DisneyWonders07
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Someone suggested that I post this story I wrote in here, but I wasn't sure if this was the right board to post it in, so mod's if it's in the wrong place, be happy to move it. It's about a trip to Walt Disney World, but something truly magical happens. It's 10 chapters long, so I hope you can find the time to read it! I've entitled it "Where Magic Lives" and I guess you could say that this fictional story is about how that phrase originated, sorta.
Well, hope you enjoy it!
Where Magic Lives
By DisneyWonders07
Chapter 1
They say there is a place where magic lives, where the young and young at heart can together enjoy with utter merriment to rejoice and call home. A place where children and their parents can actually have fun together, just being a family. This is a place where memories are made, happiness is created, and dreams come true. Walt Disney World is this place that I am speaking of. Some believe that it is just another vacation getaway, made of simply brick and mortar, but not many know of the secret that lies in this magical world where an amazing event once took place. It was five un-suspecting friends that found the mysterious secret and the true meaning of the Disney magic that exists in all of us. This is our story.
Saturday the twelfth of April came faster than any of us could imagine. As misty as the night air was at one o’clock in the morning, it was a fine setting to the glorious sunshine we would be expecting later. Chilly outside it was, but not like it was down in Florida. I had decided I would awake at this time, being that I wanted to get an early start, take a shower, the like. I told my cousin Tim the night before that I’d be calling him, which I of course, planned on doing. Picking up the phone yawning, I dialed his number.
“Hello?” said Tim with a yawn.
“Hey Tim, are you up? Have you packed?” said I.
“Hmm? Oh yeah, ha of course. What time is it?” said Tim.
“Umm...let’s see it’s one in the morning, I’m going to be getting ready as soon as my dad’s out of the shower. Are you going to be getting ready soon? We’re going to be picking you up at or around three, alright? Don’t forget! We won’t want to be leaving you behind,” I said with great excitement.
“Yeah, um...what time will you be picking me up again? Ha, just kidding, a little early morning humor!”
“Tim that wasn’t funny,” I said while secretly laughing inside, “Just be ready, alright?”
“Alright, see you in a couple of hours!” Tim said.
We said goodbye and I hung up the phone. Sometimes Tim can be a real joker, can’t he? I was walking down the stairs with great enthusiasm, getting ready as fast as possible. The heat from the water in the shower reminded me of the sunshine pelting down on me. Getting last minute things ready for a trip is quite a hassle, but I’ve found that to “whistle while you work” is just the trick! I had finished packing my belongings, all I had to do now was wait for my parents to finish tending to their business.
“Mom, come on! It’s almost two in the morning. We’re going to be late, Tim will be waiting for us!” I said angrily.
“Oh keep quiet, I’m hurrying as fast as I can, we won’t be late,” replied my mom.
“Ugh just please hurry...” I said with great desperation.
Thankfully my mom was out no sooner than I had asked her to hurry, and after packing the last bit of luggage into the car, we were off. I was relieved to finally be on the road. Sick of reality, it was all I really wanted to do. Being away on a vacation was just what we all needed right now. We arrived at Tim’s at approximately 2:55am (ha, yes I was keeping close track). He said his goodbyes to his mother and brother, packed his things in our trunk (or what was left of our trunk being that it was full to capacity) and we could finally make our way to “the world”.
Chapter 2
We were not the only ones going to Florida, but our friends the Steen family as well. We enjoyed going with them every year to Disney. After all, it’s much more enjoyable. Leaving their home around five that same morning, the Steen family was just as alert as we were.
“David! Wakey wakey eggs and bakey! C’mon, time to get ready,” Linda, David’s mother screamed, “I’m sure you don’t want to miss our flight!”
David, Adam’s younger brother was known to sleep in quite often, after all what sort of teenager wouldn’t want to have a nice long sleep?
“Aw mom, just five more minutes?” retorted David.
“No, you are getting up now, we’re not going to be running late,” said Linda, “After all your father is almost ready, once he’s out of the bathroom you’re next, so be ready,” Linda pronounced with great authority.
“Oh c’mon mom, just a few more minutes please? I’m so tired...” David stammered with exasperation.
“I said no, now get up or I’ll...” started Linda.
“You’ll what?” said David with curiosity.
“Do this!” and Linda started to tickle David while he laughed most uncontrollably, falling out of bed and taking his mother with him.
