Has anyone (visitor) hidden anything at a WDW park or resort?

[zeedan]

I had a conversation with a co-worker who told me a story: when he was about 15 (he's 40 now) the family went to Epcot and he got a pressed penny from one of the pavilions. They went to the Japan pavilion and he pushed the pressed penny between a railing in an inconspicuous place and could not get it out. He went back on his honeymoon some time later and was able to find it and remove it. He now has 2 kids and they have all gone back to Epcot (several visits) and always go to see his penny. They were able to pull it out and then always put it back. They always make it a point to check on the penny.

Has anyone else heard a story like this? (let's skip the ashes answers)

 

[WondersOfLife]

I hid my money but I can't find where it all ended up.

 

[JIMINYCR]

I've read on another site that many guests do leave items behind in the resorts and parks with the hopes/intention of returning to find them on another trip. It was reported that the the Disney crew the majority of the time finds these items and disposes of them. I have several times left a coin placed somewhere inconspicuously in TOT but never was successful in finding it on a return trip.

 

[Nemo14]

A few years ago I hid a little RedSox souvenir at AKL for a friend to find on his visit the following week. My husband taped it under a bench I was sitting on at the time, pretending to tie my shoe. We took pictures of where it was and everything, but my friend never found it. A few weeks later, we were in the area, so we went searching for it, doing the same "tie my shoe" routine, but it definitely wasn't there, but coincidentally we were followed into the gift shop right after that by what we figured were security people (or Yankee fans)

 

[Phonedave]

Geocaching is a game / hobby / sport / whatever where people hide caches, post the GPS coordinates, and others then find them. Depending on the size of the cache, people swap trinkets, sign log books,, leave trackable items, etc.

There used to be caches all over WDW property. Then two things happened. First, groundspeak (the company that runs geocaching.com) made a rule that you could not place caches in locations that required an admission charge. However, caches that were already in place that violated this were grandfathered. The next thing that happened was a bomb scare of sorts on WDW when a person was seen retrieving and replacing a cache. WDW security had previously turned a blind eye to the caches, but after that, they removed them all.

There were a number outside of the parks, such as by the buses in Disney Springs, and along the path leading to the IG at EPCOT (by the friendship dock). However, my favorite was the one at the Stave Church in Norway. There was an M&M Minis tube, painted black, in the rafters outside the door facing the EPCOT main gate. There was a log of those who found it inside. It was easy for me, because I am tall, but for others it was difficult to retrieve and replace without attracting attention.

 

[YankeeMouse]

A co-worker was coming to WDW the week following us. I left a post-it note with a greeting in the phone book at Pecos Bill's (no phone books anymore). I told him to figure out where it might be. We both worked at a zoo in Chicago and I left it in the Z's. He found it, took a photo.

 

[SteveAZee]

I printed a series of notes (1" x 2") using tyvek as the paper and a hot wax transfer printer for the ink. I ran some tests for waterproofing and tearing and general abuse and they were pretty impervious. Basically the note said that it was a test of whether or not I could create waterproof clues and hide them across WDW, so if you have discovered this note, please email me (and provided a special email). I hid them in planters, in railings, in signage, etc.. never got an email back from any of them.

 

[danlb_2000]

Geocaching is a game / hobby / sport / whatever where people hide caches, post the GPS coordinates, and others then find them. Depending on the size of the cache, people swap trinkets, sign log books,, leave trackable items, etc.

There used to be caches all over WDW property. Then two things happened. First, groundspeak (the company that runs geocaching.com) made a rule that you could not place caches in locations that required an admission charge. However, caches that were already in place that violated this were grandfathered. The next thing that happened was a bomb scare of sorts on WDW when a person was seen retrieving and replacing a cache. WDW security had previously turned a blind eye to the caches, but after that, they removed them all.

