A/N
In case it wasn't obvious, I don't own Universal Studios or anything affiliated with it or this chapter. :)
They all walked along the busy path. Rushed tourists walked past them. They kept walking until they reached the part.
"Here we part" Sam said.
"Correct" Beiste said. "Island of Adventure people, go left. Everyone else, come right."
"Bye!" Brittany waved to the other group as Santana pulled her down the brick pathway, clearly excited.
Once the other group was out of site, the group heading to Island of Adventure took off in a run down the pathway to the ticket entrance.
Shelby pushed her way to the front of the group to get the tickets.
When she returned, she handed each person a ticket. "Okay, here are your tickets."
"Now, it's just a suggestion, but I suggest you all go to the Harry Potter part first. It's going to be the busiest so you should get there first" Emma said, looking at a map.
"Okay" Rachel nodded.
"Guys! They're opening the gates!" Mercedes shouted and pointed.
"Get ready to run!" Blaine shouted and took Kurt's hand.
"Follow the signs and stay together" Emma said. She wasn't about to run after them like a mad woman, so she and Shelby decided to walk and catch up with them.
The park employees opened the gates and started scanning tickets. They rushed to get into the ticket scanning line. Once their ticket was scanned, they broke out into a dash. Other tourists ran too, but not as fast or wild as the teens from New Direction.
"Guys...wait up" Quinn panted. She wasn't used to so much running. And the Harry Potter part was all the way at the other end of the park.
"Quinn, come on!" Sam called behind him as he raced past her.
Quinn glanced up, her breathing heavy. Then she felt a hand in hers. She looked up to see Rory, smiling and panting too.
"Come on. We gotta get in line" he said, pulling her hand a bit.
Quinn nodded and they, hand in hand, kept on running. They ran into the huge Hogsmeade area. The fake snow lined the buildings. It was truly a dream come alive. Quinn and Rory kept running up to the large majestic castle. Quinn could see Mercedes' just up ahead, entering a dark tunnel. Finally, they caught up with the rest of their group.
"Hurry, get in line here" Finn called, moving so Quinn and Rory could sqeeze in.
"Is this allowed?" Quinn breathed, still trying to catch her breath. "We cut in front of like four people."
Blaine shrugged. "You're part of our group so technically it's okay."
Quinn nodded, too out of breath to reply.
"What ride are we in line for anyway?" Kurt asked. He looked around the dimly lit tunnel.
"This is the Hogwarts ride" Rachel said, eyes glowing.
"I get that. We did enter the castle. But what is it, exactly?" Kurt asked.
"It's called Harry Potter And The Forbidden Journey. It's a trippy 3D thing where it looks like you are traveling all over the castle. It's cool!" Rachel exclaimed.
"How do you know all this?" Sam asked. "You knew about the two parks earlier too."
Rachel beamed. "I did my research before we came on the trip. I wanted to be prepared, in case we came here."
"Wow" Finn said.
"Oh, the line's moving!" Rory commented as they shuffled forward.
"Luckily we got here early enough that our wait isn't as long" Blaine said.
"Yeah" Rachel nodded. "And I just have to ask, does anyone get motion sick?"
"Why?" Sam asked.
"This ride may make people sick. I just wanna know if anyone may throw up" Rachel said. "It's no big deal if you do..."
"I may" Mercedes said. "Maybe."
"We went to that amusement park last summer and you didn't throw up" Sam pointed out.
"But I felt like I might" Mercedes laughed.
"Okay, well, if you need to take a breather, go ahead" Kurt said, scrunching his nose.
"I will" Mercedes nodded as they walked farther into the castle.
"Woah, check it out!" Rory gasped as they walked in.
The castle was decorated so it looked like it did in the movies.
"Epic" Sam breathed, looking around.
"Look, the pictures move too!" Mercedes smiled.
"Hey! Move on!" Some man behind them shouted.
They were too busy admiring the cool set up around them, that they didn't notice that they had a lot of room to move forward and that they were holding up the line.
"Ooops" Rachel giggled.
"Sorry!" Quinn said to the people behind them with a smile.
"Lousy teens" mumbled some person.
They hurried and ran ahead. Soon they arrived at the ride.
"I'm so excited!" Rachel said, jumping up and down.
"Welcome to Universal Studios" the bored ticket scanner said as he scanned Tina's ticket. Tina didn't get a chance to reply because as soon as his little machine made the 'clink' noise, she bolted down the pathway after Santana and Puck who had already gotten scanned.
Mr. Schue had suggested that they go to the Hollywood Rip Ride Rocket first. It was a wild and huge roller coaster that almost literally had a 90 degree drop. So as soon as they got their tickets and were admitted in, they made the mad dash to the ride's entrance.
There they stood. The large red coaster towering above them.
"Looks epic" Puck said.
"Looks scary" Tina frowned.
"So you're not going on it?" Mike asked her.
"No thanks" Tina said. "I value life too much."
"Oh, come on" Santana said. "Don't be a wuss."
"Santana!" Mike snapped, getting defensive.
"Sorry" Santana said, but no one believed her.
"Artie, are you going on?" Sugar asked.
Artie looked up at the ride. "I don't know. Can I?"
"You have the pass" Puck said, pointing to the purple pass that Artie wore around his neck.
"Yeah, but I mean that ride looks so intense" Artie said, playing with the pass mindlessly.
"You don't have to go on it, Artie" Tina said kindly. "I'll wait here with you."
Artie was silent. He wanted to go. He hadn't been on a roller coaster since his accident. His parents just wouldn't allow it. But at the same time, for that exact same reason, he was terrified. Roller coasters weren't designed for people like him, so no one could guarantee his safety.
"I'll pass" Artie said. "There are other rides that'll be just as fun."
"Good choice" Tina smiled. "You guys get in line and have fun. Artie and I will be over there by that bench."
"Sweet. Here, hold this" Sugar handed Artie her bag and Santana and Brittany handed him their phones.
Sugar, Puck, Santana, Mike and Brittany ran off to the lineup. Artie and Tina went over to the bench and Tina took a seat.
"Why didn't you want to go, Artie?" Tina asked quietly.
Artie was silent for a moment. "I dunno."
"You're lying."
"I am. I haven't been on a rollercoaster in years. And no one can guarantee my safety on that thing either" Artie said.
"I think you made the right decision" Tina smiled at him.
"Why didn't you go?" Artie asked.
"Did you see that ride? That drop was insane and I don't want to taste breakfast again" Tina laughed.
"Ew" Artie laughed.
"Do you have a map?" Tina asked. "I want to plan out where we go next."
Artie nodded and pulled out a folded up map from the little pocket on his chair. He handed it to her.
"Okay...we are here" Tina pointed. "And I really want to go to the Men In Black ride."
"And the Simpsons!" Artie said, tapping the page.
"Yes" Tina nodded. "We should go there next, actually."
"Okay" Artie nodded. He glanced up at Tina. Due to the heat, she wore jean shorts, a purple T-shirt and small black boots. A totally different attire compared to what she normally wore. Artie's eyes met Tina's brown ones for a moment. And for that moment, Artie wanted to go back to the days when he was dating Tina. He can't honestly say that he ever fully got over her. Sure, he dated other girls since...well, just Brittany. And sure, he and Mike were buds, but that didn't mean Artie had fully given up. The only issue was that it seemed that Tina had. And she seemed genuinely happy with Mike too. Why couldn't he be happy too?