Sometimes it’s not so easy getting out of bed in the morning, but when you’re doing something you want to, it’s a great deal more easier. David took to his mother’s advice, and got ready most promptly.
“Alright Adam, you next...” said Linda entering his room, but found no one in the bed. “Adam, where are you?” Linda questioned herself. “Oh where could that boy have gotten to now? David! Have you seen your brother?”
David was in the shower so he could not hear his mother’s shouting over the running water.
“David, where’s your brother?” Linda said as she walked into the bathroom. She failed to realize that David was just getting out.
“Mom, get out! Get out, get out, get out!” David rang out with surprise while Linda quickly shut the door before the hair dryer that David threw could hit her. “What do you want?!” David said with annoyance.
“Don’t talk to me like that mister! Now, where’s your brother?” Linda said.
“Well how should I know?! Maybe he’s down stairs on the computer,” said David. David was right in saying so, for Adam was chatting online with a friend.
“Adam, it’s time to go, shut down the computer and put your things in the car,” said Linda.
“Wait a second mom, I’m talking to Nick, I just had to remind him that dad’s picking him up at the airport around nine o’clock when his plane gets in,” retaliated Adam.
“Alright just hurry up, oh and don’t forget to make sure you tell him to bring extra underwear...” said Linda amongst a fit of giggles.
“Oh ha ha mom! You’re such a joker!” said Adam, saying it as if he thought his mother had a little bit too much caffeine from her morning coffee.
“Oh I’m just joking! Now c’mon get ready,” said Linda.
As soon as their van was packed, they took off for the airport. Along the way, David and Adam of course had their usual bickering, but both of their minds were set on different standards once they had reached the airport, just waiting to get on that plane and take off to sunny Orlando. This was going to be quite some vacation indeed.
Chapter 3
Crowded as the car was, Tim and I were somehow able to amuse ourselves. I brought along my Digital Video Disc player and we watched the movies that I had brought along. Tim had seen the first Harry Potter movie, but not the second. Soon after all of our movies were finished, which was about ten hours worth, including The 10th Kingdom which was about seven hours long altogether, we grew bored and began making last resorts of playing highway games.
“Alright what game do you want to play now?” I said.
“Well I don’t know, how about um...whose car is it anyway?” said Tim.
“What’s that? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of it. Is it fun?” said I curiously.
“Well what you do is look at any car on the road...” Tim began.
“And...?” I replied, waiting for him to finish his sentence.
“And...what? Oh sorry, got sidetracked by looking at that red Dodge Viper and thinking it might be suited for someone per say, Bill Gates.”
“Ah, I see where this is going. So I’m assuming that’s how you play?” I said.
“Correct,” was his answer.
We played this game for a while, staring at upcoming cars deciding who it should belong to while each one’s passengers stared back at us with irritated looks slapped on their faces. Until we finally got tired of it, this game was all we could play at. After about ten hours of restaurant stops and bathroom breaks, we began to grow anxious, not that we weren’t from the start.
“Oh why do car rides have to be so long?” I said with exhaustion, “Are we even to South Carolina yet?”
“Just a few more hours and we’ll be at the hotel,” my mom said, “Until then, all we can do is keep driving and wait.”
“Oh alright,” I said.
It was very tiring, I’m telling you. Hour after hour sitting in that car, my bottom was beginning to feel as sore as a horse’s saddle. I whispered over to Tim and asked him start a little rally with me. We decided we would repeat a “certain” phrase of annoyance over and over again until my mother had gotten agitated.
“Are we there yet?” I said.
“No,” replied my mom.
“Are we there yet?” said Tim.
“No,” my mother said, a little more agitation in her voice than before.
“Hey mom, are we there yet?!” I said thinking she might finally lose her cool.
“No we are not there yet, now quit asking me!” my mom shouted.
Tim and I turned our heads to each other, having a fit of laughter.
“I don’t know what you two are laughing so hard about, but we’ll be there very soon so get ready!” my mom said in such a way only when she is in one of her moods. We knew we wouldn’t be there as soon as she said, but it was better to just keep quiet.
It was getting to be late afternoon when we finally crossed the border of the state of South Carolina. We drove on and on, and what seemed like an hour was more like five minutes time. Looking forward to a vacation, we thought would never have been so droning.
Chapter 4
It was but around two in the afternoon when we finally arrived at our hotel, an AmeriSuites to be precise. As tired as we were, we still managed to drag our luggage up to the fifteenth floor. Well alright, we didn’t exactly “walk”, but we certainly took to the elevator as any normal person would.
