Transformer that blew was next to Diagon Alley
Any reports from Islands of Adventure?
I look forward to more info. Goodness knows what the protocol is for such an event... if they even have a protocol. Fascinating.
Do the coasters have any safety protocols for something like this happening while a train is on the circuit and enters a brake run?
Ironically, tomorrow is the 10 year anniversary of the blackout that, though started in Ohio, reached out through the east coast.
ORLANDO --
A power outage shut down some Universal Studios rides briefly Tuesday evening.
A Universal spokesman says the power outage happened for about an hour, and impacted some areas of the park.
Some rides in those areas were closed because of the outage.
The power is now back on at all of the theme park.
Do the coasters have any safety protocols for something like this happening when a train is on the circuit and enters a brake run?
Now this is a scary thought.
Coaster brakes work in the opposite way of say the ones on your bicycle. The pressure, or in this case electricity, is used to open the brakes not close them. So when power is lost, all brakes revert to a closed position which would stop the car at the next brake run.