"Artie?" Tina asked, waking him from his thoughts.
"Wha-?" Artie was clearly startled.
"Are you even listening?" Tina smiled.
Artie blushed. "Sorry. Tuned out momentarily. What were you saying?"
Tina giggled. "I asked if you were enjoying Florida."
"Oh, yeah I am" Artie nodded. "You?"
"Very much" Tina said, looking towards the Rip Ride Rocket exit. "It's very warm and busy."
"That's true. Oh, here they come!" Artie said as Santana and Brittany and the rest of them came running out of the exit. The girls had messy hair and they all had huge smiles on their red faces. Mr. Schuester and Coach Beiste came out of the exit too. They must have caught up with the others and gone on the ride.
"Hey!" Sugar said as she approached them.
"How was it?" Tina asked Mike, who walked like he was drunk.
"Great!" Puck exclaimed. "It was so cool!"
"I have to agree" Will nodded. "It was pretty sick!"
"Great!" Artie said. "So Tina and I figured that we'd go to the Simpson's ride next."
"Sounds cool" Santana nodded.
They walked at a brisk rate to the Simpson's ride. The area around the funny clown entrance was Simpsons themed.
"Oh, good" Mike said. He pointed to the little electronic sign at the entrance. "The wait is only ten minutes!"
Will chuckled. "Just you wait. By later this afternoon, the wait will be two hours for some rides!"
"Well, let's not waste time now. Let's go get in line!" Sugar said and they dashed into the clown's mouth with whoops and hollers.
"That was so amazing!" Rachel screamed as they came out of the exit and into the crowded Harry Potter gift shop.
"I know!" Rory smiled. "Really cool!"
"It actually felt like you were flying" Blaine said. "And when the bit water was shot at you...!"
"Actual water!" Finn said. "It was sick!"
"I have to admit, I'm not a huge Potter fan, but that ride was pretty cool" Sam said.
"Lookie here!" Mercedes said. She held up a black T-shirt that said in white 'I served time in Azkaban'.
"Major fashion don't" Kurt said, shaking his head.
"Kurt, it's a corny gift shop. It's not suppose to be fashionable!" Mercedes laughed and hung the shirt back on the rack.
"Where's Rachel?" Finn asked, looking around. "I lost her..."
"She's over there, looking at the key chains" Blaine said.
"We shouldn't spend too long here so get her and let's go" Kurt said.
Finn nodded and stalked off to find his girlfriend.
"Rach" Finn said.
Rachel looked up. "Hey."
"We should go, we've only been on one ride" Finn said, offering his hand so she could stand up.
"Okay. I just want to buy this" Rachel held up a Harry Potter keychain with her name on it.
"Okay, just hurry up" Finn said with a smile.
Ten minutes later, Rachel, clutching a small Harry Potter plastic bag, met up with her friends.
"Sorry. The lines were crazy!" Rachel laughed. "Now where are we headed?"
Blaine and Kurt, who were looking at the map, looked up at her.
"Well, in the Harry Potter park there are two more rides. The Flight of the Hippogriff and the Dragon Challenge" Blaine said.
"Flight of the Hippogriff is right over there" Mercedes said, pointing. "Let's go.
They folded up the map and walked to the lineup. It wasn't very long.
"What's a Hippogriff?" Sam asked casually, looking at the sign as they waited.
"It's a creature with the body of a horse and an eagle's head and wings" Mercedes informed him.
"Hey guys!" Shelby said, coming in the line behind them.
"Oh, hey" Finn said smiling at the two teachers.
"What ride have you been on? The castle one?" Emma asked.
"Yeah, it was super!" Rory said.
"What about you?" Kurt asked.
"This is our first ride. It's suppose to be pretty tame. We took our leisurely time walking over here" Shelby said.
"Cool. Well, you should totally go on the castle ride. It's amazing" Rachel advised with a grin.
"Yeah, we should do that after this" Emma said to Shelby.
"Okay" Shelby nodded in agreement.
They shuffled forward in line as the cart pulled up on its tracks and it's passengers hopped out.
Rachel and Finn got the front seat. Behind them were Kurt and Mercedes, Sam and Blaine, Rory and Quinn, Shelby and Emma and some other pairs of random people.
The cart started up and moved forward. The ride wasn't intense at all and didn't even go very fast.
"This is lame" Blaine sighed, as they raced down the small hill and around the bend.
Soon, the ride ended and they all got off.
"That was pretty bad" Sam said.
"I agree" Finn said.
"Who wants to go again?" Kurt asked with a smile.
"No!" Sam exclaimed.
"I liked it" Emma said.
"Well, I found it lame" Blaine said. "Let's go on something more exciting. Like Dragon Challenge!"
"Yeah!" Sam and Finn shouted loudly, causing passing people to look over.
"Are you going to go on it?" Rory asked Quinn. "It's goes upside-down."
Quinn looked up at the two rides towering above her. One was red and the other was blue, but both were identical.
"Maybe..." Quinn said.
"I am not going on that" Mercedes said.
"Oh, come on" Sam said. He grabbed Mercedes' hand. "Please?"
"Oh, heck no" Mercedes said.
"I'll hold your hand the whole time" Sam said.
"No."
"Please, please, please, PLEASE?" Sam begged.
"No thank you" Mercedes said. "I will wait right here on this bench...or actually in that candy shop over there!"
"Candy?" Blaine looked up with an excited grin.
"We can go to the candy shop after the ride. Now let's go" Rachel said, pulling Blaine to the entrance of the line. The others followed close behind.
"I'll be in the shop, don't be too long" Mercedes called and walked in the opposite direction.
"We'll meet up with you guys later" Shelby said as she walked away with Emma.
"What? You don't wanna ride the Dragon Challenge?" Rory asked them.
Emma laughed. "No way."
"You're loss" Finn smiled and jogged to catch up with Rachel who already was in line.
"You gonna come, Quinn?" Rory asked again, looking at the blonde who lingered back a bit.
Quinn smiled a bit. "You have to sit with me."
"I will" Rory nodded.
"That was cool!" Brittany said. "It was like I was in the TV with the yellow people!"
"Well, not really" Mike laughed. "But the 3D effects were sick!"
"It's cool how they do that, huh?" Artie asked.
"Like we actually didn't move. The cart just shook in sync with the film" Tina said. "So cool!"
"Now where are we going?" Santana asked.
"Men In Black!" Tina and Artie yelled loudly.
"That's really racist" Brittany said, looking at the sky.
"That alien movie?" Puck asked. "There's a ride?"
"Yeah, it's totally interactive, too. You ride this cart and then you get this gun and you get to shoot aliens and get a score" Will explained to them.
Puck and Mike looked at each other with huge grins. "EPIC!" The shouted at the same time.
Everyone laughed and hurried to the Men In Black Alien Attack line up.
"This is like the Simpson's ride, but we actually move around" Will said.
"I'm gonna get the highest score!" Sugar said. "I'm just that amazing."
Puck scoffed. "In your dreams, girl!"
"I am gonna get the highest score" Artie said. "End of story."
"Okay, so it's a contest. The winner gets to make a dare for the one with the lowest score" Santana said.
