Overview

• Heavy thunderstorms on September 23 around 7:20 p.m. coincided with reports of power grid issues that shut down attractions across multiple parks.
• Indoor headliners that typically operate during bad weather were affected, including Rise of the Resistance, Tower of Terror, Smugglers Run, Space Mountain, TRON Lightcycle Run, The Seas with Nemo & Friends, and Journey into Imagination with Figment.
• Guests and on-site reports pointed to a grid-related power surge, though Disney did not confirm a technical cause.
• Social media posts documented widespread downtime, with one guest reporting only three rides operating at Hollywood Studios and another noting darkened aquarium lights inside EPCOT’s Seas pavilion.
• The disruptions were smaller in scale than a late-August outage that closed more than 40 attractions, and operations resumed after storms cleared and safety and technical resets were completed.