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My dog was found. She has actually been home for a while now. She was dehydrated when we got her back but she is well now:)
My apologizes to those of you that have seen Fantasmic and find things wrong with my writing. I haven't seen it all the way through since I was a little kid. When I went over the summer I didn't sit down and watched it, I just saw things when walking through the crowds. I did the best I could from memory!
Chapter 13
Shopping, Shows, and Snow White's Wishing Well
They went to the shop on Main Street where they could look at their picture. After standing in line for a few minutes, they reached the front and handed their ticket to the girl at the register. She pulled up the correct file on her computer and showed them their picture.
Jordan smiled, "I love it!"
"Yeah it's perfect," Woody agreed.
The picture was indeed perfect. They were both smiling and the background looked amazing. Anyone that didn't know them would have thought that they were a couple. That is what they looked like, a couple in love.
"So what size would you like to buy?" The girl behind the counter seemed to be getting annoyed because they had been looking at the picture for so long.
They each bought an 8x10 and had them sent to their hotel. When they were done there they went back out on Main Street.
"So where do you want to go now?" Jordan looked at all of the stores around them.
"I don't really care. You wanna do some shopping or do you want to go on some more rides?"
She thought for a moment, "Let's do some shopping."
They went to the Emporium first and wandered around there a while. They found souvenirs for everyone back at the morgue. They bought a stuffed Flik from the movie A Bugs Life for Bug, a Fab 5 coffee mug for Garret, a magnet of Mickey on a motorcycle for Nigel, and a Princess snow globe for Lily.
When they were done there, Jordan sat on the curb along Main Street to write the postcard to their friends while Woody went to buy stamps. She used the new Belle pen that she just bought for herself. She finished up just as Woody sat next to her.
"Here you go."
"Perfect timing."
"So what did you tell them?"
"Just that we were having a lot of fun, that we had gone on all of the rides, met Mickey. The basics."
"Cool. I think there is a mailbox over by the entrance if you want to go and mail it now."
"Yeah, that sounds good."
Jordan was relieved that he didn't ask to read it himself. She has written something that she didn't want him to see that only her morgue family would understand, specifically Lily. She had said that Disney magic could definitely make things happen.
Lily had come over to Jordan's apartment the night before they left for a girl's night. They ordered pizza and had a night of girl talk, mostly Jordan and Woody talk. It had been a while since Lily had heard the relationship update. Jordan told her that she felt like they were closer to taking that final step and that she hoped that the trip would help that happen. Things were definitely moving on the right track. They just needed a little push.
Jordan dropped the postcard in the mailbox and decided that now was the time for that push. He had been the one to initiate the contact for the majority of the day, but now it was her turn. She wrapped her arm tightly around her waist and causally asked, "So where do you want to go now?"
He was surprised at her movement, grateful, but surprised. He in turn put his arm around her shoulders. "There is one more store that I want to go and then I think we should go to dinner."
"Ok, what store?"
"Mad Hatter."
They made their way to Fantasyland, walking through the Main Street castle and across the draw bridge of the castle.
"Are you actually going to buy a hat or are we just here to look?" Jordan asked as they walked into the store.
"Well, right now I am just looking, but I might get one if I really like it."
He spotted something on the other side of the store that he wanted to look at. He went over to one of the hat racks and picked up the one he wanted, placing it on his head.
"What do you think?"
"I think you look like there is a one eyed monster eating your head."
The hat he had chosen was Mike Wazowski's head. A person put their head in the opening where Mike's mouth would be, so it looked like Woody had teeth all along his forehead.
"Here!"
He handed her the camera and posed for her. After pushing the button she switched the camera to the view selection so she could look at it. She started laughing hysterically. The picture was perfect. At the angle that he was standing, it looked like Mike was actually biting his head. Woody's expression made it even funnier. He looked like he was freaking out and screaming.
"Ok Jordan, your turn! Pick a hat!"
She looked around the room until she found a hat that she liked. Finally she was it. Woody lost her through crowds of people and hat racks. When he finally caught up with her, she was wearing a pink, pointy, princess hat with aveil coming off thetop.
