Second Date

Chapter 17: Dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirupes!

Chapter 17: Dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirupes!

Mickey Mouse crossed his fingers.

"Oh boy. I sure hopes this works..."

The excitement was suffocating. For the first time - literally in forever - Mickey Mouse was opening the Magic Kingdom gates. For the first time, Disney World was spilling into the real world: not the other way around.

It was a big deal. And it was dangerous.

You see dear readers, you and I are personages of the real world. We pass unrestricted into Disney World and Disney Land, easily as if we were lapsing into our own imaginations. Our journey into fantasy is safe because our world is huge. It is very hard to get lost in Disney. We can always find our way back home.

But, this is not the case for Disney characters. Disney World is embedded in the real world. It was literally plucked from Mr. Walt Disney's imagination and plopped onto planet Earth.

Now, Disney World is fantasy. The real world is reality. In order to preserve the purity of Disney World, the characters are forever trapped inside the magical gates. There is a magical barrier, separating Disney World from the rest of the planet. And the Disney World characters cannot leave. Ever.

This may seem unfair. It may even seem a little tyrannical.

But, consider this: Close your eyes. Picture a glass of clear water. Now, take a drop of food coloring (any color will do). Drip in one drop of food coloring. What happens?

Correct. The dye diffuses through the water. The color becomes less concentrated, less pure. It mixes with the water...and fades.

Obviously, this is an analogy. The glass of clear water represents the 'real world,' planet Earth. The drop of food coloring represents Disney World, the land of fantasy. And the reason Disney characters are forbidden from the real world is because (as I have noted) the real world is huge. Should the Disney characters mix into the real world, the Disney fantasy would become less concentrated, less pure. It would, like the dye, fade.

But, the gosh darn Disney characters wanted dates! And since dates were figments of the real world, Mickey Mouse had no choice. He had to open the Magic Kingdom gates. He had to release the Disney characters to the world.

But that did not mean he had to do it stupidly.

"All righty, folks!" Mickey clapped his hands. "Everybody listen!"

"Flynn!" Rapunzel wriggled. She was riding piggy back. "Flynn! Turn! Turn! Turn!"

"Okay Barbie girl!" Flynn hiked Rapunzel higher. "Woot! Woot! Sing it up for the mouse everybody! M! To the I! To the C! To the KEY!"

"KEY to the Magic Kingdom gates!" cheered Naveen. He was taking Tiana to The Aji House, a Japanese restaurant where customers barbecued their own meals. "Shidanza! The real world, she will love us! Open the gatey gates!"

"Now hold on!" Mickey said. "Hold your horses! This is a very important night. We all must remember! What's the number one most important thing?"

"Fun!"

"No." said Mickey. "Safety."

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

"Safety is number one tonight." Mickey paced along the Magic Kingdom gates. The magical barrier vibrated behind his tail. "You're entering the real world. You're going on real dates. So, there are a couple of ground rules."