Fun Find Friday
August 15, 2014
Location: Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom
It's amazing how sometimes you
can spend so much time in an area and miss
something that is hidden in plain sight for
everyone to see. This is a situation that
occurred to me recently. After months and months
of research on New Fantasyland, there was one
detail that I had overlooked. Even after asking
Cast Members for months, none of them pointed
out this detail until recently when our very own
Who's Who Wednesday writer, Erik Anderson, sent
me a message asking if I had ever seen it.
In my second book, A Closer Look at the Magic
Kingdom's Fantasyland, I pointed out one of my favorite Hidden
Mickeys which only appears on Mickey Mouse's birthday in the queue
for Under the Sea. Little did I know a Hidden character was found at
the exit of the attraction that was almost just as awesome:
Steamboat Willie!
While we usually hold off looking for Mickey for
Hidden Mickey Monday, this detail is just too good to pass up. After
exiting the attraction take a look at the water and rock formation
on your right hand side. Spread out amongst four different rock
formations, Mickey, in his Steamboat Willie form, is difficult to
spot if you aren't looking from the right direction.

If you look at the picture above you can see that
the rock closest to us has Mickey's foot pointing at the grass on
the bottom left corner of the rock. If you follow his foot and leg
up it joins up with the next rock back where we can see Mickey's
shorts. His other leg is the portion of the rock going into the
water, while his arm is the part of the rock just above the rock
closest to us. The top portion of the same rock is where Mickey's
face can be found and his sailor hat is actually the rock found
furthest away. Finally, if you take a look at the rock where
Mickey's arm is headed, you can actually find the famous steering
wheel from Steamboat Willie!
With Steamboat Willie being in hiding for the past
two years, only time will tell who else is lurking around every
corner!
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