"Very nice! It matches your shirt perfectly. You should get it."
"Oh I don't know. I think I will look around a little more."
She was about to take the hat off her head when Woody stopped her, "Hey hey, what do you think you are doing? I have to get your picture first."
She gave him her best proper princess pose, and then went on to find another hat. They tried on almost every hat in the story, and got pictures of themselves while wearing them.
Woody tried on a pirate hat and mad an evil facial expression. When he went to try on the pilot's flight hat, the chinstrap got stuck on his nose. Jordan was laughing so hard she was afraid the picture wouldn't turn out right. She finally stopped laughing enough to look at the picture, but then began laughing again when she looked at it. The strap was stuck on the tip of his nose and he was pouting, sticking out his bottom lip.
She tried on the Nemo hat andthe Cheshire Cat hat. After trying on a few more hats they tried to decide on which hats to buy.
"I always wanted to get one of those hats with the Mickey ears that I could put my name on, but my parents would never buy me one. Maybe I will get one of them." Woody told her as they were looking around.
"You should. I think it would be cute." She gave him her best flirtatious smile.
"Alright, I will, but only if you get one to match!"
"Ok!"
They looked through the hats, choosing the correct sizes and picking what colors they wanted. Woody got a black one and Jordan got a pink one. They both watched in awe as the girl embroidered their names on the hats with her machine.
"I could never do that." Jordan said when the girl handed them their completed hats.
She smiled, "It's not as hard as it looks."
They paid for their new hats, placing them on their heads they walked back into Fantasyland.
Jordan heard a sound from her stomach as they were walking through the crowds of people. "Ok, you said shopping and then dinner. Where do you want to go, because I am starving?"
"I made reservations for us."
"You did? Where? And when?"
"Yep. We are going to be Blue Bayou. I made the reservations while you were in the bathroom earlier."
"Ok. Sounds good. At this point I will eat anything! Lead the way."
He grabbed her hands and they walked back to New Orleans Square. They took the short cut next to the Princess Shop in the castle. Soon they arrived at their destination. They didn't have to wait long before their table was ready and the hostess lead them to their seats.
Jordan looked around the restaurant when once they were seated, "Is that the Pirates of the Caribbean ride right there?"
"Yeah, didn't you notice it when we went on the ride."
"Well yeah, I just didn't think that this was going to be where we were going."
They looked through the menu choices and were ready to order by the time their waiter came. They were sitting in silence just enjoying each other's company and the ambiance of the restaurant when they heard someone yelling,
"Hi, nice people that are eating over there! Hello nice people!"
Woody and Jordan both turned towards the water and could see the out line of a person waving in their general direction.
Jordan turned to Woody, "Is it just me, or does that kid sound really familiar?"
"It's David from the Haunted Mansion."
"Let's mess with him."
In unison they both yelled, "HI DAVID!"
"Holy crap! Those people knew my name! How did they know my name? Oh my God that is freaky!"
Woody and Jordan both laughed at his reaction.
"Oh that was fun!" Jordan said as she continued laughing.
Their laughter died down and they returned to silence. Jordan turned the conversation to a slightly more serious note.
"Thank you for bringing be here Woody. I am having a blast. I probably would never have come here if it hadn't been for you."
Woody reached across the table and took her hand in his.
"You're Welcome. I am glad to do it. No one should miss out on the Disney magic. I have been wanting to come back for a long time, and there is no one else that I would rather be here with."
He began to lean towards her; this was the moment that he had been waiting for the entire trip. He could feel her begin to lean into him.
"Here you go folks! I have a Diet Coke and an Iced Tea. Your order should be up soon. Is there anything else I can get you while you wait?"
Woody and Jordan both pulled a part. Woody looked at the waiter, slightly irritated with him, "No, thank you. We're fine."
He didn't want to be mean to the kid. It wasn't really his fault. He didn't know that Woody had been waiting for the perfect moment all day to finally make his move. Now the moment was gone, yet again. It didn't matter if all cell phones were turned off or put on silent, something always had to happen.
