Technical Glitch Affects Disney Parks on Both Coasts

Friday proved to be a long day for Disney parks across the country after a network outage caused technical glitches at Disney's theme parks in Orlando and Anaheim.

The outage, which began around 4 p.m. EST Friday, affected Disney's reservation systems-leaving guest unable to book their favorite dining options.

According to a tweet by Walt Disney World Today, the official Twitter feed for Walt Disney World news and updates, the downage also affected the Fast Pass/MaxPass system, the My Disney Experience App and the Walt Disney World website.

Walt Disney World is currently experiencing a temporary systems downtime. We apologize for the inconvenience. pic.twitter.com/9WxZ4RuEdK

- Walt Disney World Today (@WDWToday) July 6, 2018

Disneyland Today, the Twitter service for the Anaheim parks also sent a similar tweet.

A temporary system outage is affecting multiple websites and apps across our company, and we are working to quickly resolve the issue. We apologize for any inconvenience.

- Disneyland Today (@DisneylandToday) July 6, 2018

During the outage, Disney reported that guests could still use their existing fast past reservations, they just weren't able to make new ones.

Hi there, Jonah. Our Attractions Cast Members will be able to assist Guests with existing FastPass+ selections.

- Walt Disney World Today (@WDWToday) July 6, 2018

Guests also took to Twitter, to express their frustration and post images of non-working apps and other technical systems.

Throwing a wrench in our day! pic.twitter.com/mMTICnZ6kF

- Sean (@SeanAtch41) July 6, 2018

By 8 p.m. Friday night, Walt Disney World reported that all systems had returned to normal.

We're happy to report that our systems are back and operational! pic.twitter.com/jB09OYisZU

- Walt Disney World Today (@WDWToday) July 6, 2018

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