Originally Posted By Mr X Okay, so just for kicks I'm messing with Google Maps and found some Google Earth "guide to U.S. theme parks" thing. So I'm looking around WDW, and right near the parking lot is this GIGANTIC hidden mickey...I can't tell if it's three lakes, or just concrete or something, but it's right there (can't miss it). Anyone seen this? Know what it is? (looks like it's right in the center of the speedway there, maybe)
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Hmmm, as that the one that is a copse of trees shaped like a Mickey?
Originally Posted By Mr X I don't think it was trees (could've been though). To me it looked solid, like round buildings, pavement, or perhaps pools. It's easy enough to find on Google Earth anyway, maybe some others have seen it.
Originally Posted By jmuboy There is a mickey head lake in the infield of the magic kingdom race track. Is that what you see?
Originally Posted By Mr X That must be it (couldn't tell if it was water...). Is it easy to view from the grandstands?
Originally Posted By DlandDug OK, here's the area in question: <a href="http://s325.photobucket.com/albums/k375/newdug/?action=view¤t=WDWImage.jpg" target="_blank">http://s325.photobucket.com/al...mage.jpg</a> There's an obvious one in the track. Looks like a small pond. Anyone know for sure? There's also a very large hidden Mickey in the Disneyland Resort: <a href="http://s325.photobucket.com/albums/k375/newdug/?action=view¤t=DLRImage.jpg" target="_blank">http://s325.photobucket.com/al...mage.jpg</a> The trees have grown in to obscure it, but the sidewalks on both sides of Disneyland Drive form a huge hidden Mickey with five lanes of traffic running up the middle.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Oh wow, I never knew about the Disneyland one, that's really cool! Shame the DHS one no longer exists.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< There's also a very large hidden Mickey in the Disneyland Resort: <a href="http://s325.photobucket.com/al...mage.jpg" target="_blank">http://s325.photobucket.com/al...mage.jpg</a> The trees have grown in to obscure it, but the sidewalks on both sides of Disneyland Drive form a huge hidden Mickey with five lanes of traffic running up the middle. >>> Cool! I unknowingly walked right up the right-hand side of it a couple of months ago. I thought at the time that the path of the sidewalk was a bit odd (especially the top part), much more so than you'd typically see when the landscape architect wants to do something other than just a straight sidewalk. Now I know why!
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Google Earth has a measuring tool. The Mickey in the Speedway measures approx. 450 feet across the ears. The Mickey in the middle of the Disney's Hollywood Studios is more that 600 feet across the ears, though it's difficult to envision the left ear. You have to use a symmetry calculation. Anyone care to confirm?
Originally Posted By figment1986 do you want current or historical.. remember the hub area at Disney-MGM studios in front of Great Movie Ride had a giant Hidden Mickey
Originally Posted By Mr X That DLR one is neat, thanks Doug. Has noone ever been to the speedway? (DL, I'm guessing you have been?)
