There is a hidden Mickey icon in the reflecting pool just
outside the Imagination Institute. If you
stand with "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience" and Journey into Imagination to your left look into the pool
to your left. About 5 ft out and close to the shoreline (bank) about
2 to 3 ft away there on a rock are those famous three circles. At first
glance it looks like some of the pennys but its too perfect!
REPORTED: Julia St. John 14 APR 99
The hidden Mickey in the reflecting pond is there I beleve is drawn with blue paint on a rock in the pond. If you face the Living Seas and look to the left it is there.
CONFIRMED: anon 13 JUN 99
"Honey, I Shrunk the Audience"
During the preshow, look at the little girl's dress -- there's Mickeys on it.
REPORTED: It is first shown soon after the words "Look at the little things" (or something like that) on the right
side of the screen. It is shown again at the end on the top, 3rd picture from the left.
CONFIRMED: Joy Kovacs 31 AUG 96
CONFIRMED: John & Melanie Emmons 28 AUG 96
CONFIRMED: The Spencer Family 28 JUL 97
CONFIRMED: Katie 20 FEB 98
In the movie after the Lion roars in the movie, it turns into a bunch of spinning circles. If you concentrate on the center of the screen, for a quick second, the circles turn into a tri-circle Mickey head.
REPORTED: Scott Baker 27 NOV 96
In the movie, the helmets the guys are wearing with the lights on top are Hidden Mickeys. At one point, only one of those guys is on stage, and the rest of them are off the stage. He is standing next to a woman facing the crowd. This is when you can tell the helmet is a Hidden Mickey. The lights on the helmet forms perfect ears.
REPORTED: Scott Baker 27 NOV 96
WISHFUL THINKING: Melanie Emmons 11 NOV 97
When the audience is small, you can see concrete on the bottom of the screen where the theater was picked up. You can see a Hidden Mickey carved into the concrete if you look to the right of center of the concrete. It's visible most of the time the audience has been shrunk.
REPORTED: Scott Baker 27 NOV 96
We sat pretty close to the front and I couldn't find this, and I was looking for it.
WISHFUL THINKING: Melanie Emmons 25 SEP 98
The Imagination Institute Story
Journey Into Imagination - Dreamfinder and Figment
Closed on the 10th of October 1998.
Look at Dreamfinder's mustache. With the curlicues at the end in addition to the upper lip portion of the whole thing, it looks exactly like the hundreds of Mickey caps that adorn every 10th head. Dreamfinder was there for autographs if you climb the staircase, and after posing with figment for the kids I asked if his mustache was a "Hidden Mickey." He told me he had done this for four years, and noeone ever asked before. "I think it is, but an 'official' hidden Mickey it is not." Look at the mustache, look at the hundreds of Mickey caps. Be your own judge of what the behind the scenes guys at Disney wanted for the Imagineers mustache. To me, it is a certifiable hidden Mickey.
REPORTED: Bill Castner 21 JAN 98
The 8th panel over in the painting scene mural includes a gold Hidden Mickey. It is one pane up from the bottom.
REPORTED: The Blanchette Family 22 JUN 97
The circles don't touch.
WISHFUL THINKING: Jeff Carter & Kristy Miskoff 24 JAN 98
As you get on the cars, look to the right of the track as you go into the hallway, and on the wall approximately 8 feet above the floor it looks like a Mickey profile facing towards the track.
REPORTED: Esther Fernandez 21 DEC 96
In the foyer for the ride there is a mural on the walls. To the right of the tunnel where the cars go into the ride there is a purple cloud on the wall to the right of the mirrored column. When you are sat in the cars and are going into the ride however, if you look along the wall behind the mirrored column, when viewed from this angle the cloud turns itself into a micket profile with two ears head and even his nose.
REPORTED: Gil Wade 22 SEP 98
This is an audio Mickey. In the song Imagination, you can hear Mickey's voice. A ride operator told me this. I went to hear it and could hear very faintly from the ride.
