First of all let's continue our prayers for the ones that lost everything and the ones that are still without power. Pray for the families that lost loved ones and for the ones that are still missing.
Hurricane Helene did catastrophic damage to so many. She destroyed lives, homes, communities, roads, towns that are no longer there.
Just got an update they are saying Hurricane Milton is going to hit the Florida coast wide open. They also are saying it is going to be very dangerous. Continue to pray for all in its path. I have family and friends that live in South Georgia. Savanah to be exact they are just now getting over some flooding and their power back on. They are in line for high winds and more flooding. Pray for everyone.
Well as you can see I started this a few days ago and now Hurricane Milton is gone. Continue to pray for the ones that lost everything
Thank you all for the wonderful reviews. I tried to post before we got the high winds, heavy rains, trees down, power outages for days and flooding. Sorry but I could never get it to go through. I didn't know it didn't go through until I got home last night. Service was practically non-existent. Not only that, I have been away from home helping friends that got hit and lost everything. I'm playing catch up at home. We're trying to clean up here.
I am home now and praying this next hurricane goes back out to sea and doesn't do anywhere the damage Helene has done to Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee and all the other states that were in her path.
Now everyone has to clean up after Hurricane Milton hit the east coast again catching Florida in its clutches. Let's pray for everyone that was in its path and for the ones that lost everything again.
Had no idea the hurricanes were going to hit Florida when I started these last few chapters.
I changed this chapter around some to make it more fun. Hope you all like it, thank you.
Well let's get on to chapter 19 Fun for all
Ready for some fun in the sun, on fast rides, through abandoned mines and so much more.
Let's make this one a fun chapter for the young adults that are still kids at heart. They are going on some awesome rides. Fun, fast and scary…oh my..
"Good morning love. I should have known Elliot would be here for breakfast." He says smiling.
"Just kidding El." He says
"Oh I know Christian and I love you too." He tells him.
They are sitting in the family room after having one huge breakfast and deciding what to do first.
"Jason, we need you, Gail, Luke and Ryan to come over here.I want to show what we are planning to do today and we need your input." She tells Jason on the phone.
"Be right over." Jason says.
There is a knock at the door. Elliot gets up and answers it after looking through the peephole.
"Hey guys come in and have a seat. We are trying to figure out what we want to do first and where we want to go. Either Disney World or places like Epcot, Magic Kingdom and so forth." She tells them all.
"May I see the brochures Annie?" Jason asks her.
"Sure here you go." She hands them to him.
'Wow I never knew there were so many things to do down here. This place is huge." He says.
"Yes it is and there is so much to see and do." Christian says.
"Yeah I can see that.
"Well first question, do you all want to visit Disney World first or places like Epcot, Magic Kingdom and so forth? I know that is what you said Annie but we need to narrow it down to where you want to start. So do you want rides at Disney World or all these other places?" Jason asks them all.
"Alright I want to go on the roller coaster at Animal Kingdom. Expedition Everest is at Animal Kingdom and from Magic Kingdom to Animal Kingdom is 6 miles. So we do things at Magic Kingdom first. Then we can go to Animal Kingdom." Annie tells them all. "
Why don't we do some of them outside of Disney World like Annie said and then later start inside checking places out." Elliot says.
"That's a good starting place. Gail, are you going to ride the roller coaster with all of us?" Jason asks her.
"Well heck yeah I am. I can't leave my girl to herself. No offense Christian but you know how I am." She tells them.
"Not taken Gail and yes we all know. We love you and are so glad you are with us. We wouldn't have it any other way. So roller coasters, water rides and haunted places don't bother you?" He asked her.
"Please Christian I visited my grandparents. They had haunted hay rides, haunted houses that would scare the piss out of you. I loved going to fairs, carnivals, Six Flags and a whole lot more traveling with my family." She tells him.
"Well then Ms. Gail I might just have to have you with me on these rides." Elliots says laughing.
"You go right ahead El and I will have Luke and Ryan with me so I don't fall out." She deadpans.
"Uh oh you stepped in it now dude." Luke says.
"We would be honored to ride with you Ms. Carol. We have to protect all the ladies from falling overboard no matter if it's in the water or not." Ryan says.
"Now hold your horses there boys." Elliot says and everyone starts laughing at him.
"Aww sweetie you do love me don't you?" Carol asked him.
"Of course I do dumplin and I will protect you from all the bad." He tells her.
"Alright enough now where are we going first and are we going to eat lunch there or back here? If here we need to send some of the guys to get groceries for us. I would love to cook and there is a humongous grill out back. I was looking around last night before it got too dark." She tells them.
"Why not eat lunch out and then while we are enjoying ourselves the guys can go and get your groceries? Then the men can grill tonight." Gail says.
"Well Ms. Gail, that is a wonderful idea." She tells her.
"How about it men y'all up for grilling tonight? Let's do steaks, chicken breast with my Italian dressing, grilled mushrooms, onions, peppers with my seasonings? I'll make my dressing and we can have salads and baked potatoes." Annie tells them.
