Frontierland

Themed to the American frontier of the 19th century, Frontierland is home to cowboys and pioneers, saloons, red rock buttes and gold rushes along with some influence from American history and North America in general. The original inspiration from Frontierland came from "Frontier Town" in North Hudson, New York. Frontierland. It is here that we experience the story of our country's past. The color, romance and drama of frontier America as it developed from wilderness trails to roads, riverboats, railroads and civilization. A tribute to the faith, courage and ingenuity of our hearty pioneers who blaze the trails and made this progress possible. Original Dedication, Walt Disney, July 17, 1955

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General

Hidden Mickey Found	As you enter Frontierland from the hub and look to your right, you will see a cannon. Walk around behind it and look at the tongue... the hole and the two bolts on the end of it make up a Hidden Mickey.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Amie Babineau 02 DEC 96 CONFIRMED: Benjamin Rockwell 20 JAN 97 CONFIRMED: Eric B 01 FEB 97 CONFIRMED: Pianoman 28 MAR 24
Unknown	It's been a few months since I spotted this one... I was with my friend who had just recently become a cast member, and we were walking through frontierland when I just happened to look down, and near one of the trashcans in plain sight in the concrete was a brown hidden mickey. This one is in plain sight, so I am surprised nobody has reported it yet. I cannot confirm it's exact location... I remember it to be in the vicinity of the Golden Horseshoe restaurant. Could be covered up at the moment due to Big Thunder being closed for refurbishment.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Whitney 02 OCT 00
Unknown	Right by "Rivers of America" you will find a Food cart. If you look at it from the New Orleans Square side, you will see that the 2 crates on top are simi-cirlces and so is the top of the cart, forming a hidden Mickey.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: William J Scott III 19 SEP 00
Other Hidden Character: PIRATE SHIP	If you stand on the stairway of the Railroad station, and look over to the right towards the Pirates attraction, you can see a pirate ship on the roof of the Pirates building.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Mrs. Pianoman 30 AUG 25

Rancho Del Zocalo Restaurante

Unknown	As you're approaching the entrance to the restaurant from the Frontierland side, there's a Mickey behind one of the condiment carts, halfway up a wooden beam. It's made up of depressions in the wood, and it's near the restaurant exit gate.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: anon 09 FEB 25

Frontierland Shootin' Exposition

Hidden Mickey Found	There are several fake cacti; just about each one forms a perfect Hidden Mickey. UPDATE: Most of the cacti are just cacti. But there are two that are Mickeys; this one has a target on it.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Eric Johnson 17 MAR 97 CONFIRMED: Robby Clarke 11 MAY 98 CONFIRMED: Walter Zuniga 06 FEB 01 WISHFUL THINKING: TRMHatter 19 MAR 01 UPDATE: Pianoman 28 MAR 24
Unknown	This cactus Mickey is hiding among the tombstones. CONFIRMED: It's in front of the "Nancy's Dan" tombstone.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Pianoman 01 DEC 24 CONFIRMED: Hidden Mickey Guy 09 FEB 25

