YAY! New chapter! Sorry it's a bit long-winded, but since many reviewers have mentioned never having been to Disney, I wanted to put in as much description as possible. There will also be a few footnotes at the bottom describing and explaining a few more things.

Also, a big thankyou to Citizenofwhoville123 for their suggestion! I can't tell you what it was though yet, because, well... spoilers. ;)

And another big thank you to Music2232 for their kind and thoughtful reviews! I am planning on using some of your suggestions, just not yet...


Main Street U.S.A was teeming with life. People were everywhere, and the Doctor had been right: many, many of those people were wearing some version of the Mickey Ear hats, although, the Doctor and the two Ponds were the only people to be wearing TARDIS blue ones.

As for the street itself, it was styled after the Main Street of a small town from the turn of the last century. The buildings all had delicate, detailed facades all done in the Victorian style. On their right was a large building marked "Town Hall" and on their left were two buildings marked "Fire House" and "Information Center". Above the tunnel they had just come through was a train station, where an actual 1800's steam-powered train was loading. At the far end of the street, was Cinderella's Castle, presiding over the rest of the park. Really, they weren't standing on the street yet, but on the edge of the loop that the street made around an area filled with flower beds and a flagpole. A horse-drawn trolley was loading some people near where they were standing. The Doctor saw this, grabbed River's and Amy's hands and pulled them over towards it.

"Look at this! Oh, how brilliant! They do try to make it authentic -mind you, it's not completely authentic, but that is to be expected. I mean, not that it really matters, but-"

Once they were seated in the trolley, River placed her hand over the Doctor's mouth to silence him, if only for a moment. "Yes, my love, we know. Let's just... try to enjoy this alright? And not keep score about things like that like you usually do..."

Rory had a guidebook which he'd bought at the hotel while he and Amy were waiting for the Doctor and River. He was looking at it when he noticed something that he thought might help to keep the Doctor occupied. "Hey, Doctor, it says in here that all over the parks there are things called "Hidden Mickeys". They're they silhouette of the head, and they're built into details in the rides and on buildings and stuff. We could look for those..."

Rory was cut off by the Doctor's loud exclamation of "YES!" as the trolley started down the street.

Amy looked over at the Doctor and said, "Was that a "yes" to the fact that the trolley started moving, or a "yes" to looking for Hidden Mickeys?"

"Oh, yes to both, definitely. I think it sounds like fun to look for them! I HAVE AN IDEA! Let's make it a game! Whoever finds the most Hidden Mickeys by the end of the day wins!"

River rolled her eyes at the Doctor's ever-present, childish enthusiasm, but she always did like a competition. "All right. Sounds good to me," she said as they rolled past the "Main Street Cinema", which was actually a store.

The Doctor looked at the buildings lining either side of the street and finally voiced aloud after wondering for a few moments, "Why are all of these buildings stores? Where are the rides?"

Rory, who was still looking at the guidebook replied, "It looks like this trolley will let us off in front of the Castle up there, and from there, we can go to any of the five different "lands" of the park. Adventureland is on the left, then Frontierland, then Liberty Square, then Fantasyland, and finally Tomorrowland. Where should we start?"

The Doctor suddenly remembered why they had to be in the park by 9:30. "OH! Uh, well, first we have something to do... is there a map in that guidebook?" he asked as he pulled it from Rory's hands.

Rory shook his head and replied sarcastically, "No, I was reading all of that stuff about the layout of the park from the section about hotel transportation..."

The Doctor hadn't heard. He was too busy poring over the map, trying to find the specific locations of two certain... attractions... of the park. When he found both, he grinned and handed the book back to Rory. At this point, the trolley was at the Castle Garden, in front of the "Partners" statue. It stopped and all the passengers disembarked and began to disperse in every direction to the five different Lands. The three Ponds and the Doctor got out and stood in front of the statue for a moment. The Doctor was looking at it thoughtfully. Amy was just about to ask what he was doing when he suddenly turned to face them again. He smiled and clapped his hands and said, "Alright! I have a surprise for everyone. We're going to split up for a bit. Amy, River, both of you are going to go up that ramp to the Castle and go inside..." Here he handed Amy a piece of paper and said, "Give this to someone in the Castle, and they'll tell you where to go. Rory, you're coming with me. We will all meet up at the Mad Tea Party ride afterwards." He then turned on his heel and began walking in the general direction of Adventureland. Rory followed after a moment's hesitation.

