A/N: I have no excuses anymore. I didn't forget about this story though.
Day 3: Epcot
Amy practically collapsed on the bed as soon as she opened the door to her room. She didn't even notice Gina and Rosa in the other bed. It was only day two and she was exhausted. They still had Epcot and Animal Kingdom to go to then where ever they wanted on the last day. Luckily, there weren't many rides at Epcot so hopefully they would take their time tomorrow.
"Ames?"
Amy groaned, turning around to find Gina and Rosa staring at her.
"You okay?" Rosa asked.
Amy nodded. "Just tired."
"You look terrible," Gina said.
"Thanks, Gina." Amy sat up, groaning. "I'm going to change then go straight to sleep." She grabbed her pajamas out of the dresser (she of course unpacked for the week while Gina and Rosa decided to keep everything in their suitcases) and went into the bathroom to change.
"We doing Epcot tomorrow!" Rosa yelled so Amy could hear her through the door.
"Yeah? So are we," Amy answered back.
"We going to drink around the world!" Gina added. "You can join. I want to see drunk Amy."
Amy groaned, walking out of the bathroom. "Drinking in this heat? That sounds like a terrible idea."
"Oh it is," Rosa agreed. "But we are getting so drunk."
Amy shook her head, placing her dirty clothes in a small hamper that she bought with her.
"Come on, Santiago. I know Jake will do it. We drink around the world every year."
"Of course you do. I'll think about," Amy promised. "Now, I'm going to bed."
The next morning, Amy again met Jake down in the food court. She was wearing khaki shorts, a gray shirt with Mickey Mouse on it, and black converses. She was planning on buying some Flower and Garden ears today.
She found Jake already in line for Mickey waffles with Charles. He smiled when he saw, motioning for her to grab a table. She did and soon Jake and Charles joined her, Jake carrying an extra tray of waffles.
"Here you go," Jake said, handing her the tray.
"You didn't have to do this," Amy thanked him. "Yum, looks so good."
"Just wait until you get to Epcot today, Amy. The food is amazing," Charles said, kissing his fingers.
"Are you going to stay in Epcot the whole trip?" Amy asked. "I mean, it's a great park but the others are just as fun."
"Maybe the last day I'll go to some of the others. I'm only halfway done with my passport," Charles told her, patting his fanny pack that held his Flower and Garden passport. "I'm taking my time and enjoying the showcase. And I'm so excited that you two are joining me."
"After we ride all the rides, okay buddy?" Jake said.
"Of course."
The trio finished off their waffles and headed to the bus. They made it to the park just after opening. Charles immediately headed to the world showcase (even though Amy told him it didn't open for another hour) while Jake and Amy promised to meet him after they rode some rides. As they stood in line for Spaceship Earth (which was surprisingly busy), Amy brought up what Gina and Rosa planned on doing.
"It's just doesn't seem safe," Amy said. "There's 11 pavilions. That's a lot of drinks."
"Rosa does it every year without fail," Jake told her. "It's really not bad if you snack along the way."
"Yeah but think of the price. I love Disney but their food and drinks are expensive."
Jake shrugged. "You're just making excuses."
Amy tried to answer but the cast member led them to their seats.
Spaceship Earth was another classic. Most people just considered it a cool-down ride but Amy loved the history of it. Jake got bored halfway through it and stopped pay attention. When they started going backwards though, he freaked out so Amy let him picked everything on the screen.
"I'm not making excuses," Amy said after the ride and as they made their way to Mission: Space. "I just find it immature and pointless to get drunk at Disney World."
"It's not pointless, it's fun!" Jake said, grabbing a green card from the cast member. He refused to do the more intense version of this ride. It took Amy five minutes to talk him into doing the ride at all. "Plus it's a real challenge to see who makes it all the way."
"A challenge, Jake? Seriously?" Amy eyed the green card in his hand and raised her eyebrows. "Says the person who refuses to ride the orange line."
Jake stuck his tongue out and continued to the green line.
"Plus it's really hot out. Alcohol and heat never mix," Amy added.
Jake rolled his eyes. "Come on, Santiago, that's not the reason you don't want to drink and you know it."
Amy tried to answer him but a cast member interrupted her to line them up for the ride. After Mission: Space (which Jake loved so much, he almost turned around to ride the orange line. Almost.), the debate continued as they walked to Test Track.
"Why is heat not a good enough reason to drink?" Amy asked.
