Yea! For magic kingdom and 300 reviews! Thanks so much for all the wonderfull reviews (and yes I spelled wonderful that way because I wanted to). Also please check out my new story A Lioness and her Cubs. I focuses more on the trio and Minerva rather then just Hermione and Minerva. Also if any one wants to know I got at 1710 on my SAT It works for my current choice of colleges. ALSO the biggest news of all, I'M GOING TO THE HARRY POTTER THEME PARK! This July, as I write this I'm looking up hotels and were driving from Maryland and the hotel looking is annoying. I'm so excited though my mom and I are going, after much persuading, it's going to be my senior trip a summer early.
On to the story, if some of the attractions mentioned weren't around in 1993 I'm sorry I was only a few months old at that time but I shall try my best. Also I haven't been to Magic Kingdom since I was 5, but I do remember a lot.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter and I don't own Magic Kingdom.
At 7 o'clock the next morning Hermione awoke silently and went over to Harry's bed on the couch. She shook him awake and shushed him when he started to talk.
"Were going to Disney today Harry!" She whispered happily. He grinned and sat up.
"Why are you whispering?" He asked.
"Because Mum and Dad are still sleeping." She turned to look at them before turning back to Harry. "Were going to wake them up."
"Then why are we whispering?"
"Because we're going to jump on the bed." She told him.
"Aren't we too old to do that?"
"We're twelve we might as well enjoy it while we can." Harry stared at her as if he had never seen her before.
"You would only do it to them though right?"
"Oh yes, I could never do any thing like jumping on the bed to anyone else." She told him seriously. He chuckled, seems like Hermione was still the same after all.
"Come on." She motioned with her hand.
"Wait will I get in trouble?" Harry asked.
"No trust me I've done it before."
"You're their daughter."
"I wasn't then." She told him fiercely. "Come on, ready on 3 1… 2… 3!" And they leaped on the bed.
"Wake up." Hermione sang.
"Wake up." Harry repeated grinning like a maniac. Both adults groaned. Albus waking up turned to Minerva.
"I thought you gave them a time change potion so that they wouldn't wake up early." He moaned.
"I did." Minerva mumbled. "Hermione calm down." She said pulling the girl down with a laugh. "It's too early."
"No it's not the park opens at 9:00!" she told her. Harry had leaped off of their bed onto Hermione's and continued bouncing. Hermione wiggled out of Minerva's grip and joined Harry jumping on her bed.
"Stop it, now that we're up we might as well get ready." She said grabbing Hermione and Harry and pulling them off the bed.
"Now what are you going to do, when you can't pick them up any more." Albus whispered in her ear after she sent Hermione to the bathroom to get ready. Minerva glared at him.
"Lets go see Cinderella castle first."
"No let's go to Pirates of the Caribbean first. Or better yet let's start with Space Mountain." He continued.
"I want to see Cinderella castle."
"It can't be bigger then Hogwarts lets do a ride first."
"Or," Minerva started taking the map from them. "We go up Main Street, see the castle and then head to Tomorrowland and ride Space mountain, and we'll go in a circle and get lunch at Liberty square."
"Yes Ma'am." They mumbled and went back to watching the scenery of the resort as the bus spend down the road. The bus driver laughed.
"First time at the resort?"
"Yes, it's the first time any of us have been to a theme park, we're very excited." Albus told the man.
"Hey I know that feeling; I was twenty years old when I first came to the resort about 10 years ago. I still get excited when ever I pull up and see the faces of all the kids. Much like that." He said pointing to Harry and Hermione who were staring in wonder at their first glances of Magic Kingdom. "So where are you folks from."
"Great Britain."
"Is it nice there?"
"Yes I love it there, and it's not quite as hot there."
"Yeah it's always hot and humid here, but it lets you come to the park all year. You should see it at Halloween." Hermione wheeled around.
"No." Minerva said firmly. "I can't miss school and you're not."
"Come on Professor you could take all the Gryffindors." Harry said grinning.
"Were not even in the park yet and you want to come back already."
"Yes." They chorused together causing the bus driver to laugh again.