“Alright you can go down to the lobby for a while, but be back before six, we need to get some sleep,” my dad said.
“Yeah alright, eight o’clock is fine,” I said sarcastically as Tim and I laughed, thankfully my dad didn’t hear me.
We decided to take a stroll down to the lobby, to explore the place a bit.
“So, excited that we’re finally going?” I asked Tim.
“Yes! I’ve been waiting so long, it’s great that we’re almost there,” he told me.
“Oh if only it were now though! I’m sure our friends the Steen’s and Nick are down there by now. David’s my best friend even though I probably already told you that. I envy them,” I said.
“Nick?” said Tim with confusion.
“Yeah, remember I told you about Nick? He’s a good friend of Adam’s, he came along as well,” I replied.
“Oh, well as they always say, two heads are better than one!” said Tim.
“Tim, you cease to amaze me!” I said haughtily, as we chortled all the way down to the lobby.
We never thought we’d have so much fun in a non-Disney hotel as we decided to have a race. We ran all the way up to the top floor, the fifteenth floor, and ran all the way back down. We did this about five times until we became tired and decided to go back to our room. Being boys, we did not like the idea of sleeping in the same bed, so we took to thinking it best that one of us sleep on the air mattress. This Tim did, while I laughed at him. I thought it would be great fun to mock him for being on the floor while I was in my comfy sheets.
“Hey, shut up!” said Tim goofily.
“No! Never!” said I.
“Well if you don’t, then I’ll just have to punch you!” laughed Tim.
“Not if I have something to say about it!” I said with a smirk of madness on my face.
“Alright you asked for it, you...argh! Ouch that hurt!” Tim shouted. Turns out that he accidentally went for my arm but missed and hit his hand on the sideboard of the bed. After his attempts at seeing to his throbbing hand, we both looked at each other and laughed.
“Get to bed you two, we have to get up early in the morning. You don’t want to be tired tomorrow do you?” my mom said with irritation in her somber voice.
“No...” we both said groggily. As soon as we knew my parents had fallen fast asleep, we went back into conversation, excitedly chatting about how much fun this trip was going to be, until we fell fast asleep under the weight of our eyes.
Chapter 5
The next day, Sunday morning, we readied ourselves as quickly as we could, and set off yet again. Today was the day, today was the day when we’d get there. This was going to be great fun, we all knew it. As soon as we saw the gates, the entryway to Walt Disney World, our hearts skipped a beat.
“Yes, we are finally there!” I said with great excitement.
“I know, it‘s been so long,” stated Tim with a look of relief.
“Yes, very,” I replied.
“Ok now you guys, we’ll be getting to the hotel soon. I want you two to help Bill carry in the luggage,” said my mom.
This year we were staying at the Caribbean Beach resort, a quaint although large hotel residing on the Walt Disney World premises that had a theme of the palm trees and sand in the Caribbean.
“Mom, what are we doing once we get to the resort?” I asked.
“Well, first we’ll unpack obviously...” she said as she looked at me like she thought I was stupid, “...and then we can head out to the parks. Of course, our room may not yet be ready, so we can just leave our luggage in the car.”
“Oh, what park are we going to?” said Tim with excitement in his voice, “It’s been five years ever since I came here, I bet a lot has been added, changed, refurbished, that kind of stuff.”
“Yeah,” said I, “A lot has changed, well not too much, but just enough for the better.”
“Really?” said Tim, “Like what?”
“Well, for instance there’s this new thrill ride there called the Rock ‘n’ Roller coaster. Oh my gosh it’s so much fun, you...” but I was interrupted by my dad.
“Well don’t give away too much, he’s barely seen everything!”
“Yeah true,” said I, “but trust me Tim, we will have a blast.”
Tim replied “Yeah, it’s going to be great.”
After a long ride, we had at long last arrived at the Caribbean Beach resort. It was a beautiful place, and checking in was a breeze. To our advantage, the room was ready and my mom quickly began to un-pack while my dad watched television. She never really liked receiving help, for fear that everything would be arranged the wrong way. If any of us tried to help, the monster inside would’ve been released. So naturally, Tim and I decided to flee before the horror from within was unleashed and check out the food court, due to the fact that my dad had gotten in my mom’s way.
“This is a very nice resort,” commented Tim.
“I know, isn’t it beautiful?” said I.