REPORTED: Alanna M. Pasquale 15 NOV 96
At the beginning where we are being introduced to Dreamfinder and Figment and after Figment arrives, three letters of the alphabet appear from the right hand side. The letter (a, b, c I think) are in bubble shapes and they appear in the shape of a Mickey icon. It only lasts for a few seconds, but it is easy to see.
REPORTED: anon 05 NOV 97
The bubbles that make the Hidden Mickey contain the numbers 1,2, and 3 and are right below the letter bubbles.
CONFIRMED: Jeff Carter & Kristy Miskoff 24 JAN 98
At the beginning of the ride, the whole room is white. When you enter the room, if you look to your right there are three animals going around in a circle on a carousel. If you look on the back end of the ostrich the feathers outline a Hidden Mickey. You have to see this when you enter the room, if you miss it you will have to turn your whole body around to glance at it.
REPORTED: Ralph Federico 14 APR 97
As you enter the room there is a carousel of animals on the right. The bird's tail feathers make a Mickey head.
CONFIRMED: Nick Hall 25 JUN 97
CONFIRMED: Marc Dagenais 22 JUN 97
The back end of the ostrich does indeed form a Hidden Mickey.
CONFIRMED: The Spencer Family 28 JUL 97
Weak.
CONFIRMED: Jeff Carter & Kristy Miskoff 24 JAN 98
When entering the dream room that is mostly all white characters, on the right hand side there are animals going in a circle like a carousel. The back end and tail of the ostrich are shaped exactly like a Mickey. You must look at it from the rear view.
CONFIRMED: The Kennedy's 29 AUG 98
At the end of the white room, look up. You will see a Hidden Mickey in the butterflies. Its a perfect Hidden Mickey. We asked a cast member where the Mickeys were and this was confirmed by them.
REPORTED: Michael Martin 25 APR 98
You can see a hidden Mickey on the Dream machine.
REPORTED: W. George 04 FEB 98
Art scene immediately after the Dreamport -- on a tip of the white
"plant" vine to the vehicle's right
REPORTED: There are several of the transparent/white
flowers curling around the arches and elsewhere (also on the right hand
side) which have the Mickster's lugholes and bonce as part of the petals.
CONFIRMED: Barry G. Ward 14 JAN 96
There are a couple of colored flowers on the right with stamens that are grouped into three circles, forming the Hidden Mickey.
CONFIRMED: Glenn Randolph 08 JAN 97
The white room's clear plastic flowers do have several Hidden Mickeys on them. A Cast Member told my daughter.
CONFIRMED: Phillip Binotto 26 MAY 97
White Room - On the vine on the right side, overhead.
CONFIRMED: Jerry & Joan Piering 10 AUG 98
At the end of "The Arts," the all-white scene, there is an arch that goes
over the tracks from the right. On that arch, there are several Mickeys.
REPORTED: C. Grant Simmons 01 APR 94
The arch is completely blank, made to look like puffy white clouds. I couldn't
locate a single Hidden Mickey.
WISHFUL THINKING: Dan Amrich 24 SEP 95
On the all-white arch that leads up over your car you can spot several Hidden Mickeys. A friend who works for Disney pointed this out.
CONFIRMED: Erin Casey 22 OCT 96
In the all white scene there is a white arch near the exit of the room. There are several perfect Hidden Mickeys on the arch.
CONFIRMED: The Spencer Family 28 JUL 97
The arch is a group of flowers streching halfway over the track. It starts about 10 feet from the end of the white room on the right of the track and extends to a point directly above the car. Look about halfway up the arch at the clear leaves. There are at least a dozen Hidden Mickeys painted onto it in white. According to a cast member the white room contains 17 Hidden Mickeys. No doubt at least 2/3rds are on this arch.
CONFIRMED: Jeff Carter & Kristy Miskoff 24 JAN 98
In the performing arts scene, on a pink lace in a dress in the backstage "dressing room"
There is a scene of Figment in a "dressing room" with
costumes (he's playing with a Dreamfinder mask). The hem of a dress hanging from the ceiling at
the very beginning of the scene has a lace-like border with circular
cutouts; an extra length of the border material has been stapled on at
one point to create a Mickey.
