From: sroka@evax.gdc.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Hidden Mickey update
Date: 17 Dec 92 13:33:25 GMT
Organization: General DataComm, Middlebury CT

The following is a list of the HIDDEN MICKEYS (HM). I started with the 
list that was posted by Sean Squire (future CEO of Disney). I added 
the HM's that I found by myself or with the help of a cast member. I 
also added with each one if I confirmed the siting.

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MAGIC KINGDOM:
Cinderella's Castle 
-> You can spot Mickey's shadow in the patterns made by the sun 
shining through the railings along the walkway Mickey should be 
visible in mid-morning and again in mid-afternoon. (unconfirmed)

Star Trader Shop (Tomorrowland) 
-> Mickey as Steamboat Willie appears in the mural. (unconfirmed)

Space Mountain 
-> Some say there are 3 large glass spheres as you exit Ryca 1 that 
make a Mickey, but it is pretty weak. (unconfirmed)

Splash Mountain - Imagineers say that there are 3 hidden Mickeys. 
-> In the middle of the ride, if you look at all the clouds, one of 
them has a peculiar resemblance to the Mouse enough to stand out from 
all the other clouds. I was told that this is behind the boarded up 
house that the rabbit left. The HM is about the size of a quarter. 
(unconfirmed)
-> At the end of Splash Mountain, in the riverboat scene, the pink 
clouds in the background look suspiciously like Mickey Mouse lying 
down for a nap. The feet and belly are in focus, but his head is 
rather stretched. (CONFIRMED)
-> At the scene (on your right) where the fox and bear at projected 
on a screne running over a hill, the HM appears at the very end of 
the projection. (unconfirmed)

Thunder Mountain
-> A shadow appears at a certain time of the day that is a HM. You 
have to be standing at a certain spot to see it. (unconfirmed. You 
think I was going to spend ALL of my vacation looking for these 
things?)
-> On the ride during the last lift (where the rocks 'fall') there 
is a lamp overhead that is supposed to have a HM projected on it
(unconfirmed)
-> Look for the three cactus (cactii?) just outside the exit in the 
shape of a HM. (CONFIRMED)

Frontierland Train Station
-> There are three wooden barrels (one big and two small) placed to 
look like another HM. (CONFIRMED)

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EPCOT Center:
Communicore East 
-> the Get Set Jet Game at Backstage Magic is set on three circular 
platforms in the shape of Mickey. (unconfirmed)

Body Wars 
-> Mickey is painted clearly in the green brocoli like stuff in the 
mural over the ride. He is as plain as day if you have patience to 
find him. (CONFIRMED)

Land 
-> Enter and go straight to the railing and look down. The table 
and stools are arranged to be a HM. During the day the stools are 
move around a lot so it may not be that way for long. (CONFIRMED)
-> While standing at the railing, turn towards the entrance and look
at the pattern on the floor from the overhead lights. They form a 
large circle and two small circles on the carpet.  (CONFIRMED but it 
may be difficult to see during the day)
-> In Listen to the Land, spot him in the beginning leaf and vine 
painting as the ride begins.  (unconfirmed)
Later in the ride, look for the three horseshoes above the barn in 
the farming scene.  (unconfirmed)
-> In Kitchen Kabaret, the refrigerator handle is in the shape of 
Mickey.   (unconfirmed)
-> In Symbiosis Mickey is reported to be seen four times.  
   - Small stones in front of the crouching Indian man.(unconfirmed)
   - baseball cal of the man driving a harvester.
   - when looking at the woman taking a water sample in a lake, the 
     reflection in her sunglasses shows the cameraman wearing a 
     Mickey Mouse T-shirt. (CONFIRMED)
   - The very end shows a farmer standing in a field. As the camera
     pulls back, the field is shown to be in the shape of Mickey.

Spaceship Earth 
-> Just as the ride starts to go up, look overhead at the star 
panels. In the second panel look to the left side of it and the HM is 
in the shape of the stars.

