Technical Glitch Affects Disney Parks on Both Coasts

Image: Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World Resort. (photo courtesy of Walt Disney World Resort)
Image: Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World Resort. (photo courtesy of Walt Disney World Resort)
Monica Poling
by Monica Poling
Last updated: 7:56 PM ET, Sat July 7, 2018

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.

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

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

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

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


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