"Within reason" Coach Beiste added.
"Of course" Artie smiled.
"Who's participating in this contest?" Sugar asked.
Mike, Puck, Artie and Sugar raised their hands.
"So five of us" Santana said. "It's on!"
"I've already got boss dares picked out for all of you" Puck said.
After fifteen minutes of waiting in line, they finally loaded into a cart. They all grabbed their guns and the cart moved forward.
"And the contest where I win..." Puck began.
"You wish, Puckerman" Sugar piped up, and aimed her gun.
"...begins now!" Puck finished. All the lights flickered and the cart spun rapidly. All around them, electronic aliens popped up and many red laser lights were aimed at them.
"DIE, MUTANT ALIENS!" Puck yelled really loudly, making the cart's passengers laugh. "YOU WILL DIE!"
"Santana! I killed one!" Brittany laughed at her achievement.
"Good job!" Santana said with a large grin.
"Oh! Killed another!" Mike announced.
"You dim-wit, I killed that one!" Artie said, elbowing Mike.
"Nuh-uh!" Mike yelled and frantically pulled the gun's trigger.
After a few more minutes of mad shooting, screaming and flashing lights, the cart pulled to a stop.
"Scores?" Santana asked, looking at her own blinking score of 145973.
"I got 138190" Sugar said.
"Ha! I got 152011" Artie said.
"Ha to you both!" Mike boasted. "I got 154082!"
"Puck, what about you?" Santana asked.
Puck looked down and covered his blinking score with his hand.
"Lemmie see, Puck" Sugar said, trying to shove him aside. The whole cart shook. Coach Beiste glared at them. When Sugar side-checked him, his hands moved a bit and a few numbers were revealed.
"I saw the first three numbers!" Artie said. "They were 129!"
"That's lower than my score!" Sugar said excitedly.
"You lose!" Artie said with a smirk.
"And male Asian wins!" Santana said.
"His name is Mike" Brittany said. "Mike Chang."
"I know" Santana said. "What score did you get?"
"One and then four zeros" Brittany said proudly.
"Well, that's a good try" Santana said with a loving smile.
"So Mike Chang, what's your dare for Puck?" Artie asked as they exited the building and stepped into the warm and bright sunlight.
Mike gave an evil smile. "You ready?"
Puck sighed. "Let's get this over with..."
"You must stand up on that bench thing and get random people to stop then really loudly, you gotta introduce yourself and then tell everyone that I am the best and I totally beat you at the game and you are the worst alien killer in life!" Mike instructed while everyone else laughed.
"What? Public humiliation?" Puck gasped.
"Rules are rules!" Artie said with a smile.
"Mr. Schue, surely you don't approve of this...!" Puck was desperate for a way out.
Will chuckled. "I honestly don't see a problem."
"Do it" Mike said. "You have to!"
"Fine..." Puck grumbled. He walked slowly over to the bench and hopped up.
"Go ahead" Santana said with her phone poised and ready to record.
"EXCUSE ME, CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE?" Puck yelled loudly. Passing families stopped to look at him. Puck nervously shifted his position. "GATHER ROUND, YUP, COME HERE..."
People stared at him expectantly. Within two minutes, fifty people had gathered around Puck on the bench.
"HI. I'M PUCK. THIS HERE IS MIKE CHANG" Puck said, pointing to Mike who smiled proudly and waved to the people. Some people clapped awkwardly.
"MIKE IS THE BEST DUDE AROUND AND ALSO THE BEST DANCER. BUT NOT ONLY THAT, MIKE ALSO BEAT ME AT THE MEN IN BLACK ALIEN ATTACK RIDE AND GOT A HIGHER SCORE. HE IS CLEARLY SUPERIOR AND I AM NOT. I AM THE WORST ALIEN KILLER OF LIFE. THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU." Puck blushed and ended his loud speech. The people were laughing hysterically. Puck hopped down off the bench and walked back to his friends who were all red faced from laughing so hard.
"Are you happy?" Puck demanded.
"Very much so" Mike laughed. He highfived Puck. "I didn't think you'd do it!"
"That was hilarious" Brittany laughed.
"And I got it all saved" Santana said, waving her phone in Puck's face. "The other's will love to see this!"
"I'm sure they will" Puck mumbled with an eye roll.
"Well, as amusing as that was, we should move on to the next ride" Will said. By now, all of Puck's crowd was slowly leaving and were either laughing or giving them odd looks.
"Okay, where are we going now?" Tina asked.
Artie pulled out his map. "We could check out the Twister...Ride It Out thing."
"That's all the way across the park. We'll work our way there" Mike said.
Brittany gasped dramatically. "ET!"
"What?" Sugar looked up with a confused face.
Brittany pointed to the small logo on the map. "ET!"
"Oh, yeah!" Tina nodded. "I remember that movie!"
"I love that movie! I watch it with Lord Tubbington every month!" Brittany exclaimed with wide eyes.
"Okay, let's go there then" Puck said. "I'd be lying if I said I didn't like that movie."
"Plus, it's on the way to Twister...Ride It Out " Santana said, folding up the map.
They walked toward the ET ride. Brittany skipped ahead of them chanting.
"ET, ET, we are going to see ET!"
"That was... AWESOME!" Finn and Sam screamed as they came off Dragon Challenge.
"Okay, let's go again and switch rides this time!" Blaine said with a huge smile.
"But they're the exact same" Kurt said. "The only difference is the colour and the name."
"So?" Blaine grabbed Kurt's hand and pulled him to the line. Rachel, Finn and Sam were close behind.
"No way am I going again" Quinn said, shaking her head. "And I am so sorry, Rory."
"For what?" Rory asked.
"For probably cutting off circulation in your arm during the ride" Quinn said. She had gotten so scared when the ride started, that she had grabbed Rory's arm next to her and held on tight for the rest of the ride.
Rory laughed. "It's okay."
"If you want to ride again, you can go. Don't stay behind because of me" Quinn said.
"No, I don't want to ride it again. Can't say my stomach agreed with that 100%" Rory chuckled. "Do you want to go to HoneyDukes?"
"Honey what?"
"HoneyDukes. The candy store Mercedes is in" Rory pointed across the crowded 'street' to the colourful store.
"Oh" Quinn laughed. "Sure!"
They walked through the masses of people.
"Mercedes!" Quinn greeted her as they walked in the busy shop.
"Oh, hey!" Mercedes waved. "How was the ride?"
"Scary" Quinn said, shuddering.
"Nauseating" Rory laughed.
"How's the candy?" Quinn asked, looking at the array of rainbow jellybeans.
"Sweet" Mercedes laughed. "But this place is full of hyper people."
"And die hard fans" Rory said.
"Where are the others?" Mercedes asked. "I didn't see them come in with you..."
"They went on the ride again. Only this time, on the other colour coaster" Rory said with a chuckle.
"Fun" Mercedes said. She looked around the room. "Hey, look! That chocolate frog moves!" Mercedes ran over, leaving Quinn and Rory.
Within fifteen minutes, the rest of the group met came to the candy shop.
"Hey hey hey!" Kurt said as they came bounding in the store.
"Hey!" Mercedes said. "How was the ride?"
"Cool!" Finn said wandering in.
"I would have gone again but then I remembered the candy!" Blaine said.