Jake shrugged. "You've really let go these past two days and I'm proud of you but you've always been a conservative drinker. Most of the time when we go to the bar after work, you have two drinks max. Maybe three. None of us have ever really seen you drunk."
"What are you talking about? I can get drunk!" Amy shouted earning a dirty look from the mother that was in front of them in line. Amy apologized but the mother glared and turned her child around.
Jake gave her a pointed look.
"I can," Amy said, quieter this time. "And I'll prove it to you."
"Oh boy, I sense another bet forming," Jake grinned, rubbing his hands together. Amy smirked, nodding. "Okay, I bet you can't let loose and drink around the world."
"And I'm going to prove you wrong," Amy crossed her arms. "If I win, you owe me a celebratory drink at the end."
"Noice. And if I win, you have to go the bar with us after work and order more than three drinks."
Amy groaned at the thought of getting drunk in front of not only her coworkers but her superiors. She blew a piece of hair out of her eyes before nodding. "Fine."
"Sweet. But we're going to finish riding all the rides first, right? Cause I love drinking but it's still a little early," Jake asked, making sure he wasn't missing out on the rides.
"Oh, we are riding rides first. Plus, I just got you in line for a rollercoaster and you didn't even notice," Amy smirked, moving forward in line.
Jake looked around, paling when he realized where he was at. He quickly pulled out his phone to look up information about the ride. He was not going on another Rock 'n Rollercoaster. After reading up on Test Track (and confident that he could make it though), he sent a text to Gina and Rosa to inform them of their drinking around the world plans.
Five rides later and a short meet and greet with Mickey and the gang, Jake and Amy made their way to the World Showcase to meet up with Gina, Rosa, and Charles. Amy quickly researched the best way to drink around the world while in line for Soarin' (the wait was still almost an hour long even with Fast-Passes). She found out that the best pavilion to start is Mexico then finish with United Kingdom. She was also going to convince the others to pace themselves and get food. Might as well eat around the world while they're at it.
"Let's get drunk, bitches!" Gina screamed, walking up with Rosa and Charles and throwing up her arms. A few families gave her a look, pushing their kids to walk faster. Some college students who overheard her, cheered, raising their glasses of margaritas.
"Gina!" Amy shushed.
"Go on, Amy, don't be such a buzz kill. Let's get some drinks," Gina said in a sing-song voice.
"There is a glorious frozen mango margarita that we must get," Charles said, leading them into the Mexico pavilion.
"Oh, churros! Margaritas and churros are the perfect combo!" Jake squealed excitedly.
"I'm doing a tequila shot," Rosa said. "Gina?"
"I'm in."
"Okay, let's all buy our drinks and meet over there," Amy said, pointing to a place.
Rosa motioned with her hand indicting that she heard her and ran off with Gina. Amy followed Jake and Charles to get the frozen mango margarita.
Charles was right, the mango margarita was glorious and the churros were amazing. As they walked to Rosa and Gina on the other side of the pyramid, she could feel the alcohol slowing effecting her.
"Hmm, that actually looks good," Gina said, eyeing the margarita in Jake's hand.
"Got you covered," Jake said. Charles popped up with two extra margaritas and handed them to the girls. "We also got more of churros if you guys want some. They are really good."
"Mmm, no this is fine," Gina waved the churros away, taking a big sip of her drink.
"Ooh! Donald Duck in a sombrero! Let's go get a picture!" Charles squealed, running over to the line for Donald Duck.
"We aren't children, Charles!" Gina yelled after him.
"Let's go!" Jake followed Charles, eating another churro along the way.
"Wait, what?" Amy looked away, confused at what was happening.
"Come on," Rosa pushed her towards the line where Jake and Charles were singing some weird song (Rosa was pretty sure it was supposed to be Spanish but it definitely wasn't).
Rosa had to give the cast member with Donald credit. She didn't even blink an eye when five adults with margaritas and churros walked up. Donald seemed excited though and tried to take a margarita and churro away from Jake. The cast member scolded Donald but Jake just laughed and let him hold it for the picture. The photopass cast member laughed as he took the picture. Afterwards, Donald gladly gave the margarita back then went to welcome a group of college students that were behind them.
"On to the next drink!" Gina yelled, leading them to Norway, chugging her drink.