"Come on y'all my mouth is watering for supper not lunch." Elliot says.
"Sounds good to me. How about all of you?" He asks them.
They all say hell yeah.
"Let me make a list for Adam and Barry. I'll be right back." Annie tells them.
She walks off to find pen and paper.
"Alright gave the list to the guys. Now where are we starting?" She asks them.
"Big Thunder Mountain Railroad that way we can see and do more things in Magic Kingdom that is where it is at." Annie tells them.
"Alright now I need to call security in here so they will know what to do." Jason tells them.
"Hey guys and ladies I need you all to come to Annie and Christian's villa. We are making plans on what to do today and your presence is needed." He tells them all by group text.
"They should be here in a few minutes." Jason tells them.
A little while later there is a knock on the door. Luke looks through the peephole and lets them all in.
"What's up boss? What are we doing and what are we riding?" Hillary asks him.
"Well right now all we have planned is the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. We are deciding on the rest. I wanted you all here because you all will be going with us." Jason tells them all.
"Cool I have heard a lot about that ride and they said it was fun and scary in places. You drop and race through canyons. Sounds like my kinda ride. Adrenaline rush…yeah man." Josh says smiling.
"Well yes most of you will be riding with us but I need some of you to stay outside and watch the cameras they have throughout the mine. We don't want anything to go wrong." He looks them all in the eyes.
"Yes sir we understand and wherever you want us we will be there sir." Josh says trying to make up for his blunder moments ago thinking he is going to be riding.
"Alright, here are the rides in Magic Kingdom. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Haunted Mansion, Space Mountain, Tomorrowland Speedway. They have a jungle cruise and Walt Disney World Railroad." He tells them all.
"Wow so let's ride Big Mountain first then go through the Haunted Mansion. Maybe Space Mountain and possibly the jungle cruise to see different animals that would be interesting to see how many they have here. Definitely Tomorrowland speedway and from reading this Walt Disney World Railroad is a tour around the park on a train but not a fast one." Annie says.
"Expedition Everest is in Animal Kingdom so after all these rides if we still have the energy we are going to ride over to Animal Kingdom and ride the roller coaster for Expedition Everest." She tells them.
"Annie, they have the Liberty Square Riverboat ride." Christian tells her and shows her on the brochure.
"Oh that looks relaxing after all these rides. What do you all say?" She asks them.
"One for all, and all for one. Let's do it and get this party started." Elliot says and everyone agrees with him.
"Wait one minute all of you adrenaline junkies, we need to decide where we are going to eat. Magic Kingdom has restaurants in the park. I figured by the time we did all these rides except for the cruise and the riverboat we would all be hungry. We need to find a restaurant and book a reservation for all of us." Jason tells them.
"Yes I agree with you Jason. Let's look y'all." Christian tells them walking over to the map on the table and finding a restaurant.
"Hey, how about Mexican for lunch? This place looks good and the reviews are amazing." Christian says.
"Boo what all do they have?" Annie asks him.
"Well my Rose let's see shall we. Come here." Christian pulls her toward him.
It's called Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe. It's a counter- service restaurant. They have burritos, fajita platters, churros and so much more. They have a famous self-serve "Famous Fixins" bar that is fully equipped with sauces, salsas and peppers."
"The Columbia Harbour House has seafood and outdoor eating areas. You can also have a table upstairs overlooking the Haunted Mansion if you like that." He says.
"Oh my goodness they both sound delicious. Let's take a vote shall we." She tells them.
"Who wants Mexican raise your hand?" She tells them and looks around the room.
"Well Annie Rose I believe it's unanimous we all want to be Mexican." Christian tells her.
"Alright, we need to pick a time so we can reserve tables for all of us." Jason says.
"How about late lunch? You can eat Mexican food anytime, right?" Annie asks them.
"Sure we can love. Let's do two o'clock. How does that sound?" He asks them.
"Sounds good now someone has to keep up with the time so we don't miss the reservation." Annie says.
"We got this Ms. Annie." Luke tells her.
"So it will be like this if we see we are getting close to two o'clock we will stop riding and go eat then come back and finish." Jason says.
"Sounds good." Everyone agrees.
"Hey sis are we doing any water rides today?" Elliot asks her.
"You bet your booty we are. I can't wait to get on the water slides or the tubes or whatever they have. I want to get wet." She tells him.
"Cool let's do it y'all.
"Hey y'all listen to this. This is about Big Thunder Mountain we are going on." Annie tells them as she reads from the brochure in her hand.
The wildest Ride In The Wilderness. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is located in Frontierland at Magic Kingdom.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Legend has it that soon after the first gold was discovered here in the 1850s, eerie things began to happen. (She changes her voice) Trains would take off and race through the tunnels- - - by themselves..oh my..