“Yeah, so when did the Steen’s arrive?” he asked.
“Well let’s see, their plane left around six or seven in the morning, I’m not sure exactly when. Taking that into account, it should’ve taken at least four hours for transitions between planes, and also the flight durations,” I answered him.
“Ah, so they should be here now,” Tim said assumingly.
“Yup, should’ve arrived around noon yesterday, right when we were close to South Carolina,” I said.
“Wait, wasn’t their another? Nick was his name? I keep forgetting everyone’s names,” Tim said.
“Oh yeah Nick, his plane was to leave around five in the evening yesterday, so he probably arrived around nine at night. Nick’s never even been to Florida you know, so I’m guessing he’s really going to like it. At least he was very excited,” I said.
“Just like us?” asked Tim.
“Just like us!” I replied, and we started to laugh happily.
After our walk, we decided to check on my parents, and to make sure the room wasn’t in havoc due to the fact that my mom was probably rushing to get everything ready. We came back and fortunately found the room still intact, we did need to sleep there! My mom even calmed down, which was extremely surprising.
“Oh, are you back so soon?” asked my mom.
“Yeah we went to the Port Royale food court, it was very big and colorful,” I commented.
“Oh sounds nice!” said my mom, as she finished un-packing her last bit of luggage and setting the toothbrushes into their holders. “You boys ready? I figure we’ll call the Steen’s on the walkie-talkies once we get to the Magic Kingdom,” my mom said.
“Yeah that sounds good,” I said.
One of the most cherished moments to ever partake in the world is the Disney bus ride to the Magic Kingdom, looking out of the over-sized windows and seeing the skyline of Cinderella Castle. We soon arrived in the bus area, and departed from it. I was walking very fast, Tim lagging behind as usual because he claimed I walked too fast.
“Hold up Billy! You walk too fast. Slow down,” said Tim as he tried to keep up.
“Well if you wanted to get in as fast as me, then you’d hurry up as well!” I yelled.
At this Tim made a sprint towards the gates, taking it as a challenge while now I was the one trying to keep up. “Slow down Tim!” I shouted after him. He slowed down from exhaustion and we entered through the kiosks together, the security checkpoint wasn’t all too long of a wait. As we walked under the Magic Kingdom railroad station, I felt all of my worries magically sweep away from me. Walking onto Main Street U.S.A. I thought would never be so relieving. It was not a dream, we were there, the wait was finally over.
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Well, hope you enjoy it! Where Magic Lives
By DisneyWonders07
Chapter 1
They say there is a place where magic lives, where the young and young at heart can together enjoy with utter merriment to rejoice and call home. A place where children and their parents can actually have fun together, just being a family. This is a place where memories are made, happiness is created, and dreams come true. Walt Disney World is this place that I am speaking of. Some believe that it is just another vacation getaway, made of simply brick and mortar, but not many know of the secret that lies in this magical world where an amazing event once took place. It was five un-suspecting friends that found the mysterious secret and the true meaning of the Disney magic that exists in all of us. This is our story.
Saturday the twelfth of April came faster than any of us could imagine. As misty as the night air was at one o’clock in the morning, it was a fine setting to the glorious sunshine we would be expecting later. Chilly outside it was, but not like it was down in Florida. I had decided I would awake at this time, being that I wanted to get an early start, take a shower, the like. I told my cousin Tim the night before that I’d be calling him, which I of course, planned on doing. Picking up the phone yawning, I dialed his number.
“Hello?” said Tim with a yawn.
“Hey Tim, are you up? Have you packed?” said I.
“Hmm? Oh yeah, ha of course. What time is it?” said Tim.
“Umm...let’s see it’s one in the morning, I’m going to be getting ready as soon as my dad’s out of the shower. Are you going to be getting ready soon? We’re going to be picking you up at or around three, alright? Don’t forget! We won’t want to be leaving you behind,” I said with great excitement.
“Yeah, um...what time will you be picking me up again? Ha, just kidding, a little early morning humor!”
“Tim that wasn’t funny,” I said while secretly laughing inside, “Just be ready, alright?”
“Alright, see you in a couple of hours!” Tim said.
We said goodbye and I hung up the phone. Sometimes Tim can be a real joker, can’t he? I was walking down the stairs with great enthusiasm, getting ready as fast as possible. The heat from the water in the shower reminded me of the sunshine pelting down on me. Getting last minute things ready for a trip is quite a hassle, but I’ve found that to “whistle while you work” is just the trick! I had finished packing my belongings, all I had to do now was wait for my parents to finish tending to their business.