"Well, let's make it quick. This place is giving me a headache" Quinn said.
"Sure thing" Rachel nodded and dashed off.
Half an hour later, they had left HoneyDukes and were done their Hogsmeade walk around. It was so realistic and detailed that there was so much to see.
"If we have more time, I totally want to come back here" Mercedes said. "Just to look."
"We'll see" Finn said. "Where to now?"
Sam looked at the map. "Marvel?"
"Later. We'll get there. Let's go over here, to the Jurassic Park part" Blaine said.
"Okay" Finn agreed. "That was a sick movie!"
"Yes. Nothing says epic like dinosaurs eating people or something" Kurt said sarcastically.
"Oh, Kurt, don't be such a downer. It'll be fun!" Mercedes said.
"That's one way to put it" Kurt said, but smiled nonetheless.
They arrived at the Jurassic Park River Adventure ride.
"We have to put our bags and stuff in the locker things" Sam said, pointing to the array of lockers.
"Why?" Rory asked.
"We can't carry them on the ride" Rachel said.
"Does anyone have two dollars?" Blaine asked.
"I do" Quinn said, pulling two dollars out of her pocket. She handed them to Blaine, who put them in the machine.
"We're number 27" Blaine said, searching for their correct locker. "Remember that."
They found the locker and loaded, or rather, shoved, their things in.
"Wait!" Rachel said as Finn was about to shut the locker.
"What?" Finn asked.
"Kurt, is that vest designer?" Rachel asked. Kurt wore a thin grey vest over his white T-shirt.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, it is" Kurt said proudly.
"Well, you may want to put it in the locker" Rachel said.
"Why?" Kurt asked, looking surprised.
"Because on this ride, you get wet" Rachel smiled.
"What?" Kurt gasped. He hugged himself as if to protect his vest.
"Yeah, it's not like 3D like the Harry Potter ride, we actually move around and stuff and we get really wet" Rachel said.
Kurt looked heartbroken as he slowly took off his vest and folded it neatly before shoving it into the over loaded locked.
"Don't look so sad, you can wear it again when we get off the ride" Blaine laughed.
"I know..." Kurt said. "I just feel like I'm giving away my baby for a while."
"That's just ridiculous" Mercedes said and she slammed the locker door, almost catching Kurt's fingers in it.
"Okay, let's go!" Sam said excitedly.
They walked into the building and got in the line.
"It's gonna be a twenty minute wait" Finn frowned when he saw the electronic sign.
"It's okay" Quinn said. "We're in no rush."
"It looked like it may rain" Rory said.
"Really?" Mercedes asked, surprised.
"Maybe..." Rory nodded. They were in the building, waiting in line, so they couldn't check.
"I love ET. Isn't he adorable?" Brittany babbled with a large smile. The line for ET Adventure was longer than expected, but finally they were on board and ready to go.
"This is cool. They're like bikes!" Tina said.
"Artie, are you on safely?" Mike asked.
Artie nodded and gripped the handlebars.
The ride started. When they got into the room with all the tiny little lights that made it look like they were flying, everyone gasped.
"Trippy" Santana said in awe.
"Way trippy" Tina nodded in agreement.
Once the ride ended and they got off, the chatter started up again.
"That was sweet!" Tina said as they walked out of the building.
"Yeah" Sugar nodded. "But ET clearly doesn't moisturize. His skin is so super-wrinkly."
"I'm going to pretend you didn't insult the best alien in the whole word" Brittany said. "Because that was really mean."
"I tell it like it is" Sugar shrugged.
"Okay, this is both amusing and odd and I almost regret interrupting" Puck said. "But where are going now?"
"The Twister!" Mike said.
"Oh, yeah" Puck said.
"Do you mind if we come with you on that too?" Will asked them.
"No, I suppose not" Santana said.
"Thanks!" Beiste said with a smile.
They walked back along the path to the Twister ride.
"Hey!" Sugar gasped. "Lookie!" She ran towards a little area off the path that had many fans and mist machines going.
"This is so nice" Tina said, enjoying the coldness.
"Ugh, I'm all wet!" Artie said.
"Same. Let's go now. I'm actually kinda cold now" Santana laughed.
"You're not suppose to stand in there for five minutes" Will pointed out with a laugh.
They walked down the path again towards the Twister.
When they arrived at the building, Tina looked nervous.
"What exactly is this ride?" Tina asked.
"It's a tornado simulation, based off the movie 'Twister'" Will said, matter-of-factly.
"Cool" Santana nodded.
They walked in. On small screens all around the large waiting room, the movie played. Finally, they moved through the room and followed the crowd to the simulation room.
They lined up along the pathway. In front of them stood a set of a barn type house and a tree. It looked like a play set.
"What's happening?" Sugar whispered to Artie.
"I dunno" Artie said.
Suddenly the lights dimmed and the simulation started. They watched as fires started, cows flew across the set, wind blew and sparks flew. It was actually scary and realistic.
At one point when the sound effects got really loud, Tina cringed and curled into Mike's side. Mike grabbed her hand and gave it a loving squeeze.
After another minute of crazy and realistic effects, the show seemed to be ending. Then the platform that they stood on gave a random and violent shake, making everyone standing on it gasp or scream.
"Oh my gosh!" Sugar gasped, and grabbed the railing in front of her to steady herself.
"Tina, are you okay" Mike asked.
Tina's breathing was erratic and she seemed to shake a bit, too.
"Y-yeah..." Tina nodded a bit.
The people started moving toward the exit.
"That was scary" Santana said to Brittany.
"I know. But the flying cow was pretty cool" Brittany smiled.
Tina was pale-faced when they walked back into the sun light.
"Tina, are you okay? You look pretty shaken" Will said gently.
"I-I'm fine... That just sorta scared me" Tina admitted, avoiding all eye contact.
"Awww" Mike cooed and hugged her.
"Why don't we take a minute or so just to compose ourselves and plan out where we want to go now?" Beiste suggested.
"Good idea" Puck said and walked to a bench and sat down.
Santana took the map from Artie and spread it open.
"Well, before we leave, I want to go to Shrek 4D" Artie said.
"That is so childish" Santana scoffed.
"So?" Artie demanded.
"What about the Jimmy Neutron's Nickelodeon Blast ride?" Sugar asked. "I used to love that show!"
"Yeah!" Puck nodded excitedly.
"We can go to both those places" Mike said.
"Well, Shrek is right across the road" Tina said, pointing.
"I wanna go on the Revenge Of The Mummy!" Beiste said.
"Oh, gosh, no!" Sugar gasped. "Too horrifying for me!"
"Same" Tina said, nodding.
"But, uh, you two go right on ahead. You don't want to see Shrek, anyways" Santana said smiling at Mr. Schue and Coach Beiste.
"Yeah, you're right" Will nodded. "Okay, see you later!"
"Bye!" Brittany waved. "And bring some garlic to keep away the mummies!"
"That's for vampires" Puck rolled his eyes.
"Oh..." Brittany laughed.
"So Shrek 4D?" Artie asked as the two adults walked away laughing.
"If you insist" Santana sighed and took a hold of Brittany's hand.
They walked to the long line up.
"This may take a while" Mike said, looking at the long, twisting line up.
"AHHHH!" Rachel's ear-piercing scream was the loudest as the floating cart went down the large hill into the pool of water. Cold water splashed up all around them and landed on them, soaking them.