CONFIRMED: Mike Yawn CONFIRMED: a Cast Member at Epcot 14 MAR 95
Thanks to Dan for merging all these reports together as there is only one Hidden Mickey on the dress.
CONFIRMED: Dan Amrich 24 SEP 95
CONFIRMED: Melanie Emmons 28 AUG 96
CONFIRMED: Alanna Pasquale 20 DEC 96
CONFIRMED: The Winn Family 05 MAR 97
CONFIRMED: The Spencer Family 28 JUL 97
Extra 2 loops on the dress hem.
CONFIRMED: Jeff Carter & Kristy Miskoff 24 JAN 98
As you go into the Arts section, there are a couple of flowers (the coloured
ones) on the right with stamens that are grouped into three similar to the
ones in the Wizard of Oz scene in Disney.
REPORTED: Barry G. Ward 14 JAN 96
There is a part where Figment is inside a dressing room. Right behind him there is an armor chest plate for women. If you look at it, it is an obvious Hidden Mickey.
REPORTED: Jamie Cornell 13 AUG 96
It is not a Hidden Mickey. There are two round circles (that would cover the woman's breasts) that could form ears, but the body (that would form the head) is not even close to being a circle. There were a lot of little circles on it as well, but none of them came together into the familiar three-circle pattern.
WISHFUL THINKING: Melanie Emmons 28 AUG 96
In the Science
and Technology Scene, Dreamfinder is slowing down and
speeding up Time. When Dreamfinder is speeding up time,
and the flowers are present, one of the flowers has 3
pistils of which the heads form a Mickey-shaped figure.
Is this a Hidden Mickey purposely put there by Disney
Imagineers, or is it that Mother Nature had her eye on
Mickey, long before Walt ever had a glimmer of him?
REPORTED: Bryan Harrison 26 SEP 96
Towards the end of the ride, there is
a scene with Figment, where there are several movie screens with different
pictures of Figment in different settings. One of the scenes shows Figment
in front of some candy - lollipops and round chocolates. One of the
lollipops (the yellow one) is positioned so that two of the round
chocolates are strategically placed as ears.
REPORTED: Tigger/kat 03 JAN 95
CONFIRMED: B 20 AUG 96
It's a little weak, but we confirm it. In the same screen, check out the three chocolate chip cookies; they're pretty Mickey-esque, too.
CONFIRMED: John & Melanie Emmons 28 AUG 96
CONFIRMED: The Crutchley Family 28 JUN 97
CONFIRMED: Jamie Alonzo 03 JUL 97
CONFIRMED: The Spencer Family 28 JUL 97
CONFIRMED: RON LANG 22 AUG 97
CONFIRMED: Peter Stepniewicz 18 OCT 97
CONFIRMED: Jeff Carter & Kristy Miskoff 24 JAN 98
There are three cookies that have been confirmed but what about the three walnuts, they are in the shape of Mickey, just spaced apart a little.
REPORTED: Torrie Sweeney 30 JUN 98
Towards the end of the ride, there is
a scene with Figment, where there are several movie screens with different
pictures of Figment in different settings. One of the scenes shows Figment
in front of some candy - look at the green lollipop in front of the yellow one -- it forms a
Hidden Mickey.
REPORTED: John & Melanie Emmons 21 SEP 96
Lollipops make Hidden Mickey; so do the cookies.
CONFIRMED: Alanna Pasquale 20 DEC 96
CONFIRMED: The Winn Family 05 MAR 97
CONFIRMED: George Nichols 13 MAY 97
CONFIRMED: The Crutchley Family 28 JUN 97
CONFIRMED: Jamie Alonzo 03 JUL 97
In the slide show on the way out-flat disks on the ground behind Figment.
