I had just stared the Crafting Quest when I was suddenly booted to Character Select, when I logged back in and tried to get back in the zone it just froze on the loading page, and wont do anything.
And your character is? The server you're on is? You may need to contact customer support to have your character moved out of the special zone.
I closed the game, then logged back in a second time and I was able to get back in the zone to finish the quest.