I had the following experience on Soarin' a few weeks ago:
I got into EPCOT early on a Thursday morning and headed straight for Soarin'. The line was short and I got on within minutes, getting a prime seat in the first row. However, there was a group of teens (I would guess around 17 or 18 year olds) also on the ride, and no sooner had we lifted off, then one of them started letting out these blood-curdling screams. Clearly a joke, and much appreciated by his teen friends around him, but unfortunately, pretty much ruining the movie for everyone else and frightening some of the younger children in the audience. Within a minute of the movie's start, all of a sudden the movie stopped, the lights came on, and it was announced that due to the inappropriate screamer in the audience, they were going to lower us to the ground and escort the trouble maker out--all to applause from the audience. And then we waited.
And waited. It turns out (not so surprising) the ride is very automated; when they stop Soarin' mid-movie, they can't just lower the seats, they have to reset everything. So we hung out. Meanwhile, I watched as the teen group went from being smug to worried as people pointed and loudly speculated that they would be thrown out of the park.
It's pretty interesting to be suspended with the lights on. We were surprisingly high up, which I didn't realize with the ride being raised and lowered in the dark. Anyway, after about ten minutes they lowered us section by section. A group of employees arrived prior to our seatbelts unlocking and escorted the teens out of the theater--to applause along with shouts that they should be thrown off the park. By now they looked downright unhappy. And then the announcement came that we would be given open fast return tickets--it seems that once they stop the ride, they have to run it empty before they can put it back online.
All in all, a fascinating experience.
I got into EPCOT early on a Thursday morning and headed straight for Soarin'. The line was short and I got on within minutes, getting a prime seat in the first row. However, there was a group of teens (I would guess around 17 or 18 year olds) also on the ride, and no sooner had we lifted off, then one of them started letting out these blood-curdling screams. Clearly a joke, and much appreciated by his teen friends around him, but unfortunately, pretty much ruining the movie for everyone else and frightening some of the younger children in the audience. Within a minute of the movie's start, all of a sudden the movie stopped, the lights came on, and it was announced that due to the inappropriate screamer in the audience, they were going to lower us to the ground and escort the trouble maker out--all to applause from the audience. And then we waited.
And waited. It turns out (not so surprising) the ride is very automated; when they stop Soarin' mid-movie, they can't just lower the seats, they have to reset everything. So we hung out. Meanwhile, I watched as the teen group went from being smug to worried as people pointed and loudly speculated that they would be thrown out of the park.
It's pretty interesting to be suspended with the lights on. We were surprisingly high up, which I didn't realize with the ride being raised and lowered in the dark. Anyway, after about ten minutes they lowered us section by section. A group of employees arrived prior to our seatbelts unlocking and escorted the teens out of the theater--to applause along with shouts that they should be thrown off the park. By now they looked downright unhappy. And then the announcement came that we would be given open fast return tickets--it seems that once they stop the ride, they have to run it empty before they can put it back online.
All in all, a fascinating experience.
Yeah for Disney. They should do this more often and maybe it would cut down on some of the obnoxious behaviours.
I couldn't figure out why in the world girls would want to lift their shirts on that ride. There's no pictures taken. LOL 
