The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark

“For the record, your notoriety pulls no weight in my class. I beg you to remember that when grades are issued. I find the idea of child actors tedious at best.”

Finn’s fame as a Disney host doesn’t cut him any slack at school, where being late for class is bad no matter who you are. Orlando is a town filled with Disney employees, and teachers there have long since lost any awe they might at first might have felt toward kids who are stars at the resort. Finn’s teacher has no intention of letting the boy get any delusions of grandeur, but the boy already doesn’t take himself, or his fame, too seriously. The scene suggests that he means well but has a knack for getting into trouble anyway.

“It wasn’t cool for a girl to show she liked a boy any more than the opposite. Boys and girls seemed to spend a lot of time and energy trying to convince one another that they didn’t exist.”

Finn and Amanda go on their first date to the Magic Kingdom. Both kids are popular, and neither wants to express too much interest in the other, for fear of being thought overly dependent. They’re friendly and smart, though, which simply makes them like each other all the more. The quickly discover that they work well together and enjoy the company.

“‘I can help you, Finn. I want to help you. But you’ve got to let me in.’ He saw something behind her eyes, as if she knew more than she was letting on. Or was that just another girl trick? Finn couldn’t think what to say.”

Finn must decide whether to risk Amanda’s faith in him by telling about his strange nighttime walk through the Magic Kingdom. She’s proven herself a resourceful ally, but she might walk away if she disbelieves his hard-to-trust story.