I do not own these characters or places…..Stephenie Meyer and Walt Disney do :(
Chapter 9: The Magic Kingdom
Bella's POV
Today was our last day here. We would be leaving tomorrow morning back to the cloudy, overcast of Forks, Washington. Usually that type of thinking would have me totally bummed, but since we were going to the Magic Kingdom today I felt unusually excited. I actually had to stop myself three times from trying to wake Nessie up early.
"Love, waking her up won't make the park open any sooner," Edward told me trying to get me to relax.
I stuck my tongue out at him like a child and sat on the couch pouting. I sat like that for an hour, until Nessie woke up and came out of the room. I had her dressed in her Tinkerbell costume in five minutes. All my excitement was rubbing off on Jasper, and he was now jumping up and down like Alice after shopping.
"Sorry Jazz," I said trying to remain in control of my emotions.
We were at the bus stop in record time and the bus, thank goodness, was already there. The bus seemed to be going extremely slow today and I found myself wishing Edward was driving. Despite the slowness of the bus, we made it to the Magic Kingdom bus stop in fifteen minutes. I all but shoved people out of the way to get off the bus, but finally made it off the bus and to the front gates. Once inside, we headed toward the Main Street Bakery to get Nessie some breakfast.
"Where to next?" I asked looking at the map. "Do we want to keep going straight, turn left, or turn right?" I asked tracing the different paths with my fingers.
"Let's go left to Adventureland," Carlisle said taking the map from me.
We all agreed and headed left away from the bakery towards Adventureland. Our first stop in Adventureland was The Magic Carpets of Aladdin. Emmett and Nessie ran up ahead to get in line. Edward and I walked over by the large golden camel to take pictures and wave as they flew by.
"Ewww," Edward shouted jumping backwards.
"What?" I asked concerned.
"I just got wet, and I don't know why," he said scanning the area.
About two seconds later there was a short stream of water jetting out from the golden camel's mouth. I burst out laughing.
"HAHA, the camel just spit on you," I said clutching at my sides.
"Yeah yuk it up, Mrs. couldn't even walk without tripping when I was human," he said glaring at me.
I stopped laughing just in time for Emmett and Nessie to get into their flying carpet. Nessie waved as she jerked the carpet around with the lever. I got a few pictures by the time the ride was over. Emmett and Nessie joined us and we continued on towards the Jungle Cruise.
Since it was so early our wait in line was short. We boarded our Tramp-Steamer and headed out on our adventure.
"Hello my name is Greg and I will be you skipper on this fine Jungle Cruise," he said tipping his hat.
"Now if you would all turn and wave to the people on the dock, it will be the last time you will ever see them. Ok as we begin our cruise I would like to remind you that I get paid for the number of people I take out…not the number I bring back," Greg said smiling.
We began our journey and saw many life-like anamatronic animals.
"Over there is an example of the first law of the jungle: don't be a zebra," Greg said pointing to a pride of lions feasting on a zebra.
We passed Schweitzer Falls, but Greg said we would be getting to that later. He was funny and I found myself thinking about how Emmett would be good at being a skipper on the Jungle Cruise.
"We've now turned down the Nile River and if you don't believe me you must be in denile," Greg said chuckling to himself at his lame joke.
We passed by some Monkeys trashing someone's camp site.
"Now please, if you're wearing yellow, don't make any noises like a banana…it drives them ape!! They find it very appealing," Greg whispered pointing to a very scared woman in yellow.
He told us that the people in that camp must have gone off and left everything there, and that they were probably lost. We traveled further down the rivers and came across snakes and hyenas.
"There's that lost Safari we've been looking for. Obviously mixed up in some kind of native uprising," he said pointing to a group of men clinging to a totem pole.
"That rhino seems to be getting his point across, and I'm sure that guy on the bottom will get the point in the end!!" Greg laughed gesturing to the poor guy on the bottom getting stuck in the butt with the angry rhino's horn.
