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| Feb 13 2008, 12:37 AM EST (current) | DisneySteffie | 386 words added, 1 photo added |
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Hidden mickey's are one of my fave parts of going to wdw!! I have a whole field guide book (www.intrepidtraveler.com) to them, and here is the definition that is in there...
"A partial or complete image of a Mickey Mouse that has been hidden by Disney Imagineers and artists in the designs of disney attractions, hotels, restaurants and other areas. These images are designed to blend into their surroundings. Sharp eyed visitors have fun finding them. "
Apparently they started when construction of Epcot began and the plan was to leave mickey and minnie out of it completely, restricting the characters to Magic Kingdom in an effort to make Epcot more grown up oriented. Imagineers couldn't resist hiding the characters in their designs, and now hidden mickeys are everywhere, and people like me loooooove finding them. Talking to cast members about hidden mickeys is really fun- sometimes they get really excited and tell you ones that arent in the book, or that are secret. One older man that was working in the africa area of animal kingdom last time I was there pointed out four that weren't in the book and was soo funny about it, he would whisper them to me and make me swear not to tell my family, who were looking on and laughing at how happy the two of us were with our secret. Also, pointing out easy hidden mickeys around ppl who don't know about the concept can be fun, cause they are always really impressed. The book can be really specific-- I didn't use the clues part, I wanted to know exactly where to look so I read the descriptions of where precisely to find the hidden mickeys, and I think I found just over a hundred (I'm looking through the pages, I checked off the ones I found.) In the book there are 700 hidden mickeys, so yeah, a fair few... Here's an example...
CLUE: Find a classic Mickey formed by plates on the wall of one of the rooms you pass through on the way to the ride. (Kali River Rapids)
Hint: The mickey is tilted down and to the right
And also, apparently, there are lots of behind the scenes hidden mickeys that only cast members have access too.... another reason to work for disney!
"A partial or complete image of a Mickey Mouse that has been hidden by Disney Imagineers and artists in the designs of disney attractions, hotels, restaurants and other areas. These images are designed to blend into their surroundings. Sharp eyed visitors have fun finding them. "
Apparently they started when construction of Epcot began and the plan was to leave mickey and minnie out of it completely, restricting the characters to Magic Kingdom in an effort to make Epcot more grown up oriented. Imagineers couldn't resist hiding the characters in their designs, and now hidden mickeys are everywhere, and people like me loooooove finding them. Talking to cast members about hidden mickeys is really fun- sometimes they get really excited and tell you ones that arent in the book, or that are secret. One older man that was working in the africa area of animal kingdom last time I was there pointed out four that weren't in the book and was soo funny about it, he would whisper them to me and make me swear not to tell my family, who were looking on and laughing at how happy the two of us were with our secret. Also, pointing out easy hidden mickeys around ppl who don't know about the concept can be fun, cause they are always really impressed. The book can be really specific-- I didn't use the clues part, I wanted to know exactly where to look so I read the descriptions of where precisely to find the hidden mickeys, and I think I found just over a hundred (I'm looking through the pages, I checked off the ones I found.) In the book there are 700 hidden mickeys, so yeah, a fair few... Here's an example...
CLUE: Find a classic Mickey formed by plates on the wall of one of the rooms you pass through on the way to the ride. (Kali River Rapids)Hint: The mickey is tilted down and to the right
And also, apparently, there are lots of behind the scenes hidden mickeys that only cast members have access too.... another reason to work for disney!