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Unknown	On the back of the "Standby Entrance" sign at the front, there's a upside-down Mickey made up of bullet holes, next to an ace of clubs.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: anon 21 JAN 25
Unknown	After you pass the first turn, walk about 10-15 steps and turn to the right stone wall. (If you looked over the wall, you should be looking at the entrance.) Look at the center top. There are three stones that stand out as a Mickey. If this helps, the right ear is a black stone.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: TWINS 17 AUG 96
Unknown	In the line, you walk through a maze of stone walls. Around the very first corner, about knee level, there are three stones arranged nicely. A large tan colored stone and two small black stones. This can't be an accident.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Brad Willoughby 19 JAN 96 CONFIRMED: Robert Lucas 03 SEP 96
Unknown	About half way through the line on the ride side straight down on the ground at your feet is a painted hidden Mickey maybe four inches high.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Cindy Palmer 10 FEB 99
Unknown	As you pass over the stream by the mill (in line) you can see three little pools shaped like Mickey's head!
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Greg Price 15 APR 96
Unknown	While standing in line for Big Thunder Railroad at Disneyland Anaheim, if you look in the pool with all the coins, there is a copper coin shaped as a Mickey Mouse head. It's all the way on the right side on a little underwater ledge, away from most of the coins. It's totally obvious if you see it.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Andrew Prawoto 31 DEC 99
Unknown	While in line for the Big Thinder Mountain Railroad, my friend and I noticed a hidden Mickey. It is a cluster of three wire baskets, in the appropriate arangement to form a Mickey head. These baskets are hanging off an overhang on a porch up above the queue area in the ghost town, by the Mill. Although the baskets are square, we find it hard to believe they were "accidently" placed in this arrangement.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Dustin Froehlich 04 JUN 99
Unknown	In the queue line, when it splits before going up the stairs, there is a hidden Mickey on the ground. In the little dirt patch between the two paths, there are three circular metal rings (possibly to the bottom of a barrel?) that were placed there to form Mickey's head. I was not the only person to see this, actually three other people saw it at the same time as I.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Kyle 22 DEC 00
Unknown	Near the mill and on the right side is a blue light that shines its light on a Hidden Mickey shape.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Mc C 08 JUL 96 CONFIRMED: Wayne R. Will 09 JUL 96
Unknown	At the tip of a very tall rock formation at Thunder Mountain, there are two vultures perched atop this rock. One of the vultures lifts its wings up and down (as if it were shrugging its shoulders). When the wings are up in this manner, it makes a perfect hidden Mickey! This is best viewed at night when the bird is nothing but a silouette.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Frank Klos 27 DEC 98 CONFIRMED: Bethany Valentine 24 JAN 99
Unknown	You have to sit on the left to see this Mickey. As soon as you start moving and you start going up that first large hill. As soon as you get to the top and start to come down the Mickey is on your left on a stone. it is very hard to see but it will be right in front of you.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Chris Burns 02 JUL 00
Unknown	As you start going up the first big climb in the train, if you look in the back of the chamber sitting against the wall is three rocks in the form of our friend. They are leaning against the wall right next to where you enter the chamber. WISHFUL: This isn't really a wishful thinking, it's more of a "not sure". I've looked every single time I go up that climb, and I've sat in almost every cart of that train and I still can't see it...but if someone can take a picture of it or something...I'm anxious to see what's up.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Trent and Mike 18 NOV 96 WISHFUL THINKING: Theresa Kyame 07 FEB 97
Unknown	As you start going up the first big climb in the train, to the left you see the three pools that look like they could be a Mickey. UPDATE: When you are going up the first hill, if you look back after you reach the top of the hill, looking down at the pools of water on your left, the last pool has lights that light up in the form of 3 circles, making a Mickey head. You can only see if for a moment, since it doesn't form the head until you are at the top of the hill and about to go down the first fall - you must look back in order to see it.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Trent and Mike 18 NOV 96 CONFIRMED: kimera lawrence 09 AUG 97 CONFIRMED: Cody Aharonian 21 AUG 97 CONFIRMED: Discostar28 08 JAN 00 CONFIRMED: Hannah and Mindy 08 NOV 00
Hidden Mickey Found	In the middle of the ride, there are three large gears shaped like Mickeys head. Coming out of a tunnel and around a corner to the left of the track. You can see it if you look behind you. UPDATE: Folks, I personally know that there are no real hidden Mickeys on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. This was one of the few attractions that WAS NOT built with them in. Although, several years ago, the cast members there got sick of everyone asking where it was so they made one. This just so happens to be the three gears on "B" lift, or the second lift of the ride (the one with the goat on it.) CONFIRMED: On Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, when you start going up the first big incline, the one with the goat at the end, there is a hidden Mickey! Right at the beginning, on your left side, there are three big rusted gears, two smaller ones overlapping a big one. It is upside down, but unmistakeably a hidden Mickey.
	REPORTED: Sean Kale 03 JAN 99 UPDATE: anon 29 JUL 00 CONFIRMED: Amelia 21 JAN 01 CONFIRMED: Someone 12 APR 01 CONFIRMED: PNDCK 04 SEP 01 CONFIRMED: Ashly Vallimont 05 JAN 02
Unknown	As you go up the last or second to last lift, the rattle snakes when looked at from a certain angle appear to form a Mickey.
	REPORTED: gates browne 17 MAY 97 CONFIRMED: SteelAngel 24 JAN 98 CONFIRMED: Ryan Curtis 14 JUN 98 CONFIRMED: Deb Brown 27 AUG 98 CONFIRMED: Ashly Vallimont 05 JAN 02
Unknown	Going up the very last hill in the cave, on the left hand side, you will see three lanterns in the shape of Mickey's head, two on top one on the bottom.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: anon 19 FEB 02
Unknown	On the last turn heading for home on Big Thunder Mountain, there are baskets in front of some store facades. There is a basket with 3 peaches forming a Hidden Mickey.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Jeffrey Gee 04 JUL 01
Unknown	There is a group of red barrels secured with rope. You'll see them right below the final pass of the railroad before the ride finishes. Up above, you'll see the little ghost town with the saloon, and clothes on a clothesline. If you're looking up directly at those small fake buildings, the hidden mickey will be in front of you. There are four red barrels-- two small ones and two that are larger. Three of them form the iconic tri-circle Mickey head and ears.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: anon 28 NOV 24
Hidden Mickey Found	When you exit, take a right and head toward Fantasyland. There is a small cactus garden to the right which has many cactus that are shaped like Mickeys head. This is also near the area were the bird cage use to be. The cactus garden has several prickly pear cactus which form Hidden Mickeys (as long as the gardeners trim new pads which grow from the Hidden Mickey shapes). These Cactus Hidden Mickey at the end of Thunder Mountain are not official. Every time it starts to grow, one of the cast members usually goes out and kicks off the new sprouts so it looks like a Mickey again. Sometimes they add eyes and a nose.
	REPORTED: Everyone!

