[yankeevttch]

I was on another forum and came across this article. I thought I would share it with you.
Some power restored at Epcot after outage -- Spaceship Earth -- OrlandoSentinel.com

Some power restored at Epcot after outage
Sara K. Clarke and Jason R. Garcia

Sentinel Staff Writers

1:52 PM EDT, March 28, 2008

Most of Disney's Epcot Center lost power this morning, according to park employees and visitors.

Power was back on in some parts of the park in the afternoon, but some major attractions were down.

At about 1:30 p.m., Spaceship Earth and Journey Into Imagination were still listed as "down," according to a park board that updates visitors on the status of rides. Honey, I Shrunk the Audience was closed, but it wasn't clear whether that was because of the outage.

Contacted early this afternoon, Disney spokeswoman Kim Prunty said she had not yet heard of the outage.

It was not immediately clear what caused the outage.

There was a long line at Guest Relations, where some visitors were trying to get refunds or tickets to transfer to a different Disney park.

One guest said people were given the option of getting a Park Hopper ticket to use today or a one-day pass to use another day.

Power went down about 11:30 a.m., said Bobbi Baessler, a park visitor from Chicago.

"We saw the monorail, and it was stopped," said Baessler, who was in line hoping for a refund or admission to another park. "We were waving to all the people. At least we weren't stuck up there."

Baessler said it was her family's last day in Orlando. "So it's not like we can come back tomorrow."

Tom Connelly, of New York, said he was waiting for the Living with the Land ride with his family of five when the line stopped moving. They eventually got out of line and went looking for another attraction.

"We were walking around from ride to ride," he said. "Everything was closed."

One thing that added to confusion was that many park workers were reluctant to say why rides were closed, Connelly said. He and his family passed the time by going to the World Showcase, which had power. But outside concessions there were closed as well, and many vendors were draining their freezers, he said.

Check back for more details.

Copyright © 2008, Orlando Sentinel

[cinderbella]

Oh my gosh what if you got stuck on Soarin' or something like that!!! It would be soo cool/scary!
Where's Llama!? She needs to call Emily for an update!

[yankeevttch]

The article was just updated. Accoding to the Orlando Sentinel a circuit breaker tripped. They also said that most of the attractions were back up and running at 2pm.

Here's the link to the updated article.
Tripped circuit breaker blamed for power outage at Epcot -- Spaceship Earth -- OrlandoSentinel.com

[dixie]

Oh dear thats such a shame. I always think for some visitors that may be the only time they will go to that particular park and thats such bad luck when something that can't be helped happens.

[leslieh]

I'd hate to be stuck in Mission Space!!

[missymouse]

Originally Posted by cinderbella

Oh my gosh what if you got stuck on Soarin' or something like that!!! It would be soo cool/scary!
Where's Llama!? She needs to call Emily for an update!

I'd love to be stuck on Soarin'! I think that would be fun!

What if you were in Epcot with rides down due to no power and you didn't have a hopper? That would stink!

[llama]

Originally Posted by cinderbella

Oh my gosh what if you got stuck on Soarin' or something like that!!! It would be soo cool/scary!
Where's Llama!? She needs to call Emily for an update!

Emily didn't work until 3:30, so she missed it all.

[BGHG2802]

How sad, I guess if it was my last day I might not be that happy either but I would just go to another park, i.e. got to love them park hopper passes. I hope they still had a great time, for those folks that were there. There is always something to do when the power goes out, stop and smell the roses!