While Dalt Wisney World was certainly something to look forward to, the family of five had to get through a couple of hurtles first- specifically, a three-day car ride with stops in between.

First was the packing.

Steven packed a modern suitcase with plenty of clothes and a toothbrush. Even with the very minimalist diversity in items, he STILL had to sit on the suitcase to get it zipped up.

Garnet (terribly clueless about what to bring on the trip) decided to check her future vision to see the optimal objects that would be needed to get to their destination.
She packed a conservative reusable grocery bag with a strange array of items that would probably make more sense later on.

Amethyst brought a family-fun-bulk size box of "Cheeze Wiz!" Crackers. That was it. Nothing else.

Pearl, on the other hand, was having the most difficulty "packing light" (as humans called it). She was attempting to bring everything but the kitchen sink- and the only reason WHY she WASN'T bringing the kitchen sink, was because she didn't want to turn off the house's water while they were gone.

When Greg finally drove up the next morning, the family looked incredibly stressed out already. Greg could tell that there had been a lot of strife that the group of aliens was hiding...especially between Pearl and Amethyst.

"Yeesh...alright everyone! Load it up!" Greg opened the van's trunk in hopes that hitting the road as fast as possible would improve everyone's mood...maybe some music?

Unfortunately, Pearl called shotgun- a slightly awkward situation. Instead of the awesome Universe van pumping out some good 'ol rock n' roll, Pearl had changed the radio to the "Publicly Funded Broadcast Station".

"Today is part four of our "Recycle and Reuse" series. We will be discussing "Lint" and 50 interesting uses for the material." The radio chirped in a calm manner.

"Oh! I've love this series! Yesterday they talked about paper grocery bags!" Pearl clapped her hands in excitement!

"BOOOOREING!" Amethyst whined from the back seat.

"Mmmph." Garnet crossed her arms in disappointment, but said nothing. This was going to be a LOOOOOOONG drive...

As it turns out, there actually WERE 50 recycling uses for lint. Every time someone attempted to start a conversation, Pearl would shush them!

The radio droned on: "-can also be left outside. Birds will incorporate your colorful lint to line their nests! That concludes today's segment of "Recycle and Reuse"! Tune in tomorrow for our next segment: cans and bottles!"

"OKAY... I think it's someone else's turn Pearl..." Greg turned off the radio quickly. At this point, the father desperately needed to engage in conversation. Greg was starting to nod off with boredom.

Pearl huffed, and crossed her arms in annoyance. Still, she caved in at the request.

There was an awkward pause of silence, before Greg piped up again: "Why don't you guys discuss what you're going to do when we get there? I brought pamphlets!" The father piped up excitedly! "Pearl! They're in the glove compartment!"

Impressed, Pearl opened the glove compartment. She grabbed the massive mountain of pamphlets, and frowned once she discovered that the rest of the compartment was filled with napkins and unused sugar packets. To Greg's embarrassment, the Gem began to clean the space automatically.

"Pearl. PEARL! I use those napkins and packets of sugar! Please...just...pass out the Dalt Wisney pamphlets!"

Pearl blushed a shade of blue, before dispersing the pamphlets among the rest of her family in the back seat.

"OH! Check out this coaster! It looks HUGE!" Amethyst pointed at the map in one of the pamphlets- getting orange "Cheeze Wiz!" dust all over the booklet.

Pearl screamed internally.

Garnet ended up with an entire book of nothing but restaurants and eateries scattered throughout the park. She spotted a picture of a very formal ballroom next to a romantic waterfall and view of fireworks. The pamphlet boasted: "Visit "Artist's Place"! The most romantic eatery in Dalt Wisney World! Perfect for you and that special someone!"

Garnet blushed as her two internal Gems discussed the possibility of a date night. It HAD been a while since they had gone somewhere romantic by themselves...

Steven looked at a picture of tourists riding in a spinning tea cup ride, and immediately went pale. There was NO WAY he was going to attempt riding one of THOSE things again...he had learned the FIRST time!

Pearl discovered that several of the parks had an "educational spin", specifically "TOCPE" and "Animal World"! "Look Steven! They have an entire pavilion devoted to explaining the production of electric currents! Very educational!"

"OH! That's...Erm...VERY NICE Pearl!" Steven attempted to smile.

Pearl smiled back-completely oblivious.

As the van rumbled along, the family continued their friendly banter! Excited and enthusiastic about the journey ahead!

To anyone who was curious:

Pearl - Mulan

Peridot - Lilo and Stitch

Lapis - Finding Nemo

Garnet - Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin

Amethyst - The Emperor's New Groove

Sorry it took me so long to update this one guys! I'm (literally) working on...like...6 different SU fics at the same time here! Happy Mother's Day!

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