Hidden Mickey 50 Ears

Hidden Mickey 50 Ears

As part of the Happiest Homecoming on Earth at Disneyland, the park had been decorated with 50 hidden Mickey 50 Ears, the official icon of the 50th anniversary of Disneyland. The symbol is the traditional Mickey face and ears, but with a 50 in the center.

According to the official Disney website, "we've hidden 'Mickey 50 Ears' icons throughout Disneyland park." They listed some hints on finding the icons:

* Search for hidden Mickey 50 Ears of all different sizes.
* Be alert-- some icons are easy to spot, while others are a bit trickier.
* Keep your eyes open while in attraction queues.
* Spot your first 12 hidden Mickey 50 Ears icons on the golden lampposts that line Main Street, U.S.A.

Before the 50th anniversary of Disneyland ended in September 30, 2006, the Hidden 50 Mickeys were slowly removed.

List of Mickey 50 Ears

There were a total of 56 Mickey icons made for this part of the celebration; however, only 50 hidden Mickey icons were displayed at one time. This is a complete list of all of the icons.

:1. The first Mickey icon in the park is the flower bed as you first enter the park. Usually the face of Mickey Mouse, it his been replanted with golden flowers, and Mickey is now a standing topiary displaying the large icon.:2-13. There are twelve Mickey Icons that appear on six of the golden lampposts, each icon appearing on either side of the lamp.:14. There is an icon on the City Hall building.:15. Just above the entrance to the Opera House you will find an icon.:16-17. The train station has two icons, both above the clock on the tower, one facing the entrance gate, and the other facing Main Street, U.S.A.:18. There is an icon above the entrance to Fantasyland on Sleeping Beauty Castle.:19. In the brush around the Enchanted Tiki Room you will find a totem pole icon.:20. Above the entrance to the Jungle Cruise is another icon.:21. Hidden in a tree above the queue line for the is an icon tied in a cargo net.:22. On the front of the Mark Twain Riverboat is a prominent banner with an icon in the center.:23, 24. There are two on the Sailing Ship Columbia, one on the stern, and one at the bow.:25. There is an icon made up of washbasins hanging on a cabin on Tom Sawyer Island. You can see it from across the river.:26. At the left of the Frontierland exit heading toward the hub of Main Street, U.S.A. hanging on the fort wall are metal wash basins forming a hidden Mickey icon.:27. An icon appears on the cigar store Indian near the Shooting Gallery as a trinket, hanging from his neck.:28. On the Shooting Gallery sign is an icon that has been hit with a few stray bullets.:29. On the water tower at the entrance to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is a painted icon.:30. On the Disneyland Stage Line stagecoach you will find an icon in the decorative trim. The stagecoach was taken backstage in December 2005 when Santa Claus took over Big Thunder Ranch. It was never reintroduced to the park.:31. There is a large Mickey icon on the banner over the entrance to the streets of New Orleans Square:32. There is a smaller icon on a balcony over an archway in the back streets.:33. Look carefully at the front columns of the Haunted Mansion, a cobweb forms a Hidden Mickey icon.:34. Above the entrance into the Pirates of the Caribbean building is a small icon.:35. On the train bridge overpass is a wooden Mickey icon.:36. The rocks to the right of the drop on Splash Mountain form the hidden Mickey icon.:37. One of the small crests at the entrance to the Matterhorn Bobsleds is a hidden Mickey icon.:38. On Sleeping Beauty Castle at the entrance to Main Street, U.S.A you will find a hidden icon.:39. On the Dumbo ride you will find one of the decorative birds has been replaced with a hidden Mickey icon. On windy days, they remove the hanging medallions, so this Mickey icon may not be displayed.:40. One of the lanterns above the Mad Teacups attractions is in the shape of a hidden Mickey icon.:41. The spectacles of Mr Toad above the entrance to Mr. Toad's Wild Ride have been replaced with an icon.:42. On the roof of Pinocchio's Daring Journey has a weather vane that is in the shape of a hidden Mickey icon.:43. The doors of the clock of It's a Small World have a decorative Mickey icon displayed.:44. Go to Mickey's House and you will find a Hidden Mickey icon at the entrace.:45. On the Jolly Trolly station is another icon:46. At the entrance to Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin, the icon appears as the hood ornament of Benny the Cab crashing through the building.:47. On the Astro Orbitor Attraction one of the spinning caibration arms is a hidden Mickey icon.:48. On the Observatron you can see one of the satellite dishes has been made into a hidden Mickey icon.:49. On the Imagination Institute sign for Honey, I Shrunk the Audience you will see an icon.:50. On the rotating mosaic of Innoventions contains a hidden Mickey icon.

Additional 50 Mickeys

* On top of the house on Tom Sawyer's Island, the Mickey Mouse that denotes the stage position for Sorcerer Mickey during Fantasmic! was repainted to a 50 Mickey
* The set design at the Big Thunder Ranch included a 50 Mickey icon on Santa's chair when Santa took over the Ranch
* On a trash bin in Mickey's ToonTown hung a 50 Mickey icon.
* Projected on the curtains in the Opera House for the show "50 Magical Years". This is the last and only hidden 50th Mickey left in the park. It will remain until the show is retired.
* Possible 51st: After walking through Tarzan's Treehouse, there is a tree trunk in the exit if you look in the holes on the side you can see part of a Mickey face including the nose

External links for 50 Ears

* [http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/calendar/specialEvents/detail?name=50thHidden50sSpecialEventDetailPageGold Offical Disneyland Information]
* [http://www.mouseplanet.com/more/mm050517as.htm Photos of all 50 icons at MousePlanet]
* [http://www.findingmickey.com FindingMickey.com - Hidden Mickeys of Disneyland Resort, Anaheim CA]
* [http://www.anaheimtoorlando.com/hidden50/hidden/hidden50/index.html A photo gallery of many hidden Mickeys]