Hidden Mickeys

When we were at Walt Disney World in 2008 we discovered the phenomenon of the Hidden Mickey. Throughout the park, seemingly innocuous patterns and shapes every once in a while manifest themselves in the form of a Mickey Mouse, most often the "three circles" head and ears shape.

We casually found a couple in Orlando (the coolest one we found was in this photo from Spaceship Earth--can you spot it?),

but became consumed with the phenomenon at Disneyland.

I got a "Hidden Mickeys" book for my birthday, and David became the official seeker of the Mickeys at the park (the ubiquitous book is evident in a couple of our bloggg photos from Day 4). Below are a few of our favorites (for which we actually got still photos, at least):

This one was in a wall in ToonTown.

The holly berries form a Holiday Hidden Mickey in Small World.

Not only does the license plate sticker at Autopia have the Mickey,

but this plate features my initials!

Check out the light-colored portion of Duffy's face.

The placement of these three ovals qualifies as a Hidden Mickey.

This one's from the floor in Pinocchio (it's upside-down here).

This is one of a many 'crests' in the Matterhorn Bobsled queue (but the only one with a small black Mickey in the middle).

The crest on this armor has a Mickey, dead-center.

Tough to see, but really cool.

This one's in the pavement out in the plaza between the parks.

This was serendipitous, but undeniably Mickey.