After managing to pull Wario's head out of the glasses bin, the group began to figure out what to do next.

"How about the Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show?" Mario suggested, "It's a new show from Disneyland Paris."

"You know, we can't forget the Backlot Tour," Peach reminded, "It's one of the classics."

"Oh look!" Luigi cheered ecstatically, "It's the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set Adventure! I've always wanted to go in that ever since I was… a… little…"

There was an awkward silence followed by Wario and Waluigi laughing at Luigi at an obnoxiously loud volume. The green-clad plumber was extremely embarrassed and promptly hung his head in shame.

"It was just a suggestion…" Luigi muttered almost incoherently.

"You two dolts leave him alone!" Daisy demanded with such fervor, the Wario Brothers actually did shut up, "Don't worry, Luigi, I'll go with you."

"Wha?... Really?" Luigi gasped, "But they all think that…"

"Nonsense! You said you've always wanted to go! We'll just go by ourselves and let them do what they want."

"You mean… Like a date?"

"Not exactly, unless you call sliding down an oversized roll of film a date," Daisy said with a chuckle, "Come on, let's go."

And with that, the other plumber and the other princess walked off, leaving Mario, Peach, Wario, and Waluigi to decide on what to do.

"So…" Mario began after a slight pause of disbelief, "How about that stunt show?"


Luckily, the Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show happened to have a show very close to the time when they reached it, so getting seated didn't take very long. The show consisted of the host explaining how Hollywood does one of the stunts commonly found in chase scenes and then a driver performing it live. Afterwards, the same stunt was shown on an overhead screen, with music and special effects added, like in a real movie. While most of the stunts were breath taking, not surprisingly, Wario wasn't interested. When one of the cars jumped over a ramp and landed unscathed, he simply smirked.

"They call that a stunt?" Wario grumbled, "I do that all the time in those go-kart tournaments! Give me a break!"

When a motorcycle crashed through a window, he didn't even bat an eye.

"Ha! I did that just the other day! By accident, even! I wasn't paying any attention to where I was going, and I crashed by ride through the front window of the WarioWare building! And they can do that on purpose and call it a stunt? Pul-ezzzzze!"

Even a car turning so hard that it flipped up onto its two left wheels wasn't enough to impress Wario.

"Oh, boy. It's riding on two wheels. I do that all the time on my motorcycle… OW!"

Peach, being quite fed up with Wario's constant whining, pulled a frying pan out from her purse and whacked him over the head with it!

"Whatduya do that for?" Wario moaned, rubbing his noggin.

"You were getting annoying." Peach flatly stated, putting her weapon away.

"'Getting'? You mean I haven't reached it yet?"

Peach simply gave him another whack with her kitchen utensil as a reply.


After the show, the four remaining members of the group walked out and were quickly greeted by Luigi and Daisy.

"Hey, bro!" Mario called out, "How'd it go?"

"It was really fun…" Luigi paused for a moment, turning a little red, "especially with Daisy…"

Peach, however, was a little more surprised when she saw Daisy.

"Huh? Daisy, you're soaking wet! What happened?"

"Well, you see…" Daisy tried to explain, "There was this giant hose that had a bunch of leaks in it that kept spurting out water, and it was really hot out, so…"

"Oh, dear…" Peach sighed before Daisy could finish, "When we get back home, I really have to give you Beauty 101…"

"So, uh, anyway," Daisy interrupted, trying to quickly change the subject, "you guys saw the stunt show, right? I guess that pretty much just leaves the Backlot Tour! Come on!"

As the group headed towards the entrance to the Backlot Tour, Mario continued to chat with his brother.

"Daisy jumped in the sprinklers, huh?" Mario asked, "I noticed you aren't wet. You didn't go in?"

"Not really… I'm sort of hydrophobic, you know that."

"Luigi, sometimes I think you're phobia-phobic."

"I can't help it! You saw me on the Haunted Mansion! I'm just a big coward, okay?"

"Yeah, but I really don't see how a giant garden hose is all that frightening."

"Well… Okay… You really want to know why?" Luigi asked, making sure no one else could hear them, "The truth is… I was scared of Daisy."

"Look, I know she was a little frightening during that Strikers Tournament, but…"

"NO! You know that's not what I mean! I was just so scared that I'd do something stupid while she was watching! You know, like slip on the wet floor and fall flat on my face!"

"Luigi, let me give you a little bit of advice… What do you think Daisy would do if something like that happened to her, in front of you, even?"

"Well… Knowing her, I guess she would just get up and laugh it off…"

"Exactly! What you need to do is handle things like she does! If you really like her, and she likes you as much in return, neither one of you would care if either one of you screwed something up! Trust me, I've had plenty of embarrassing moments while I was with Peach, and we both just laughed about it! Besides, I know you have some courage in there. I mean, you actually enjoyed Star Tours!"

"I guess…" Luigi meekly replied.

"Right! So, try using some of that courage, and have fun with Daisy!"

"You know, you're absolutely right, bro! From now on, I'll be brave enough to be myself! So, what ride are we going on, again?"

"The Backlot Tour. It's a tram ride that goes behind the scenes of how they make movies. There's even a special effects section called Catastrophe Canyon."

