Thursday, February 3, 2011

81 DAYS TO GO . . .

     TUESDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2011

     TODAY I THOUGHT I WOULD TOUCH ON THE PHENOMENON THAT IS "THE HIDDEN MICKEY".  FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, AND I WAS ONE AS WELL AT ONE POINT, A HIDDEN MICKEY IS WHAT DISNEY'S IMAGINEERS HAVE BUILT OR DESIGNED INTO SOMETHING AROUND YOU.  IT CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS 3 CIRCLES FORMING MICKEY MOUSES HEAD, UP TO THE FULL OUTLINE OF THE CHARACTER HIMSELF "HIDDEN" IN YOUR SURROUNDINGS.  THESE ARE LOCATED IN ALL THE DISNEY PARKS ACROSS THE GLOBE, THEIR HOTELS, RESORTS, RIDES, RESTAURANTS, YOU NAME IT. 
     THERE HAVE BEEN BOOKS PUBLISHED ON THE SUBJECT(S) AS WELL TOO, FOR THE DIFFERENT PARKS AND EVEN THE CRUISE LINE, NOW THAT FINDING THEM HAS BECOME THE DISNEYITE'S OBSESSION. (http://www.hiddenmickeysguide.com/)  A TRUE HIDDEN MICKEY IS NOT MEANT TO BE SEEN RIGHT AWAY.  THEY WERE INSIDE JOKES BETWEEN DISNEY'S IMAGINEERS AND ARTISTS.  IT WASN'T UNTIL AN ARTICLE IN 1989 DETAILING THE MANY HIDDEN MICKEYS IN THE PARKS THAT IT REALLY EXPLODED.  AND WITH THEIR POPULARITY, SO GREW THE IMAGINEERS DESIRE TO PLACE THEM.  SO OVER TIME THE "HIDDEN" MICKEY BECAME FAR LESS "HIDDEN".  BUT THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE, HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS.  SO WHEN YOU'RE STANDING IN LINE, OR DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH YOURSELF (HARD TO BELIEVE IF YOU'RE AT DISNEY) START LOOKING AROUND.  YOU MAY BE SURPRISED AT WHAT YOU FIND.  OR CONSIDER IT A PART OF YOUR PLANNING FOR YOUR NEXT TRIP TO OCCUPY THE TROOPS.  GIVE THEM PADS AND PENS AND HAVE THEM WRITE DOWN WHAT THEY FIND.  THAT MAY JUST KEEP EVERYBODY BUSY ENOUGH FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AND BREATHE.  AHHHH.
     SEE YA REAL SOON!   ºOº

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