The waiter walked off to his next table, and they went back to each other. Jordan quickly changed the subject.
"So what are we going to do tonight?"
Woody pulled out the show schedule for the night to see what their choices were, "Well, there is a parade that we could probably catch depending on what time we get out of here, Fireworks are at 9:30sih, and then we can catch the 10:30 Fantasmic."
"Okay, let's see if we can catch the parade, and I guess we can go on rides and stuff again until the fireworks. What is this Fantasmic thing you were talking about?"
"It is a show thing over on the stage area of Tom Sawyer Island. I've heard about, it sounds really cool. It's got tons of different characters it in. They use all sorts of special effects. I have been wanting to see it for years."
"Okay then, we'll check it out."
It wasn't long before their food arrived. Woody shared some more childhood Disneyland stories while they ate.
"It was really late one night, probably after 10…I was always a night owl as a kid. So we are walking from Main Street to Fantasyland to go on a few more rides before we left, Cal was still pretty little so he was in a stroller. Suddenly, Goofy, Mickey, and Donald come from out of nowhere. Goofy grabbed the stroller from my Aunt and took off with Cal. He ran across the drawbridge with him, I have never seen my Aunt run that fast ever! Come to think of it…I had never seen her fun before that, and I have never seen her run since."
"So what happened?" Jordan was really into the story and was anxious to hear how it was going to end.
"Well, my Aunt finally caught up with Goofy and I skipped behind with Mickey and Donald while my Uncle lagged behind us. It was so funny. My Aunt freaked out. She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to find him."
"What did she do when she caught up to him? I would've freaked out too if some strange character had come out of nowhere and taken my nephew from me!"
"She started to hit him, but then he gave her a big hug patted Cal on the head and ran off. When my Uncle finally showed up, my Aunt started ranting about how we should try to turn him in or something, but he calmed her down and told her to just let it go. Nothing had happened. He was just messing around. It was so great! I wanted Mickey and Donald to go in rides with me, but they had to go. It was still really fun though."
They finished up their dinners, paid the check and made it to Main Street just in time to get a good seat for the Parade. Jordan had never seen so many Disney characters all in the same place at the same time. There were floats from Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, The Lion King, Cinderella, and many, many more. She has also never seen so much glitter and sparkles in the same place either. She felt like such a little kid seeing everything for the first time. Some of the dancers must have seen the excitement in her eyes because they came and interacted with her when normally they once approached the small children. Woody laughed at the expression on her face. She looked like a kid in a candy store; of course this was a slightly different circumstance.
It was all over far too quickly as far as Jordan was concerned. Once the last float passed where they were sitting, they got up and chose their next plan of attack. Woody looked at his watch.
"Well, it looks like we still have a while before the fireworks, so I guess we can hit some rides again. Anything you want to hit again?"
She didn't have to think very hard, "Buzz Lightyear!"
"You want to go on Space Mountain again? We could pick up another Fast Pass for it before we hit Buzz," Woody suggested.
"Let's do it."
They headed back over to Tomorrowland and did as Woody had mentioned. Their scores for Buzz were slightly higher then the last time they rode it, but Woody still beat Jordan by a few thousand points. When they exited the ride they found Buzz Lightyear surrounded by a group of people. They waited their turn and got their picture taken with the space hero.
They went back to Fantasyland after that and went on Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Casey Jr., Pinocchio, Snow White and Mr. Toad. Neither of them won Woody's 'Name Game' on Snow White, but Woody won on Mr. Toad.
"Ha, ha! I got it!"
Jordan laughed at him, "What are you expecting a medal or something?"
"Your sarcasm hurts Jordan," he said as he placed his hand over his heart.
It must have been the time that the characters were making their last rounds because they seemed to be everywhere. They got their pictures taken with Pinocchio, Alice, the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, Peter Pan, Snow White and Belle. Belle was Jordan's favorite princess so she got a picture with her without Woody.
