Power Outage Temporarily Closes Rides at Universal Studios

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Update: Around Noon today Universal Orlando tweeted that the affected rides are now testing and should open soon.

A temporary power outage has caused a couple rides to close and be evacuated at Universal Studios Florida. Around 10:30 am today the Orlando Fire Department responded to reports of a power outage at Universal Orlando Resort. The two rides affected were quickly evacuated and everyone is now reported safe.

OFD responding to power outage at Universal. 2 rides impacted, Transformers & Men in Black. No reports of distress. Nine units on standby.

— Orlando Fire Dept (@OrlandoFireDept) September 30, 2016

Both Transformers and Men in Black were evacuated of guests. The Orlando Fire Department can be seen in the following video from Twitter.

More Evac teams. This is weird! #universalstudios pic.twitter.com/KJhlrx60rR

— Luke Pykett (@Speechless_UK) September 30, 2016

It appears that power has been restored and the issue is being investigated by Universal Orlando. Islands of Adventure was not affected by the power outage, said Universal spokesman Tom Schroeder.