It says after you arrive at the legendary Big Thunder Mining Company, you will descend down into an abandoned mine shaft and board your train. As you enter the cursed cavern, the engine speeds up along the rickety rack. You will dodge exploding dynamite and falling boulders as youswoop around turns and drop into canyons and dart through the mysterious ghost town of Tumbleweed.
Elliot is staring at her like she is crazy and Christian is laughing his ass off. Because she is talking scary and swaying as if she was on the ride and trying to miss the falling boulders.
"Annie Rose, I swear they need your voice on this ride. Not only are you scary but hilarious." Carol says.
"I just love to be in the moment, you know. Can't help it." She tells her.
"Elliot are you alright?" She asks him.
"Yeah but you not only were swaying but I swear I saw a ghost behind you as you got more and more into the ride. It was weird." He says.
They all look but don't see anything.
"I am sure it was your imagination playing tricks on you bro. You know there are no real ghosts." Christian tells him.
"Yeah you are right I was just getting into the ride with Annie here." He says.
"Here's another one."
Expedition Everest
"This one looks like a lot of fun too. Listen to this El."
"Oh wow this is the Forbidden Mountain we were talking about on the way down here bro."
"Well, dang Christian , tell us about it." El says getting all excited.
"Calm down El and I will geesh." Christian tells him.
"Okay I am calm now." He says smiling.
(Christian clears his throat and deepens his voice).
"Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, also known as Expedition Everest, is a steel roller coaster themed around the Yeti protecting the Forbidden Mountain next to Mount Everest" He says.
"Let me go on that roller coaster. I will take care of that Yeti." El says doing like he is fighting it. "I'll give him an uppercut then a throat punch and finally a blow to his stomach knocking him down." He says jumping around and around.
"Oh Elliot, settle down. Good grief, are you an adult or a child?" Carol asks him.
"Well love right now I want to be a big kid. We all are kids at heart right? Let's go and have some fun." He tells her.
"The ride consists of tight turns; there are even some while going through the tunnels and it is dark in there. There are some surprises too. The roller coaster reaches up to 50 MPH. There are inclines and dips." He tells them.
"Oh wow sounds like a lot of fun. I hope after we do all these things we will have time to go to Expedition Everest. If not tomorrow is good too. Wooo Hooo can't wait to go and have some fun with my baby and all of you." He tells them all.
"Alright, we are riding the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. The Haunted Mansion, Space Mountain and the jungle cruise. Then we are going to eat and after that we will be going to Tomorrowland Speedway, Walt Disney World Railroad and finally the Riverboat ride. Then it is off to the water rides if it's not too late. If it is, we will start them in the morning." She tells them all, smiling.
"Alright load up everyone. We have a mini bus and driver at our beck and call while we are here." Christian says.
"Jason, is our driver out front? I really hope he hasn't been waiting too long." Christian says.
"Yes Christian he is and no he hasn't been out there too long. Once I figured what you all wanted to do. I texted him." Jason told him.
"Hey, we need to grab beach towels for the water rides. We can leave them in the bus until we need them." She tells everyone.
"Boo go and grab the blue bag that is in the closet. It has two towels in it already." She tells him.
He leans over and kisses her and walks off to the bedroom.
"I meant to ask all of you how your rooms are?" Annie asks them before they walk out the door.
"Annie Rose I am in heaven these villas are to die for girl. The beds are like a cloud and don't get me started on the bathroom. I have died and gone to heaven. This place is amazing and I know you all spent a fortune for these rooms. We all thank you both so very much for letting us be your security these two weeks. Okay I will shut up now. I know I am rambling. I am sorry." Hailey says blushing.
"No, no, don't apologize, none needed. I am glad you are enjoying your time with us. I couldn't have said it any better than you described it. I could live in my bed and never get out of it and that luxurious bathroom oh my word it's a jacuzzi too." Annie tells her.
"Alright love got it." He tells her holding the bag up.
"Did you get the camera?" She asks him.
"Yes Annie Rose I have it and it is in a waterproof case. The one we spent two hundred dollars on. This better not get wet or there will be hell to pay." He says looking at the case.
"I agree with you. I will be highly pissed if it does leak." She tells him.
"Let's go y'all everyone is on the bus waiting on you two slow pokes." Elliot laughs walking out the door.
They all say hello to their driver Rhet and off they go.
"I can't wait to get on that roller coaster and go in that mine. It is going to be so much fun." Carol says.
"Hey y'all have you all decided who is staying out here and who is riding with us?" Christian asks them.
"Well we figured Jason would put us where he needed us." Says Mary looking at Jason.
"No, I am going to leave this up to you all. Just remember those who ride now will stay as lookouts for the Expedition Everest ride which will probably be tomorrow." He tells them.
"Okay now have you all decided because it is time to go and have some fun?" Annie asks them.
She looks over and they are still talking.
"Alright Hailey, Dottie and Dusty will go with you all and we will go on the next ride and switch back and forth." Josh says, looking at Jason for approval.
"That is fine with me. Just make sure you keep an eye on the cameras in the guard shack you will be sitting in Josh and Tony." he tells them.