REPORTED: Jerry & Joan Piering 10 AUG 98
In the Figment picture with all the candy, the last three barrels in the top right behind the box of chocolates forms a hidden Mickey.
REPORTED: anon 26 JUL 98
In the kaleidoscopic Figment projected onto the east side of Journey into
Imagination at night there is a Sorcerer's hat in the pot.
REPORTED: Graham Allan 02 OCT 94
At the end of the Journey Into Imagination ride, the last Figment seen on the left displays a hidden Mickey on his right knee.
REPORTED: anon 30 NOV 97
The circles are different sizes and don't touch. This is the Figment that says "Follow me to the ImageWorks"
WISHFUL THINKING: Jeff Carter & Kristy Miskoff 24 JAN 98
Closed in October 2000.
As you enter Journey Into Your Imagination behind the reception desk there is a large pole. On the side of the pole are two rows of circles going up the side. Count up 5 large circles from the floor and see what the two rows line up as.
REPORTED: Tim Bell 22 OCT 99
CONFIRMED: Tom & Renée Shaw 26 DEC 99
In the waiting line for Journey into Your Imagination, just after entering the building, the is a glass case with the flying robot from Flubber in it. On the back of the robot (I think it's name is Weebo, not sure though) are three small circles in the exact shape of a hidden mickey. It is extremely difficult to see. Good luck!
REPORTED: Boso 10 AUG 00
As you enter the queue line you will see about halfway up the line there is a bunch of wired shelves with stuff on it. You will find a triangular telescope type thing that you can look in at about waste level. Inside is the outline of several people, one of which has a Mickey hat on.
REPORTED: The Buck Family 20 DEC 99
Almost impossible to photograph
CONFIRMED: Tom & Renée Shaw 26 DEC 99
In the queue area, there are a few caged-in shelves to your right. On one of these shelves, there's a coil of cable along with two microphone stands. The coil makes the head and the stands make the ears. It's not perfect, but it's pretty close.
REPORTED: Peter Stepniewicz 04 OCT 99
As you walk down the entry hallway in Journey Into Your Imagination look at the signs over the doors into the various Imagination Institute departments. On the sign over the Illusion department there are lots of raised circles and lines. Look about 1-2" above the bottom of the sign in the center of the flat area and you will see a classic hidden Mickey.
REPORTED: Tim Bell 02 OCT 99
There is a pair of Minnie slippers in front of the couch in the living room in the Gravity experiment area.
REPORTED: Tim Bell 02 OCT 99
CONFIRMED: Peter Stepniewicz 04 OCT 99
CONFIRMED: Safari Steve 06 OCT 99
CONFIRMED: Tom & Renée Shaw 26 DEC 99
In the Spring 2000 issue of the Disney Magazine, page 24, you can plainly see the Minnie Mouse slippers in "Journey into Your Imagination.
CONFIRMED: Harry Walker 27 FEB 00
CONFIRMED: Stephen and Jeanna Judy 04 NOV 00
In the upside room there is a hidden Mickey in the plate of onion rings on the table above your head.
REPORTED: Sherry 25 MAR 00
CONFIRMED: David Koter 17 MAY 00
CONFIRMED: Jackie Wyatt 06 JUN 00
CONFIRMED: Stephen and Jeanna Judy 04 NOV 00
In the new Journey to Imagination ride, in the upside down room, the eggs on the table form a Hidden Mickey.
REPORTED: Robin 06 NOV 99
There is a hidden Mickey on the Journey into the Imagination Ride in the Antigravity room in the Kitchen on left side. If you look at the Stove top there is a teakettle covering up one of the burners the remaining three form the hidden mickey.
REPORTED: Christy Nemi 09 SEP 00
In Journey Into Your Imagination look up and behind you as you leave the kitchen area of the Gravity Experiment. As you view of the bowl of oranges, the oranges line up as a Hidden Mickey as your car goes down the ramp.
REPORTED: Tim Bell 22 OCT 99
In the new Journey into Your Imagination, in the "connect the dots" room, look behind you at the floor to your left. Three small yellow dots form the perfect Hidden Mickey. They're only about 2 inches across all together, so look close.
