Disneyland and power troubles on 04/19/03??

[Bob O]

http://www.themeparkinsider.com/news/response.cfm?ID=1066
This is a link about disneyland having problems due to a power surgee with rides closed etc. was anybody their of does anybody else have more info about this???

 

[tink2dw]

We were at Universal Hollywood on Jan. 5, 2003 when they were hit by a power outage that affected the escalators and lower part of the park. People who were on the escalators had to walk back up by the stairway!!

We were told by 2 security guards that its was the 1st time Universal Hollywood had ever been shut down since it opened way back when!! It runs 365 days a year.

We knew it was serious as there were uniformed people running dead out. It completely knocked Jurastic Park water ride and Backdraft out for the rest of the day!!

 

[floridaminnie]

I guess someone forgot to pay their power bill!

 

[disneychrista]

When was the power problems? We were there in the evening on April 19 and did not notice any rides down or any other problems.

 

[ilovemky]

I was there april 19th and did not witness ANY of the so-called problems or angry guests that are mentioned in that article. We never had trouble on any attraction or with any angry guests!

 

[AprilsZoo]

We experienced the "power dip" as Disney called it while on BTMR -- got stuck just as we were about to start up the hill by the goat. Had to wait a while for CMs to come and rescue us. Even after that time had passed, we found several other rides nearby had also evacuated and were not running for a while.

Guest Services explanation was that Anaheim only allows them a certain power draw, and if they exceed that, the city basically trips the circuit breaker, and they have a "power dip." It takes a while to get everything back online, apparently.

The CMs did give us passes to bypass the line later in the day when it was running again.