"Yes sir, we will watch them closely." He says.
"Might want to turn the sound down when you see Elliot. He tends to yell a lot when he is in the dark and on roller coasters they dip and turn so fast you almost lose your head." Christian says laughing. Annie punches him in his ribs.
"Why did you do that Little Annie Rose?" He says, still laughing.
"Stop making fun of Elliot." She tells him.
"Sorry bro." Christian tells him.
"That's okay Christian let's see how long you can keep quiet when them there ghost comes out of hiding." He tells him, slapping him on his back.
"We are here, come on, let's have some fun, fun, fun." Elliot says dancing around and jumping up and down in the bus and he bumps his noggin on the roof and falls onto his
"Damn that hurt." He pulls his hand away but there is no blood.
"Oh lordy El are you alright honey?" Carol asks him, looking concerned.
"Yeah I'm okay no blood so I am alright." He tells her hugging her tight.
"Alright you all let's go." Jason says.
They pile out of the bus and Jason gives them all their season passes.
"Come on y'all let's get in the line for season pass. All we have to do is show them the pass and walk on through the gate." He tells them.
They all line up and wait their turn. After everyone is through the gate. They head over to the map and see where the rides are.
"Alright you all here is where we are".'Christian points to the black X. "This is where we are going." 'He points to the red X.
"If you look to the right here." Annie says pointing to another X. "That is the Haunted Mansion. We don't have to walk too far to get to our next ride. It's just a hop skip and a jump" She tells them.
They all walk toward their destination. Everyone and their brother are looking at the group of people walking with so many big men.
Someone recognizes them and points them out.
Yeah Annie and Christian have been on the front page of magazines and on the TV. People think they are famous, that is why they have so many security personnel.
"Damn it I was hoping no one would recognize us. So much for wishful thinking," Christian says.
"Come on, don't worry about them. We have our team with us, no one is going to dare come and bother us." Annie tells him rubbing his back.
"You are right, love. Come on, let's go ride and have some fun." He says grabbing Annie around the waist and swinging her around.
"That's more like it." She tells him once he stops swinging her.
They finally make it over to Big Thunder Mountain and there is a crowd a mile long.
"Hold on Christian. Let me check it out." Jason says.
Jason walks over to the booths and talks to someone.
"Come on, that is the line for regular customers. We have the season pass and I told them your name and that my guys would be sitting in the guard shack watching the cameras." he tells them.
"Were they alright with that Jason?" Annie asks him.
"Yes Annie they were as a matter of fact they were waiting on us." He says looking at Christian.
"What, what did I do?" He asks him.
"Well nothing that I know of but I am sure when I said your name they knew we were coming." He said.
"Well I had to give my name and information when I purchased the tickets and made the reservations." He told them.
"Okay now that is taken care of let's go and ride." Elliot says.
They all walk up to the other booth and the gate opens for them. They walk on through without making eye contact with anyone.
"Come on Boo, we are sitting up front." Annie tells him. Dragging him to the first car.
"Oh no we are not my love. We are sitting in the middle." He tells her and stops in the middle of the cars.
"Why don't you want to sit up front Boo?" She asks him, looking at him.
"I just don't want to. I don't like being the first one down the drops okay." He tells her looking sheepish.
"Oh okay we can ride in the middle." She tells him and pulls him into a seat.
"Come on El let's sit up front?" Carol says pushing El on to the front.
"Hell yeah this is going to be awesome." He says.
"Alright you all find your seats and strap in tight, lock your bar and hold on everyone." Jason tells them as he and Gail sit in front of Annie and Christian.
"We are going to sit behind you two." Luke says.
Annie looks back and sees Luke and Ryan in the seats behind them. further back she sees the rest of the guys.
"Hello everyone my name is Carl and this is Keith we will be checking your belts and bars to make sure you all are securely buckled in correctly. I want you all to keep your hands inside the cars at all times. There are going to be some drops and turns that are pretty fast. This is one of our most popular rides. We hope you all have an enjoyable and fun ride. Don't get scared now but we have some exciting things along the way." He says as he turns around and starts checking Elliot and Carol.
They move from seat to seat making sure they are all locked in correctly.
When Carl gets to Annie and Christian he stares a little too long at Annie and Christian sees this.
He sees Christian looking at him.
"I'm sorry sir and ma'am. I just want to say that your wife is a very beautiful young lady. I am sorry sir, ma'am if I am out of line." Carl says apologizing to both of them.
"That is alright Carl and yes I have to agree with you my wife is very beautiful. Thank you." Christian says
Annie takes her hand off his thigh. She just knew he was going to go nuclear on the boy.
"Thank you Annie but I was alright." He tells her.
The engine starts up and they start off slow then drop down into the canyons and off they go picking up speed and go through tunnels and caverns. Hearing ghostly sounds. A lot of moaning and whining.
Boulders falling.
"Look out Elliot, here comes another boulder right beside y'all." Christian screams at him.
