Bizzare Change to Splash Mountain Finale

[sallyslater]

I rode SM twice recently and noticed both times that this Hidden Mickey has been missing! Why would it be gone? Would it have anything to do with the recent railroad renovation?

 

[lightningtap347]

Maybe the light went out?

 

[wdwmagic]

Seems like a broken effect

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

I never knew that was there

 

[The Pho]

Well it’s an industry standard to not have hidden mickeys so it’s been budget cut.

 

[JIMINYCR]

A missing hidden Mickey... from the title "Bizzare", I was scared they had done something to really screw up the ride for me. Whew!

 

[MaryJaneP]

We are totally missing the mickey. Can you outline it for us?

 

[Brer Fox]

It's been missing for years, or at least the visibility has been drastically reduced. I cannot remember the last time I've seen it looking like the picture you provided.

For example, this is a photo I took in December 2016.

 

[sallyslater]

We are totally missing the mickey. Can you outline it for us?

He’s lying on his back with his head on the right side facing the boat.

 

[sallyslater]

It's been missing for years, or at least the visibility has been drastically reduced. I cannot remember the last time I've seen it looking like the picture you provided.

For example, this is a photo I took in December 2016.View attachment 384135

Oh, wow! Thanks for sharing!!!!

 

[monothingie]

Wait there’s a boat at the end of the ride?

 

[Walt Disney1955]

Last year I wanted to show it to my cousin. I told him it is the most fascinating hidden mickey out there with Mickey just lying on his back in the clouds. Then I didn't see it and I looked nuts! I have no idea why they would remove it. Or alter it at all. This is just my best guess, but there has got to be some bleeding heart among the Disney crew that found it offensive in some way. That's my only guess, 20 years ago you'd have laughed at that, but right now that is honestly the best guess I can think of with that.

 

[Tom Morrow]

Well it’s an industry standard to not have hidden mickeys so it’s been budget cut.

Come to think of it, are there even any hidden mickeys in Pandora?

I could see them wanting to move away from doing them, as people end up more concerned about them than the storytelling details.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Come to think of it, are there even any hidden mickeys in Pandora?

I could see them wanting to move away from doing them, as people end up more concerned about them than the storytelling details.

Curious... I don't see it as much more then a stretch of the imagination. I never would have noticed it because it is way to distorted. It might classify as a nearly invisible Mickey though. To me it is no more a hidden Mickey then the paddle wheel shield that has two much more distinct, albeit distorted, hidden Mickey's.

If we really wanted to lose our minds we might recognize the "bird???" in the spotlight, on the top right casting a shadow that looks very similar to Oswald Rabbit.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

Wait there’s a boat at the end of the ride?

No ... It's a ship

 

[monothingie]

No ... It's a ship

Exactly.

 

[danyoung56]

Curious... I don't see it as much more then a stretch of the imagination.

In the pic you posted, it's not there. In the OP's pic, it's most definitely there.

 

[JIMINYCR]

Come to think of it, are there even any hidden mickeys in Pandora?

I could see them wanting to move away from doing them, as people end up more concerned about them than the storytelling details.

Yes there is. In the most recent Celebrations magazine, July/August issue in the feature article, Hidden Mickeys in AK, there are 3 listed in FoP.

 

[Goofyernmost]

In the pic you posted, it's not there. In the OP's pic, it's most definitely there.

OK, thanks I do see the outline in the first picture (I had copied and pasted the second one). Still seems unusual to me, Hidden Mickey's aren't usually full body silhouettes are they?

 

[danyoung56]

They can be. There was a really cool 3-dimensional Mickey head in the big mural inside the Wonders of Life.