There were a number outside of the parks, such as by the buses in Disney Springs, and along the path leading to the IG at EPCOT (by the friendship dock). However, my favorite was the one at the Stave Church in Norway. There was an M&M Minis tube, painted black, in the rafters outside the door facing the EPCOT main gate. There was a log of those who found it inside. It was easy for me, because I am tall, but for others it was difficult to retrieve and replace without attracting attention.

I remember hearing about the bomb scare incident at DL, did this also happen at WDW?

 

[s8film40]

This isn't WDW it was Legoland but I added that little chimney to the house up on the cliff. I figured it was out of reach of children and looked like it belonged so I wanted to see how long it would last. Came back a week later and it was gone.

 

[ppete1975]

I don't understand you people!!! Do you want them to clean or not? They probably assume that most trash left by guests is intentional not just rude jerks that cant pick up after themselves.

 

[NiarrNDisney]

I always wanted to make a mosaic made out of glass pebbles under the bridge on the path between the Crescent Lake Resorts and DHS. I would start it with a few pieces glued together and then add to it every time I visited maybe even get others to add to it as well. Obviously its a pipe dream but it would be fun to see how far it would go.

 

[LaughingGravy]

This isn't WDW it was Legoland but I added that little chimney to the house up on the cliff. I figured it was out of reach of children and looked like it belonged so I wanted to see how long it would last. Came back a week later and it was gone.
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And if you look in the same picture, to the left of the house on the bottom with the red roof and 3 windows, you can see the one extra white piece that is still there.
J/K Really though, me, my brother, and another fellow leave things for each other all the time. We've had things undiscovered by staff and retrieved left for up to 3 months. It's a game we play.

 

[ppete1975]

I'm sure a cardboard hamburger wrapper (the burger is cardboard, the wrapper is... wrapper) isn't the same thing.

I was joking because of all of the posts about how Disney is dirtier than it used to be and the trashcan that was overflowed.

 

[CLEtoWDW]

So back in 2005 I hid an item inside of Magic Kingdom which as of our most recent trip in August was still in the place I left it all those years ago! I won’t give specifics other than it’s somewhere in Frontierland and in a spot where there isn’t a lot of foot traffic.

 

[surfsupdon]

On NYE in 2005 we were in Epcot. Obviously it was crowded. My dad took a quarter and hid it in the American Adventure pavilion, saying if you ever need family or a memory, find the quarter and remember the moment.

All these years latercthe quarter is still where he left it. We go a few times a year and always detour to find that quarter!!

 

[ItsFigmentFan]

On a different note, I've not hidden anything, but I have deployed a few Virtual Munzees for anyone to find and capture...

 

[ppete1975]

On NYE in 2005 we were in Epcot. Obviously it was crowded. My dad took a quarter and hid it in the American Adventure pavilion, saying if you ever need family or a memory, find the quarter and remember the moment.

All these years latercthe quarter is still where he left it. We go a few times a year and always detour to find that quarter!!

That wont even buy you a coffee or pressed penny nowadays

 

[Mizzourah]

I believe I heard a guest on the Retro WDW podcast episode about Spaceship Earth mention when they were younger, they threw a Playboy onto the stack of magazines in the California garage (or whatever scene was there before that one) scene, which allegedly remained for quite some time.

 

[Phonedave]

I remember hearing about the bomb scare incident at DL, did this also happen at WDW?

I'm not sure where it happened. Maybe it was DL, and it caused them to pull the caches at all of the parks. I just remember all of the missing cache reports coming in on Geocaching.com Groundspeak is pretty careful about taking down caches in places that can cause "public excitement" (for good reason). I have not geocached in a while, but when I was doing it, I was not a big fan of the urban caches. Even though I was pretty good at not attracting attention while searching, I much preferred the ones that were hidden deep in the woods. Both for the hike involved, and because you did not have to worry about getting questioned by anybody (or them calling the police)


-dave

 

[aliceismad]

What's the difference between hiding something in the parks and writing or carving your name into a wall, etc. to say you were there?