"Annie duck, he's gonna grab you." Gail yells.
They continue on their fast paced roller coaster ride and they enter the ghost town of Tumbleweed. They see tumbleweeds blowing across the tracks. It's so quiet and eerie.
All of a sudden dynamite explodes and buildings blow up. Boulders start falling and flying apparitions start coming toward them. Loud crying and bawling is all you hear for the next few minutes as you are leaving the ghost town behind.
Elliot starts screaming and yelling. "Get off me you, you ghost." Then he starts laughing and the ghost just fades away.
They come to a stop and get ready to get off.
"We hope you all had a wonderful time. You all can pick up your video on the way out through the souvenir shop. Thank you all for taking this awesome ride." Both young men tell them.
They get out of the cars and walk into the souvenir shop and tell them they want their video. Then they buy a few things.
"Oh my goodness that was so much fun. I loved it and we are going to do that again." Annie tells them.
"Alright we are going to the Haunted Mansion now." Annie tells everyone.
"This is what they say about the Haunted Mansion."
The Haunted Mansion is a dark ride at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom that takes guests on a tour of a haunted house:
What to expect
Riders board Omnimover vehicles called Doom Buggies and travel through a haunted estate filled with ghosts, ghouls, and supernatural surprises. The ride features a variety of special effects, including Audio-Animatronics, and some say the effects are excellent.
What to see
Riders will pass by a conservatory filled with caskets, Madame Leota's séance room, and a graveyard of singing specters.
What to do before entering
Before boarding the Doom Buggies, riders can explore a musical crypt, a leaky tomb, and a ghostly writer outside the main entrance.
What to know
The ride is slow-moving and contains some mildly frightening scenes, but there is no gore.
"Are you all ready for this ride? Sounds like fun and scary." Annie tells everyone.
"I wonder how slow these doom buggies are?" Carol asks
"I don't know, let me see if I can find the information for it." Annie tells her.
"This is what the brochure says." She tells everyone.
The Doom Buggies at the Haunted Mansion travel at approximately 1.4 miles per hour, and are controlled by an Omnimover system, which essentially means the vehicles move along a continuous track at a constant, slow speed throughout the ride, allowing for smooth boarding and disembarking.
Key points about the Omnimover system:
Constant speed:
The vehicles maintain a consistent speed along the entire track, usually around 2 feet per second.
Loading and unloading:
A moving walkway near the station matches the speed of the ride vehicles, facilitating easy entry and exit.
No driver needed:
The system automatically moves the vehicles along the track, requiring no manual control from an operator.
Omnimover -
The chain of vehicles maintains constant motion at a specific speed (usually about 2 feet or 60 centimeters per second) throughout the entire course of the attraction.
"Oh I thought we would be driving them. That is dang slow going through a haunted mansion. Oh well let's do it." Elliot says.
They all walk over to the Haunted Mansion.
"Boy this place is scary without even going inside." Carol says.
"Alright I talked to the manager and we will all be able to go at once. There are 160 doom buggies on the rail." Jason says.
"Oh wow so every security can ride with us?" Annie asks him.
"Yes Annie they can. So we are going to do it like this. Three people can ride together but they prefer two to a buggy. Which is understandable so there will be two guys in front of you and Annie. Two behind you both. Elliot, you and Carol will be behind their security and then two security will be behind you two." He tells them all.
"Alright now I want Luke and Ryan in front of Christian and Annie. Gail and I will be behind them and we will be in front of Elliot and Carol. Eve and Dusty will be behind Elliot and Carol." He tells them.
"The rest of you guys and girls spread out but not too far. Some of you take buggies about 2 buggies from Annie and Christian." He tells them.
"Any questions?" He asks them.
They all say no.
"Alright let's load up so everyone else can get on and enjoy the ride unless you all want to explore the musical crypt, a leaky tomb and the ghost writer outside the main entrance?" Jason asks them.
"Hey we might as well no one is on the ride yet. Everyone is checking everything out." Christian says.
"Well come on y'all let's take a gander and see all this." Annie tells them excitedly.
The music is a sinister version of the song "Grim Grinning Ghost:" can you imagine that..a distant organ plays "Grim Grinning Ghost" in a funeral dirge-like cadence.
"Oh wow scary and sad music. Let's move on to the leaky tomb. I am just curious as to what it is." Christian says.
'It's a sea captain's crypt filled with seawater.'
"Not interesting at all. That was a let down." Christian says.
'The ghost writer is one of the creepy haunts outside the main entrance of the Haunted Mansion. You can help the creepy ghost overcome his writer's block.'
They read about The Haunted Mansion before they enter the gates.
Once inside the wrought-iron gates that surround the stately mansion, you can step gingerly past the home's cemetery with tombstones featuring witty epitaphs to the dearly departed.
'A Magic Kingdom classic, The Haunted Mansion is one of the most beloved attractions at Walt Disney World Resort and has been eliciting all-in-fun chills and shrieks for years.'
