To all who come to this happy place, welcome!
Jun 14, 2020 18:23:42 GMT -5
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Post by lollipopdreams on Jun 14, 2020 18:23:42 GMT -5
This was it.
The flight, even in the jet, didn't matter. The hotel, as nice as it was, didn't matter. The chatter and excitement as everyone got dressed and talked about what they wanted to do was fun, but ultimately of no consequence. They were here.
She was here.
Suzie could barely contain herself as the group waited in line at security (she'd thought about excusing herself to go alone rather than waiting for them to clear some of the group; Tony and Arnold wouldn't have gotten a second glance in Paragon, but here...). She reckoned dodging Tsoo arrows was easier than waiting for the line to inch toward the gate. When some of the girls insisted on a picture in front of the Mickey face before even moving inside, she thought she might literally explode.
Finally, finally, they passed under the arch. Suzie found her eyes on the plaque above: “Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy. I guess that makes sense...” She thought she heard someone say something to her but it was hard to tell with all the noise and voices. Off to one side, Mickey and Minnie mouse stood apart from each other, each with a family clustered around them, taking pictures to last somebody's lifetime. The circle was bustling like any town would be. To her left, an old fashioned horse cart lay stood boarding for a trip wherever it went. The ground was wet. Had it rained? She didn't think so. Glass windows and brass fixtures on the buildings gleamed in the sun. *Everything* gleamed in the sun. The group came around a corner and got a look up the street... and suddenly there it was.
There was the castle.
It stood at the center of the world in glorious purple and gold. The reflection of the sun off the gold towers was almost blinding. Banners hung and flapped just enough to make it look like there was more wind than there was. From here it looked tiny, but Suzie knew that it was seventy-seven feet high and was designed to look even taller than it really was. To the right was Snow White's wishing well (she wanted to look at it; making wishes there was a local tradition, she'd read) and to the left was the Princess Fantasy Faire, where the princesses greeted and which Suzie desperately wanted to see but wasn't sure if she wanted to wait until Lolli could see it. No, she'd take a peek anyway. There was too much she wanted to see there not to go look.
It was hard enough not to go running forward and abandoning everyone she was with. They were all so slow! What were they doing traveling at less than a sprint? But no. She stayed with the group as they approached. There would be time. They had five days.
Five days.
How could she *possibly* see it all in only five days?
The flight, even in the jet, didn't matter. The hotel, as nice as it was, didn't matter. The chatter and excitement as everyone got dressed and talked about what they wanted to do was fun, but ultimately of no consequence. They were here.
She was here.
Suzie could barely contain herself as the group waited in line at security (she'd thought about excusing herself to go alone rather than waiting for them to clear some of the group; Tony and Arnold wouldn't have gotten a second glance in Paragon, but here...). She reckoned dodging Tsoo arrows was easier than waiting for the line to inch toward the gate. When some of the girls insisted on a picture in front of the Mickey face before even moving inside, she thought she might literally explode.
Finally, finally, they passed under the arch. Suzie found her eyes on the plaque above: “Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy. I guess that makes sense...” She thought she heard someone say something to her but it was hard to tell with all the noise and voices. Off to one side, Mickey and Minnie mouse stood apart from each other, each with a family clustered around them, taking pictures to last somebody's lifetime. The circle was bustling like any town would be. To her left, an old fashioned horse cart lay stood boarding for a trip wherever it went. The ground was wet. Had it rained? She didn't think so. Glass windows and brass fixtures on the buildings gleamed in the sun. *Everything* gleamed in the sun. The group came around a corner and got a look up the street... and suddenly there it was.
There was the castle.
It stood at the center of the world in glorious purple and gold. The reflection of the sun off the gold towers was almost blinding. Banners hung and flapped just enough to make it look like there was more wind than there was. From here it looked tiny, but Suzie knew that it was seventy-seven feet high and was designed to look even taller than it really was. To the right was Snow White's wishing well (she wanted to look at it; making wishes there was a local tradition, she'd read) and to the left was the Princess Fantasy Faire, where the princesses greeted and which Suzie desperately wanted to see but wasn't sure if she wanted to wait until Lolli could see it. No, she'd take a peek anyway. There was too much she wanted to see there not to go look.
It was hard enough not to go running forward and abandoning everyone she was with. They were all so slow! What were they doing traveling at less than a sprint? But no. She stayed with the group as they approached. There would be time. They had five days.
Five days.
How could she *possibly* see it all in only five days?