Hidden Mickeys

Hidden Mickeys were first created by Disney Imagineers as an inside joke. Now these inside jokes have become part of the Disney experience. A Hidden Mickey is an image of Mickey concealed in an attraction, on a building, in fabric, at a resort or anywhere else imagined up by the Imagineers. Originally, the image took the shape of one large circle and two smaller circles

like this, but now they can take any form.

Imagineers have not kept an official record or ALL the Hidden Mickeys, so when attractions are either taken away or restored some Hidden Mickeys could be destroyed. But don’t be sad because once the new or restored attraction is done there are new Hidden Mickeys to be found.

Finding Hidden Mickeys while you are enjoying your day at the parks are a great way to spend your day. It allows you and your family to have fun truly exploring Disney and you can even make a competition of it.

To help you in your quest to find the Hidden Mickeys, you can buy the Hidden Mickeys: A Field Guide to Walt Disney World's Best-Kept Secrets, 3rd Edition by Steven M. Barrett. You can buy this book from Amazon.com for under $10.

Here’s a chance for you to practice on your Hidden Mickey spotting skills. Try to spot the Hidden Mickeys…

I must say, my first Hidden Mickey I have ever found was in the Magic Kingdom at Disney World. Let’s see if you can find it. Go to Tomorrowland and get in line for Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin. Look at the walls inside while waiting on line. Try to spot the Hidden Mickey within one of the planets.