Charles led them to a bakery after they finished their churros. It smelled so good that Amy ended up getting another snack, the school bread. Jake decided on the berry cream puff while Charles also got the school bread. Gina and Rosa decided to skip the snacks for now, instead they decided to ask the cast member where to get the best drink. The cast member suggested a cart outside where they offered beer, wine or a Scandinavian liquor shot. After everyone got their snack, they found the cart. Rosa got them all shots, telling them that they had to do the shot or leave now. They were too scared to argue with her and took the shot. The cast member laughed when they all grimaced, telling them they were not true vikings.
Amy could feel the two drinks start to effect her. She could hear herself asking stupid questions that she knew the answer to but she couldn't stop herself from asking them. When they made it to China, she drifted off to a cart, forgetting where they were going. It wasn't until Jake noticed she was gone, he ran to go get her and bring her to the quick service restaurant.
Charles and Jake split some potstickers and refused to find a drink until they finished them so they sat in the cool cafe while the guys ate. The second drink started to kick in and Amy could hear herself talking louder and louder as they sat there. Rosa gave her a few looks while Gina shushed her but it didn't work. After the guys finished their potstickers, they went in search of a drink. They found a booth for Flower and Garden with a special drink and decided to try it. Charles loved it but Rosa found it too sweet and only ending up drinking half of it. She ran off to find another drink before they went to the next pavilion. The others decided it was too expensive to get another drink so they stuck with their sweet drink.
The next stop was the African Trading Post. While the pavilion did have some drinks, the gang decided it was best to skip it. A couple of performers were playing some drums as they passed and the third drink started kicking in as Amy danced to the beat. Jake dragged her across the bridge to Germany.
They immediately found a cart outside and got a beer. Jake decided to spend a little extra and get the souvenir beer mug. Gina laughed at the sight and ended up taking a million pictures of him drinking out of it. Charles dragged them over to get not only pretzels but caramel popcorn. Jake had the candy shop cast member to put caramel on his pretzel. The cast member gave him a weird look but happily did as he asked.
Jake ate his caramel covered pretzel as they walked to Italy. By the time they reached the wine cellar, Gina was complaining about how Charles and Amy making them stop for food is slowing them down. So she and Rosa got their wine and headed on their way. Charles just waved them off, heading to get some gelato since there wasn't a quick service option and he didn't want to make a reservation to eat. Charles got Jake and Amy some gelato as well and they sat down in the wine cellar, drinking their wine and eating their gelato.
"God, it's hot," Jake complained, using his napkin to try to fan himself.
"I told you drinking in this heat was a bad idea," Amy said, taking a sip of her wine.
"Yet, you're still drinking."
Amy hummed, finishing her wine off. "I wish there was music. I feel like dancing." She handed Charles her unfinished gelato, stood up, and started dancing even though there was no music.
Jake laughed, pulling out his phone and recorded her. He was so using this as blackmail later.
Amy stopped dancing suddenly, her eyes following a tall, very handsome man. She immediately tried to go over to him when Jake stopped her.
"Ames, what are you doing?" He asked.
"I don't know. He was cute and I wanted to follow him," Amy shrugged, heading back over to the table and taking the gelato back from Charles.
"Isn't it a bad idea to wander off in Disney?" Jake teased her as she told him that earlier yesterday.
Amy shrugged again, eyes trailing any cute guys she could find. Jake gave her a weird look before finishing off his gelato. He wasn't why his stomach started feeling weird. Maybe all the drinks were starting to get to him.
They made their way to the America pavilion. Jake whined, wanting to skip it but Charles insisted. For Amy, it was the last pavilion she really remembered. She remembered daring Jake to take two shots. She remembered doing both shots then the next she knows she's waking up back in her hotel room. She was still wearing her clothes from yesterday and looking at the clock she realized she over slept and was way behind her schedule. She groaned, her head pounding. Or wait, maybe that was the door. She honestly couldn't tell.
"Ames, open up!"
Definitely the door. Amy groaned, her entire body arching as she shuffled to the door and opened it. Jake stood outside holding a water bottle, two large coffees, and a bottle of aspirin.
"We're behind schedule, Santiago. Take this aspirin, get your butt in the shower, then meet me in the lobby so we can head to Animal Kingdom," Jake told her, handing her the water, medicine, and one of the coffees. "And I won't take no for an answer."
Amy groaned but agreed. She wasn't spending the fourth day locked up in her room with a giant hangover. She was going to enjoy Animal Kingdom with a giant hangover. It's a good thing DAK closes early, Amy thought, making her way to the bathroom to get ready for the day.