“Mom, come on! It’s almost two in the morning. We’re going to be late, Tim will be waiting for us!” I said angrily.
“Oh keep quiet, I’m hurrying as fast as I can, we won’t be late,” replied my mom.
“Ugh just please hurry...” I said with great desperation.
Thankfully my mom was out no sooner than I had asked her to hurry, and after packing the last bit of luggage into the car, we were off. I was relieved to finally be on the road. Sick of reality, it was all I really wanted to do. Being away on a vacation was just what we all needed right now. We arrived at Tim’s at approximately 2:55am (ha, yes I was keeping close track). He said his goodbyes to his mother and brother, packed his things in our trunk (or what was left of our trunk being that it was full to capacity) and we could finally make our way to “the world”.
Chapter 2
We were not the only ones going to Florida, but our friends the Steen family as well. We enjoyed going with them every year to Disney. After all, it’s much more enjoyable. Leaving their home around five that same morning, the Steen family was just as alert as we were.
“David! Wakey wakey eggs and bakey! C’mon, time to get ready,” Linda, David’s mother screamed, “I’m sure you don’t want to miss our flight!”
David, Adam’s younger brother was known to sleep in quite often, after all what sort of teenager wouldn’t want to have a nice long sleep?
“Aw mom, just five more minutes?” retorted David.
“No, you are getting up now, we’re not going to be running late,” said Linda, “After all your father is almost ready, once he’s out of the bathroom you’re next, so be ready,” Linda pronounced with great authority.
“Oh c’mon mom, just a few more minutes please? I’m so tired...” David stammered with exasperation.
“I said no, now get up or I’ll...” started Linda.
“You’ll what?” said David with curiosity.
“Do this!” and Linda started to tickle David while he laughed most uncontrollably, falling out of bed and taking his mother with him.
Sometimes it’s not so easy getting out of bed in the morning, but when you’re doing something you want to, it’s a great deal more easier. David took to his mother’s advice, and got ready most promptly.
“Alright Adam, you next...” said Linda entering his room, but found no one in the bed. “Adam, where are you?” Linda questioned herself. “Oh where could that boy have gotten to now? David! Have you seen your brother?”
David was in the shower so he could not hear his mother’s shouting over the running water.
“David, where’s your brother?” Linda said as she walked into the bathroom. She failed to realize that David was just getting out.
“Mom, get out! Get out, get out, get out!” David rang out with surprise while Linda quickly shut the door before the hair dryer that David threw could hit her. “What do you want?!” David said with annoyance.
“Don’t talk to me like that mister! Now, where’s your brother?” Linda said.
“Well how should I know?! Maybe he’s down stairs on the computer,” said David. David was right in saying so, for Adam was chatting online with a friend.
“Adam, it’s time to go, shut down the computer and put your things in the car,” said Linda.
“Wait a second mom, I’m talking to Nick, I just had to remind him that dad’s picking him up at the airport around nine o’clock when his plane gets in,” retaliated Adam.
“Alright just hurry up, oh and don’t forget to make sure you tell him to bring extra underwear...” said Linda amongst a fit of giggles.
“Oh ha ha mom! You’re such a joker!” said Adam, saying it as if he thought his mother had a little bit too much caffeine from her morning coffee.
“Oh I’m just joking! Now c’mon get ready,” said Linda.
As soon as their van was packed, they took off for the airport. Along the way, David and Adam of course had their usual bickering, but both of their minds were set on different standards once they had reached the airport, just waiting to get on that plane and take off to sunny Orlando. This was going to be quite some vacation indeed.
Chapter 3
Crowded as the car was, Tim and I were somehow able to amuse ourselves. I brought along my Digital Video Disc player and we watched the movies that I had brought along. Tim had seen the first Harry Potter movie, but not the second. Soon after all of our movies were finished, which was about ten hours worth, including The 10th Kingdom which was about seven hours long altogether, we grew bored and began making last resorts of playing highway games.
“Alright what game do you want to play now?” I said.
“Well I don’t know, how about um...whose car is it anyway?” said Tim.
“What’s that? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of it. Is it fun?” said I curiously.
“Well what you do is look at any car on the road...” Tim began.
“And...?” I replied, waiting for him to finish his sentence.
“And...what? Oh sorry, got sidetracked by looking at that red Dodge Viper and thinking it might be suited for someone per say, Bill Gates.”
“Ah, I see where this is going. So I’m assuming that’s how you play?” I said.
“Correct,” was his answer.
We played this game for a while, staring at upcoming cars deciding who it should belong to while each one’s passengers stared back at us with irritated looks slapped on their faces. Until we finally got tired of it, this game was all we could play at. After about ten hours of restaurant stops and bathroom breaks, we began to grow anxious, not that we weren’t from the start.
“Oh why do car rides have to be so long?” I said with exhaustion, “Are we even to South Carolina yet?”
“Just a few more hours and we’ll be at the hotel,” my mom said, “Until then, all we can do is keep driving and wait.”
“Oh alright,” I said.
It was very tiring, I’m telling you. Hour after hour sitting in that car, my bottom was beginning to feel as sore as a horse’s saddle. I whispered over to Tim and asked him start a little rally with me. We decided we would repeat a “certain” phrase of annoyance over and over again until my mother had gotten agitated.
“Are we there yet?” I said.
“No,” replied my mom.
“Are we there yet?” said Tim.
“No,” my mother said, a little more agitation in her voice than before.
“Hey mom, are we there yet?!” I said thinking she might finally lose her cool.
“No we are not there yet, now quit asking me!” my mom shouted.
Tim and I turned our heads to each other, having a fit of laughter.
“I don’t know what you two are laughing so hard about, but we’ll be there very soon so get ready!” my mom said in such a way only when she is in one of her moods. We knew we wouldn’t be there as soon as she said, but it was better to just keep quiet.
It was getting to be late afternoon when we finally crossed the border of the state of South Carolina. We drove on and on, and what seemed like an hour was more like five minutes time. Looking forward to a vacation, we thought would never have been so droning.
Chapter 4
It was but around two in the afternoon when we finally arrived at our hotel, an AmeriSuites to be precise. As tired as we were, we still managed to drag our luggage up to the fifteenth floor. Well alright, we didn’t exactly “walk”, but we certainly took to the elevator as any normal person would.
“Alright you can go down to the lobby for a while, but be back before six, we need to get some sleep,” my dad said.
“Yeah alright, eight o’clock is fine,” I said sarcastically as Tim and I laughed, thankfully my dad didn’t hear me.
We decided to take a stroll down to the lobby, to explore the place a bit.
“So, excited that we’re finally going?” I asked Tim.
“Yes! I’ve been waiting so long, it’s great that we’re almost there,” he told me.
“Oh if only it were now though! I’m sure our friends the Steen’s and Nick are down there by now. David’s my best friend even though I probably already told you that. I envy them,” I said.
“Nick?” said Tim with confusion.
“Yeah, remember I told you about Nick? He’s a good friend of Adam’s, he came along as well,” I replied.
“Oh, well as they always say, two heads are better than one!” said Tim.
“Tim, you cease to amaze me!” I said haughtily, as we chortled all the way down to the lobby.
We never thought we’d have so much fun in a non-Disney hotel as we decided to have a race. We ran all the way up to the top floor, the fifteenth floor, and ran all the way back down. We did this about five times until we became tired and decided to go back to our room. Being boys, we did not like the idea of sleeping in the same bed, so we took to thinking it best that one of us sleep on the air mattress. This Tim did, while I laughed at him. I thought it would be great fun to mock him for being on the floor while I was in my comfy sheets.
“Hey, shut up!” said Tim goofily.
“No! Never!” said I.
“Well if you don’t, then I’ll just have to punch you!” laughed Tim.
“Not if I have something to say about it!” I said with a smirk of madness on my face.
“Alright you asked for it, you...argh! Ouch that hurt!” Tim shouted. Turns out that he accidentally went for my arm but missed and hit his hand on the sideboard of the bed. After his attempts at seeing to his throbbing hand, we both looked at each other and laughed.
“Get to bed you two, we have to get up early in the morning. You don’t want to be tired tomorrow do you?” my mom said with irritation in her somber voice.
“No...” we both said groggily. As soon as we knew my parents had fallen fast asleep, we went back into conversation, excitedly chatting about how much fun this trip was going to be, until we fell fast asleep under the weight of our eyes.
Chapter 5
The next day, Sunday morning, we readied ourselves as quickly as we could, and set off yet again. Today was the day, today was the day when we’d get there. This was going to be great fun, we all knew it. As soon as we saw the gates, the entryway to Walt Disney World, our hearts skipped a beat.