"Well here we are, enjoy your day at the Magic Kingdom." He told them opening the door. Hermione led all of them towards the entrance of the park and after putting on slabs of sun screen they entered the park.
"Wow."
As soon as you entered you saw the castle, tall with huge narrow towers. It looked so big from the entrance they could only wonder what it looked like up close. Main Street USA lay in front of them with shops and buildings lining the sides. The fact that muggles made this just astounded Minerva, who had never seen anything like this. It was truly like another world. A statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse on a bench was in front of them.
"Go sit on the bench I'll get a picture." Minerva said pulling out Albus's camera. They ran to the bench and smiled. Minerva snapped the photo and they took off walking down the street.
"Look at this, my goodness the castle is so huge. Look at gold that surrounds it. Did you know that they built an apartment inside the castle for Walt Disney, but he died before they finished it. I wonder if they'll ever let people rent it out and stay in it. Wouldn't that be amazing! The lady at the front desk also told me they have a fireworks show tonight, can we stay and watch? Oh look at those hats they have Mickey mouse ears on them can we get some please?" Hermione exclaimed. Minerva being unable to deny Hermione bought some hats all of them though Harry protested. Hermione's had a little bow on top resembling Minnie, while Harry's was just plain black like Mickey.
They went and took some pictures at Cinderella castle before they headed to Tomorrowland where Harry dragged them Space Mountain. When they got off of it Harry was grinning like a fool, he thought it was amazing, going at fast speeds in the dark. Minerva and Albus both agreed that while they thought the attraction itself was amazing, they thought Gringotts carts were faster.
Next they headed to the Tomorrowland Speedway, which only Harry and Hermione did though they tried to persuade the adults. Next Hermione dragged them to Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress, which explained about the evolution of technology in a revolving theater that scared Minerva when it first moved. She greatly enjoyed learning about muggle technology. Next on the list was Toontown, but after briefly looking around the area they headed on not finding much for older kids to do.
So they headed to Fantasy land where the first thing Hermione did was grab Harry and force him to ride Cinderella's golden carrousel to his dismay. Then Albus led the way to the Dumbo flight. Minerva rode with Hermione and Albus with Harry, when they got on Minerva asked Hermione if she was alright.
"I know you don't like heights." Minerva asked.
"It's not about heights it's more of a fear of falling. I'm fine with something like this; it's broomsticks that scare me." She told her.
The next thing they headed to was the Mad Tea Party where they spun around and around. Minerva enjoyed it but Hermione didn't. She got off it with a headache from the ride and the heat. It had gotten up to 94 degrees. Minerva stood with her while Harry and Albus rode it again. As Hermione still had a headache, they headed to It's a Small World in the air condition. Where the dolls from all over the world sang in unison, something that freaked Minerva out slightly. Next was Mickeys PhilharMagic a 3D show the likes of which left them all in wonder. Albus discovered that he could talk exactly like Donald Duck to Hermione and Harry's amusement. The last place they went to before lunch was Peter Pan's flight. They were sprinkled in fairy dust and the ride took them through London and over Neverland. They watched it with joy; Harry especially liked it even though he had never seen the movie before. When they exited the ride he was pulling Hermione towards Liberty Square saying come on Wendy, to her amusement.
They headed into the Liberty Tree Tavern for lunch, and Minerva asked them how they liked the park so far.
"I love it this is the best day ever! Thank you so much." Hermione said embracing her parents.
"Yes thank you so much for bringing me Professors." Harry said earnestly. Even though they told Harry to call them Minerva and Albus he still forgot from time to time.
"No problem I am having a lot of fun." Minerva told him.
"As am I." Albus quaked causing them to laugh and made the waitress stare at them in shock. She took their drink orders and left rather quickly.
"I do believe I scared her." He said in the same voice.
"Please don't talk like that all day." His wife asked him.
"Yes dear should we share the crab and spinach dip?"
"Add the Clam Chowder and you got a deal." She told him. "What are you two going to get for lunch?"
"I'm going to get the Angus Chuck Cheeseburger." Harry told her.