'Throughout the interactive queue, voices, music and other paranormal behaviors get passengers in the "spirit"'
"Alright Boo come on let's go and ride and see how scary this mansion really is?" She drags him to the doom buggy they are going to be in.
After everyone is situated and all the other guests are on the ride starts.
Annie screams bloody murder…"Oh..oh.. my lord did y'all see those ghosts? Where did they go?" She says looking around for them and hiding behind Christian's back.
She opens her eyes and there is a ghoulish apparition looking at her. "Christian get him away from me." She is literally in Christian's lap now.
"Go away you oh meanie. Leave my Rose alone." He tells the ghoulish thing trying his best not to laugh. Because he knows Annie Rose will slap him silly.
They appear out of nowhere and sing and dance.
"Where did it go? Is it gone?" She asks before she looks up again.
"Yes love it is gone." He tells her holding her to him.
"Annie Rose it's okay I was scared too." Gail says.
"Make that three Elliot was hiding behind me." Carol says laughing.
"Looks like we are entering the foyer. Look, we are entering a gallery. Oh my, is it stretching or is it just my eyes?" She asks them.
"No Annie, I believe it is stretching. The paintings on the wall are getting longer." Gail tells her.
"Oh lordy look at the portraits they are changing. They were the ghastly images now they are dapperly dressed gentlemen…oh lord they are changing again." Gail tells her.
"Oh damn they are..what are they changing to now…Oh goodness decrepit corpse…oh heavens to Besty they are ugly." Gail and Annie both say.
"Alright now let's see what is next." Annie says.
"Looks like we are in a library..Oh mercy look at the cobwebs..I hope there are no spiders in here. Oh good lord look at the conservatory and this hallway we are going through..so many cobwebs..I am getting chills." Carol says.
"Oh no we are going into an attic..get me out of here these cobwebs are driving me crazy not to mention all the ghoulish apparitions coming out of thin air." Annie says, waving her hands around.
"Oh look we are going through graveyards now." Elliot tells them.
They continue their slow ride and see more ghost and ghoulish apparitions coming out and flying toward them.
"Annie we are going through Madame Leota's séance. I wonder what is going to happen here?" He says out loud.
"Oh lord look out there are all kinds of flying things coming at us. Duck Annie." He tells her.
She hides behind his back again and he pulls her around and holds her face to his chest.
"There is a spirit or something inside that crystal ball trapped. It is waving its hands and everything is flying at us. You all duck." Elliot says.
"Oh dear me get us through this..I am ready to get out of here." Annie says and the other ladies yell the same thing.
"Looks like we are at the end y'all. About time." Christian says.
"Oh heck no you ain't ridin with me. Go away, go back to your haunted mansion…get on now or I will throw you off here." Elliot says yelling at the ghost.
He tries but his hands go through thin air.
"Christian there is a ghost on my buggy." he tells him.
"Oh we have one too."He looks around and everyone has a ghost on their ride.
"Get away, go get out of here." Carol says.
"Thank the lord this ride is over because it was dark and very slow." Luke says.
"Luke, were you scared?" Annie asks him.
"No, not scared but with all your hollering you got me looking around for more ghosts." He tells her.
"Hey look, they are following us." Annie says.
"Go, go away, we don't want you following us. Get on back and scare the next riders." Christian tells them.
They walk in front of them and through them.
Annie screams and grabs Christian's arm.
They jump in Carol and Gail's arms and disappear.
They both ran away screaming.
They walk side by side with some of them and then get right in their faces and take off their heads and say Boo got you.
Eve and Mary scream for all they are worth and try to swat them away.
The further they get away the ghost and ghoulish apparitions fade into the air.
"Lordy about time they were gone." Annie says.
"Alright folks it's lunch time. What do you all say to going and eat now?" Jason asks them.
"Sure I am hungry. How about you all?" Elliot asks everyone.
They all say yes.
So they head over to Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe for lunch.
"I am going to try a little bit of everything." Christian says.
"Ok but don't come crying to me when you get heartburn so bad you can't stand it." Annie tells him.
"Well I'll see what all they got and leave off the hot sauces." he tells her.
"That's better love." She pats his cheek and kisses it.
"Well I am going to go for it all." Says Elliot walking in the door.
"Hello my name is Jess and welcome to Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe. How may I assist you sir?" She asks Elliot because he is in front of everyone. He was supposed to wait on security.
"Hello we have reservations in the Grey." Jason pushes Elliot out of the way.
"Yes sir, would you all like the cafe or outside dining. We have tables ready either way for you all." The hostess asks them.
"The cafe please, it is a little too hot outside." Annie tells her.
"Yes ma'am this way. There are three tables we have pulled together for all of you. If that isn't enough we will be happy to add more." She tells them.
"Thank you, hopefully that will be enough Miss." Annie tells her following behind Jason and Gail.
After they are all seated.
"The menus are on the wall. decide what you would like and then go to the service counter and place your order." She tells them.
