Prompt 66.05

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Five things that happened when SG-1 took a team trip to Disney World.


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teal'c got sick on the mad tea party (spinning tea cups) ride.

mitchell got a date with the woman playing cinderella and the one playing snow white.

jack got sunburned when he fell asleep at blizzard beach.

daniel got lost while looking for a bathroom in the park; twice.

sam quietly cried in her room nearly every night. her mother was a fan of everything disney; the movies, the collectables & the music. she had forgotten until they arrived at the park, nearly every character they saw stirred up a new memory. coming there made sam realize how much she still missed her.

SG-1 visits Disneyworld #1.

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The first four were written quite some time ago, but when I saw the prompt I just couldn't resist re-posting. Hopefully that's ok? They are proof of the fact that of all the things I've lost, it's my mind I miss the most.

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Animal Kingdom's "Tree of Life". The tree is 14 stories high, with over 300 animals carved into it's roots, branches and trunk. The inside is where they have the "Tough to be a Bug" 3D show. Which is kind of fun in a creepy way. Anyway...it's biiiiig. photos just don't do it justice. It's really biiiiiig. Here's a quote I found describing it: "Over 325 animals, ranging from a grasshopper to a lion, are carved on the Tree of Life and over 103,000 leaves were individually placed on the branches. The tree is 145 feet tall and its trunk is 50 feet wide. The tree and its roots spread out 170 feet."

SG-1 arrives at the big honkin' Tree of Life:

Teal'c: "That is a fitting tribute to this planet."

Jack: "I wonder how much it would cost to rig up something like that at the Mountain?"

Sam: "Holy....."

Daniel: "That's a really big totem pole."

Jack: "Ya mean, is that a totem pole, or are you--"

Sam: "Oh look, is that the line for the smoked turkey legs?"

Daniel: "Those things are big enough to joust with."

Jack: "Forget that, we'll use 'em for some baseball practice."

Teal'c: "O'Neill, I do not feel it would be wise to risk being ejected from this place."

Sam: "Daniel can always talk us back in again."

Daniel: "I'm already adding getting you back into the Magic Kingdom to my Curriculum Vitae, Jack. Don't push it."

SG-1 visits Disneyworld #2.

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Magic Kingdom's Snow White: This "dark" ride takes you through the story of Snow White. Including the existentially conflicted hunter, dark forest, evil wicked witch, and the seven dwarves. We're not talking high tech, or politically correct stuff. Although, the scenery is painted in a nice way that echoes the cartoon. The carts the guests ride in are all named after the seven dwarves. They can also fit two adults in each row...so four people can travel together.

Along the way you get to see inside the dwarves house and their mines. You also get to chase after the wicked witch with them. That would be after she abandons Snow White to the forest, then goes after her to feed her the tainted apple. (apple of knowledge, anyone?) Eventually Prince Charming shows up and does his thing. Any other thoughts about the dwarves living arrangements are better left for another time..

SG-1 survives the Snow White ride... and each other:

Jack: "There ya go docs, just for you a cart named Doc."
Teal'c: "I have a bad feeling about this."
Daniel: "No kidding."
Jack: "Where's your spirit of adventure?"
Daniel: "I think I left it over at the Dumbo ride."
Teal'c: "You are looking distinctly less pale at this time."
Sam: "Don't you mean green?"
Daniel: "Two words Sam, 'Splash Mountain'. Just a little reminder."
Jack: "Hey, Am I going to have to pull this theme park over by the side of the road?"
Teal'c: "I do not believe that is possible O'Neill."
Sam: "Wow, look at that kid screaming. I think she's hitting an ultrasonic decibel."

Jack: "See, it's really no biggie, Teal'c."
Sam: "I still don't get why Snow White didn't just do in the Wicked Witch right off the bat."
Daniel: "Well, at the time that the story was first written down, the roles--hey Jack!"
Teal'c: "O'Neill, the signs were quite clear about your arms remaining within the confines of the seat."
Jack: "That's just for kids Teal'c."
Daniel: "His point exactly."

Sam: "Well, thank god that's over. I've had just about all I can take of Prince Charming."
Daniel: "Me too."
Teal'c: "As have I."
Jack: "Well, it wasn't my idea to go to all four parks in one day."
Daniel: "We survived PST-489, we should have been able to cope with this."
Teal'c: "I desire to see 'It's a Small World' again."

SG-1 visits Disneyworld #3.

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EPCOT: Spaceship Earth. First, here's a little background information: spaceship earth is a really uber-cheesy baaaad ride about the history of human communication. It starts with cave folks painting stuff on walls, then wanders through ancient egypt and greece, the burning of rome, the renaissance, telephone operators in the late 1800's, present times, and then on to the space-age world. It ends with a view of a glittering future metropolis complete with pretty pretty lights. (Since I wrote this it's been redone. It's still cheesy in a delightful way.)

SG-1 contemplates a bit of history.

Daniel: "They got those cave paintings wrong. Look, that one's even backwards."

Sam: "If they had little Naquada generators on these motorized carts they'd be quieter, not so bumpy."

Daniel: "Wait, where did they get those hieroglyphics from? That's awful!"

Jack: "Is that burning bacon I smell coming from behind the broken pillar?"

Daniel: "Oh please, they could have used a real illuminated manuscript as a model."

Jack: "Will you stop with the historical bitching already?"

Sam: "Do you suppose those statues are motion sensitive?"

Teal'c: "What are those bumps in the back of the women's dresses?"