"I think I'm going to get the Delmarva Chicken and Dumplings, it sounds good." Hermione said with a smile. (AN: Now I like to be exact so this is the real menu from the Tavern, and I'm from the Delmarva Peninsula so when I saw this on the menu, I thought that was amazing, because Delmarva doesn't get a lot of notice, most people don't even know where the Delmarva Peninsula is. This is also my favorite meal, I get it every birthday. So I had to include it.)
They told the waitress their food orders and settled down to eat it. For a hot July day the park wasn't overly busy, and even if they didn't have to wait in many lines, it was already 2 in the afternoon. After eating everything they stood up and left the restaurant.
"Where to now?" Albus asked.
"Haunted Mansion!" Harry said after looking at the map.
"Oh I hope it isn't scary." Hermione whispered.
"Hermione we've faced a three headed dog, a troll, your mother's giant chess board," Harry said in a whisper. "And the Basilisk."
"And you think I wasn't scared during those experiences." She whispered back, but when they rode through the ride it became apparent that it wasn't scary. It was more of the watered down Halloween scary. Then they left Liberty Square to Hermione's dismay, she had wanted to see the Hall of Presidents, and they headed for Frontierland. They started with Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. The rickety rollercoaster jerked them back and froth, and getting off of it Hermione declared she loved it, to the shock of the other three. Minerva had to disagree the motion hurt her back and she preferred the smooth ride of a broomstick.
Harry led them to the Shootin' Arcade, where Harry and Hermione took the infrared guns and shoot everything in sight. Minerva was amazed at the guns even if they were fake ones.
"Has anyone ever used one of those guns on Voldemort?" She asked Albus in a whisper.
"That's an excellent question; it would be amazing if that was all it took." He said back with an ironic smile.
"You know I think the muggle studies classes should do something like this to help purebloods learn about the muggle world. There would be a lot less prejudice I think if wizards realized what muggles are capable of." Minerva told him.
"So a field trip." Hermione said coming up.
"A what?"
"A field trip, we had them in primary school, it's when you take a trip away from school, to some place educational. Most field trips are fun though; those are normally incentive trips. Like if you had good grades all year, you'd get to go on a trip to a park like this or maybe some place historical." Hermione informed her.
"Were going to talk more about this later." Minerva told her interested. As they set off towards the next ride Splash Mountain. When they arrived there Minerva had to moan. "They over use the word mountain." Everyone laughed in agreement. After getting soaking wet, which felt quite good in this hot weather they headed off to the final section Adventureland.
"Pirates of the Caribbean!" Harry yelled when they saw the building. He took off towards it when Minerva held him back. He looked at her in confusion.
"Were all wet, so were not going into that air conditioned place until were dry." She looked at the map. "How about we go to the Jungle Cruse and then once we've dried some we'll go to Pirates." She told him. He nodded in understanding and they walked towards the cruse. After going though the cruse they, as promised, headed over to Pirates of the Caribbean. The animatronic robots, were still the most amazing things, in the park, according to Minerva. The singing pirates made Albus fall down in the car, because he was laughing so hard. The final thing they did was go to the Swiss Family Robinson tree house and take pictures from the top of it.
By this time it was late in the afternoon, after getting some ice cream from a vender they headed back to Cinderella castle where the all the characters were meeting with the guests in a special event. Minerva got pictures of the two kids with almost all the characters. There was one of Harry and Hermione with Peter Pan and Wendy. One with just Harry and Aladdin who looked alike except for the glasses. She also got one of Hermione and Belle, where Hermione was grinning happily; as she was not quite old enough that she didn't enjoy meeting her favorite characters. After a quick dinner on foot, some hotdogs, they found a good place to stand for the SpectroMagic Parade, where they watched the brightly colored floats make there way down Main Street USA, and through the castle. They even saw Tinkerbell fly from the castle and start the fireworks. Minerva watched Hermione's face light up as she watched the fireworks and felt a warmth in her heart. When she looked at Harry she felt the same feeling. Maybe she thought this really is the most magical place on earth, not because of magic but because of what it does.
This took me all day to write, I'm wiped. I hope you all enjoy this chapter I wanted to include everything but I didn't want it to be overly boring. I think it's good though. And as of right now my mom says were going to see Harry Potter in July so I'll put pictures on my account if I go. Please review.