"Doctor, wait! Where are we going?" he called as he ran after the Doctor.

Amy and River looked at each other for a moment before turning towards the Castle.

"Well, I guess we follow his directions..." River said as they began to walk up the ramp. "Why do I have a feeling that I'm not going to like whatever this surprise is..."

"Eh, it is the Doctor... It may be strange, but I'm sure it won't be that bad..." Amy replied

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"YES, IT IS DEFINITELY THAT BAD," River said as she stared at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a Cinderella gown, her hair had been (somewhat) plastered into a bun on the top of her head (or at least as much of a bun as it was possible to get River's hair into), and she was wearing a TON of sparkly makeup. Amy had the same makeup and hair, but was wearing a pale green Ariel dress. "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL WAS THAT MAN THINKING?" River exclaimed.

Amy rolled her eyes and promptly shushed River, "There are lots of little girls here, River! Please don't swear that loudly..."

"CAN YOU EVEN BELIEVE THIS?" River said as she gave her entire appearance a good looking-over. "...And of all the princesses, Cinderella? I don't even like Cinderella!"

Amy shrugged. "I'm actually kind of liking the Ariel thing here, but I hate what they've done to our hair, and I feel like it's just going to be very hard trying to get around so many people and get on and off rides in these..."

"Not to mention the fact that that was actually a very humiliating experience for both of us, as the women who did our make-up and hair. I mean, there is no one else in here over the age of twelve. JUST... AUUUGH!" River shuddered at the whole thought.

A woman came in and said to the two of them, "Well, you two ready for your photo? Please stand in front of the picture of the Castle... This is the last part of your 'Complete Princess' Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique package so..."

River shook her head and muttered to Amy, "He's going to pay for this..."

o0O0o

A few minutes later, River and Amy were waiting by the Mad Tea Party ride for the Doctor and Rory. Amy was still trying to calm down a very angry River.

"Just think, if the Doctor sent us to do this," she said as she gestured to her own green dress, "What will he and Rory have been doing? I'm sure it would be much worse..."

Just as she said that, River looked over towards the rest of Fantasyland to see the Doctor and Rory coming over to them. She smacked her palm to her forehead. "What IN THE NAME OF SANITY DO THEY HAVE ON THEIR HEADS?"

The Doctor saw River and waved frantically with a huge grin on his face. Rory was about to repeat the action when he saw the look on River's face. She looked like she wanted to kill both of them, but he noticed that most of that look seemed to be directed at the Doctor.

Both men were wearing pirate costumes, but the Doctor's was all out while Rory only had a sword, sash, a hat, and a hook. The Doctor on the other hand was wearing a hat with a bandana underneath, an eye patch, an earring, a puffy white shirt with a vest and a sash, a sword, and a pair of boots. Not to mention the fact that his face was painted with multiple pairs of eyes, just like what the cannibals painted on Captain Jack Sparrows face in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Rory just had a moustache painted on.

Amy and River just stared at the two men with their mouths hanging open.

As they finally reached the two women, the Doctor smiled at River and said, "Well? Did you enjoy the princess boutique?"

River stared at the Doctor for a moment and slapped him. Not hard, but hard enough.

Amy just stared at Rory and finally said to the Doctor, "You sent us to the princess boutique, while you two got to get made-up like pirates? THAT is NOT FAIR AT ALL, DOCTOR."

Between being slapped by River and yelled at by Amy, the Doctor wasn't sure what to do. He stared back and forth between the two angry women before replying, "I... I... I thought you would like it! It's what most of the girls do when they come here! I mean, look! Look at all the other girls!" He gestured around them. Amy had to admit to herself that there were a LOT of girls who had obviously been to the boutique...

"Yes, but Doctor, look at them! All of the little kids! You should have at least asked us which one we wanted to go to..."