Of course, Emmett tried to be funny and said, "Hey I know that guy on the bottom, his name is Juan. Yeah, and it looks like that rhinos trying to get a hole in Juan."
Surprisingly Emmett got more laughs then Greg did. We entered into a dark cave and saw the red, glowing eyes of a tiger. As we left the cave we came across some bathing elephants.
"Feel free to take pictures…they have their trunks on," Greg said turning the corner just as a stream of water came out of the elephant's trunk.
We passed some crocodiles and hippos. There were some angry villagers with spears that come out of the trees causing us all to panic a little and duck.
"Beautiful Schweitzer Falls is upon us again. The overhanging rock formation will afford us a different view this time. I have a special treat for you, folks. You may have never seen this before…there it is- the backside of water!!" Greg said steering the boat behind the waterfall.
We were coming to the end of our adventure and we saw a little hut ahead. There was a native man there holding shrunken heads and smiling a friendly but somewhat menacing smile.
"There's old Trader Sam, head salesman of the area. Business has been shrinking lately, so this week only, Sam's offering a two-for-one special: two of his, for one of yours!" Greg laughed pulling back into the dock.
"Any children left on board become property of the Walt Disney Company after 24 hours. Please make sure you have all your belongings including your small children, if you leave them we will be forced to take them back to It's a Small World and glue their feet to the floor and make them sing that hideous song over and over and over," Greg warned us as we stepped out of the boat.
"Mommy, he wouldn't really do that would he?" Nessie asked looking worried.
"No of course not," I laughed grabbing her hand and heading toward the exit.
Next we were going to Pirates of the Caribbean. Outside of the building was a skeleton pirate in a crow's nest attached to a ship's mast. We got in line and went through the dark building. There were cannons and cannon balls. In the middle of the building was a jail cell with two skeletons inside playing chess. We were quickly lined up ready to board our ship. The next boat came up, and we all climbed in. We headed into a dark cave. We came to a small smoke-filled entry way, Davey Jones appeared on the fog saying how the waters were cursed and that we were brave for going on this adventure. We sailed through the fog into the darkness ahead. We passed a small beach inside the cave where skeletons lay, and a ship caught in a storm.
"Dead men tell no tales," was the last thing we heard before plunging down a 14-foot drop.
We landed right smack in the middle of a Pirate battle. Captain Barbossa demanded the capture of Captain Jack Sparrow. Cannons were fired making water blast up into the air.
"Stop blowing holes in my ship!!" Emmett yelled in an almost perfect imitation of Captain Jack.
We traveled into town, where we spotted the tricky Captain Jack Sparrow watching the town's magistrate, Carlos, getting dunked into a well for not giving up Jack's whereabouts. We passed under some bridges and saw Captain Jack again, this time he was hiding in a barrel behind a large man with the key to the treasure.
"Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a Pirates Life for Me!!" the pirates sang as they pillaged the town, and chased the maidens.
We pass a under a bridge once again to see six imprisoned men leaning against the bars. They were trying to call to the dog holding the keys, but the dog wouldn't budge. The ride ends with Captain Jack Sparrow sitting on a throne, inside a treasure-filled room. Our boat pulled up to the dock and we climbed out and headed toward the escalator. At the top of the escalator was a gift shop. Esme took Nessie over to meet Captain Hook and Mr. Smee, while the rest of us tried to get Emmett away from the eye patches and plastic hooks. We managed to get Emmett away just as Nessie was hugging Mr. Smee, and we headed toward Frontierland.
Splash Mountain was first on the map so we went to get in line. Alice took Renesmee this time because neither of them wanted to go on. We waited in line for about twenty minutes before being able to get into our hollowed out log. We wound lazily around some small curves before climbing up small hills and drifting past some little houses made of tree stumps. Our log dropped down a small hill and landed in a forest. The forest was filled with singing birds and frogs. We met up with Br'er Rabbit as he left his home in search of a little more adventure, and his laughing place where he could live the life that suits him best. We followed him on his journey. We floated through the forest as Br'er Rabbit outwitted Br'er Bear and Br'er Fox numerous times. His taunting catches up to him as Br'er Fox catches him in a bee hive. We climbed slowly up the 5-story hill. Br'er Rabbit tricks Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear one more time at the top of Chickapin Hill in Br'er Fox's cave.
