Hello, my loyal readers! Well its been a while, hasn't it? Sorry about that, Senior Year was killer and the preparations for college and the beginning of college, even more so. I have finally found some free time to treat you guys to an update. I had thrown this on my deviantart before I left for college two weeks ago and now I have time to put it here. I know the challenge is not finished yet and I apologize. I wanted to give you guys something so that you know that I am still alive. Well, anyway, enjoy the chapter. I will say more at the bottom.
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Jazz walked over to the Haunted Mansion and met up with a couple of her friends that were, as luck would have it, assigned to work the attraction today.
"Hey Meg, I need your help. Have you seen Rickie anywhere?" Jazz called out as she approached the attraction.
"Uh, I think that Rickie is at Space Mountain today girl. However, Nathan is here today. Why?" Asked Meg, who was wearing a spooky old-fashioned dark green and grey vertically striped Victorian styled dress with a white lace collar and white lace cuffs. She wore the dress with black heels, ghostly facial makeup and a grey purposely dirty looking wig.
"You know how Total Drama is taking place here?" Asked Jazz.
"Yeah duh." Replied Meg. "It's so cool. But wait, aren't they supposed to be in this park today or something? That's what I heard."
"Yes, and that's why I need your help. The challenge today deals with the cast racing through the parks to see and or ride every form of attraction. The first team to complete all four parks and make it back to the Wilderness Campgrounds first wins. Well anyway, Katie and Sadie of the Goof Troopers have lost their autograph books to an unidentified clue-leaving trickster. The final clue is: "Walk near the river, jump at the shine, find me where I'm secluded and you can have what's not mine." The girls and I have deducted that shine refers to that horror movie called "The Shining", which leads us to The Haunted Mansion." Explained Jazz.
Meg, who still had a confused expression on her face replied "Uh okay, so it's like a scavenger hunt. I don't know what you're looking for but in any case, we need to get started. I'll look for Nathan. Feel free to look around the grounds. I'll let you inside the mansion once I find him."
"How about Nathan and yourself look around inside the mansion. I'll have Celesta help me look around the grounds." Replied Jazz.
"Then who's gonna operate the ride?" Asked Meg.
"I'll radio Rickie. According to my records, there is a surplus of Cast Members over at Space today. They should have that fixed by now, but I was not informed of any changes at that attraction, so I'm correct to assume that there are no changes and are also rightfully allowed to move a Cast Member to where I believe he or she is needed." Explained Jazz.
"You do that. Now where are those girls anyway?" Asked Meg.
"They are over at the Liberty Tree hopelessly gazing up at the lanterns." Answered Jazz.
"Ooh, I love those lanterns! They have the most unique shine to them!" Squealed Meg.
"…Wait, you think that the lanterns are shiny?" Asked Jazz, for once quite baffled.
"Yeah, they kind of shimmer in the sunlight and the lanterns are the shining moment in history for that tree." Explained Meg.
"Thank you! I think you just solved the mystery!" Said Jazz, as she gave Meg a hug.
The next thing Meg knew, Jazz had taken off for the Liberty Tree, eager to give the girls the good news and to finally finish the hunt for their autograph books.
"So are we still searching the mansion?" Called Meg in confusion.
However, Jazz could not hear her because she was too far away.
Back to Katie and Sadie:
The two female Goof Troopers, both somewhat simpleminded, stood fixated where they were still gazing up at and admiring the lanterns.
"I just love the lanterns!" Squealed Katie.
"Yeah, they are like so pretty!" Squealed Sadie in agreement.
"Hey girls, JUMP!" Jazz called as she approached the two.
The two did as they were told and jumped in place.
"Um, why did we just jump?" Asked Katie.
"Because that was the clue, remember? "Jump at the shine". Well, "the shine", believe it or not refers to the lanterns." Explained Jazz.
"They do shine very nicely in the sunlight. Right Katie?" Asked Sadie.
"Right." Agreed Katie.
"Well, then what did you see when you jumped?" Asked Jazz, both curious and impatient, as she wanted to finish this scavenger hunt as soon as possible.
"Nothing really, except for a somewhat hidden path." Sadie replied, not realizing.