Norway, in the queue/loading area for the ride, look at the mural.
-> There is a Viking wearing Mickey Mouse ears on the ship.   
(CONFIRMED)
-> The huge mariner on the right side (operating a large wheel) is 
wearing a Mickey Mouse watch (ghosted Mickey circles).   (CONFIRMED)
-> The REALLY tough one here is the stewardess with the clipboard.  
If you look at her chest, HER right, your left, you will see a Mickey 
profile in the shadows of her white shirt. He is a little distorted 
but definitely Mickey..too close to be a coincidence. (CONFIRMED)

Horizons - you can find Mickey twice, maybe 3 times. 
->At the entrance to Horizions supposedly if you look down there is a 
pattern of Mickey's head made from the 3 spot lights in the ceiling 
above. (unconfirmed)
->In one scene towards the end of the ride, the family is preparing 
for a birthday party. One of the presents is wrapped in Mickey paper.  
(unconfirmed)

World of Motion - look for Mickey twice. 
-> In the scene about the used chariot lot, the middle chariot has a 
Mickey headpiece.  (CONFIRMED)
-> Later, as you approach the 1960's you will find everybody hitting 
the open road. In one of the cars (a family going on vacation) is a 
young boy wearing Mouse Ears.  (CONFIRMED)

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DISNEY/MGM STUDIOS:
-> First, the main plaza is built in the shape of Mickey's head, with 
Echo lake making one ear and the planters forming his nose and mouth.  
Ask any cast member or just turn your guide map upside down. 
(CONFIRMED)

Great Movie Ride - Mickey is everywhere (an Imagineer's dream).  
-> While I worked there I was told there is a Mickey in the Hollywood 
set on the load dock, but damn if I couldn't find it for 3 months.  
(unconfirmed. I even asked but a ride op who worked there from day 
one and he said that there isn't one.)
-> As the vehicles enter Gansterland, Mickey's feet can be seen 
peeking out from under the 'Public Enemy' poster.   (CONFIRMED)
-> As you enter the Gangster scene, and approach the run down porch, 
looking over your left shoulder towards the roof you will see 
Mickey's silhouette in a warehouse window.  (An interesting point 
about this Mickey...It was not placed there by the Imagineers, but 
rather by a guy named Carlos, who was a gangster at the Movie Ride a 
few summers ago.  The fake Warehouse windows are really next to the 
actor's corridor, where the Mugsy's wait to take over vehicles.  
There are chairs and a water cooler up there..it's rather cozy. (I 
was Mugsy in the summer '92)  When the Imagineers found out Carlos 
had cut out a Mickey and put him there, they liked it so much they 
kept it!) (CONFIRMED)
-> Further on in the Movie Ride you can find Mickey in the 
heiroglyphics of the Raiders of the Lost Ark scene..(last block on 
the left) having lunch with Donald Duck..  Interestingly, ALSO in the 
heiroglyphics, directly  across from Indiana Jones, you can find 
C-3PO and R2-D2 carved in stone. There is also a very small 
heiroglyphic painted with Mickey Mouse ears, but it is not visible 
from the ride. (unconfirmed, I looked three times but it is rather 
dark in there. I may have to use the forbidden FLASH PHOTAGRAPHY to 
finally find it)
-> In Tarzan, if you look up into the trees on the right side to 
Tarzan's tree house, you will see three grapes in a basket with a 
spotlight on them. Yet another hidden Mickey. (CONFIRMED)

Star Tours 
-> Look for Mickey in one of the baskets circulating through the 
maintenance area in the shape of 3 laser disks. (CONFIRMED. Look for
the bin marked 'KMS 81850')
-> Also reported is Mickey as a cookie cutter in the bin labeled 
'PAD 61257' in front of one of the worker drones. (unconfirmed but it 
is dark right there.)
-> When exiting down the corridor, there are six posters featuring 
M&M's (the sponsor of ST). There was reported a HM in each of the 
posters. I found three of the six. A ride op didn't know where they
all were either. (CONFIRMED/unconfirmed)

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ON THE PROPERTY BUT NOT AT THE PARKS
-> Survey markers.
-> manhole covers.
-> Sand bunker on the sixth hole at the Magnolia Golf Course.
-> The putting green at the Eagle Pines & Osprey Ridge Golf Courses.
-> When entering the Contemporary Hotel via day guest monorail (exterior 
   beam), the lights used if the restaurant area are viewed to be in the 
   shape of Mickey.
-> At Mickeys Very Merry Christams Party on 11 DEC 92, we stopped into 
   the Crystal Palace for some hot chocalate and some cookies (they were
   free and it was cold). I got the hot chocalate and found some 
   marshmallows (sp?) on the side. I scooped some in and it took me a 
   little while to notice that they were in the shape of Mickey. One of
   the cast members there said that they came out about a week earlier.
   See, hiddem Mickeys are not only fun to locate but tasty too. BTW, I
   asked how many sugar cookies they served, the CM sain 16,000 alone on
   Friday night.





If anyone has additions or modifications to this list, please E-MAIL them 
to me and I would update the above list and post it from time to time.

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