"Don't throw me down, down, down into the briar-brimmed pond, anyplace but there!!" Br'er Rabbit pleaded causing Br'er Fox to throw him down the waterfall.
We plunged down the 5-story drop into the briar patch below, which turned out to be Br'er Rabbit's laughing place. After our final plunge, we drifted past more animals aboard a Mississippi riverboat. We floated past Br'er Rabbit relaxing and singing "Zip a Dee Doo Dah" as we pulled up to the loading dock to exit.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was next. We met up with Alice and Nessie by the entrance to the ride. The people in line were moving slowly, and we followed along the concrete paths of the mountain behind them. We eventually got to the front of the line and jumped into our train car. The train took off into the gold-mining town of Tumbleweed. We swept around sharp turns and over rolling hills that dropped into canyons and caverns. We slide under a waterfall and raced through the ribs of a dinosaur skeleton. We flew across the tracks past a bleating Billy goat and a family of opossums hanging over the entrance to a cave. We also sped past chickens, bats, and donkeys before pulling into the station and making a very jerky stop.
"Woo hoo!! Let's do that again," Jasper screamed taking in all the excitement around him.
"Let's not and say we did," Rosalie said pushing him through the exit.
We started to leave Frontierland and walk towards Liberty Square when Emmett got sidetracked.
"OHHHH can we go watch the singing bears?? PLEASE!!!!" he shouted throwing himself on his knees and begging.
We all just looked at each other and silently agreed. Rosalie pulled her husband off the ground by his ear and threatened him yet again. We made our way to Grizzly Hall Theater to watch the Country Bear Jamboree. As we sat down on the benches three stuffed animal heads on the wall started talking. They introduced themselves as Buff, Max, and Melvin. After the mounted heads talked for awhile, Henry, Grizzly Hall's emcee, introduced us to a colorful variety of gifted bears.
Gomer, The Five Bear Rugs, and Henry sang songs such as, "Bear Band Serenade", "Pianjo", and "The Ballad of Davy Crockett". Trixie the bear came down from the ceiling on a swing singing "Tears Will Be the Chaser for My Wine". A brown bear with large lips came on stage. His name was Liver Lips McGrowl, he sang "My Woman Ain't Pretty (But She Don't Sware None)". Everyone loved the short, round grey bear named Big Al. He played an out of tune guitar and sang "Blood on the Saddle". The cast of the show came out to sing, "Ole Slew Foot" for their finale, and the mounted heads sang "Come Again" as we exited the theater.
"That show was amazing, I wanna see it again and again and again," Emmett said hopping up and down like a kid on pixie sticks.
"Ok you have fun with that, we will just go on The Haunted Mansion by ourselves and leave you to your singing bears," I said as we began to walk away.
"No fair I want to go to on The Haunted Mansion," Emmett whined stomping his foot.
"Then stop acting like a baby and come on," I said rolling my eyes.
He complied and ran over to us. We walked down the street to the corner of Liberty Square where the howl of a wolf could be heard over the top of the burnt orange mansion. The line was long. We walked through the iron gates and stood waiting. Once we got closer to the mansion, we saw a small grave yard on the lawn next to the front doors.
"Here lies good old Fred, a great big rock fell on his head," Emmett read off one of the headstones.
"Rest in peace Cousin Huet, we all know you didn't do it," Esme read off another.
The line began to move again and we made it inside the dark, gloomy mansion. I giggled.
"What's so funny Love?" Edward asked giving me a strange look.
"This is what I thought your house was going to look like when I came over for the first time," I replied laughing.
"Well Esme and Alice would never allow our house to look like this," he said gesturing to the cobwebs and dimming light bulbs.
I nodded my head and followed the people in front of me into a giant elevator.
"Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Haunted Mansion. I am your host, your Ghost host. Kindly step all the way in please, and make room for everyone. There's no turning back now," an ominous voice instructed as more people filed into the elevator.
"Please drag your wretched bodies into the dead center of the room," an unenthusiastic Disney employee said in a monotone voice.
Everyone was inside and the elevator doors slide closed with an echoing boom. The voice spoke again telling us about the paintings on the wall. Just then the elevator started moving, either that or the walls were stretching.
"Your cadaverous pallor betrays an aura of foreboding, almost as though you sense a disquieting metamorphosis. Is this haunted room actually stretching? Or is it your imagination? And consider this dismaying observation: this chamber has no windows, and no doors. Which offers you this chilling challenge: To find a way out! Of course, there's always my way," the voice said as the lights went out and lightning flashed exposing a swinging figure hanging from the ceiling.
"Wow this place is creeptacular," Alice whispered.
We followed the people down the dark hallway and into a line to wait for our mode of transportation. It took us about two minutes to get to the front of the line and into our cars, which I found out were called Doom buggies. Edward, Nessie, and I shared a Doom buggy while the others just sat in pairs. Our Ghost host pulled our safety bar down for us as we made our way further into the cold, mysterious mansion.
"There are several prominent ghosts who have retired here from creepy old crypts all over the world. Actually, we have 999 happy haunts here, but there's always room for a thousand. Any volunteers?" our Ghost host asked in a deep ominous voice.
I could hear Emmett volunteer himself, and I could also hear the loud impact to his head from Rosalie. We slowly passed by a hallway with a candle stick that seemed to be moving towards us even though no one was holding it. There was a library filled with ghost stories and a room with a self-playing piano. We entered into a room where a woman's head inside a glass globe rested on the table. Her name was Madam Leota, and she was calling to the spirits.
"Wizards and witches wherever you dwell, give us a hint by ringing a bell," she said as a small bell began to ring.
We left the room and entered another hallway. There were staircases along the wall, one staircase was upside down. Foot prints appeared randomly on the steps and then disappeared.
"The happy haunts have received your sympathetic vibrations and are beginning to materialize. They're assembling for a swinging wake. And they'll be expecting me," our Ghost host exclaimed as our doom buggy turned to face an exquisite dining room.
Ghosts began to crowd the room. Spinning and twirling around to the music. Two ghosts came out of a picture to duel, and then disappeared. As we left the dining room we came into the attic. There were pictures of the same woman with different men, lying in front of wedding gowns. As we leave the attic we see the bride holding a hatchet. Our doom buggies began moving again, this time they faced the opposite direction and leaned back as we slowly descended down the stairs. Emmett and Rosalie were in the doom buggy behind us so once their doom buggy turned around Edward and I stood up and started scratching on the back causing Emmett to squeal like a little girl.
"Not funny you guys," Rosalie growled.
We just laughed as our doom buggy turned back to its front facing position. We found ourselves in a graveyard. Nessie jumped a few times as some ghouls popped out from behind headstones. There were also some singing busts and an opera singing ghost. We were approaching a low bridge with three ghosts standing underneath.
"Ah, there you are. And just in time, there's a little matter I forgot the mention: beware of hitchhiking ghosts. They have selected you to fill our quota, and they'll haunt until you return," the Ghost host said as our doom buggy moved once again to face a wall of mirrors.
We looked into the mirrors and noticed a small ghost with a long beard sitting on Edwards lap. Nessie giggle and patted the ghosts head.
"Hurry back, don't forget your death certificate," was the last thing we heard as our doom buggy stopped to let us out.
Nessie grabbed our hitchhiking ghosts hand and leapt out of the doom buggy.
"I guess we got a new member of the family," I said pointing to Nessie who was now buckling her ghost into her stroller and pushing it away.
Edward nodded and laughed. The rest of our family quickly joined us and we headed out to find Nessie something to eat. We headed into Fantasyland to Pinocchio village haus. The rest of us read the map while Nessie enjoyed her pizza.