Sailing Ship Columbia

Unknown	Below the deck, there is a chest with a brass plate on it. Cut into the plate are the famous ears making a hidden Mickey.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Brad Fallon 18 NOV 96

Mark Twain Riverboat

Hidden Mickey Found	Between Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Rivers of America is a large painted sign near the loading dock of the Mark Twain. Within the sign is Steamboat Willie, standing around with passengers. UPDATE: It's next to the stroller parking, and kind of hard to see. The walkway doesn't go right up to it. It might take a good camera or binoculars to see it now.
		REPORTED: Everyone! 10 MAR 24 UPDATE: Pianoman 28 MAR 24
Hidden Mickey Found	I remember seeing a Hidden Mickey formed by three boulders along the shore. The boulders are halfway out of the water, and the "circles" are completed by their reflections in the water..., you can only make this Hidden Mickey out while on the Mark Twain, and it is visible for a short while. CONFIRMED: The first time I saw this listed, I thought, sure, right, there's a billion rocks all the way around the rivers... and then.... we saw it!!! Viewers on the Mark Twain should be on the 2nd or 3rd floors. Columbia viewers should be out on deck. As you round the back side of the River's near the Indian Chief, but on the other side of the ship, there are some rocks between the ship and the shore. The Davey Crockett canoes go on the other side of these rocks from where the ship is, and they are sort of planted out there. As you pass, 3 of the rocks are very suitably placed to form a Hidden Mickey...
	REPORTED: Oscar 04 SEP 96 CONFIRMED: Ed Johnston 15 OCT 96 CONFIRMED: Benjamin Rockwell 02 NOV 96 CONFIRMED: Eric B 25 MAY 96 CONFIRMED: TR Shaw 15 SEP 97 CONFIRMED: Matt Ricketts 16 JAN 98
Unknown	On the second bridge on the left side of the river, look for the second vertical sidepost of the mesh fence from the left side of the bridge span. A Mickey washer is under the second bolt from the top of the post.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: anon 01 FEB 25
Unknown	In the shadows under the right side of the second bridge is a Mickey hole in the rock.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: anon 01 FEB 25
Unknown	There are a lot of Hidden Mickey rock formations around the Rivers of America but one I know for sure is one a Cast Member who told me (who's name just happens to be Mickey!!!) He said there is one in the Indian Camp Grounds, on the shore, between two canoes. When you're looking for this one you have to look when the boat is before the Indian Grounds.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Wendy Darling 04 MAR 97 CONFIRMED: casss 21 JAN 00
Hidden Mickey Found	The Mark Twain Riverboat has iron grillwork on the top, (roof). The Hidden Mickey in directly in the front, and not too difficult to see. I noticed it from the banks of the Rivers of America, and rode the boat just to make sure. CONFIRMED: There is a matching one on the other side of the ironwork. The center also forms one that I would consider wishful thinking compared to this one.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Oscar 04 SEP 96 CONFIRMED: Benjamin Rockwell 09 SEP 96 CONFIRMED: Peggy Reimer 14 OCT 96 CONFIRMED: Darcy Fraser 01 FEB 97 CONFIRMED: DP 28 MAR 98
Unknown	The hidden Mickey is located on the top deck (the Texas deck) of the ship on the aft cabin. The corner support post on each side of the cabin has an ear carved in it. With the doors closed the windows appear as eyes and the knobs as his nose.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: shawn marks 21 JUN 97
Unknown	I saw a Hidden Mickey while docking on the Mark Twain Steamboat. I was standing at the front of the port (left for those of you who don't know) side. As we were coming in,I looked down at the dock. There, made with a large hole and nails, was a very familiar shape. CONFIRMED: I looked the first few times, and couldn't see it, then when I started looking at the planks where guests can't step, I suddenly saw it. You can ask my girlfriend, she was there! Props to you on a great Mickey find!!!
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: jaycub 21 FEB 97 CONFIRMED: Disneyman 17 SEP 98

