"Alright, fine! If you aren't gonna stop talking in Spanish, I'll just start using it too! Mario es la... Supid-o y... Ugly-o y... Wets his bed-o..."
"Face it, Wario, you can't speak Spanish."
"Eh, shut-up, green! I can too speak in Spanish! Just give me a moment to remember some words... Amigo! Ha! See? I just said some!"
"I wasn't referring to your incapability to speak the language, I was referring to the fact that we aren't in Mexico anymore. See? We're in Norway now!"
Wario looked around and noticed that Luigi was right. Instead of a ziggurat, there were large, European, wooden structures that rose up in the surrounding area.
"Huh? What happened? Did we cross an ocean without me noticing or something?"
"No... The Norway Pavilion just happens to be right next to the Mexico Pavilion."
"Oh, I knew that... So, anyway, what language do they speak in Norway? English, I hope?"
"Nope. They speak Norwegian. Maybe you should ask the next Cast Member you see 'snakker du engelsk?'"
Wario responded to this by proceeding to chase Luigi all around the Pavilion, while Mario, Peach, Daisy, and Waluigi just looked on.
"Um, how about we go on another ride?" Mario suggested.
"Sounds good!" Peach replied, "Where is it?"
"Right over there!" Mairo answered, pointing towards one of the buildings.
As they were approaching the entrance to the attraction, Wario had just about tuckered out from running after Luigi, so he rejoined the group. Luigi returned soon after.
"Huh? What's that say?" Wario grunted, looking up at the name of the ride, "Maelstrom? What, is that Norwegian for 'River of Time'?"
"They wouldn't name two rides the same thing, Wario," Daisy corrected.
"Maybe they were lazy..."
"A maelstrom is an exceptionally large or violent whirlpool," Mario explained, "There are a lot of them scattered along the coast of Norway, which caused a huge problem for Norwegian sailors of old. Since this is a semi-thrilling boat ride, it only made sense to name it that."
"Since when did Mario turn into such a nerd?" Waluigi asked to no one in particular.
"Oh my!" Peach shouted, "Look up there!"
The group looked where Peach was pointing. Near the entrance to the ride was a rather scenic-looking waterfall that came flowing out of a high cave and emptied out into a rock-filled pond. However, that wasn't what made it interesting. Inside the cave, one could clearly see the ride vehicles (which looked like Viking ships) come out and nearly go over the waterfall! They didn't, of course. Instead, they turned around and went back into the cave.
"Whoa!" Daisy exclaimed, "I wonder what that is all about!"
"Only one way to find out!" Mario returned, "Let's-a go!"
They were about to get on when Wario noticed the wait time.
"Hey! What the?..." Wario hollered, "35 minutes? I'm not waiting 35 minutes to go on a stinkin' ride! That's worse than... Than waiting almost two months for an author to update his fanfiction!"
"What if he had a perfectly good excuse as to why he didn't?" Waluigi asked.
"Oh, well, in that case... Wait a second! Why am I defending a hypothetical situation? That would never happen, anyway! Only a complete idiot would ignore his fans for that long!"
"Right..." Waluigi moaned, rolling his eyes towards the 'fourth wall'.
If there is one positive trait that Bowser could claim he had, it was his persistence. Despite his horrendous track record so far during Mario's vacation, he wasn't going to give up until he saw Mario in a hospital bed. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that he managed to recover from being launched into orbit during the Mission: Space fiasco so he could attempt to ruin the vacation once more. Currently, he was hiding inside the Maelstrom building behind a few set pieces near the waterfall outside.
"So pop, what was it like being the first turtle in space?" Bowser Jr. joked.
"Would you cut that out?" Bowser demanded, "For starters, I did not go all the way into space---"
"Just high enough that you nearly got sucked into a jet intake…"
"Yes… Well… All cool villains die by getting sucked into jet intakes… Just ask that guy from The Incredibles…"
"He wasn't cool! He was a total nerd!"
"Ok, look, are you going to argue with your father, or are you going to help me finish off that pesky plumber?"
"Oh! Sure thing, pop! What are we gonna do this time?"
"Did you see how those losers reacted when they saw the boat nearly go over the waterfall? Well, we're going to find out how they react when they really do go over! Ha ha ha!"
Bowser Jr. didn't need any more of an explanation to understand what to do. Right in front of the waterfall was a row of rocks that kept the boats from going over the side. The father and son proceeded to try and remove the rocks, so nothing would prevent Mario's boat from taking the fall! However, Bowser and Bowser Jr. didn't realize two things: One was the fact that there was a track under the water that also kept the boats in place (meaning that removing the rocks was useless), and two was the audio-animatronic situated on the opposite side of the waterway that, until a boat came around, looked like an ordinary tree. Unfortunately for the two Bowsers, their commotion set off the motion sensor for the tree, and it sprung to life, much to their surprise!
"WAAH! DAD! IT'S A GIANT TALKING TREE!" Bowser Jr. screamed.
Bowser Jr. jumped back in shock, bumping into his father, and knocking them towards the edge of the falls!