"Sadie! The path! That's where the person is!" Katie exclaimed as she jumped up & down and she shook her best friend by her shoulders.
"Exactly." Said Jazz. "Down that path is where Tiana and Naveen do their meet & greet. From the time this hunt started until the next hour, it's secluded over there."
"So that means that our autograph books are over there!" Finished Sadie, finally catching on.
The two girls squealed in excitement and jumped up & down while hugging each other and Jazz started walking over to the pathway.
"Alright ladies, let's end this hunt and get you back on top of your challenge." Said Jazz, whilst leading the two down the small path and into the smaller hidden area.
When they reached the end of the small path, they looked around and saw no one at first but then, after a few seconds a figure emerged from the shadows. The figure was a girl about their age, with smokey grey eyes and jagged black hair with red streaks, who was wearing a black shirt with 'DUNCAN!' written on the front in red letters, black short-shorts, and matching knee-high converse.
"Hello peeps. Yeah, I'm the one who took your autograph books. The name's Allison, Allison Swimmer, in case you were interested. Here ya go!" The girl introduced herself and tossed them back their autograph books. "Alright, I admit I put you through a whole lot of trouble but if you can put all of that aside, I have a favor to ask of you, ladies. Can you introduce me to Duncan?" She asked, pointing to her shirt.
The girls, again, being somewhat simpleminded were about to say yes but Jazz interrupted them before they could say a word.
"Hold on missy, before they do you any favors, I believe you owe them an explanation as to why you put them through all that nonsense. It's only fair." Insisted Jazz.
"I suppose you're right, toots. It is only fair that I give an explanation. So-" Started Allison.
Pissed off, Jazz spat "Don't you toots me, sister. You're in enough trouble as it is, so if I were you I would show some respect towards your superiors. Especially me, because I can get you thrown out of the park and make it so that you will never be allowed on Disney property ever again. Are we clear!?"
"Crystal. Now, the reason for my little game was to mess with you guys a little and get a little street cred for when I meet Duncan. Ya know, give a little get a little. Do you get what I am saying?" Asked Allison.
"I get it and I'm still confused. You messed with them to impress Duncan?" Asked Jazz, baffled yet again.
"Yeah, pretty much." Replied Allison.
"Well, I think you've done the opposite. Messing with his teammates and his chances of winning are not good ideas and you've done both. He hates losing more than anyone on his team sans Courtney." Explained Jazz. "Now, if it were people on the other team, like Ezekiel and Harold, well that would be another story."
"Yeah, I get it. I would have SOOO been in his good graces if I had messed with those two pathetic losers. I figured that my chances of meeting him would be greater if I chose people from his own team because members of the other team would probably have me arrested before they take me to meet Duncan, especially Heather." Explained Allison. "Now will you take me to meet him or not?"
The three looked at each other, very unsure of what to do, but in the end decided to do so because they figured that he would institute the revenge for them if the Goof Troopers lost.
Back to the rest of the Goof Troopers in Epcot:
Duncan, Courtney, Bridgette and Geoff had just gotten off Test Track within ten minutes thanks to their fastpasses and needless to say, they enjoyed it immensely.
Noah, Gwen, Trent, Cody, and Beth on the other hand were experiencing a sluggish fastpass line due to the popularity of Soarin.
"Yo dudes, where are you guys?" Asked Geoff through his walkie talkie.
"The Soarin fastpass line turned out to be longer than planned and apparently, the shorter parties go first." Explained Noah.
"Aww man, now that sucks!" Exclaimed Geoff, realizing that the holdup was decreasing their chances of winning.
Sensing something was up; Duncan grabbed the walkie talkie from Geoff and said "Noah, you better not have screwed us over."
"Oh I'm so sorry I forgot to use my psychic powers to foresee this predicament." Noah replied, sarcasm oozing.
"This isn't the time for your sarcasm bookworm. Now tell me, do we go to another park or not?" Asked Duncan, in reply.
"No, don't go anywhere for now. I don't know where the Mouseketeers are now, and I certainly don't want to bump into them, especially Justin and Heather. Also, I still have that bet with Courtney. Besides, I'm sure we'll be out of here in a few minutes. If you want to make yourself useful, delinquent, why don't you try to tap the walkie talkies or weasel some information from the other team or something like that. I want to have the advantage or the upper hand in this challenge, so to speak. Okay?" Asked Noah.
