Ok, so maybe it wasn't the best idea to get the second edition of the book considering it was copyrighted in 2005, but it is doing it's job for the most part. Anyways, my friend Michael and I returned to Disney World yesterday and found over 50 hidden mickeys, including a few not in the book. Below are pictures and descriptions of where they are in the order listed in the book. (the book does refer to the park as MGM but the park has since been renamed Disney's Hollywood Studios. The book uses a point system based on difficulty in case you and the family are competitive like my friend and I are, which just adds to the fun.
Chapter 4: Disney MGM Studios Scavenger Hunt
**Before entering park**
1. Above ticket windows (2pts)
2. The fence on the entrance to the park...very obvious (1pt)
**Go to Rock 'n' Roller Coaster**
3. At loading gate (4pts)
This one is supposed to be on the license plates on the limos but we didn't see it...
4. At exit of ride on box near picture viewing (4pts)
5. When you enter the hotel lobby, the glasses on the concierge desk... difficult to see (2pts)
6. During pre-show video, little girl is holding a mickey doll. Fun Fact: this style Mickey doll didn't exist when the film takes place... (3pts)
7. In the left library, when you face the two libraries, under the trumpet there is a piece of sheet music (4pts)
8. Suppose to be a stain on the wall in the boiler room, but it no longer exists according to cast members...
**Go to Voyage of the Little Mermaid**
9. When the show starts, watch lasers near the ceiling...Michael didn't want to watch this show to see it... (3pts)
**Go to The Great Movie Ride**
10. Harry Anderson's square, its on the left side, on the tie (3pts)
11. Carol Burnett's square, four squares to the right of Harry's (3pts)
12. In the middle of the loading dock mural, Minnie's profile above the tree stump (5pts)
13. In gangster alley, under the James Cagney poster, it's Mickey's shoe (4pts)
14. End of gangster alley, look up at one of the window at the "Chemical Company" (5pts)
15. In the Raider's of the Lost Ark room, Donald and Mickey face each other on a brick on the left wall (5pts)
Near the end of the room; saw it but couldn't photograph this time
**Go To Who Wants To Be a Millionaire**
16. The attraction no longer exists so neither does the Mickey...
**Go to Star Tours**
17. In the room with the moving baskets, there is a hidden Kermit the Frog made of tubes and robot parts... (4pts)
I didn't see it...
18. In the same room there are Mickey shaped metal disk in a few of the baskets (4pts)
Again, didn't see it...
19. In the pre-show video, prior to boarding the craft, one of the Ewoks, is holding a mickey doll as he boards the craft (2pts)
Saw it, but couldn't photograph this time...
**Go to MuppetVision**
20. In the fountain out front, Gonzo is balancing on a Mickey tube with bulging eyes (2pts)
21. If you go down the side of MuppetVision, where a long line would be and go ALL THE WAY down, you'll run into blue print like posters. It's on the one that says "5 reasons to return 3-D glasses" and next to number 2 (3pts)
22. In the pre-show video the test pattern forms a Mickey shape (3pts)
Saw it but couldn't photograph
23. Near the end of the main show when the band is out the ones with colonial hats supposedly have Mickey's on the hats (4pts)
I didn't see it...
24. When the holes are blown through the theater and Kermit comes in on a fire truck the people in the background have Mickey balloons (3pts)
**Go to the Backlot tour**
25. In the background of the water tank mural there is a mickey in the clouds...the book says it's blue but I believe it is made out of clouds... (5pts)
26. On the yellow refrigerator in the prop storage area (3pts)
27. After the "Shangri La" airplane before catastrophe canyon, it's supposed to be on a white box on your right side (3pts)
We didn't see it...
**Go to Mickey Avenue**
28. There is supposed to be a trailer across from the stage 1 sign but it no longer exists.
**Go to the Hollywood Brown Derby Restaurant**
29. One of the caricatures is wearing ears (3pts)
**Go to the Planet Hollywood Superstore**
30. There is supposed to be an amber block on the wall but it no longer exists.
**Go to the Hollywood & Vine Restaurant**
31. On the left wall there is a mural of the San Fernando Valley, the Mickey is on the right behind a pole (2pts)
**Go to the 50's Prime Time Cafe**
32. In the waiting area look at the washers holding the tables together (1pt)
**Radio Disney sign**
33. It's supposed to be next to Sounds Dangerous but its not there anymore
**Go to the Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant**
34. The right rear of the mural, there is a classic mickey in the tree above the tall fence (5pts)
We couldn't get into the restaurant
35. In one of the movie reels there is a Donald (5pts)
See above note...
**Go to the Writer's Stop**
36. Some of the theater lights above have Mickey's on them (2pts)
**Go to Pizza Planet**
37. On the left side of the order counter in the constellations on the wall (4pts)
38. On the right side of the order counter in the constellations on the wall (3pts)
39. In the arcade, on the wall mural, there is a three-quarter Mickey profile, he is the "mouse in the moon" (very hard to see in the picture but it is there (5pts)
**Go to the Stage 1 Company Store**
40. On the old bureau with the paint cans above; the book says it has hats, but it now contains mugs (3pts)
41. On the clothesline over the register you can find Mickey's shorts (3pts)
**Go to Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano**
42. Look at the Dalmatian near the door (3pts)
43. Look up to the corner near the door on the wall to your right at the plaster...I'm not completely sold on this one but we got confirmation that this is indeed it (4pts)
44. Above the dog in the greenery on of the leaves is shaped like a classic Mickey. Fun Fact: the cast members there created it and it was put in the second edition of this book (4pts)
45. On the far left of the right wall past the arch and the check in podium, there is a mickey in the plaster (4pts)
**Go to New York Street**
46. It's in a painting in a window at the end of the street (4pts)
We couldn't find it
**Go to the intersection of Sunset Blvd and Hollywood Blvd**
47. The impressions near the curb read Mickey's original name (5 pts)
48. Look at the Kodak billboard above and to the left of Keystone Clothiers, there are Mickey handprints under the girl (3pts)
**Go to the Mickey's of Hollywood store**
49. Some of the Poles holding up merchandise racks (2pts)
50. Some of the clothing racks (2pts)
51. In the Sorcere section of the store some of the cabinets behind the register (2pts)
52. "MICKEY" is spelled down vertically on a few dividers (1pt)
53. If you turn the park map upside down you can see what is the largest hidden mickey in the park. Fun fact: the only way to truely see it is via helicopter (4pts)
(I've outlined this one because it has become a little distorted over the years but you can still see Mickey's smile and widow's peak in the map itself as well as the ear created by Echo Lake)
54. In the Fanatasmic! show Large bubbles form a Mickey in the water screen (4pts)
We didn't stay late enough to watch this show
Total for MGM: 125pts
Obviously, after finding all of these Mickey's we are exhausted but head over to Epcot to meet up with some friends.
While at Epcot we find 2 more Mickey's, but I think I save them for the post on just Epcot (once I get around to it that is), they are both at Norway anyways.
We also end up having dinner at the Wilderness Lodge resort and find a 10 while we are there but I will save those for another time as well.
Can't wait to go to Disney again!
Nanette
P.S. Best picture of the day goes to Michael and I on the Tower of Terror. Here it is:
