Hey quick author's note. I've never been to Disneyland, (I know it sucks) so all my knowledge is purely based on what I made up combined with the internet, so sorry if I got anything wrong.
P.S. I don't own The Avengers or Disneyland, though if I could own both... well, let's just say I'd have a lot of fun. ;)
Tony Stark wanted to do something fun. And what Tony Stark wants, Tony Stark gets.
So about 2 days later, he announced to the Avengers that they would be going on very special "mandatory" trip, along with Pepper, Jane and Darcy. What he didn't tell them was that this trip was actually just his excuse to do something fun, and it was actually in no way mandatory, he just wanted to have people to go with, and his friends seemed like a pretty good option.
"So where are we going?" Clint asked once Tony was done talking.
Tony couldn't help but grin from ear to ear, even though he was slightly annoyed at Clint's impatience. Clearly he was getting to that part.
"We're going to..." He drew it out for a few seconds to make it seem really suspenseful and exciting. "... Disneyland!" He smiled even wider and for a few seconds, he felt like he'd never be able to stop.
From the couch in front of him though, he heard quite a few disappointed groans. The only people who were somewhat excited were Darcy and Thor. Tony frowned. "What's wrong with Disneyland?"
At that, Natasha actually started laughing. Seriously, what was wrong with Disneyland?
"Tony?" Bruce asked quietly, so that he was just barely heard over Tasha's laughing. "Don't you think we're a little old for Disneyland?"
Tony just stared at him, feeling incredulous. Even his very own Science Bro was against him?
In the end, though, Tony still got what he wanted. Because he was Tony Stark, and what Tony Stark wants, Tony Stark gets.
It took a lot of convincing, moaning, protests and bribing though, but he got it.
In just a few days, tickets were bought, accommodations were made, (though Tony did have his house in California, he thought that staying at a hotel in the park really enhanced the experience) and travel was arranged (not that that's really an issue when you're a billionaire with you own array of private jets). And surprisingly, he arranged everything all by himself, with no help from Pepper (One of the many promises he made to everyone was one to Pepper, stating that he would do all of the planning himself. Another was to everyone, promising to pay for everything, including anything anyone wanted. No exceptions. It was a good thing he was rich).
Now he was sitting on his private jet at 6 am, waiting for everyone else to arrive. He was actually early, for once, and the only other person on the plane was Pepper. And that was only because she was the one who actually made sure he was early.
Slowly but surely though, everyone else began to arrive, and by 6:30, they took off for California.
A few hours later, they landed in California. From the airport, they rode a private limo, another perk of having Tony Stark pay for your trip, all the way to Disneyland.
Tony sat between Pepper and Bruce on the ride and enthused about how great Disneyland would be for the entire ride.
The only other person in that whole limo that seemed remotely excited was Darcy. Although she was much more than just remotely excited. Wedged in a spot between Steve and Thor, she was wearing a shirt with Minnie Mouse on it, and matching mouse ears on her head. Every once in a while, she'd get really excited about something Tony said and exclaim loudly about it, making Steve and Thor cover their ears.
Finally, they arrived at the park. Tony got out and stared in awe at the front gates. Okay, so they weren't exactly too awe-worthy, but he was pretty damn excited, so it didn't matter.
Slowly, all the Avengers came out and started standing beside each other, forming a line of staring faces. Even though they had denied any excitement or even interest before, one look around at his fellow Avengers told Tony that they were completely and utterly excited.
"So are you ready to go in?" Steve asked. It sounded like he was trying to seem completely disinterested, but he couldn't keep the excitement from his voice. Tony was glad. He had thought Steve of all people, who had been around in the 40s when Disney was still fairly new, it had only be around for 20 years, would have enjoyed to see how far the little movie company he had liked (he said so himself, actually, that he had really liked Disney movies) had come since then. But Tony assumed that since all the other Avengers had been pretending to have no interest at all, Steve had joined in too to seem cool in the eyes of his teammates.
"Heck yeah!" Darcy exclaimed. She was standing beside Tony and even he had to admit that she was a little loud, but he thought her display of enthusiasm was admirable, so it was okay.
Once they got into the park, none of them could contain their excitement, not even Natasha and Clint.
From the front entrance, Tony could see the Disney castle in the distance. He smiled to himself. This was going to be so awesome. He could barely even wait. But he decided that it would be best to go to the hotel and get everything unpacked first, so as excited and impatient as he was, and as much as all he wanted was to go have some fun, and Tony Stark always got what he wanted, he reluctantly pulled out a map and tried to find the hotel.
Tony had spent much time picking out a hotel, and had eventually decided on the Disneyland Hotel, not too far from the Downtown Disney District.
Though he had been kind of tempted to get a really fancy suite, Tony, after deciding that he probably wouldn't end up wanting to stay too long in the room, just to sleep, had gone for just a normal 2 bed room, which was still pretty nice too. Since each room had 2 beds, and each bed held 2 people, and there were 9 people in total, he had figured that he could have 3 people per room and get 3 rooms (He did need to save his money somewhere considering he'd need to pay for everything else everyone wanted). The rooms were assigned as follows:
Room #1: Bed #1, Pepper and Tony. Bed #2, Bruce.
Room # 2: Bed #1, Clint and Natasha. Bed #2, Steve.
Room # 3: Bed #1, Thor and Jane. Bed #2, Darcy.
"Wow," Pepper said as she walked into their room. "This is incredible." She hurried over to the window. "Cool, look at the view! You can see a lot of the park from here!"
Tony came up behind her and put his arms around her. "Bet you think I had a pretty cool idea now, don't you?" He asked.
Pepper smiled, then leaned her head back on Tony's shoulder. She reached her arm up and pulled his head down a bit before giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Um, guys, I'm right here." Bruce pointed out as Tony turned Pepper around and the two started making out.
"Oh." Pepper broke away from Tony's embrace and kind of stepped away a bit, looking embarrassed. Tony just smiled before bursting out laughing. "Oops." He said, but he was still laughing.
Bruce just smiled and blushed a little bit.
Tony's phone buzzed twice then, and he pulled it out. He had 2 texts. 1 from Clint and 1 from Darcy. Both of them informed him and they were ready to go and they would meet in the lobby.
"Well, I guess we're ready to go see the park!" Tony exclaimed. He was so excited, grinning from ear to ear, to that he seemed like a five year old, which made Pepper and Bruce laugh.
"So where are we going first?" Darcy asked when they all got to the lobby.
"That, my dear, is a very good question." Tony said in response before pulling out a map. "Let's see."
After much deliberation, it was decided that the best place to start was the main entrance. Then they could work their way around the map.
It took a while, but by 11:30, they were back at the start. Now they just need to pick which direction to go in. It was a good thing that they had decided to stay for a week and a half, because the way they were working, and it would take forever to get through the entire park.
Finally, they ended up going on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, which everyone had to agree was a lot of fun.
After that, they wandered a bit, everyone pointing something out, but no one being able to agree if they wanted to go see that, so that they ended up not doing anything for a while.
But when they got around to the Haunted Mansion, everyone agreed that they wanted to do it. Bruce tried to protest, of course not thinking that it was such a good idea for him with the Hulk and everything, and also being a bit of a scared-y cat, but Tony eventually convinced him. And also promised to sit beside him and hold his hand, something which Pepper wasn't too happy about (though she did end up just fine, getting Steve to sit with her.) and which Bruce took advantage of, squeezing Tony's hand so hard that Tony didn't even regain feeling in his hand until a few hours later.
After that, the team had lunch at a very cool restaurant, (and notably expensive) and then worked their way through a few more rides. They spent the rest of the day out and having a blast. Tony had actually been right to make this mandatory. If he hadn't, they wouldn't have realized how much fun it could be, and they wouldn't have bonded the way they did that day, and in the days to come.
"Oh my God, look!" Darcy shouted randomly. "It's Minnie Mouse!" She immediately started running to where, yes, a mouse dressed in a red dress with a matching red bow on her ear was standing. When the rest of the group got over to them, Darcy handed her phone over to Jane for a picture. It turned out to be a pretty cute one considering Darcy's outfit of a Minnie Mouse shirt, red skirt that matched Minnie's dress and a pair of mouse ears with a bow on one of them.
Plus, she turned out to not be the only person to get excited by a character. In fact, it seemed as if everyone had that one character that they were so excited to meet and just had to get a picture with. For Darcy it was Minnie. For Pepper, it was Peter Pan. (Don't ask. But it did make Tony extremely jealous) For Steve it was Mickey Mouse, as he was one of the few characters Steve even recognized. Tony seemed pretty excited to meet Chip and Dale, while Bruce wanted his picture with Mike and Sulley from Monsters, Inc. Even Natasha and Clint let go of their "We don't care" attitude and took pictures with characters themselves. Natasha seemed pretty into both Tinkerbell and Rapunzel and got a picture with both, while Clint picked Merida from the movie Brave since she had a bow and arrow. (Later it was noted that Merida actually looked a lot like she should be Natasha and Clint's lovechild.) Finally, there was Thor and Jane. Thor seemed pretty good with taking a picture with anyone, so it was more Jane's choice when they got one with Pooh Bear, but they both seemed to love it.
After that, some more rides, some more wandering around the park, some more seeing cute characters, then, although it upset Tony very much, it was bedtime, and the end of day 1 of the Avengers' awesome Disneyland adventure.