Wizard Whitebeard has been training for months for a marathon in New York City. But Odlulu wants to win the race, so she uses the Slo-Mo Key to slow down all of the other runners. In a twist on the Tortoise and the Hare, Waldo and Wenda use New York's various modes of transportation to pursue Odlulu throughout the five boroughs to save the marathon.

The Wanderers travel to Antarctica to witness the annual march of the emperor penguins. But when Odlulu's new ice castle separates a waddle of penguins from their eggs, the Wanderers must find a way to reunite the parents with their chicks.