"I wanted it to be a surprise! I thought you would like it!"

"Well, you were wrong," River snapped.

The Doctor shrunk back a little and looked very sheepish. He looked at River then and said by way of apology, "Well... you look very pretty... I mean..."

River shook her head. "Not good enough, Doctor."

Everyone just stood there in awkward silence for a few moments.

Finally Amy looked at Rory and said, "Why do you have a hook?"

Rory shrugged and replied, "I got the "Captain Hook" package. I see you got, the uh... princess from the Little Mermaid...?"

Amy nodded, "Yeah, I guess. Apparently she wears this dress in the park..."

After a few more awkward, silent moments Amy shook her head and said, "This is silly, we should really go ride some rides now. I mean, it is our first day here, and it's only 11:00 AM, so we still have plenty of time. We're here at the Mad Tea Party, so we might as well ride it."

And with that she took Rory's hand and pulled him towards the ride while calling, "Come on, you two..." to the Doctor and River.

River crossed her arms and looked at the Doctor with an arched eyebrow. "Well?"

"Well... let's go ride the ride!" he exclaimed; his enthusiasm returning. He grabbed River's hand and pulled her onto the ride. He picked a blue teacup and sat down in after helping River to step inside it (which was fairly difficult with her dress). Amy and Rory were sitting in a purple teacup on the other side of the ride. Colorful paper lanterns hung from the ceiling, and a large teapot stood in the centre of the circle of teacups. As it started, the "Unbirthday Song" started playing and the teacups started to spin at whatever speed their occupants made them spin. Amy and Rory's teacup was practically flying around the ride, while the Doctor and River's was barely moving. That was because they had a particularly difficult one to turn, and River was refusing to help the Doctor. She simply sat there with her arms crossed, glaring at him.

"River, please! It's no fun if you can't spin!" the Doctor whined.

"Then by all means, spin the cup," she replied icily.

Just at that point, it was like the brakes released on their teacup, and it started spinning completely out of control. The Doctor was no longer even touching the wheel at the centre of the cup to spin it, and it was still whirling faster and faster.

"I DON'T THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAT..." the Doctor said as he took out his sonic screwdriver and scanned the teacup. Just then, all of the cups were braked, hard for the ride to be able to stop. The sudden jerk nearly sent both River and the Doctor flying out of their teacup. The two of them sat gasping for a moment once the ride had ended. The ride operator came over to them and asked if they were alright. She had seen their teacup spinning nearly out of control and was sure that it was not possible for a person to spin one of them that hard. The Doctor assured her they were fine as he and River climbed out of the cup.

They found Amy and Rory waiting for them at the exit. Both Ponds looked concerned.

"What happened?" Amy asked.

"I'm not really sure... but something else was definitely controlling that teacup... Wow, that is not something I thought I'd be saying today..." the Doctor replied.

"I'm sure the brakes just took a while to release. They monitor everything in these parks so they run like clockwork," Rory theorized.

Amy looked at her husband and shook her head. "I think I'm going to take that guidebook away from you..."

The Doctor stood silently thinking for another moment before deciding that something must have simply malfunctioned on the ride. "So, what next?" he asked.

Amy took out a map and looked over it for a moment then looked around before saying, "Well, the Winnie the Pooh ride is right there... so, what the heck. Let's ride it."

And they started off towards it.


OKAY! Note time:

1) The Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique is in Cinderella's Castle, and they do makeovers for little girls to make them look like princesses. It's cute for little kids, but I figure River and Amy would not particularly appreciate it. If you want to see what the makeovers actually look like, just google "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique" and you'll see pictures. (also thank you to Citizenofwhoville123, who suggested putting River in a princess gown!)

2) The Doctor and Rory went to the "Pirates League", which is similar to the Boutique, but in my personal opinion, much better because you get pirate makeovers. If you want to see what those look like, just google "Disney World Pirates League".

3) I'm sorry if Cinderella is anyone's favorite princess. I don't really like her, so I made River dislike her too.

Well, I think that's about it! As always, reviews are appreciated and suggestions are welcome! Until next time!