“Yes, we are finally there!” I said with great excitement.
“I know, it‘s been so long,” stated Tim with a look of relief.
“Yes, very,” I replied.
“Ok now you guys, we’ll be getting to the hotel soon. I want you two to help Bill carry in the luggage,” said my mom.
This year we were staying at the Caribbean Beach resort, a quaint although large hotel residing on the Walt Disney World premises that had a theme of the palm trees and sand in the Caribbean.
“Mom, what are we doing once we get to the resort?” I asked.
“Well, first we’ll unpack obviously...” she said as she looked at me like she thought I was stupid, “...and then we can head out to the parks. Of course, our room may not yet be ready, so we can just leave our luggage in the car.”
“Oh, what park are we going to?” said Tim with excitement in his voice, “It’s been five years ever since I came here, I bet a lot has been added, changed, refurbished, that kind of stuff.”
“Yeah,” said I, “A lot has changed, well not too much, but just enough for the better.”
“Really?” said Tim, “Like what?”
“Well, for instance there’s this new thrill ride there called the Rock ‘n’ Roller coaster. Oh my gosh it’s so much fun, you...” but I was interrupted by my dad.
“Well don’t give away too much, he’s barely seen everything!”
“Yeah true,” said I, “but trust me Tim, we will have a blast.”
Tim replied “Yeah, it’s going to be great.”
After a long ride, we had at long last arrived at the Caribbean Beach resort. It was a beautiful place, and checking in was a breeze. To our advantage, the room was ready and my mom quickly began to un-pack while my dad watched television. She never really liked receiving help, for fear that everything would be arranged the wrong way. If any of us tried to help, the monster inside would’ve been released. So naturally, Tim and I decided to flee before the horror from within was unleashed and check out the food court, due to the fact that my dad had gotten in my mom’s way.
“This is a very nice resort,” commented Tim.
“I know, isn’t it beautiful?” said I.
“Yeah, so when did the Steen’s arrive?” he asked.
“Well let’s see, their plane left around six or seven in the morning, I’m not sure exactly when. Taking that into account, it should’ve taken at least four hours for transitions between planes, and also the flight durations,” I answered him.
“Ah, so they should be here now,” Tim said assumingly.
“Yup, should’ve arrived around noon yesterday, right when we were close to South Carolina,” I said.
“Wait, wasn’t their another? Nick was his name? I keep forgetting everyone’s names,” Tim said.
“Oh yeah Nick, his plane was to leave around five in the evening yesterday, so he probably arrived around nine at night. Nick’s never even been to Florida you know, so I’m guessing he’s really going to like it. At least he was very excited,” I said.
“Just like us?” asked Tim.
“Just like us!” I replied, and we started to laugh happily.
After our walk, we decided to check on my parents, and to make sure the room wasn’t in havoc due to the fact that my mom was probably rushing to get everything ready. We came back and fortunately found the room still intact, we did need to sleep there! My mom even calmed down, which was extremely surprising.
“Oh, are you back so soon?” asked my mom.
“Yeah we went to the Port Royale food court, it was very big and colorful,” I commented.
“Oh sounds nice!” said my mom, as she finished un-packing her last bit of luggage and setting the toothbrushes into their holders. “You boys ready? I figure we’ll call the Steen’s on the walkie-talkies once we get to the Magic Kingdom,” my mom said.
“Yeah that sounds good,” I said.
One of the most cherished moments to ever partake in the world is the Disney bus ride to the Magic Kingdom, looking out of the over-sized windows and seeing the skyline of Cinderella Castle. We soon arrived in the bus area, and departed from it. I was walking very fast, Tim lagging behind as usual because he claimed I walked too fast.
“Hold up Billy! You walk too fast. Slow down,” said Tim as he tried to keep up.
“Well if you wanted to get in as fast as me, then you’d hurry up as well!” I yelled.
At this Tim made a sprint towards the gates, taking it as a challenge while now I was the one trying to keep up. “Slow down Tim!” I shouted after him. He slowed down from exhaustion and we entered through the kiosks together, the security checkpoint wasn’t all too long of a wait. As we walked under the Magic Kingdom railroad station, I felt all of my worries magically sweep away from me. Walking onto Main Street U.S.A. I thought would never be so relieving. It was not a dream, we were there, the wait was finally over.
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