After a few more rides it was time to use their Fast Passes so they made they way back over to Tomorrowland. They got to sit in the back of the space ship this time so they were whipped around a little more. It just added to the fun of things. Their picture wasn't as funny as it was before so they passed on buying it yet again.
"I don't know about you, but I think I am up for some ice cream right about now. What do you think Jo?"
"How do you know just what a girl wants?" She asked giving him a suggestive smile.
"It's a gift."
They went to the Ice Cream Parlor on Main Street and they found a place in the Plaza to watch the fireworks. Woody chose a spot on the ground next to one of the planters so they could lean against it. He sat down first and was surprised when Jordan didn't sit next to him. She sat in between his legs, leaning against his chest. He welcomed it of course; he just had to be careful not to get chocolate ice cream in her hair. She leaned her head against his shoulder trying to get comfortable. Woody pulled her closer by wrapping his arm around her middle. He heard her sigh as she relaxed against him.
"So Jo, what is your favorite ride…besides Buzz Lightyear?" He knew that she would say that first since she had chosen to go on that one again.
Since he had beat her to that she had to think of something else. "Ummm…I don't know. I have loved all of them. I never thought that I would get over my fear of roller coasters but now I think they are some of the best rides ever invented." She finished the last bite of her ice cream and began to lick the remaining stickiness from her fingers.
He smiled, taking the last bite of his ice cream as well, "Good. I am glad that I could help you conquer your fear."
"You have helped me conquer a lot of my fears Woody."
"Like what?"
She turned slightly in his arms so that she was facing him, her lips once again just inches from his. They seemed to be favoring that position that day, "My fear of com…"
Jordan was cut off by the cracking sound of the first set of fireworks. They looked up just in time to see the sparkling lights before they faded away and the next set appeared. As much as Jordan was loving the fireworks display, she was still slightly upset. 'I don't know if this is ever going to happen! If it's not a waiter it is the freakin' fireworks!' she thought to herself.
The fireworks seemed to last forever. There were some really cool designs and colors. There were some on the shape of a Mickey head and others in shapes of hearts and stars. The finale was absolutely amazing. Neither of them had seen so many fireworks go off all at the same time.
Jordan jumped up when the show was over and turned to offer Woody her hand. She pulled him up and asked excitedly, the fireworks show had given her a new rush of exhilaration, "Ok where to next?"
"Well, we could go on a few more rides and then go to Fantasmic, or we could go over to Fantasmic right now so we can get a good seat."
"I want to get a good seat!" She grabbed his hand and pulled him through the crowds towards Frontierland.
When they got there, it seemed that a lot of other people had gotten the same idea. They looked around for a few minutes before finding the perfect spot. It was in front of another planter, so they could lean against the wall, and in the center of it all so they had a perfect view of the stage. They reassumed the position they had been sitting in while watching the fireworks.
"So how much time to we have?"
Woody looked at his watch, "Just under an hour. You wanna play a game?"
"Is this another Hoyt Disneyland tradition game?"
"Yeah kinda. It is like 20 questions, but we don't keep track of how many you ask. So one of us thinks of something in the park and then the other has go guess what it is asking only yes or no questions."
"Alright, but remember you know the park better then I do so you have to go easy on me."
"Ok, you want to guess first or do you want me to?"
"I don't care."
He thought for a moment, "Ok, I got one."
Jordan carefully considered her first question, "Is it in a ride?"
"Yes."
"Is it in Tomorrowland?"
"No."
"Toontown?"
"No."
"Fantasyland?"
"Yes."
She paused for a moment thinking about where she should go from there. "Is it on Alice in Wonderland?"
"Nope."
"Mr. Toad?"
"No."
"Pinocchio?"
"Nope."
"Peter Pan."
"Yep."
"Finally another yes!"
"Is it on a character?"
"Yes."
"What color is it?"
He was about to respond but he stopped himself, "Hey! Only yes or no questions!"
"Man, I was hoping you wouldn't notice. Okay…is it blue?"
"No."
"Green?"
"Nope."