"Hey, son, calm down! It's just an audio-anima-whatever!... WHOA! Watch it! You're gonna knock us---"
Too late. The two turtles tumbled over the edge of the waterfall and made a splash-down in the pond below! They quickly pulled themselves out and made their way backstage before anyone noticed.
"Well, pop…" Bowser Jr. began, pulling out pennies that were thrown in the pond out from underneath his shell, "… At least you weren't launched into space again."
"Shut up."
After the ride, our vacationers came back out onto the main path around World Showcase. Looking towards the remaining 'countries', Mario turned back towards the group.
"So, now that both rides in World Showcase are out of the way, we only have the shows left… Who's up for a world tour?"
A world tour was a mild way of putting it. The group made their way through China and Germany before the Mario Bros. decided to take a little extra time in their 'motherland': Italy.
"Ah, it's good to be home, isn't it, Luigi?" Mario asked.
"If home is where the heritage is, then yep, bro." Luigi agreed.
"Bah, I can't believe you guys want to spend extra time here!" Wario groaned, leaning against a rather odd looking human statue, "This place is boooooring!"
Suddenly, Wario felt like something was missing from his head. Patting the top of his noggin, he found out what it was: his hat!
"WAH! My hat! Where'd it go?"
Wario looked left and right, but he couldn't find it! That's when he noticed everyone else pointing at him and laughing.
"Hey! What's so funny?"
"Oh, gee, I don't know…" Waluigi gasped between laughs, "Why don't you ask the statue?"
"What on earth are ya talkin' about? Why would I ask the statue?"
Casually glancing towards the previously stated statue, Wario noticed something… It was holding his hat!
"What the… Give that back now!"
Wario leaped up and tried to grab his hat, but, at the last second, the statue's arm raised up, moving his hat out of his range!
"NO FAIR! GIMMIE GIMMIE GIMMIE!" Wario whined, flailing his arms above his head in a futile attempt to retrieve his hat. However, the statue simply remained still, with the hat above Wario's reach. Right as he was about to give up, it suddenly leaned forward, placed the hat back on Wario's head, patted it, and kissed him on the nose!
"EWW! BELCH! I JUST GOT KISSED BY A FREAKIN' STATUE!"
Wario ran all the way to The American Adventure screaming, while the rest of the group just looked on in hysterics.
"You got that on film, Peach?" Mario asked.
"Uh-huh…" Peach replied, looking at her camera, "And I think that one's going down as one of the greats…"
After visiting the American Adventure, it was off to Japan (where, oddly enough, Mario and Luigi felt even more at home…), Morocco, France (or, as Waluigi called it, the 'Freedom Pavilion'), the UK, and Canada. All this took a lot of time out of the day, and the sun was beginning to set as they got out of the O' Canada! show. Even more important, they were getting rather tired.
"I'm hungry!" Wario complained, "I want something to eat! And not more disgusting vegetarian food, either!"
"But you got a snack at each pavilion, Wario," Peach explained, "How can you still be hungry?"
"You just answered your own dang question! They were just snacks! Now I want a real meal!"
"Hey, I know!" Luigi suggested, "Let's go back to the Italy Pavilion!"
"NO WAY! I'm not going anywhere near those stupid 'Living Statues' ever again!"
"But I was looking at a restaurant there… I think it was called Alfredo's or something like that… And the main chef there is a descendent of the man who invented Fettuccini Alfredo! If you ask me, it sounds like the food there has to be good!"
"As long as there's no Italian Coke…" Mario added.
"Grr… Alright, fine!" Wario agreed, "But if I even see a Living Statue, I'm gonna skip you like a pebble across the whole dang lagoon!"
Fortunately for Luigi, the Living Statues had left for the night. Even better, the food was delicious! The Mario and the Wario Bros. both ordered the Fettuccini Alfredo, but Peach and Daisy opted out of it, calling it a 'Heart attack on a plate!' However, what they did order was just as good.
"Omph… Momma-mia…" Mario sighed pleasantly after eating, "That was great. We should let Luigi pick out where we eat more often!"
"Heh, yeah, who would've thought he'd ever come up with a good idea? Ha ha!" Waluigi laughed.
"Oh, knock it off, Waluigi!" Daisy demanded, "Luigi is a great guy!"
Luigi began blushing uncontrollably, hoping that Daisy didn't notice. She didn't, and he managed to get himself to look normal before she turned towards him.
"So, Luigi, what should we do now, hmm?" Daisy asked.
"Uh… How about we wait for IllumiNations? I'm sure we'll get a good spot if we go now."
"See? He always has good ideas! I told you he was a great guy!"
Waluigi stormed off, angered that he had been defeated, while the rest of the gang went and found good seats for IllumiNations. After a little while of waiting, it paid off. The show was amazing! As it ended and they were beginning to head for the exit, Daisy leaned towards Luigi.
"By the way, I really do think you're a great guy," she whispered.
Luigi started blushing all over again. If he couldn't build up the courage to talk to Daisy, maybe she would first.