"Holy cow, that's really cold!" Rachel shivered as the cart slowly pulled to a stop.
"I totally regret going on this" Kurt pouted.
"I don't!" Blaine smiled widely.
"Yeah, same. The dinosaurs were cool!" Sam smiled and helped Mercedes out of the cart.
"Ugh, it'll take forever to dry!" Kurt said.
"Not in the sun" Quinn pointed out.
"True" Kurt sighed.
"I have to admit, that ride was pretty neat" Mercedes said as she shook the water out of her hair.
"I liked how it was indoors. Made it seem more real" Rory said.
They walked back to the lockers to claim their belongings.
"What number were we?" Sam asked. "I forget..."
"Something with a two in it" Rachel said.
Mercedes rolled her eyes. "Oh, that narrows it down."
"It was either 23 or 27" Blaine said. "I think."
"It was 27" Finn said.
"Okay..." Sam said, and unlocked the locker with the little 27 on it. The door swung open.
"Yay!" Kurt clapped and took his vest. He put it back on with a smile.
They all grabbed their stuff and shut the door.
"Now where?" Quinn asked stepping to the side of the pathway so a large group of people all wearing matching pink shirts could pass by.
"Well..." Finn opened up the map. "Let's continue down this way. So... we could go on Rip-Saw Falls?"
"No. No more water rides" Kurt said firmly.
"I'm with Kurt on this one" Rachel said. "Anything but water rides."
"But if you guys wanna go on, you can" Kurt said.
Finn locked eyes with Sam and Rory. "You wanna?"
"I don't care" Sam shrugged. "I will if you will."
"I don't really want to" Rory said.
"Okay, so we won't go" Finn said. "Is that okay?"
"Sure" Mercedes nodded.
"So that means we'll skip Toon Lagoon and head straight for Marvel Super Hero's Island" Blaine said, looking at the map upside-down.
"Yes!" Sam beamed happily and fist pumped.
"Okay, Marvel it is" Quinn smiled.
They walked down the pathway and over the bridge to the Marvel area. Park employees were dressed up as characters and were entertaining people waiting in lines.
"Look! Spider-Man!" Sam said, pointing to a character.
"Sam, calm down. It's just Spider-Man" Quinn said with a laugh.
"For you, maybe. For a comic book lover like me, it's amazing" Sam said.
Rachel laughed. "What ride first?"
"Let's go on The Amazing Adventures Of Spider-Man" Blaine said. "It's right over there."
"The line looks really long..." Rory said.
"That's okay" Finn said. "It's expected and we have time."
"Okay then" Kurt said. They walked to the lineup.
"This place is really fun!" Mercedes said as they stopped walking.
"I know. Only makes Lima look even lamer" Quinn joked.
Rory laughed and leaned against the cool silver railing.
From behind, a person dressed up as Doctor Doom crept up.
Kurt, Blaine, Rachel and Finn all saw it from where they stood, but they kept staight faces.
The Doctor Doom character quietly poked Rory's shoulder. Rory turned around casually, expecting a normal person.
"Rah!" Doctor Doom roared in Rory's face when he turned around.
"Ah!" Rory gasped and jumped back in shock, almost falling over. The others laughed as Doctor Doom laughed and ran off to scare another unfortunate person.
"That was scary" Rory said, making sure that nothing else was going to sneak up on him.
"No" Mercedes corrected. "That was hilarious!"
Rory glared at them. "You saw him comes up behind me!"
"Yup, sure did!" Kurt giggled.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Rory asked.
"That wouldn't be fun" Finn laughed. He clapped Rory on the shoulder.
Half an hour later, they finally got to the ride.
"You know, it would have probably been a lot faster if we just went in as single riders" Quinn said, pointing to the sign.
"Yes, but then there'd be no guarentee that we'd sit together" Rachel said.
"True. I'd rather wait and sit together" Quinn smiled as she sat down on the ride cart.
When they got off the ride, Sam was grinning like a child on Christmas morning.
"Sam, do you think you can maybe smile a bit wider?" Kurt asked with a chuckle.
"That was pretty cool" Quinn said, referring to the ride.
"Harry Potter was better!" Rachel said.
"Hey, there's an arcade!" Blaine said, pointing to the arcade.
"Oooh!" Finn gasped. "We should go!"
"Here's an idea" Mercedes said. "We should go on another ride now, then eat lunch. Then after we eat, we'll go to the arcade so we won't go on any nauseating ride right after we eat, because I don't think that'd be fun."
"I like that plan!" Kurt said with a nod.
"Okay, so what ride shall we go on?" Rory asked, looking around.
"How about The Incredible Hulk Coaster?" Finn pointed to the massive green ride.
"That looks wild" Blaine smiled.
"No way" Quinn shook her head. "No way am I going on that."
"Yeah, me neither" Mercedes nodded. "That looks worse than Dragon Challenge."
"Okay, you guys can go walk around or wait or something" Finn said. "I'm sure we won't be too long."
Quinn looked at Mercedes. "Okay then..."
"I don't want to go either" Rachel said. "That looks too crazy for me."
"Suit yourself" Rory smiled.
"Have fun you guys" Mercedes wiggled her fingers as they laughed and walked away.
"So ladies" Rachel smiled. "Where should we go?"
"Let's go check out that little knick-knack store" Mercedes said, pointing to a gift shop.
Quinn didn't say anything. She knew what was going to happen and she didn't like it. Rachel and Mercedes were close and Quinn would be like the third wheel. Super-awkward. But what choice did she have now?
"Ugh, finally!" Sugar sighed. They had waited in line for a while and finally they were allowed in.
"Listen!" Mike said. "They're playing Shrek music on the speakers!"
Puck, Artie, Tina and Brittany smiled at each other and burst out into song.
"I thought love was
Only true in fairy tales
Meant for someone else
But not for me
Love was out to get to me
That's the way it seems
Disappointment haunted
All my dreams
And then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm in love
I'm a believer
I couldn't leave her
If I tried
I thought love was
More or less a given thing
The more I gave the less
I got, oh yeah
What's the use in trying
All you get is pain
When I wanted sunshine
I got rain
And then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm in love
I'm a believer
I couldn't leave her
If I tried
What's the use in trying
All you get is pain
When I wanted sunshine
I got rain
And then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm in love
I'm a believer
I couldn't leave her
If I tried
Then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
Now I'm a believer
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm a believer
Then I saw her face
I'm a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm a believer"
Mike, Santana and Sugar had joined in and by verse two, they were full out belting the song in the room as they waited to get in the theater. When the song ended, people clapped and cheered.
Tina beamed. "Thank you!"
"We are so good!" Puck said.
"And we didn't even have Rachel or Mercedes or Blaine or Kurt" Sugar said.
"I think we should do a song tonight when we perform again at the hotel" Santana said. "Show them that we're just as good!"
Mike opened his mouth to reply but they started moving into the theater with their green Shrek 3D glasses in hand.
After the film, they exited the building.
"That was cool!" Tina said. "I love the moving chairs!"
"That's what makes it 4D" Artie said.
"Excuse me" a lady said. "I heard y'all sing right in there. You're really great!"
"Thanks!" Puck smiled. The lady nodded and walked away with a smile.