"Sure, I'll figure something out. Now get out of there ASAP or I will pull you out of there by the neck. Okay?" Asked Duncan in reply.
"No need, we're watching that safety video now. Meaning, we're going into the ride room in a minute." Assured Noah.
"Alright then. Now I'll see what I can do about gaining some insider info from those Mousies." Replied Duncan.
"Excellent." Said Noah.
And with that the five remaining Goof Troopers entered the ride room and prepared to soar.
To the Mouseketeers:
After an all too long bus trip for one Mouseketeer in particular, Heather and Justin arrived at Hollywood Studios.
"Come in, Mousies, where are you and how close are you to completing this park?" Asked Justin.
"Greetings Pass Holder Justin, most of us are near the Sorcerer's Hat deciding how to handle the Magic Kingdom since we are only a couple of attractions away from completing this park." Informed Harold.
"Which attractions are left?" Asked Justin.
"Toy Story Mania, Fantasmic, and Rockin' Roller Coaster are the three remaining attractions. The fastpass for Toy Story Mania is for 6:30. Believe it or not but we have the nicest fans. These fifteen year old twins from Portugal, Hugo and Hugh Miranda, I believe, saw DJ walking towards The Art of Animation and gave him their fastpasses." Explained Harold.
"You're kidding me right?" Asked Justin incredulously.
"Nope, apparently Hugo is DJ's biggest fan and Hugh is a really big Geoff fan." Replied Harold.
Heather, ticked off at how much time this conversation was lasting grabbed the walkie talkie out of Justin's hand and began pushing Justin towards the hat as she replied to Harold. "Well, isn't that nice and I suppose they wanted to tag along with DJ in return? What about Rockin Roller Coaster, what is the return time for that ride!?" She barked into the walkie talkie.
"Actually, Hugo and Hugh are Chris' newest interns. They are at Fort Wilderness right now. As for Rockin' Roller Coaster, well that's the bad news. The return time for Rockin' Roller Coaster is at 7:25, five minutes before Fantasmic starts." Answered Harold.
"Great, that's just great! We are approaching the Sorcerer's Hat now. Where are you!?"Yelled Heather.
"Look to your left, gosh!" Harold replied in annoyance, waving them over with a frown on his face.
Heather and Justin approached the small group and quickly realized that they need a new strategy or they are going to be toast.
Back to the Goof Troopers:
Duncan opened his walkie talkie, looked at the wires, rearranged a couple of the wires, and then closed the walkie talkie.
"There, now this walkie talkie is set up the same way as the other team's walkie talkie. Who wants the honors of being the first to hear the other team's secrets?" Asked Duncan.
"Can I ask how you know what the inside of the other team's walkie talkie looks like? Or do I not even want to know? Scratch that, I do want to know." Said Courtney.
"Well Princess, it just so happens I nicked Izzy's walkie talkie out of her pocket before we went to join our teams yesterday." Explained Duncan.
"And why would you do that?" Asked Courtney.
"Well, I was going to give it to Geoff so that he could talk to DJ during the challenges, but it broke before I could give it to him." Replied Duncan.
"It's unfortunate it didn't work out but thanks anyway for trying man!" Said Geoff, putting his hand on his best friend's shoulder.
"How sweet of you to steal for a friend." Said Courtney in a tone similar to Noah's usual tone.
"Hey, whoa, hold on there Princess, you saw how that just came in handy. Now, would you like to be the first to test our "spy phone" or shall I give it to some else?" Duncan looked around and quickly spotted his blonde teammate. "Bridgette, would you like to test it out?" Asked Duncan.
"No that's okay I-" Started Bridgette.
"Err, just give it to me!" Said Courtney as she interrupted her friend and snatched the walkie talkie out of Duncan's hand.
Courtney pressed the button and could hear nothing so she turned it off.
"Ha, it's broken, useless. Wait until Noah finds out-" Started Courtney.
"Wait until I found out what?" Asked Noah from behind Courtney.
