World of Disney ch. 4

Epcot (part 1)

Upon waking once again, England was rather loathe to discover that his legs were a lot more sore than he had expected they'd be. Nothing excruciating, but noticeable. He swiftly took some pain medication and dressed in shorts and a t-shirt.

"The fact that you were able to convince me to wear this get up is a miracle itself." Arthur mumbled as he liberally applied his 7 5 SPF sunscreen.

"Haha! Don't think about it too much. We'll be having too much fun for you to remember what you're wearing." Alfred responded as he doubled checked they had everything they needed.

A quick stop at the hotel's breakfast buffet later, England placed his rather large sunglasses on his face and moved with America toward the proper bus stop.

"So remind me where you are dragging me off to today."

"EPCOT!" America shouted with vigor, drawing amused smiles from a few people sitting nearby. England sighed and recognized that that was all the answer he was going to receive till they arrived. Upon arriving at their designated park, they followed the fairly small group of visitors towards the entrance.

"How come there are so few?" England asked while opening his bag for the security personnel.

"Why do you think I had us wake up so early? This park has, like, just, opened. That way we can get through the ride lines fast before the crowds really start to show up." England nodded and hid his surprise at how efficient his partner had been. They moved past a Toy Story themed bush display and closer towards the large, iconic, white dome to rife "Spaceship Earth".The ride itself was very inspiring. The two countries, especially England, found amusement in the animatronic depictions of the different time periods throughout the world's history.

"I'd like to see Feliciano's response to the renaissance portion.' England muttered as they past Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel.

"Are you kidding? He might go crazy with his rambling." The two blonds remained silent the rest of the ride, all except for the very end, when they had to decide what sort of future life they would like.

"Which do you find more exciting: the ocean or space?"

"Alfred you know me. Sea."

"But I like spaaaaaace!!"

"Don't whine, for the love of God. Then put space, however I pick the next answer."

"Fine. Ok! When you go on trips, what do you worry about the most? Pets or your house."

"Easy. My house." England leaned over and pressed the appropriate response.

"But….what about Tony?! Or Whale?!"

"I thought they were friends, not pets." England smirked smartly and held back a chuckle at America's pout. In the end, the two were shown a rather oddly combined future where the vacationed in space, had a ridiculous security system to watch their house and everything was powered by wind.

"Utter nonsense…" England muttered folding his arms across his chest.

"Oh hush. We can dream can't we?" Once they had exited the dome, America moved them through a gift shop. "Just as a short cut." He explained shortly. When they exited through the other side of the building, England was pushed through the rapidly growing line to "Test Track". How and when America became so fascinated with mechanics, England decided he would never know. After a rather traumatic experience as a crash dummy, America had one more ride for England to get on. By then, a number of people had arrived at the park and the lines were getting rather long.

"If we hurry, this ride's line shouldn't be too long." Sure enough, Mission Space's wait time was only 25 minutes for the "Orange Team". England tried to read the difference in teams, but all he could make out before America pushed him through was how the Orange was the "more intense" ride.

"Alfred, are you certain this is a good idea?"

"This is a great idea!! It'll be awesome!" England sighed and moved through the line. At the end they were separated in their teams and eventually briefed by their "CAPCOM". All England could think was how funny it was that Lt. Dan giving their mission. Upon entering their capsule with two other riders, England was introduced to the wonders of G-Forces and virtually induced stress.

As they walked out of the capsule, Alfred shouting for joy as usual, Arthur had to take a moment to slow his heart rate down. He saw how animated everything on the screen had been. He knew how fake everything was. But to feel everything didn't help his subconscious. They took a short break under a mist fan and had a small snack from a nearby kiosk.

"So where to next?" Alfred looked up from his pretzel and smiled.

"How about we go visit some friends?" Arthur raised a prominent eyebrow and followed his excited counterpart down the many concrete sidewalks until they appeared in front of a large lake.

"Oh good lord…" England moaned as he read the bulletin above the shrubbery flags.

WORLD SHOWCASE

To be continued…