"Gulp… Ca.. Catastrophe Ca… Canyon? Um… You know… I think I hear Voyage of the Little Mermaid calling… See ya!"

Luigi was about to run off, but Mario grabbed onto him by the back of his shirt and, literally, dragged him into the entrance of the Backlot Tour.

"Sometimes I wonder if you ever actually listen to me," Mario told Luigi as they went inside.


Thankfully, as it turned out, Luigi actually enjoyed the Backlot Tour for the most part. Apparently, as he would later admit, Luigi thought that the tour was just Catastrophe Canyon. He didn't at all expect everything they showed even before they got on the tram, and he liked it a lot! From the demonstration on how naval battles were performed to all the life-sized props out in the actual tram portion of the attraction, Luigi was glad that Mario didn't let him run off at the last second. However, when the tram began to approach the infamous Catastrophe Canyon, Luigi was undoubtedly a little nervous.

"Heh, heh… Well, here we go…" Luigi muttered.

"Don't worry Luigi," Daisy assured, "You'll be alright. You survived Space Mountain and Star Tours, right? This is nothing."

"Wait a second… You went on Space Mountain?" Mario asked, "You never told me that! And here you are worried about Catastrophe Canyon?"

"Uh… Well… I forgot?"

Mario just shook his head in disbelief. His brother screams through the Haunted Mansion, but completely forgets about going on Space Mountain?

"Sigh… You never fail to amaze me, Luigi…"

"Catastrophe Canyon is just a very complex example of what was already shown in that naval battle scene," Peach explained, "Of course, you can get wet here, which is why I'm sitting at the far right here…"

"What I don't get is why I have to be over here as well!" Daisy interrupted, "I mean, it's not like I could get any wetter!"

While Mario and the Princesses were trying to calm Luigi down as the tram entered the canyon, Wario and Waluigi, naturally, tried to scare the poor guy even more.

"Don't listen to them!" Wario protested in mock fear, "This is the most intense trill ride in all of WDW! Even more so than that Rock n' Roller Coaster!"

"Uh… How would you know?" Waluigi asked, "You didn't even go on it!"

"Shut up and play along!" Wario hissed, "I want to see if I can make Luigi wet his pants before this thing even starts!"

"Oh… Well, when you put it that way… Oh, yeah! Wario's right!" Waluigi 'agreed', "Not only that, it's really scary, too! At one point, Bowser jumps out and tries to eat you!"

"BOWSER?" Luigi repeated, ducking his head between his legs.

Although Waluigi was joking, what no one knew was that he really wasn't that far from the truth. Hiding behind an oil truck balanced precariously on the edge of a cliff in the canyon, Bowser and Bowser Jr. were getting ready for another attempt at eliminating the Mario Bros.

"Oh, boy!" Bowser Jr. celebrated, "all six of 'em are on that thing! We're gonna get rid of them all in one swift blow!"

"Excellent!" Bowser roared in triumph, "Now, all we have to do is simple. During the 'earthquake' here, this oil truck falls and nearly hits the tram. What we're gonna do is give it a little help so it does hit the tram! Ha ha ha!"

Bowser pulled a hacksaw out from seemingly nowhere and began to saw at the thick metal bar underneath the truck that kept it in place (even after it 'falls'). He was only about a quarter through when the canyon started to shake.

"Uh, oh…" Bowser mumbled, "I knew I shoulda started this sooner!"

But an even bigger surprise was about to befall Bowser. Without any warning, the side of the oil tank exploded into flames right in Bowser's face! After the explosion settled down (which was only when the Catastrophe Canyon section of the ride was over and the tram left), Bowser stood completely still for a moment, minus the occasional twitching of one eye on his now ash-covered face, before falling to the ground and passing out. Bowser Jr. just sighed.

"You've survived getting tossed into lava like, what, 20 times now?" son asked father, "This is nothing compared to that! Right, Pop?"

"Ugh… Right…" Bowser replied groggily as he slowly got back up, "Somebody pass me the skin grafts…"


When Mario and the gang exited the Backlot Tour, the red-capped plumber was pleased to discover that his brother had not gotten a coronary like he had thought.

"See? That wasn't so bad," Mario explained to Luigi, "everything's perfectly fine!"

"Yeah, that wasn't as bad as I thought," Luigi agreed, "either that, or maybe I am getting a little braver. But I do know one thing for sure…"

Luigi glared over at the Wario Bros., who were whistling not-so-innocently.

"I will refrain from going on many rides with them in the future!"

Author's Note: Well, that wraps up Disney-MGM Studios! Now, I know what you're all thinking... "Wait a second! What about Fantasmic?" You see, that's going to be the very last thing they do on the trip. Sort of "going out with a bang" if you know what I mean. On a (sort of) completely unrelated note, remember how I said I'd be going back to Disney World this summer? Well, guess what? I'm leaving tomorrow! Unforutnately, a bit of a serious personal problem has appeared that might push it back another week or so, but I'm patient! Either way, don't worry about updates, as I should still keep up my "at least one update per month" regimen reguardless of when I leave and come back.