Daniel: "It's called a bustle--"

Jack: "Don't look Teal'c, it will ruin you for life."

Sam: "Not to mention what it did to the women."

Daniel: "If you think that's bad, what about corset the men wore on P7W-499?"

Jack: "Ya know that future city would look kind of cool with a mini Stargate in it."

SG-1 visits Disneyworld #4.

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Disney's Studios - Star Tours. This ride lasts for a few minutes of gleeful fun. It's a flight simulator that one reaches by meandering through a line that goes through a Star Wars space port, complete with worker droids and a few aliens (after Return of the Jedi.). This includes life sized somewhat-working models of R2-D2 and C-3PO. the outside of the ride is set up too look like an Ewok village. oh, and there's a 35-foot-tall imperial walker by the entrance.

The pilot of your little space trip is a robot who's never made the trip before. I know, you've 'got a bad feeling about that'. Once you settle in you're supposed to go to the Moon of Endor, but end up flying through a comet and attacking an Imperial Star destroyer. Then you return to the space station and crawl out to a cool store that sells Yoda masks, Yoda pez, and shot glasses that proclaim you are a Jedi master. Everyone should have some of this stuff.

SG-1 checks out "Star Tours"

Jack: "Teal'c, you gotta try this."
Teal'c: "Would it not be simpler to return to the SGC and take out one of our own vehicles?"
Jack: "Believe me, there's no way we're going to run across an army of Ewoks in our neck of the, er, woods."
Sam: "I don't know, there are some places where life evolved in a furrier manner."
Daniel: "And where they don't actually speak the King's English."
Jack: "Oh, you're just bitter about P7S-302."
Daniel: "You just had to teach them how to sing 'I'm a Little Tea-Pot', didn't you?"
Jack: "Heh, they looked just like Mrs. Potts."
Teal'c: "I believe that statue of the robot is moving O'Neill."
Sam: "I wonder how much maintenance they have to do on a daily basis to keep it all synchronized."
Daniel: "Can you imagine what it would be like to work here? They must get such a wide range of visitors."
Jack: "Geeks, nerds, fans --"
Sam: "Speak for yourself."
Teal'c: "These seats are quite small."
Jack: "Don't worry, it'll be over before you know it."

Daniel: "Whee!!!!"
Sam: "Whee!!!"
Jack: "Yeehaw!"
Teal'c: *Grin*

A few minutes later in the buy-everything-now-store:

Teal'c: "O'Neill, you are a much better pilot than the robot."
Jack: "Hell, Daniel's a better pilot."
Daniel: "OK Jack, Here's your Yoda mask."
Jack: "Forget it, I'm not wearing it."
Daniel: "You promised. If I'm going to, so are you."
Teal'c: "I shall endeavor to see if it fits."
Daniel: "Come on Sam, it'll look great."
Jack: "So help me, if this photo ever sees the light of day, you're toast."
Sam: "I want an eight by ten framed for the briefing room."

SG-1 visits Disneyworld #5.

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The Boardwalk Inn: Steeplechase suite. This is the big honkin' suite on the concierge level. I've looked inside, and it's quite something. I wouldn't want to live there, but I can imagine SG-1 making themselves at home during their visit. By the way, there aren't very many TV channels at the on site hotels. Many of them are a variety of Disneyworld tour-vacation-guide shows that repeat rather endlessly.

SG-1 tries to take a nap watch TV.

Teal'c: "I wish to view Anthony Zimmer eating strange foods."

Sam: "That's bizarre."

Teal'c: "Indeed. I do not understand why this television has so few channels."

Jack: "For what this suite costs they should at least have some movie channels. The tour guide on all those Disney shows give me the creeps."

Sam: "She's a bit too cheerful."

Daniel: "There's an ancient tradition of exaggerated welcoming presentations in order to entice travelers.

Jack: "I don't trust that."

Daniel: "Well, of course not. But that doesn't mean one should tell the greeters that they're full of-"

Jack: "All right, there's no need to bring that up again."

Teal'c: "These beds are not as technologically advanced as the ones in the place O'Neill and I visited previously."

Daniel: "Um.......Jack is there something you want to tell me?"

Sam: "Sir?"

Jack: "Don't look at me!"

Five things that happened when SG-1 took a team trip to Disney World

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1) Cam lost a bet the first day and had to wear a Mickey ears hat for the duration. By the end of the trip, everyone had a set, including Teal’c who couldn’t wear it in public because it didn’t hide the tat, but he did wear in the room a lot.
2) Vala got them kicked off the Tea Cups when she got Jackson to puke by spinning their cup too fast. Jackson nearly got them kicked off Pirates of the Caribbean when he wouldn’t shut up about all the historical inaccuracies.
3) They quickly discovered the ‘thrill’ rides just didn’t compare with dodging zat blasts on another planet, so they ended up just going on the ‘fun’ type rides. They all agreed the best time was the afternoon spent relaxing by the pool at their hotel doing nothing at all.
4) Teal’c developed a strange fixation with the Small World ride, claiming it relaxed him almost as much as kelnoriming used to. On the up side, it made it much easier to find him whenever they got separated.
5) They sat out on their balcony on the last evening, watching the sun go down while they ate surf and turf ordered from room service. Jackson ordered several bottles of wine for them to try and by the time the fireworks started, they were all feeling pretty mellow. Even though they’d been together for so long, knew each other so well, and shared life and death in a way few friends ever do, they talked until the sun came up. They all fell asleep on the plane ride home to Colorado.