the Primeval Whirl site at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

Primeval Whirl overview

The permit has a vague description of "General Construction" and will be carried out by MLC Theming INC. (Thanks to @danlb_2000 on the WDWMAGIC Forums for identifying the permit.)

According to their Linkedin profile, the Orlando-based specialty construction company works with scenic painting and aging of structures, fabricating facades, carving rock work, and more.

The permit has an expiration date of 4/29/2022.

Primeval Whirl overview

It isn't clear if this work is for the demolition of the coaster or some other work in the space.

Primeval Whirl overview

Disney announced in July 2020 that Primeval Whirl had permanently closed after almost a year of non-operation. The coaster has sat untouched since then, although the ride vehicles have been removed from the track and transported off-site.

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Interesting permit today from MLC Theming. The address is for Primeval Whirl.

610 DINOLAND DR(PRIMEVAL WHIRL) - General Construction
↩ replying to danlb_2000
Looks like they specialize in rockwork facades and scenic painting.
↩ replying to Magicart87
They do a lot of different types of theming. Disney uses them a lot.
Rockwork? Whatever happens will cost at least $250 million, then. 😉
↩ replying to Magicart87
I'm guessing they'll use the PW coaster as scaffolding for a display of dino bones embedded in rock-face.

But to be in-theme, the rock face will be made of papier-mâché.
↩ replying to HauntedPirate
Sounds Excavating to me....
↩ replying to Cmdr_Crimson
...make no bones about it!
Dinoland USA is so sad and its sadness is only magnified when you consider it houses pretty much the only actual ride for little kids in the whole park. Maybe they could replace Primeval Whirl with another couple of kiddie rides and I'd move onto acceptance.
i agree dinoland is lacking, but it would be hard to compete against universal when it comes to dinosaur themed lands and IPs. Id kinda rather them dust off the beastly kingdoms idea and use the dinoland space for it....they could really create something epic in scale if they used the lake to the south as part of the land that seperated the "good" castle from the "evil" castle. And the Dinosaur ride system would be great for re-imagining with massive castle interior scenes
↩ replying to MansionButler84
Originally....but not now? Am I reading too much into your words? =)
↩ replying to J4546
They need to just redo the land into a Lion King or Junglebook land. Nobody will miss that land for the next few years if they redo it
↩ replying to Fox&Hound
They still won’t bring it to DAK.
I don't understand what the problem was with this ride???? Coney Island has the exact same ride with a different name and seems to have no problem keeping it running.
↩ replying to Sax Man
It doesn’t belong in a theme park. It’s trash.
↩ replying to Sax Man
Isn't it the same track as Goofy's Sky School at DCA?