"We have burritos, fajita platters and quesadillas, taco salads. We have a variety of meats as well. Steak, hamburger, chicken, pork. We have shrimp and shrimp cocktails. Please help yourselves and if there is anything you would like that is not on the bars just let one of the waitresses or waiters know and they will bring it to you." She tells them all.
"We have BBQue pork sandwiches, hamburgers, southwest salads and chili.
"Help yourself to all the fixins bars." She tells them.
"We have a variety of sauces. We have lettuce, tomatoes, onions, peppers, Jalapeños hot and mild. We have sour cream, ketchup. Some people like that on their tacos."
"My goodness that all sounds very delicious thank you Jess." Annie tells her, smiling.
"Yes ma'am you are very welcome." She tells her smiling also.
"What kind of beverages do you have, Miss.?" Elliot asks her.
"Sir we have water, all kinds of soft drinks, coffee, sweet and unsweetened tea, juices, milk. We have a bar that accommodates that. We all have beer, hard cider, wine and cocktails if you prefer that." She tells Elliot.
"Thank you Miss." He tells her.
"Yes sir. Y'all enjoy your meal." She tells them.
They all look at the menus on the wall and decide what they want.
Dottie, Dusty, Hailey, Justin and Eve walk up and place everyone's orders.
They bring the food trays back to the tables. Some of the other guys go and get their drinks.
"Oh my stars, that was the best BBQue sandwich I have had in a long time. The pork was so tender and the coleslaw was delicious." Annie says.
"I know what you mean Annie I had it too." Gail tells her.
"Boo how was your fajitas and please tell me you didn't eat too many jalapeños?" Annie asks him.
"It was very good and no love. I didn't eat but a few and they were the mild ones." He tells her.
"How was everyone's meals? Did you all get enough?" Annie asks them.
"Lord Annie I can't eat another bite and everything was so delicious." Ryan says and everyone agrees with him.
"Alright now I have a question I know it's not but two o'clock would you all like to go on to Expedition Everest now or go back to our villas and rest a while and go there later in the evening? It is up to all of you." She asks them.
"What do you all say?" Christian asks them this time.
"Let;s get on the bus and ride over there. We have about a 6 mile ride to Animal Kingdom. I say go now and then go back and rest the rest of the day. We can do the water rides tomorrow." Elliot tells them.
"Alright we can go now. Jason, can you tell our driver we will meet him at the entrance of the park?" Christian asks him.
"Of course Christian he should be on the bus. One of the guys brought his meal to him." Jason says.
They all walk around to the entrance and there is the bus.
"Come on love, let's go to Everest and ride. Oh bro you said you were going to take care of the big bad Yeti didn't you?" Christian teases him
"Yep." He pops the P.
"I am going to let you handle the Yeti." Christian says.
"Why you gonna hide behind Little Annie Rose?" He jabs Christian in the side.
"Nope cause I ain't scared." He tells Elliot.
"I'll protect you Boo from the big bad Yeti if I have too." Annie says laughing.
"Well thank you baby but I'll protect you my love." He tells her kissing her right there on the street.
"Someone yells get a room."
Might know it would be Elliot japping his jaws.
Christian walks over to him and slugs him in the arm.
Elliot changes the subject.
"Hey now.. well what did you all think of the Big Thunder Mountain ride? Was it awesome or was it AWESOME?" Elliot says yelling and turning around and around.
"Yes Elliot, it was AWESOME. We loved it. It was fun and like Annie said we want to do that again." Christian tells him.
"What about The Haunted Mansion? It was thrilling wasn't it?" he asks them as they ride on over to Animal Kingdom.
"Alright everyone we are here at the gate. Luke, Mary and Ryan walk over to the booth that says season pass on it. Show them yours and walk through the gate." They nod and walk over to the booth.
"Annie, you and Christian go next, then Elliot and Carol." He says.
They walk over, show their pass and walk through the gate.
"Alright whoever is coming with us, let's go." He tells them.
"We are right behind you sir." Eve says walking closer to Gail.
Once everyone is through the gate they walk over to the map and find Expedition Everest.
"Hey Boo here it is." She points to the big red X. See I told you all just a hop skip and a jump from the entrance." She tells them.
"Annie what exactly is a hop skip and a jump? Do you know?" Elliot asks her.
"Well Elliot there are a few different meanings for it. A short distance or something that is very close to achieving or similar to something…It can refer to the triple jump, a track and field event similar to the long jump….Now if you want more.. If you want to describe a quick movement in almost the same place with one foot or both together, use "hop". When you talk about forward movement with a little hop and steps, use "skip". And when the movement goes farther, use the word "jump." She tells him in one breath smiling at him.
They all look at her like she is going to pass out because she said all that in one breath.
"Well you asked for that bro. You know she is a genius." He tells him.
"Yeah but damn I didn't know she was going to give me every damn meaning in the world for it." He says laughing.
They all walk on over to the entrance and go to the booth that says season pass. They show their pass and walk on through the gate.
"Justin, you and Josh take the first row of seats." he tells them.