"We're like celebrities!" Brittany exclaimed.
"It was only a matter of time until I was famous" Sugar said. "I'm just that awesome!"
"Okay, now where?" Santana asked.
"Jimmy Neutron" Brittany said. "It's right over there." They walked down the path to the line up.
"Bro, the wait time is over an hour" Puck said.
"I'm not waiting that long" Santana said, crossing her arms.
"Let's go to the Terminator 2 thing" Puck said.
"Is it a ride?" Artie asked.
"No, it's a 3D film" Mike said.
"Okay" Tina said. "But after, I want lunch."
"Same. I'm getting really hungry" Brittany nodded.
"Okay, Terminator and then we'll eat" Puck said as they walked to the entrance.
"Hey guys!" Will shouted from across the path.
"Oh, hey" Mike said. "How was The Revenge Of The Mummy?"
"Not too bad" Beiste said. "But Mr. Schuester here screamed like a little girl!"
They laughed.
"How was Shrek 4D?" Will asked, blushing slightly.
"Pretty neat" Puck said. "And then we were going to go to Jimmy Neutron's Nickelodeon Blast, but the line wait was long."
"The Mummy was pretty short so we walked all the way around" Will said. "And when we were walking we heard a group of people talking about this group of kids in Shrek who sang along to the music... One kid had a mohawk and another was in a wheelchair... Sound familiar?" Will smirked.
Santana laughed. "That was us. The song came on and we just sang along. And let me tell you, we were great!"
"But you didn't cause a disturbance, right?" Will asked.
"And no authority figures had to get involved?" Beiste added.
"Well..." Tina said slowly. "Kidding! No, it was fine."
"In fact, they clapped for us" Artie smiled proudly.
"Well, okay then" Will said. "Good job!"
They waited in line for the Terminator 2 ride.
"Too bad Terminator doesn't have cool songs to sing along to" Brittany said with a smile.
"These are cute" Mercedes held up a pair of flip-flops. They were red and on one it said 'Thing 1' and on the other it said 'Thing 2'.
Rachel laughed. "Adorable!"
Quinn hummed quietly as she flipped through some cheesy T-shirts. Like she had predicted, she was feeling like the third wheel.
Rachel sat down on a little stool and groaned. "What's taking them so long?"
"The line" Quinn answered with a short laugh.
"Let's go walk around again" Mercedes said.
"Actually, let's go to the bathrooms" Rachel said, standing up.
"Okay, sure" Quinn nodded. They walked outside the shop and into the hot sunlight.
"They air condition these shops so much that it makes the outside life seem so much hotter!" Mercedes grumbled.
"They do that on purpose so we go in the shops more and buy stuff" Quinn said.
"Smart and sneaky people" Mercedes narrowed her eyes. "We're all victems to them!" She shouted loudly, making nearby people stare.
Rachel laughed. "That's a bit overdramatic."
They arrived at the nearest bathrooms.
"Mercedes, do you have comb?" Quinn asked, looking in the mirror as Rachel raced for a stall. For a public bathroom that sees thousands of people a year, it was very clean.
"Yeah...I think so..." Mercedes nodded and dug through her large and colourful bag. She handed a blue comb to Quinn, who combed her bangs.
"You have such nice hair" Mercedes said, watching Quinn.
"I hate it" Quinn said. "Besides, your hair is nice."
"I know. I like my hair..." Mercedes said. "But for a white girl, your hair is nice too."
Quinn laughed and gave Mercedes back her comb.
Rachel walked out of the stall and washed her hands. "So what are we talking about?"
"Quinn's perfect hair" Mercedes said.
"Ugh, first the nose and now the hair. Quinn, you are too perfect" Rachel smiled.
"Thanks" Quinn blushed a bit.
"So Quinn..." Mercedes said as Rachel dried her hands.
Quinn looked over.
"...What's going on with you and Rory?" Mercedes smirked.
Quinn blushed. "N-nothing..."
"Ah-ha!" Rachel screamed and pointed at Quinn. "You stuttered. So you are lying!"
"Did I just stutter?" Quinn mumbled. "No, I didn't..."
"So now tell us the truth" Mercedes said. "You like him, don't you?"
"D-doesn't everyone?" Quinn asked, trying to sound casual.
"Stuttered again" Rachel said with a smirk. They walked out of the bathroom.
"Okay, let me re-phrase that. You love him!" Mercedes said.
"I dunno" Quinn said. "Maybe a bit..."
"I think he likes you too" Rachel said.
Quinn looked up. "Really?"
"Yeah!" Rachel and Mercedes yelled together.
"Well, we'll see what turns out..." Quinn said.
"I can tell you. It starts with 'L' and rhymes with dove" Rachel giggled.
"I need another hint" Quinn laughed.
"Oh, finally!" Mercedes said. The three girls turned to see the boys running over with large smiles.
"How was it?" Rachel asked Kurt who came leaping over to them.
"Fantastic!" Kurt squealed.
"It was wild!" Rory said. "Upside-down and twisty and fun!"
Mercedes laughed. "Sounds exciting."
Sam smiled. "It was. You should have gone on it. In fact, if you want to we could just..."
Mercedes put a finger to Sam's fingers to shush him. "No. I think we're hungry."
"Oh, yeah. Lunch. I forgot about that" Blaine laughed.
"What're we going to get?" Kurt asked.
"Or we could go somewhere" Finn said.
"Like the Hog's Head!" Rachel said excitedly. That was a Harry Potter themed restaurant.
"Too far and sounds gross" Mercedes said.
"Look, there's a pizza stall over there. Let's just buy some pizza and eat at the tables over there" Quinn said.
"I like that idea!" Rory said.
"Same" Finn said. "I could go for some 'za!"
"Did you just say 'za?" Kurt asked with one eye brow raised.
"Yes" Finn nodded.
"Never again" Kurt shook his head.
"I think 'za is a cool word" Finn mumbled as they walked to the pizza stall.
"This is good pizza!" Sam said. They had all ordered and sat down in some shade.
"True, true!" Blaine nodded.
"So after this?" Rachel asked, swallowing her bit of pizza.
"We go to the arcade!" Mercedes smiled.
"Okay, let's go!" Finn said, standing up.
"Are you kidding?" Rachel asked, holding up her half-eating slice of pizza.
"Did you inhale your pizza?" Quinn asked.
"No" Finn sat down. "I'm just a fast eater."
"He's serious. At dinner, he is done eating before I get a quarter of the way through!" Kurt laughs.
"I don't see a problem with that!" Finn said.
"It's non-human!" Blaine said, snickering.
"Just hurry up and eat" Finn said with a laugh.
"Is this fast enough for you?" Mercedes asked, taking a bite and chewing in slow motion, just to annoy Finn.
"Hardy har har" Finn faked a laughed and rolled his eyes.
"I have no idea what that was all about" Sugar said as they walked out of the building. "I am so confused."
"Me too" Brittany said.
"Yeah, I guess if you haven't seen the Terminator movies, you're probably not gonna get it" Puck said.
"Oh, well" Sugar through her arms in the air. "It was cool anyways."
"You know what else is cool?" Mike asked.
"What?" Santana asked.
"Lunch!" Mike shouted.
"Yes!" Sugar and Brittany clapped.
"Where are we gonna go?" Artie asked.