"Where did you come from? How long have you been standing behind me?" Asked Courtney, defensively.
"I just got here, moron. The others are coming now, I went ahead of them, obviously. Now can someone please tell me what is going on?" Asked Noah.
"Duncan couldn't rig the walkie talkie. We're apparently going at the rest of this challenge without insider knowledge." Explained Courtney, not even hesitating in ratting out her former boyfriend.
"Nice, there goes plan A." Spat Noah in annoyance.
"You haven't forgotten about our little bet, have you?" Asked Courtney.
"Oh how could I, I'm so looking forward to it, beating you that is." Replied Noah.
'Ha, in your dreams Noah-it-all. Like you could beat me." Retaliated Courtney.
"Ugh, can we not go through this again?" Asked Gwen. "We got enough of it waiting on the Toy Story Mania! Fast pass queue."
"Yeah, you two really aren't going to go through with this, are you?" Asked Trent.
"Uh Trent, this is Courtney we're dealing with. She never backs down from a challenge." Explained Bridgette. Geoff, by her side of course, nodded in agreement.
"Okay so how is this going down again?" Asked Cody.
"Bossy pants and I are going to split the team in half. I'm going to Magic Kingdom and she's going to Animal Kingdom. First one to finish their park first wins." Explained Noah.
"Okay two things: one, DON'T call me bossy pants and two, I want Magic Kingdom." Whined Courtney.
"Oh all right, if you insist. Magic Kingdom is all yours, bossy-pants. I thought I was doing you a favor giving you the easier park, but if you insist." Said Noah.
"Ugh, I'll be perfectly fine thank you. Geoff, Bridgette, Cody, and Duncan are with me." Replied Courtney.
"Fine by me. This means that Gwen, Trent, and Beth are with me. Hey, wait a minute; you have more teammates than me!" Argued Noah.
"And I have the more challenging park. It's fair and you know it!" Retaliated Courtney.
"I have to disagree. Both parks are equal because Animal Kingdom closes earlier. In fact, because of Extra Magic Hours, Magic Kingdom is actually easier, so I want Cody with me." Rebuked Noah.
"Hey, you said before that Magic Kingdom was going to be harder!" Argued Courtney.
"I lied. To intimidate you. Gullible bit-"Started Noah.
"Okay you two, we're wasting time, let's go. We have a challenge to win, don't we? Remember our common goal? To beat the Mouseketeers. Well, we can't achieve that goal by standing around and fighting all afternoon, evening, and night now can we?" Mediated Bridgette.
"No, we can't Bridgette." Answered Courtney, giving a friendly smile to her friend. "But Noah's still going down! Come on people!"
Courtney led her team out of the park and towards the monorails.
"Thank goodness she's gone." Said Noah, watching her leave. "Now let's go to the buses."
As Noah led his team to the buses, he ran into a familiar face.
"Hi Noah! Sadie and I just finished the street parties! She said she could take care of everything else so she sent me to find you and see if you needed any help." Greeted Katie.
"Great, glad to hear it and actually you can come with me to Animal Kingdom." Said Noah.
"Yay!" Cheered Katie, happy to go with her crush.
Back to the Mouseketeers:
"Wait, was that Noah? How can we hear the Goof Troopers through our walkie talkies?" Asked Justin.
"Hmm, that is quite curious." Replied Harold.
"Can they hear us?" Asked Leshawna.
"I hope not, because they just gave us our new strategy. We are going to split the team into two. Justin you take Tyler, Lindsay, Ezekiel, and Eva to Epcot. Make sure you stay with Lindsay, she will either get lost trying to find the France Pavilion or she will get lost in the France Pavilion. I am going to take Harold, Leshawna, Owen, and DJ with me to the Magic Kingdom." Instructed Heather.
"Heather, I like how you think. Let's do it." Agreed Justin.
"Thanks. It is unfortunate that Noah is going to Animal Kingdom; I had surprise planned for him. I suppose I can change targets" said Heather.
"Pardon me, Heather, but are we allowed to sabotage the other team?" Asked Justin.
"As long as we do or use nothing illegal in the process." Replied Heather.
"Ah, so that means that Courtney is the target now. That might just work." Said Justin.
