The next morning, the Doctor did not wake everyone up at an obscenely early hour to go to a park. He did not bother them to wear the blue Mickey Ear hats, and he let the Ponds decide which park they should go to. Rory wanted to go to Animal Kingdom, so that's where they went.

The Ponds took the bus, and the Doctor followed them with the TARDIS. He said he was moving it, but he wouldn't tell where. River had the feeling that he was switching where they were staying again, even though they'd only spent two nights at the Boardwalk hotel.

Upon arriving at the park, they were greeted by a talking palm tree, and Amy spent a good ten minutes talking to it.

"Oh my god, it's a talking palm tree! What even!..."

River and Rory laughed. "I think we must be spending too much time around the Doctor for Amy to be acting like this..." Rory said to River.

By the time Amy was done talking to the palm tree, the Doctor had arrived. (And thank goodness the tree had walked away, otherwise the Doctor would have been talking to it for a few hours most likely...).

After going through bag inspection and the turnstiles, the four of them consulted a map before deciding on going to "Dinoland USA" first. They walked through the Discovery Island area past various birds and small animals, across the bridge towards the Tree of Life.

Rory was actually the first of them to realize that the Tree was covered in carvings of animals, and they tried to get closer for a better look. However, the only path they found that drew closer actually led to a show under the tree: "It's Tough to be a Bug".

They all looked at each other and shrugged. "I suppose it's worth trying..." River said.

They began to wind down the long path, stopping many places along the way to look at how the roots and trunk of the tree twisted into the shapes of animals of all shapes and kinds: insects, mammals, dinosaurs, dragons, fish, and many others.

"This is amazing..." the Doctor mused as they continued farther down the path. They were almost under the tree at this point. "Look at the detail here! I mean, obviously, it isn't a real tree, but still..."

Once they were under the tree, it was like they were in some sort of cavern or... "Ant hill."

The Ponds looked at the Doctor and all said in unison, "What?"

"We are inside a giant model of an ant hill! That's so cool!"

All Amy and River had to say was "Eww."

The holding room began to empty out, and they followed through to the next room. It was a large theatre, still styled to look like the inside of an ant hill. The four took their seats after picking up some 3D glasses that were in bins by the door. The Doctor put his on and proclaimed them "cool". River rolled her eyes as she put her pair on.

The movie started, but it also had some animatronics (Flik and Hopper from "A Bug's Life") and 4D effects... effects such as the awful odor of a stinkbug, "acid" being sprayed on the audience, and the feeling of having acorns shot at oneself. At that point, River pulled her gun out, but the Doctor placed his hand over hers to stop her. "RIVER! It's just a show!" She relaxed, but she didn't put the gun away.

Finally, at the very end of the show, Flik asked the audience to "please let all cockroaches, centipedes, maggots exit the theatre first..." and suddenly, it felt like there were THINGS crawling under and behind everyone in the audience on the seats. River screamed, jumped up, and shot the seat.

The Doctor smacked his face with his palm. "RIVER! It was just another effect!"

River stared at the moving mechanisms inside the hole now in the seat, then she looked around to see everyone else in the room staring at her.

She actually blushed! River Song blushed! Amy, Rory, and the Doctor couldn't believe it. They stood, and the Doctor put his arms around her. "Come on River..."

She clenched her fists at her sides and said through clenched teeth, "We are not going on any other rides or shows unless we READ what the map says it is first..."

They did eventually reach Dinoland, and (after consulting the map) River insisted that they ride DINOSAUR first.

They walked into the building and through the winding queue. There wasn't much of a line. They watched an intro video that explained the "time travel" they were about to partake in to go back to the era of the dinosaurs. After that, they walked out of the room and down a staircase to the loading area. The Doctor noticed a bunch of warning signs. "Warning: This ride contains turbulent conditions, dark places, and scary dinosaurs that may make this ride too intense for small children. Do not ride if you have the following health conditions..."

The Doctor laughed. "Look at all these warning signs! It can't be that scary..."

The Ponds shrugged.

...Well, apparently it was that scary.

"RIVER, MAKE THEM STOP CHARGING AT THE CAR!" the Doctor cried as a Carnotaurus ran towards the side of the time rover vehicle that the Doctor was sitting on. He was leaning away from the side of the car as far as he could and clutching his sonic with one hand and River's arm with the other for dear life. Amy and Rory were also screaming, and River did have to admit (to herself, of course) that it was actually a fairly frightening ride.

She loved it.

Next they went to the Asia section of the park. Amy wanted to ride Expedition Everest; she loved rollercoasters. They wound through yet another queue to the loading area, but just before that, they had to pass through a "museum" about the study of the Yeti. Rory actually asked if any of the evidence from the "Lost Expedition" was real, but River, being ever the archaeologist, was able to tell within seconds that the damaged equipment was all fake. The Doctor did have to mention though that "the Yeti really wasn't very hospitable" last time they saw each other.

They continued on, and one castmember pointed them to their rows in the car. Luckily enough for them, they were put in the firstand second rows. Amy decided that she and River would ride together in the front and the Doctor and Rory could sit together in the next row.

The "train" came, and everyone loaded into the cars. After a quick security check, the ride started, and it wove through some Nepalese gardens before beginning its ascent of the first hill. There was a small "temple" part way up the hill, and after exiting that, they were on a stretch of free-standing tracks about fifty feet off the ground. Rory looked down and then remarked to the Doctor, "I would not want to be stuck up here if the ride broke down..."

The Doctor shook his head and muttered, "I really hope it doesn't break down now just because you said that..."

The car was now at the top of the mountain and going through a short tunnel towards the true summit. However, the track was pulled up in front of the car, and they were forced to stop. The train just sat there for a minute.

"Is that supposed to happen?" Amy asked River. "I mean, it's a nice view from up here, but still..."

She didn't get to finish her sentence because the ride began to fall backwards down the hill, but instead of going through the short tunnel they'd come through, they went through a long dark cave, finally stopping again in a large open cavern. A silhouette of the Yeti appeared on one of the walls, tearing the track out again from behind the train before it began moving forwards again, this time down a large hill outside. The track wove through another cave before going through another small section of garden and back into one last cave.

As the train pulled over a hill in the darkness, the Yeti suddenly appeared before them, reaching down as if to grab the passengers right out of the train. Everyone screamed as the cars hurtled past and back to the loading area.

River and the Doctor were laughing as they climbed out of the car, but Amy and Rory were both a bit pale.

Amy laughed nervously. "Well, that was fun, but... not what I was expecting at all. Wow..."

Rory just shook his head. "I don't think I do very well with roller coasters... at least backwards ones..."

They walked into the gift shop to see the picture taken of them on the ride. Amy and Rory both looked petrified, and the Doctor and River had their arms in the air over their heads and looked like they were laughing.

"River... did you put your arms in the air?" the Doctor asked with a bit of smugness. "You look like you're having... dare I say it?... FUN!"

She shrugged at him and smirked. "Maybe..."

The Doctor smiled back at her. "Want to ride it again?"

"Oh yes." She grabbed his hand and began to almost run back to the entrance line.

Is it really possible that River is beginning to have fun? :)

Just a quick note, I didn't add anything to any of these rides or attractions. That's what they actually do, and how they actually run. Nothing was messing with them this time. :)

Reviews are greatly appreciated and welcome, as are constructive critisisms and suggestions!

Amy and Rory called after them, "We think we'll sit this one out..."