"Red?"
"Yes."
She tried to put the clues together. "Ok, something red, on a character in Peter Pan…Captain Hook's jacket?"
"No."
"Smee's hat?"
"No, good guess though."
She thought for a moment more before finally figuring it out, "The feather in Peter's hat."
"Yes! See that was pretty easy for you."
"Yeah it was. My turn!"
She tried to think of something harder for him to try and guess. "Ok, I got it!"
"Alright, is it on Main Street?"
"No."
"Adventureland?"
"No."
"Frontierland?"
"No."
"Fantasyland?"
"No."
"New Orleans Square."
"Yes."
"Is it on a ride?"
"Yes."
"Alright that narrows it done a lot! Is it in the Haunted Mansion?"
"Nope."
"Ok, so it is in Pirates of the Caribbean." He thought for a second deciding in what direction to go in.
"Is it on a pirate?"
"No."
"Man, this isn't going to be as easy as I thought."
She laughed, "Come on Farm Boy you can do it!"
"Ok, color, I'll work on color. Is it red?"
She shook her head against his chest.
"Blue?"
"No."
"Yellow?"
"No."
"Green?"
"No."
He went through every color in the rainbow. "I haven't named it off yet?"
She smiled, "No you haven't! Keep going!"
"White!"
"Yes!"
"Ok, now I am getting somewhere. Is it on a pirate?"
"You already asked that, the answer is still no."
"Ok then. Is it in one of the rooms with the skeletons where we threw the pennies?"
"No."
"Is it after that?"
She had to think about it for a second to make sure she answered the question correctly. "No."
"It is before that part? There isn't much before that part? It is something in the restaurant? Something in the Blue Bayou?"
"No."
He repeated the evidence to himself trying to think it through, "Something white that is before the treasure rooms. Is it the Old Great Grandpa Hoyt's shirt?"
She smiled, "Nope!" She was excited that he was having a hard time figuring it out.
"Is it after the drop?"
"Yes."
"In between the drop and the rooms…what is there?" He hoped that talking about loud would help him think more but it wasn't working.
"Is it something on the beach area?"
"Yes."
"Ok, I'm getting closer! Is it the sand?"
"No."
"The skeleton bones?"
"No."
"What else is there? There is a crab, but that isn't white."
"Don't give up now man you are so close." She was trying to encourage him but it wasn't really working.
He sat there for a few minutes thinking.
"I've got it! The sea gull on the skeleton's head!"
"Yep, that' it!"
"That was a good one Jordan. I'm impressed!"
"Thank you, thank you. I try! How much time do we have?"
He checked his watch, "Another half hour or so."
They played a few more rounds. The time seemed to go by really quickly. Soon the lights we fading and an announcement was being made to ask everyone to remain seated until the show is over and the lights return to normal. Jordan snuggled closer to Woody's chest and sat back to enjoy the performance.
They were both mesmerized by the special effects of the show. Everything from the pyrotechnics, to the water screens, to the lighting and the sound; it all kept their attention focused on the stage. Woody would've sworn that he heard Jordan "Ooo and Ahhh" over everything along with the kids in the crowd. He knew for sure that she gasped during the scene with Peter Pan fighting Captain Hook on his pirate ship. Jordan smiled to herself during the scene with the Disney Princesses dancing with their Princes. She tightened her grip on Woody's arms that were securely wrapped around her. Their eyes grew wide when the Dragon appeared on stage and blew fire, lighting up the Rivers of America.
Soon Mickey sleighed the dragon, and the finale was upon them. When the lights returned to normal Jordan turned in Woody's arms and smiled,
"That was one of the coolest things I have ever seen!"
"Yeah it was!" Woody agreed.
Everyone around them got up ands started moving around but they made no attempt.
"What time is it?"
"Ummm…almost 11:00." He said checking his watch, "The night is almost over."
He wrapped his arm back around her and they continued to sit there while the crowd cleared.
"Ok, we have an hour until the park closes, what should we do now?"
