The mickey mouse head logo is Disney’s most known trademark. As soon as anyone lays eyes on those three circles placed so strategically together, they immediately know what the reference means. The design is simple, but has come a really long way over the years.

The Disney company often has a little fun with this logo in which they litter hidden mickey mouse silhouette heads throughout their parks, attractions, resorts and movies. I found this to be such an interesting and playful concept, which allows Disney fans to try their best to find them.

The Disney Parks are home to many tropical themed attractions and resorts. Here, the Mickey is hidden as a decorative marking.

Mickey can be found among the stone shapes that make up the ground in the theme parks and even here where he hides in a drain cover.

Disney’s Wilderness Lodge and camp grounds in Orlando Fl are decorated according to their wilderness theme. Each detail from the cabin like walls to the employees’ costumes seems to fit, but of course there was still a little room to hide some Mickey’s throughout.

With surprises around every corner, the haunted mansion offers ghosts and ghouls and, if you hadn’t guessed, Mickey! There are more than one hidden Mickey in this amusing attraction, but this one was the most interesting. If you look at the top of the glowing figures staff, you can see the illuminated Mickey head making its appearance.

This one was a little more challenging to find. At Disney’s Frontier Land in the Magic Kingdom, the Golden Horseshoe Saloon has a little secret. Hidden among the vent slots is a very obvious Mickey head, but if you don’t stare directly at it, you may never even notice it’s there.

Mickey hides here in the clouds among the Dinosaur ride in Animal Kingdom. With so many bumps and turns in this exciting adventure, Mickey’s head is like a little ray of sunshine among the claws and fangs.

We all know the song…The “it’s a small world,” attraction also hides one of Mickey’s silhouettes.

Mickey even swims! Here in Epcot, Mickey is hidden in the rock formation beneath the sharks. I wouldn’t recommend jumping in to save him.

Mickey Lamppost

This Mickey is a little distorted but it’s still there among the rocks of the Splash Mountain ride.

Mickey hides in the movies too! Here is Disney’s Hercules, one of the singing muses flips upside down to reveal a hidden Mickey within the curls of her hair. These muses seem to create inspiration everywhere, for the characters and even for the artists who work on the film. They will hide a Mickey wherever they can find the right place.

The film Lilo and Stitch hides a Mickey as well in the fruit cart behind the two dancing friends.

The largest hidden Mickey of all lies just outside of Orlando close to large lakes named Lake Louisa and Trout Lake.

These are only a few examples of the hidden Mickeys that are spread through Disney owned properties and movies. It’s left up to you to find the rest, but they are a challenge, so good luck. Brand recognition is so important for a company’s PR and Disney knows this and has done an amazing job making themselves known to the public. Their Mickey logo is known globally and doesn’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon.

-Nora Reed