"In what way? If I heard correctly, Geoff and Duncan are in her group, and I would know from experience that those two don't need a leader to accomplish what they want." Added Harold.
"Yeah, but that criminal has it bad for Courtney and if anything were to happen to her, I'm sure he would go save her without a second doubt. So that might be a good idea." Argued Leshawna.
"Geoff and Bridgette are in her group too, eh. Unless they make out the whole time, they'll complete the challenge even if we take out Duncan and Courtney eh." Ezekiel threw in.
"Yeah and we can't forget that Cody is with them so that's three people if we get rid of Duncan and Courtney. That is more than half of that group. I guess it might help a little, but how would we do it?" Asked Tyler.
"We don't go after Courtney, that's how. Yes, taking out Courtney and Duncan is a good thing and would definitely even out the playing field but-" Started Heather.
"Hold on, how would it even out the playing field?" Asked Leshawna.
"There is a good reason why I want DJ and Owen to come with me and don't interrupt me. Anyway, I have a plan in mind that would not just even out the playing field, but would give us the ultimate advantage in this challenge. Now come on, precious time is wasting while are standing here. Let's go!" Finished Heather.
With that, the Mouseketeers were on their way to finish off the challenge. The groups headed for their respective buses and both groups know that something big is coming, but the question is, what?
Back to the Goof Troopers – Noah's Group:
"Alright people, there are seventeen attractions, five of us, and three hours until closing time. Sadie is taking care of Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade so that brings it down to sixteen attractions. So to accomplish our goal, we will divide and conquer. Gwen and Trent, you two will cover Expedition: Everest, Kali River Rapids, It's Tough to Be a Bug and Dinosaur. Cody, you will cover Festival of the Lion King, Finding Nemo: The Musical, Chester & Hester's Primeval Whirl and Triceratops Spin. Katie and I will cover Kilimanjaro Safaris, Rafiki's Planet Watch, Maharajah Jungle Trek, Pagani Forest Exploration Trail, Flights Of Wonder and any remaining nature trail." Informed Noah. "Let's get started!"
"Whoa, hold on. How do you expect Trent and I to complete all of the headliner attractions within three hours?" Asked Gwen.
"Simple, there are still Dinosaur fast passes. Grab them and go experience Its Tough to be a Bug. The head into Asia and ride Everest and Kali. Once you are done with those two rides, run over to Dinosaur. Got it?" Asked Noah.
"Yep." Replied Gwen.
The groups went their separate ways and hoped that the plan would work.
Author's Note:
I hope all of you enjoyed the chapter. Unfortunately, because college is a pain in my ass, I will only be updating rarely, if at all. Do not get me wrong, I want to update but I have piles upon piles of never ending college work thus preventing me from updating. I am so sorry, hopefully this won't be the last time I update. Nevertheless, here are the facts on Test Track:
General Motors economy was hitting a slump. Car sales were going down, and they could only afford to sign 1-year contracts with Disney to sponsor their Epcot attraction World of Motion. However, the GM executives lobbied the idea to close World of Motion to recieve a rehabilitation into a thrill ride focusing on only cars. The Disney executives liked that idea as well, and on January 2, 1995, World of Motion closed its doors to the public.
The rehab was supposed to take place in a 16-month period. In the new ride, guests would be put through the tests a crash test dummy normally went through. However, the ride was forced to open 19 months late for problems in the techology used to power the ride. The exterior track was supposed to be able to hit 95 mph, but due to Florida's speed limit being 65 and the steep banking of the corners, the top speed was lowered, causing much more testing to occur. There would have also been a section where the car's tires would lose traction, but this ate the tires up, and it had to be removed, causing new construction and more delays.
Finally, on December 19, 1998, Test Track opened to the public on a soft opening, and officially opened on March 17, 1999.
In April 2012, Test Track closed for an overhaul, and is set to reopen in the fall with a rethemed queue. Sponsorship shifted from General Motors to General Motors' Chevrolet division, and the attraction will only focus on vehicles produced under the Chevy brand.
Top speed: 65mph
Track length: 2,486 ft
Show building area: 150,000 sq. feet
Height requirement: 40"
Ride duration: 5:04