Woody thought for a moment. The park was only open for another hour. He had to put his plan into action, and he had to do it before the night was over. He didn't want to do it right now though, they had to do something first. Suddenly, something came to him. He pulled the event schedule from his pocket,
"I've got it!"
"What?"
"Come on!"
He slid out from behind her and then helped her up. Entwining their fingers he lead her out of Frontierland.
"Woody where are we going?"
"You'll see."
They walked through the land, passed the Golden Horseshoe, and through a small walkway that Jordan had never noticed earlier that day. They quickly arrived at Woody's surprise destination,
"Dancing at the Carnation Plaza!"
He pulled her onto the dance floor and began to twirl her around to the upbeat jazz song that the band was playing. Jordan realized how much she had missed dancing with him. They hadn't done it much since Jordan sold the bar. They danced song after song without stopping. Both of them were beginning to run out of breath just as the band played a slow song. Woody pulled her close to his chest, her arms with up around his neck just as she had many other times before. She rested her head against his chest and felt him press a kiss to the top of her head as the gently swayed to the music. The band played a few more songs before announcing that it was going to be their last song of the night. When the song was over Jordan looked up at him,
"Do you think we have time for one more ride?"
"Actually I have something else I want to show you."
It was now or never, he had to begin his plan.
He led her off the dance floor and cross the front of the castle. Leading her onto another walkway that Jordan had seemed to have missed during the day, they came to Snow White's Wishing Well. Woody looked around hoping that they would be alone. They were.
"This is so cute!" Jordan was letting her girly side come out as she walked across the bridge to look at the waterfall with statues of the Seven Dwarfs.
"This was always the thing that we would do at the end of the night. Come over here and make a wish."
Jordan turned to see Woody standing by the well with two pennies in his hand. She walked over to him, took her penny from his hand, and turned to look inside the well. All of the other coins that had been thrown in earlier were sparkling in the light that was shining into the water. Snow White's voice could be heard singing, "I'm wishing for the one I love to find me today."
"You've got the right idea girl. I wish the one I love would find me today." Jordan thought to herself. She wished it one more time, this time really meaning it, before dropping her penny into the water. Woody's penny quickly followed and they watched as the ripples that they had created slowly faded away.
He placed his arms on either side of her, trapping her as he had many times that day. She turned in his arms when he asked,
"So what did you wish for?"
"I can't tell you!"
He was almost offended, "Why not?"
"Because it won't come true!"
"I'll tell you mine!"
"Ok then, what did you wish for Woody?"
He looked at her for a moment, but he didn't speak. He leaned in slowly and captured his lips with hers. This time there were no cell phones, no waiters, no fireworks…well there were fireworks…but there was nothing to interrupt them. It was just the 2 of them together. Jordan instinctively put her arms around him and began to respond to the kiss, opening her mouth to meet his. The feeling of his lips upon hers was making her lightheaded but she didn't want to pull away. Eventually, their lungs won out and they had to pull away from each other. Jordan had trouble forming a sentence once she had regained her breath but finally found her words,
"You know what Woody?"
"What?"
"That was what I had wished for too. I always knew that someday my Prince would come, and you have been here all along."
"I've been here. I will always be here. I love you Jordan."
"I love you too."
He began to lower his lips to hers, this time she met him half way. Their lips met again in another explosion of fireworks. They kissed again, this time with more passion then before. Woody finally had to be the one to break away before he started something that would get them kicked out of the Magic Kingdom forever.
"You wanna get out of here?"
The man's kisses seemed to make her forget how to speak because all Jordan could was nod against his chest. He grabbed her hand and they started walking towards Main Street. Walking through the crowded streets, with Jordan's hand in his, listening to Jiminy Cricket sing, "When You Wish Upon A Star," Woody began to realize something.
Together they were an example that dreams do come true and that Disneyland truly was…The Happiest Place on Earth.
Well, that is the end. I hope you have enjoyed it. I also hope that I have brought a little Disney Magic to all of you out there, especially to those that have not been forunate enough to visit The Happiest Place on Earth.