Tom Sawyer Island

Unknown	In the exit gate of the Tom Sawyer rafts that leads to New Orleans Square, you must look at the gate from the inside and take a closer look at the holes that the nuts and bolts have formed. I left too quickly to take a picture of it.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: cafemokka 24 APR 01
Other Hidden Character: WINNIE THE POOH	While paddling around the Rivers of America in the Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes, I glanced over toward Tom Sawyer Island and spotted a stump in the water that looked vaguely familiar. Viewed from the side, it is clearly the profile of Pooh - his snout and mouth are the lower half of the stump. If I recall correctly, it's on the side of the island where Fantasmic is performed. CONFIRMED: As I was walking pass the Rivers of America I noticed a familiar looking tree stump in front of Tom Sawyers Island. I asked my friend who she saw when she looked at it and she agreed with me. It does look like Winnie the Pooh!
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Anne Bevilacqua 28 AUG 97 CONFIRMED: Tiffany 03 JUL 98
Unknown	At night I was standing alongside the River Area in front of the entrance to Pirates of the Carribean and I looked over at the spinning water mill on Tom Sawyer's Island. Bear with me because I'm not sure what exactly the structure was that looked like it was in front of the water wheel and supporting it. It looked like it was a brick wall. Anyways it looked like it was "weathered" and there were dark brick areas and white areas. Me and my girlfriend saw a distinct Mickey shape in the "white" areas.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Aran Johnson 04 NOV 98
Unknown	When you have just docked at Tom Sawyer Island, look at the first cave entrance where the sign is. Just above the enterance in the rocks, are 3 indents which form Mickey very clearly!!
	REPORTED: Mel & Mel & Jeromy & Colin 17 JAN 02
Unknown	A Hidden Mickey, created by three doubloons, is located under a log near the big pile of pirate treasure.
	REPORTED: anon 16 MAR 24
Unknown	It is on the top of the chimney of the Cider Mill, which is used for the Fantasmic! stage. It is a clear picture drawn in the cement capping the false chimney, complete with a smile drawn in. It is only visible from inside the Treehouse, looking south, standing on the exit stair landing gives the best view. CONFIRMED: While in Disneyland I went over to Tom Sawyer Island & i went up Tom's Tree house made for Kids while at the very top I glanced down at that house ( Fantasmic Building ) & on the chimeny which is solid not hallow there is Clearly a Hidden Mickey head ontop of it Pretty big sized.
	REPORTED: Everyone! CONFIRMED: Robert Hyken 21 JAN 99
Unknown	In the island of the "Fantasmic!" set, there is a square type section of the rock that seems to be cut and separated from the rest of the rock. In the upper right hand corner of the cut out section there seems to be a Mickey shape of the rock tilting towards the upper right.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: David Ng 15 JUL 99
Unknown	On Tom Sawyer's Island there is a Hidden Mickey in the treehouse. After climbing up to the top of the treehouse, there is a small (4-6" diameter) solid black wooden Mickey (3/4" thick) glued to the north wall of the treehouse at approx. shin/knee level. It is to the right one of the crates. It's right under the "telescope" thing on the right. It's pretty easy to see.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Eric Snow & Michael Giese 10 JUL 97 CONFIRMED: Michael Amsden 23 JUL 97 CONFIRMED: Glynnis Sweetman 21 JUL 97
Unknown	Go to Tom Sawyer's Island in Frontierland. Go to Fort Wilderness where there is a display in the Fort. At the fireplace is a bellows. Look in the center of the bellow and there is a hidden Mickey formed by the decorative work.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Steve Wong 09 JUL 01
Unknown	We were exploring Tom Sawyer's Island recently (neither of us had done so since we were kids). In the tree house on the north eastern side of the island is a Hidden Mickey. On the top room (right before you go down the stairs) they have cut outs on the walls. One is a fish and other such objects, but on the western wall in the bottom corner is one shaped like a classic Mickey head.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: carrie & brian 04 APR 98
Unknown	On Tom Saywer's Island you can go through the dark tunnels in the caves. In a certain little dead end spot it is to dark to see but if you feel up against the rocks about four feet from the ground, you can feel indents in the shape of Mickey.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: M.W. 02 DEC 97
Unknown	In the Dead Man's Grotto cave, there's a jail cell with two Mickey-shaped locks at the end of a chain.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: anon 02 FEB 25
Unknown	In the Pirate's Lair play area, there's a pile of coins. To the right of the pile, there's a blue tarp holding the treasure in place. There's three coins on the ground that poke out from a plank. The Mickey is upside-down.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: anon 02 FEB 25