Elliot, where are you and Carol sitting?" He asks him.
"Right here in the second row ain't we baby?" He asks her.
"Yes honey we are." She answers him.
"Roger and Mary in the back. Luke you and Eve behind Christian and Annie. Gail and I will be in front of them. Roger you and take the third row seat from the back." Jason tells them all.
Everyone on the team is settled and now the other people are getting in their seats to ride.
"Sorry for the inconvenience folks." Jason tells everyone.
"No problem sir, we all understand and know who they are. Well me and my brother know because our dad bought a helicopter from them not too long ago. It is our pleasure to ride with them." One rider says and everyone else nods their heads.
"Thank you young man and you are?" Jason says, shaking his hand.
"Oh sorry my name is Austin and this is my brother Justin we are twins. Our last name is Macintosh and our dad is Autry." He tells Jason.
"Oh I thought y'all boys looked familiar. You both look like your dad." Christian says.
"Yes sir, that is what our mom says too." Austin tells him.
The crew members come around and check them all for safety before the ride takes off.
'The ride starts off slow and picks up speed. Going up hills and dropping down, going around twists and turns. Starts a huge incline up the side of the mountain and starts down the steep downgrade. Oh my goodness they go through some caves and hear some ominous sounds. Through the last cave and oh my lord.'
"Oh my god Chr..Christiannn…she screams grabbing his shirt and holding on for dear life.. there…there.. is no more track. It's gone, we are going to crash. I love you Boo..I love you…she cries.. Hold on everyone and pray. It looks like something broke it apart." She screams and tells him holding on to him for dear life. Squeezing her eyes shut and peaking out one then the other.
Everyone is screaming. All of a sudden the roller coaster stops and sits for a few seconds.
"Why aren't they coming to help us?" Elliot asks.
"Just hold on folks, I rode this a few times. Just wait." Some young guy tells them.
"I bet you that big ole ugly Yeti did that. Where is that mangy thing at? Lemme at him." Elliot says.
"Elliot sit down and put your belt back on and pull your bar back down." Jason tells him, shaking his head.
Elliot just got back in his seat when the roller coaster started moving.
"Oh hell what is going on now?" Elliot says so glad he is sitting down.
"Oh my goodness we are going backwards and fast." Annie says looking back and then hiding her face in Christian's chest.
"It's okay love, they are probably taking us back to the start." Christian says.
"Uh oh we are not stopping, we are going backward. Oh please don't tell me this is a backward roller coaster." Annie says and she hears Elliot and Carol screaming. Gail is hanging on and her jaw is on the floor.
Christian is just sitting with his arms around Annie enjoying the ride.
"Christian Grey what in the hell is wrong with you? You are sitting there calm as a cucumber. This ride isn't bothering you?" She asks him, looking him in the eyes. She knows his tell and she knows when he is lying.
"No love, not really. I am enjoying everyone screaming and yelling. Your screams and hugging me tight. Just relax and enjoy Annie Rose." He tells her holding her hand and kissing it.
"Aww ain't that sweet." Someone says.
They know what they are talking about. Christian kissing her hand.
"When are we going forward? This is driving me crazy." Elliot says.
"Elliot, this is a backwards roller coaster man. Hang on and enjoy the ride." Josh tells him.
"Oh hell no, no way." He says.
"Yes El because we can't go any further forward. Now scream and yell all you want." Josh tells him.
"Okay and wow we are going through the caves again. Better hold on tight y'all and watch out for that ole mean Yeti." He yells at them.
"You can't see anything, it is so dark." Jason says..and just about the time he finishes they come up to the top and drop down the mountain at the fastest speed.
"Wooo Hooo here we go. Hang on tight y'all. Here comes some curves. Better hang onto little bit before she flies out bro." Elliot yells at him.
Just as Elliot says that Annie screams. She can feel herself being lifted off her seat.
"Christiannnn"..she screams.
"I got you my Rose I won't let go just hold on to me. You are so little." Christian tells her holding onto her and kissing her temple.
The ride is over and they come to stop at the finish line or the start line.
"How was the ride folks? We hope you enjoyed it." Clay asks them all.
"It was awesome but you could have told us about the rails being gone." Elliot tells them.
"Now what would the surprise and fun be in the telling? Besides, we aren't allowed to tell you." Will asks him.
"Yeah well it scared the women." He says.
"Speak for yourself Elliot it scared you too. So admit it bro." Christian tells him.
"Like you weren't scared bro? Elliot asks him.
Christian starts laughing.. "How could I be scared when I was trying to calm Little Annie Rose down? She thought we were going to fly off that cliff." He tells him.
A good place to stop I think. How did you all like the rides and The Haunted Mansion? How about Expedition Everest? Annie was scared and almost came out of her seat. But her big strong husband kept her with him. He wasn't going to lose his precious wife.
Thank you for the lovely reviews. They mean the world to me. Until next time my wonderful readers.
Thank you all
Linda (octobermist11)