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Disney’s Hidden Mickeys – Go Informed Podcast Episode 038

October 15, 2018
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Episode 38: All About Disney’s Hidden Mickeys

Hidden Mickeys are obscure images of Mickey Mouse often hidden in plain sight. You can find Hidden Mickeys throughout the Disney theme parks, resorts, restaurants, and even in Disney movies. Today’s episode gives a basic overview of how to spot a hidden Mickey and where to look.

These are the show notes for Go Informed Podcast episode 38. Click the Play button to listen to the episode for lots more detail about this topic.

What Are Hidden Mickeys and Where Can You Find Them?

Looking for hidden Mickeys is a fun enhancement to your Disney experience.

A hidden Mickey usually takes the form of the classic “mouse ears”. Most often a hidden Mickey is three circles in an upside down triangle shape, like this:

The time I realized dinner was in the shape of a Mickey.

Hidden Mickeys are a very common Easter egg in the Disney parks. Easter eggs are hidden jokes or images that the Imagineers have tucked away for guests to stumble upon.

You can find hidden Mickeys almost anywhere on Disney property. They also permeate the rest of Disney culture, including the animated movies, and even the Disney Channel logo.

The Disney Channel logo features a hidden Mickey.

Places to Look for Hidden Mickeys

Hidden Mickeys, especially the three-circle configuration, can often be found hidden in patterns on carpeting, drapes, shower curtains, and also in decorative ironwork and railings.

Besides being painted or drawn, objects can be arranged in the shape of a Mickey.

In the Haunted Mansion, there is a well-known hidden Mickey. Look at the table in the ballroom scene, you’ll see a place-setting arranged in the shape of a Mickey.

In the ride queue for Expedition Everest there are several hidden Mickeys among the objects on display.

Look for a very big hidden Mickey in the fireworks scene in the Soarin’ movie.

There are even some hidden Mickeys that can only be seen from the air. There is a solar farm at Disney World in the shape of a Mickey!

This is Disney World's Mickey-shaped solar farm. — This is Disney World’s Mickey-shaped solar farm.

Here’s a cool post about some of the huge Mickeys that Disney has erected over the years.

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Resources to Guide Your Hidden Mickey Scavenger Hunt

Steven M. Barrett has written some books about Hidden Mickeys. These are an excellent guide to many of the Mickeys around the parks. Get a copy and bring it with you so you’ll know what to look for.