"What are we going to eat?" Santana added.
"Hey, guys" Will said, coming out of the Terminator 2 building. "I guess we lost you in the exit rush."
"Yeah" Tina nodded. "We're going to get some lunch. Do you wanna come with us?"
"Sure" Beiste nodded.
"There's some food stalls over there by the entrance" Will said.
"Okay, let's go over there" Artie nodded and wheeled forward a bit.
"I could really use a burger" Puck said as they walked.
"Me too" Santana nodded.
"We're in luck!" Mike said. "Burgers over there."
"Yes!" Puck jumped in the air and ran over.
"I'm getting pizza" Tina said. "So I will be right over there. In that line."
"Me too!" Brittany ran next to Tina. "I want pizza too!"
Forty-five minutes later, they had all gotten food and eaten it too.
"That was delicious!" Puck said, patting his stomach.
"Indeed" Will nodded. "Now, take out a map."
Artie nodded and pulled one out and spread it out on the table.
"You see here" Will said, pointing to the Beetlejuice logo.
"Beetlejuice?" Artie asked. "That odd Halloween movie?"
"Yeah" Will said. "We're going there. You guys will love it!"
"Is it a ride?" Santana asked.
"Nope. It's a show" Will said.
"Like a concert?" Brittany asked with a smile.
"Yes, exactly. They sing a bunch of songs so you guys will love it" Beiste said. Will had spent twenty minutes telling her all about this show and how the kids were going to love it.
"Sounds cool" Tina smiled. "Let's go!"
"But does it have anything to do with the movie?" Mike asked.
"Not really" Will shook his head.
They threw out their trash and stood up. The walk was long because Beetlejuices Rock 'N' Roll Graveyard Revue was at the other end of the park. Finally, they made it.
"The show starts soon" Mike said, reading the list of times.
They got in line and soon made it to the entrance of the seating section.
"Let's go to the front!" Santana said. She grabbed Brittany's hand and pushed her way through the groups of people to the front, near the stage. The rest of the group followed close behind.
Finally, they all sat down by the front. On the large stage was castle set up.
"Looks odd" Sugar said. "It's not a glamorous castle."
Santana rolled her eyes, but didn't respond.
Fifteen minutes later, the show started. A man dressed up as Beetlejuice appeared on stage, along with a vampire, frankenstein and werewolf.
When the show ended, Brittany, Santana, Sugar, Puck, Artie, Tina and Mike were all tired from singing along to all the songs at the top of their voices. The show was up-beat and fun and an array of songs were sung, some that New Directions had previously sung. They knew all the words. It was lots of fun.
"Brilliant. That's all I have to say: brilliant!" Tina said as they walked out of the show area.
"I loved it!" Brittany smiled.
"See? Told you you'd like it!" Will said.
Puck nodded. "Yes!"
"I wanna see it again!" Sugar said.
Beiste laughed. "We don't have time for that."
Sugar pouted. "Aww..."
"Well, now where to?" Tina asked.
Artie pulled out his map. "Let's go back to Jimmy Neutron's Nickelodeon Blast..."
"And after, maybe you guys want to go to the I Love Lucy museum thingy?" Will said. "It's near there."
"I Love Lucy? I loved that show!" Santana smiled.
"Really?" Beiste asked. "I'm surprised you know who she is."
"Yeah, well, my abuela used to watch it a lot" Santana said, her smile fading a bit when she said 'abuela'.
"I have no idea who Lucy is" Brittany said. "But, I used to have a doll named Lucy and I loved her, so that's like the same thing."
"We'll explain it later" Will said. "We'll see you later."
"Where are you going?" Mike asked.
"Over here. There's some Jaws show or something. We'll meet up with you later."
"Okay, bye then" Tina said and the teens turned and walked to down the path.
"I am the skee-ball master!" Rory shouted as a long train of tickets came spewing out of the machine.
"How is it that you are so good?" Mercedes asked.
Rory shrugged. "I dunno."
"So now we all got some tickets" Kurt said, clutching some tickets.
"Yeah, we should cash in and go. We still have a bunch of rides to go on!" Rachel said.
"Who wants to pool tickets?" Quinn asked.
"Let's all pool them and get a bunch of candy!" Finn said.
"Okay then" Mercedes said.
They handed their tickets to Blaine, who was feeding into the counting machine.
"We have a lot" Blaine said, watching the numbers go up.
Fifteen minutes later, with a large bag of candy in their hands, they left the arcade.
"There you are!" Emma said, walking over and waving with Shelby at her side.
"Here we are" Sam replied.
"Did you eat yet?" Shelby asked.
"Yeah. Pizza" Mercedes said.
"Okay, good. So are you guys going on more rides?" Shelby asked.
"Yeah. We were going to the Storm Force Acceleration ride" Quinn said.
"Okay. Fun. Let's go!" Emma said. They walked over to the lineup, which was short.
They were on the ride within fifteen minutes. It was a wild spinning ride with several circular seats that spun as the floor spun too.
"Wheeee!" Rachel screamed as they spun around in their little cart.
"This...is...making...me...dizzy!" Kurt yelled as they whipped around.
"Try...not...to...puke!" Mercedes said back as her hair flew all around.
When the ride stopped and they climbed out of their carts, they all stumbled around as they walked to the exit.
Rachel reached out and grabbed on to Finn's arm to keep her from falling down.
"Woah!" Rachel said, almost falling.
"That was fun!" Sam said. "Let's do it again!"
"No thanks" Kurt shook his head slowly.
"I'll go again!" Quinn said.
"Me too!" Rory agreed quickly.
"Anyone else? Ms. Pillsbury?" Sam looked around.
"Nope, you go ahead...I'll be on that bench" Emma said and pointed to a bench in the shade.
"Okay!" Quinn said and ran in line again with Rory and Sam.
"Who has the map?" Rachel asked.
"I do..." Blaine said and handed Rachel the map.
"Thanks" Rachel smiled and unfolded the map. Rachel studied at the map. "Well, Marvel area is done. We can head to the Seuss Landing now, if you want to..."
"One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish!" Blaine recited automatically.
"Yes" Rachel looked up at him. "It's a ride."
"Really?" Blaine's eyes lit up.
"It's a water ride" Rachel added.
"Nope!" Kurt shouted. "No more water rides!"
"It's actually almost 2:3O" Shelby said, looking at the small gold watch on her wrist.
"Really?" Mercedes asked. "So we're leaving in thirty minutes?"
"More or less, correct" Shelby nodded.
"Woah, time flies when you're having fun..." Finn said.
"It sure does" Rachel laughed in agreement.
"So Seuss Landing it is, then?" Rachel asked.
"Might as well, yeah" Mercedes said.
"No! Dr. Seuss is for little kids. The rides will be lame!" Finn said.
"So? We might as well just go" Mercedes said.
"Fine..." Finn huffed.
"That was fun" Quinn said. "I like spiny rides!"
"Okay, you're back!" Rachel said, standing up when Sam, Quinn and Rory approached.
"Yes. Where're we going now?" Sam asked.
"Dr. Seuss area" Kurt said. "Because we only have half an hour left."
"Really?" Rory asked. "Time flies when you're having fun!"
Finn grinned. "That's what I said!"
"This line is taking forever!" Santana groaned.
"I know..." Tina nodded.
