Hearing reports of a power outage at WDW right now... (UPDATE - Power now restored)

[IanDLBZF]

Just in, I heard over on Twitter that someone said that all of WDW is having a power outage right now, no further details are available at this time. If anyone is in the parks at this time please reply.

 

[IanDLBZF]

UPDATE - it appears all of WDW is affected! More updates will be provided as soon as it becomes available.

 

[Coaster Lover]

There is a brush fire nearby that they believe started as a result of a transformer (the electrical kind, not the Universal kind)... I wonder if the two events are related...

http://wfla.com/2017/04/07/brush-fire-burns-near-disney-world-close-to-i-drive-area-apartments/\

Seems to be a pretty big fire at that... according to this article, 50 acres burned already...

https://patch.com/florida/orlando/orlando-wildfire-breaks-out-near-disney-world

 

[Rider]

My app shows most everything open.

 

[IanDLBZF]

My app shows most everything open.

So power is restored as of now?

 

[IanDLBZF]

UPDATE - Only a few attractions (Magic Carpets, PhillharMagic, TTA, Space Mountain, Splash Mountain) remain closed. Power is now restored!

 

[BoarderPhreak]

I blame Stitch... He's gotta go!

 

[Kman101]

Wow imagine being at the parks and everything stops?

 

[Dead2009]

Wow imagine being at the parks and everything stops?

I can see it now:

"I paid a large amount of money to be here and Im going to let customer service know that I am NOT happy!"

 

[Kman101]

I can see it now:

"I paid a large amount of money to be here and Im going to let customer service know that I am NOT happy!"

Oh boy, yeah, I wonder if Guest Relations got slammed?

 

[marni1971]

Wow imagine being at the parks and everything stops?

It happened twice that I know of at EPCOT Center in the 80s

 

[yellowb]

We were at MK all day yesterday. The only attraction that never came back was Splash Mountain. The ride was dry pretty much all day, with no water running. We never ran into any other attraction that was down. With Splash being down, Fastpass lines for all major attractions were running almost 30 minutes long all day.

 

[larryz]

We were at MK all day yesterday. The only attraction that never came back was Splash Mountain. The ride was dry pretty much all day, with no water running. We never ran into any other attraction that was down. With Splash being down, Fastpass lines for all major attractions were running almost 30 minutes long all day.

They were probably using the water to fight the brush fire...

 

[Princess B]

I was at Magic Kingdom yesterday as well, and on top of Splash Mountain being down, throughout the day there were closings for Space Mountain, Haunted Mansion, Philarmagic, Buzz, and Winnie the Pooh. Needless to say, fastpass lines were very much insane at other attractions.

 

[IMFearless]

Somehow I can't help feeling Shanghai is to blame.

 

[deix15x8]

Isn't this the second time in the past few months that the resort has lost all power? You would think they'd be looking into better power redundancy plans. It's a bit surprising considering they make it through hurricanes without losing any power.

 

[peter11435]

Isn't this the second time in the past few months that the resort has lost all power? You would think they'd be looking into better power redundancy plans. It's a bit surprising considering they make it through hurricanes without losing any power.

The resort didn't exactly loose power. It was a power glitch not a power outage. Backup systems and reduncies operated as expected. Guests were not left in the dark and most attractions were still cycling. Attractions went down because show elements and other features not on a UPS shut down or required resets.