Hidden Mickey 50 Ears

As part of the Happiest Homecoming on Earth at Disneyland, the park had been decorated with 50 hidden Mickey 50 Ears, the official icon of the 50th anniversary of Disneyland. The symbol is the traditional Mickey face and ears, but with a 50 in the center.

According to the official Disney website, "we've hidden 'Mickey 50 Ears' icons throughout Disneyland park." They listed some hints on finding the icons:

Before the 50th anniversary of Disneyland ended on September 30, 2006, the Hidden 50 Mickeys were gradually removed.

List of Mickey 50 Ears

A total of 56 Mickey icons were placed throughout the park for this part of the celebration; however, only 50 icons were displayed at one time. This is a complete list of all of the icons.

1. The first Mickey icon in the park was the flower bed as one first entered the park. Usually the face of Mickey Mouse, it had been replanted with golden flowers, and Mickey was now a standing topiary displaying the large icon.
2-13. There were twelve Mickey Icons that appeared on six of the golden lampposts, each icon appearing on either side of the lamp.
14. There was an icon on the City Hall building.
15. There was an icon just above the entrance to the Opera House.
16-17. The train station had two icons, both above the clock on the tower: one facing the entrance gate, and the other facing Main Street, U.S.A.
18. There was an icon above the entrance to Fantasyland on Sleeping Beauty Castle.
19. In the brush around the Enchanted Tiki Room, there was a totem pole icon.
20. Above the entrance to the Jungle Cruise was another icon.
21. Hidden in a tree above the queue line for the Indiana Jones: Temple of the Forbidden Eye was an icon tied in a cargo net.
22. On the front of the Mark Twain Riverboat was a prominent banner with an icon in the center.
23, 24. There were two on the Sailing Ship Columbia: one on the stern, and one at the bow.
25. There was an icon made of washbasins hanging on a cabin on Tom Sawyer Island. It was visible from across the river.
26. At the left of the Frontierland exit heading toward the hub of Main Street, U.S.A. hanging on the fort wall were metal wash basins forming a hidden Mickey icon.
27. An icon appeared on the cigar store Indian near the Shooting Gallery as a trinket, hanging from his neck.
28. On the Shooting Gallery sign was an icon that appeared to have been hit with a few stray bullets.
29. On the water tower at the entrance to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was a painted icon.
30. On the Disneyland Stage Line stagecoach was an icon in the decorative trim. The stagecoach was taken backstage in December 2005 when Santa Claus took over Big Thunder Ranch. It was never reintroduced to the park.
31. There was a large Mickey icon on the banner over the entrance to the streets of New Orleans Square.
32. There was a smaller icon on a balcony over an archway in the back streets.
33. On the front columns of the Haunted Mansion, a cobweb formed a Hidden Mickey icon.
34. Above the entrance to the Pirates of the Caribbean building was a small icon.
35. On the train bridge overpass was a wooden Mickey icon.
36. The rocks to the right of the drop on Splash Mountain formed a hidden Mickey icon.
37. One of the small crests at the entrance to the Matterhorn Bobsleds was a hidden Mickey icon.
38. On Sleeping Beauty Castle at the entrance to Main Street, U.S.A, there was a hidden icon.
39. On the Dumbo ride, one of the decorative birds had been replaced with a hidden Mickey icon.
40. One of the lanterns above the Mad Tea Party attraction was in the shape of a hidden Mickey icon.
41. The spectacles of Mr Toad above the entrance to Mr. Toad's Wild Ride had been replaced with an icon.
42. The roof of Pinocchio's Daring Journey had a weather vane that was in the shape of a hidden Mickey icon.
43. The doors of the clock of It's a Small World had a decorative Mickey icon displayed.
44. Mickey's House had a Hidden Mickey icon at the entrance.
45. On the Jolly Trolley station was another icon.
46. At the entrance to Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin, the icon appeared as the hood ornament of Benny the Cab crashing through the building.
47. On the Astro Orbitor attraction, one of the spinning calibration arms was a hidden Mickey icon.
48. On the Observatron, one of the satellite dishes was made into a hidden Mickey icon.
49. On the Imagination Institute sign for Honey, I Shrunk the Audience was another icon.
50. The rotating mosaic of Innoventions contained a hidden Mickey icon.

Additional 50 Mickeys

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