"At least the fans are going" Puck said, pointing to the fans that were whirring above them.
"What time is it, anyway?" Sugar asked.
"Two-thirty" Mike answered.
"Exactly?" Sugar asked.
"No, it's actually 2:27" Mike said. "I rounded."
"Yeah, I got that" Sugar said. "What time did Mr. Schuester say were we leaving?"
"He said, and I quote, three-ish" Artie said.
"So we have half an hour?" Santana asked.
"So it seems" Artie nodded. "And I guess that's okay. I don't think we need to be here much longer."
"Yeah, I'm actually so tired" Tina said.
"Places like this make you so dead" Mike laughed.
"Look, the line is moving forward!" Brittany said as they shuffled forward.
Ten minuets later, they got in the doors.
Ten more minutes later, they were back out. The ride was over.
"So much waiting for five minutes of entertainment" Puck said as they walked out.
"It wasn't even that cool" Santana said.
"What was your guys' favourite rides?" Tina asked sweetly.
"Men In Black Alien Attack" Mike smirked at Puck who stuck his tongue out back at him.
"I liked ET Adventure" Brittany said.
"It wasn't a ride, but I liked the Beetlejuice show" Artie said. "But ride-wise, I liked Men In Black too."
"Hollywood Rip Ride Rocket" Puck said. "That thing was beast."
"Yeah!" Santana nodded.
"Hello!" Will called as they strolled over.
"Hey" Tina smiled.
"Ready for I Love Lucy?" Will asked.
"Then we're going, right?" Sugar asked. "Like leaving?"
"Yeah, I think so" Will nodded. "It looks like it may rain, too."
"Do you want me to call Emma or Shelby to see where they're at?" Beiste asked Will.
"Sure" Will nodded and they all walked to the building that displayed the I Love Lucy logo in the window.
Coach Beiste pulled out her cell phone and stood outside the building as they all walked in.
"This, Brittany, is Lucy" Will said, pointing to a picture of the iconic red-head.
"Oh..." Brittany said.
They looked around the room for a bit.
"Ah, the memories" Santana said. "The countless hours spent watching this show..."
"Do you regret it?" Tina asked.
"No. It was funny" Santana said with a chuckle.
Coach Beiste walked in with a smile.
"And?" Will asked her.
"I called Emma. She said they were pretty much done too and so I said meet where we parted earlier today in about twenty minutes" Beiste said.
"Great" Will nodded. "You hear that guys?" He raised his voice so all the teens could hear. "Twenty minutes."
Puck nodded and gave a thumbs up.
"This is hard!" Sugar said. "I keep losing!"
"What is it?" Artie wheeled over.
"A game" Sugar said, tapping the screen in front of her.
Artie peered up at the screen and sighed. "It's trivia."
"Yeah" Sugar said.
"Well, if you haven't seen any shows or anything how do you expect to get the right answers?" Artie asked.
"I'm just that awesome. And smart" Sugar smiled and tapped the screen. Her long and perfectly painted pink nail clicked against the screen.
"Oh" Artie rolled his eyes and wheeled away.
"Okay, troops" Beiste said. "We should go now."
Sugar picked up her bag and skipped to the door. The others did the same, except without the skipping. When they were all there and ready, they left and again, stepped into the heat.
They walked down the path and to the entrance, which, in this case, was the exit.
"Wait!" Sugar stopped in mid step.
"What's wrong?" Puck asked.
"Can we go to the gift shop?" Sugar asked and batted her eye lashes.
Will looked at his watch. "Yes, but only for a bit."
He hadn't even finished the sentence before the teens squealed and ran off happily.
"That was Shannon" Emma said to Shelby.
"Oh?"
"Yeah. She said twenty minutes" Emma said, putting her cell phone back in her bag.
"Great. I'm tired of walking" Shelby laughed.
"Me too" Emma nodded. "Where are the kids?"
"They went on The Cat In The Hat" Shelby laughed. "It was funny because Finn was the tallest person in line."
Emma giggled. "I bet they're all too old for that ride."
"Nonsense. You can't be too told for fun" Shelby smiled.
"And last rides you want to go on?" Emma asked, looking around.
"No, I'm done for the day."
"Okay, now we just have to wait for the kids."
That came soon. The eight of them came out of the exit amongst the grinning children and parents. They had smiles on their faces, so they had clearly enjoyed the ride, despite its child-ness.
As they came closer to where Emma sat with Shelby, she could hear their conversation.
"Do you like green eggs and ham?" Sam asked with a grin.
"I do not like them, Sam-I-Am" Mercedes replied with a smile.
"Where did that come from?" Shelby asked. "You went on Cat In The Hat, not Green Eggs And Ham."
Rachel laughed. "I know, Blaine started reciting that during the ride."
Blaine blushed and smiled, but didn't deny it.
"So are you guys done now?" Emma asked. "Are you ready to leave?"
Quinn nodded and glanced around quickly. "Yes, I suppose so."
"It's so fun here" Kurt said. "Do we have to leave?"
"Afraid so" Emma nodded.
"We gotta meet up with the other in ten minutes" Shelby said.
"I guess we can go. We did go on all the major rides" Finn said.
"Yeah" Blaine nodded. "We can leave."
"Great" Shelby stood up and hiked up her bag to her shoulder.
They walked to the exit, looking at the shops as they passed.
"Anyone need to make a stop at the gift shop?" Emma asked, pointing.
"Do we have time?" Mercedes asked.
"Yeah, sure" Emma nodded. "Just don't take forever."
They nodded and rushed off with large smiles plastered on their faces.
"I wanna buy a T-shirt that y'all can sign" Mercedes said, looking through some bright orange Universal Orlando shirts.
"That's a good idea" Blaine nodded.
Most of them left with something purchased, whether a dinky keychain or a T-shirt or a pen.
"Okay are we for sure no turning back ready to go?" Emma asked, clapping her hands.
They nodded their affirmative and smiled.
"Good" Emma nodded. The all walked out of the park and along City Walk. This time, they were able to look at their surroundings instead of rush past like they had that morning.
"There they are!" Kurt said, pointing to the familiar group of nine that was strolling up.
"Hey!" Tina waved and smiled brightly at them.
At once, chatter and laughter arose as questions of 'how was it?' and 'what rides did you go on?' and 'did you have fun?' began. After ten minutes of talking, Will spoke louder in order to get the attention of the teens.
"Guy! Guys!" Will started. Finally, they paid attention and listened. "I know you're all excited to talk and catch up and what not, but you can do that in the bus. So let's go, alright?"
They nodded and together, they all walked to the bus, which the valet boy drove over.
Ten minutes later, they were in the bus and driving away from Universal.
A/N
Well, there we go. My longest chapter all about their adventures at Universal! I wrote this based exactly on the real park. So much that I had to keep going back to reference my map just so it'd be perfect for y'all! So hope you enjoy. I had fun writing it! I totes recomend that if you get the chance to go to Universal because it's amazing! The Harry Potter parts were fantastic!
So, in reference to 'FinchelPotter' (one of my most dedicated readers) comment about how it would have been better for all of ND to go to Universal together, I totally agree, but Universal is too cool to have one whole park missed. So I split them up and tried to do it based on personality. :)
So that's all for now. I'll be busy writing more so check in maybe on the weekend for the next update!
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