REPORTED: Peter Stepniewicz 27 SEP 99
On the Imagination ride there is yellow dots that form a few hidden Mickeys. These were put there by the Imagination Institute cast members against the will of the imagineers.
CONFIRMED: Jeff 26 JUL 00
As you leave the sound & colors area, look up to the top left corner of the room where the wires are. You can see a hidden Mickey there. It may take more than one time to catch it.
REPORTED: anon 07 NOV 00
At the end of the Imagination ride, there is a bright flash signaling that you have a large imagination. Start blinking your eyes. The flash was in the shape of a Mickey head. The guy sitting next to me said he saw it as well.
REPORTED: S. Ryan 07 NOV 99
In the new Journey into Your Imagination, after you exit, there is a sign that points the way to the new Image Works. In the silver circles that make up the background to the sign, you can find the perfect Hidden Mickey.
REPORTED: Kaosfactor 26 SEP 99
CONFIRNED: Peter Stepniewicz 27 SEP 99
Will reopen in September 2002 as something new.
Image Works
Closed on the 10th of October 1998.
In the first room you go in at Imagination there are three
circles that make a Hidden Mickey.
REPORTED: krystal petersen 04 MAY 96
There is a display featuring a distorted picture
revolving around a cylindrical mirror just after the musical squares room. The picture looks "normal" when
viewed in the mirror. It shows a balloon race including Dreamfinder and
Figment and Ear Force One - the Mickey balloon. To find the display, go
through the rainbow corridor and through the next room as well. You can't
miss it.
REPORTED: CONFIRMED: Graham Allan 06 SEP 93
CONFIRMED: Kathy Nicklas-Varraso 22 MAY 94
CONFIRMED: The Winn Family 05 MAR 97
CONFIRMED: The Crutchley Family 28 JUN 97
CONFIRMED: Jamie Alonzo 03 JUL 97
CONFIRMED: The Spencer Family 28 JUL 97
CONFIRMED: Katie 20 FEB 98
One of the images
on the wall that you can paint is of Dreamfinder sitting on the moon. When
you've finished your painting and the celebration begins, watch the resulting
animation for Mickey-head balloons!
REPORTED: Dan Amrich 24 SEP 95
CONFIRMED: The Winn Family 05 MAR 97
The same thing happens when you paint Figment in the hot air balloon. Push the squiggly/confetti effect button on the left to make the balloons appear.
UPDATE: The Spencer Family 28 JUL 97
CONFIRMED: Peter Stepniewicz 18 OCT 97
In the orchestra portion of the Image Works I found that some of the notes come in tightly packed three note groups resembling Mickey.
REPORTED: Loren Jones 16 AUG 98
Closed in October 2000.
The hidden Mickey on the "Imageworks" sign is between the "I" and "M"
REPORTED: Jeff 07 OCT 00
On the left there are two glass windows looking into a design area. Located on the table is a drawing. On the drawing is a pencil drawing of a "Mickey camera."
REPORTED: Tom & Renée Shaw 26 DEC 99
On the left there are two glass windows looking into a design area. Located on the table is a drawing. Located on the drawing is a prototype of a "Mickey camera."
REPORTED: Tom & Renée Shaw 26 DEC 99
On the left there are two glass windows looking into a design area. Located on the table to the left of the drawing is a pencil holder. Located on the pencil holder is a disposable "Mickey camera."
REPORTED: Tom & Renée Shaw 26 DEC 99
On the right is the "development lab." On the development lab's counter are numerous picture frames showing off examples of the pictures you can create and purchase. Take a look at the some of the frames. REPORTED: Tom & Renée Shaw 26 DEC 99
Near the back of Image Works is a Mickey plush on a computer desk. REPORTED: Tom & Renée Shaw 26 DEC 99
You can buy your own selection of Disney park music at Disney On Disk.
REPORTED: Tom & Renée Shaw 26 DEC 99
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