What is this sorcery? I mean, I know what Disneyland is, thanks to a certain gastropod who enjoys bringing her friends out into the Muggle world. But, seriously, what is this Muggle magic? How on earth can they do this without... well... magic? Although, more importantly, how can Muggles frolic about this amusement park without the use of real magic? Who wants to wait in lines for hours at a time or have to trek about for miles before getting a refill of their favorite drink? Clearly more research had to be undertaken to fully understand, right?
So off to Disneyland we went, once again purely for work. *cough* Don't tell Nikky (you can come with us next time, Janelle).
We lasted a whole sixty minutes before the first bit of magic was used, covertly, of course. Dusty spent twenty of those minutes whining about how her Practically Perfect Punch from the Jolly Holiday Bakery was already empty (no one should get between her and her beloved beverage). So off to an empty corner we went, under the guise of perusing our handy, dandy map of the park. A swift swish of a wand later and her reusable bottle (gotta be environmentally friendly, even if we are illegally using magic) was full once again. Not that it lasted too long as she had to pack it away in order to go on a Jungle Cruise. Who knew that hippos lived in the waters of Anaheim, CA?
Bouncing around from attraction to attraction can be both tiring and exhilarating. A few hours in and it was definitely time for us to take in a show if only to sit down for a while. Our next stop was Frozen Live due to several reasons, the most important being that it meant sing-a-long time. An hour of singing and reciting lines (mostly a certain person who has seen the show a thousand times) can be exhausting. As soon as special effects went on and lights flickered another wand swished and interestingly enough three churros discretely flew into our outstretched hands. I wonder how that happened? Conveniently enough, in the darkened theater it was shadowy enough for a certain feline to do more research - this time with a Color-Changing Charm. The target? Why Dusty and Mair's Disneyland accessories of course. It amused me to watch both Elsa's crown and Pluto's ears change from varying shades of purple to blue to green throughout the show. I don't think they ever noticed. I may have even turned Elsa's crown into Tiana's once or twice throughout the day. #innocentuntilprovenguilty
As the day wore on and the sun persisted among the large crowd, we began to grow a bit weary. It was this point when someone who loves all things dragons yelled out in frustration and drug the other two to the nearest shop. It was assumed that this was due to the availability of what Muggles call 'air conditioning' but we were proven wrong once more when a piece of wood was yet again swished not once but twice. Mutterings about how they would improve the rest of our evening followed along with the phrase 'much cooler now' and something about an invasion of personal space? A few souvenirs later, as who could resist such magical items, especially one as soft and cuddly as a ginormous stuffed Tigger, and we were back outside. A slight breeze that didn't seem to affect anyone else proved that at least one charm was literally atmosphere-related and not just from the chocolate-covered frozen bananas on sticks. I have a sneaking suspicion that the other was the ever-so-useful Muggle Repelling Charm. Either that or one of us really began to smell as no one came too close to us again that evening. Who cares which it was - the Haunted Mansion was calling us! Had to check out the Muggle version of the Shrieking Shack after all, didn't we?
Why don't you ponder that for a bit and I'll see you back here next month, with the latest episode of Magical Musings? As for me? I'm off to ride the Pirates of the Caribbean ride for the fifth time... though there are NO real pirates on this ride. So sad.