River Belle Terrace

Hidden Mickey Found	The menus have the Mark Twain Riverboat on them, and like the riverboat, there are Hidden Mickeys located in the grillwork between the smokestacks.
	REPORTED: Pianoman 1 JUN 25
Unknown	Three plates on the wall by the cash register make up a perfect hidden mickey!
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Jaycub 01 APR 02
Unknown	The high chairs for the kids are made from wood. All of them have some cut-out design on the back of the chair, except one. It has the Hidden Mickey.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Stephen N. Gingeresky 18 SEP 96
Unknown	Has anyone ever looked striaght on at the sign/menu on the side facing the Rivers of America? If you do, you'll notice that the light hanging down will make the head, and the decorative wood carving on the top of the sign makes the ears.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: Jaycub 01 APR 02

The Golden Horseshoe

Unknown	Outside the Golden Horseshoe is a pile of old horseshoes. There's a Hidden Mickey in the pile.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: La Jolla Mom 5 APR 25
Hidden Mickey Found	I noticed a Hidden Mickey in the lower right corner of the center vent under the stage. CONFIRMED: It is in the middle grate towards the bottom right corner.
	REPORTED: Casey Parcell 03 AUG 97 CONFIRMED: carole norman 08 SEP 97 CONFIRMED: Heather Scott 19 JUL 98 CONFIRMED: Dana Daniels 04 OCT 98 CONFIRMED: Sunita Townsen 18 JAN 00
Unknown	On the lower level left wall are some "Hall Of Fame" pictures. The frame for Betty Taylor has small Mickeys around the middle of the frame.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: anon 23 JAN 25

Pioneer Mercantile

Hidden Mickey Found	The rustic wall lamps inside the Pioneer Mercantile (between Frontierland & Adventureland) feature hidden Mickeys made up of river rocks.
	REPORTED: anon 16 MAR 24 CONFIRMED: Pianoman 28 MAR 24

Fantasmic!

Unknown	I am a member of the FANTASMIC! crew as a character. We too have a hidden Mickey. If you look at the water screens when Jiminy Crickett is on it, in the bottom left hand corner. Three of the bubbles join to create Mickey. We asked the artists for the show for confimation and they said they did it on purpose.
No Photos Yet	REPORTED: anon 09 MAR 98
Hidden Mickey Found	This is one that you can check out only at special times....it is in the Fantasmic! show....the Mickey occurs in the show that happens when Sorcerer Mickey is going down the river, just before the whirlpool scene. The Mickey Head appears in the foam of the water just ahead of Mickey. The whole sequence happens in a split second and occurs just before the pirate ship comes on stage. Good luck finding this one. CONFIRMED: I'd like to confirm the Hidden Mickey seen in Fantasmic! In the whirlpool scene on the water screen, right before the Columbia pirate ship floats by, the water flows together to form the basic shape of Mickey for a few seconds. It took me two times to actually see it, but it's there! CONFIRMED: Yes there is a Hidden Mickey in Fantasmic on the part where Mickey is just about to be sucked into the whirlpool. It is only there for a second, and it can also be seen in the movie Fantasia, because that is where this clip of movie came from. UPDATE: Confirming the Hidden Mickey during Fantasmic right before Mickey goes down the whirlpool. I pulled out my Fantasia video and confirmed that this clip exists in both places.
	REPORTED: L & T Miles 03 MAR 96 CONFIRMED: Jennifer Cernosek 10 APR 96 CONFIRMED: Eric Johnson 09 JAN 97 CONFIRMED: Benjamin Rockwell 03 FEB 97> CONFIRMED: Lauren Ferreira 04 MAR 97 UPDATE: Pianoman 06 JAN 98
Unknown	On Belle's dress in Fantasmic there is a Hidden Mickey on the front part of her dress where her beads are supposed to be. UPDATE: You have to be sitting very close to see it. CONFIRMED: In the show FANTASMIC!, yes, there is definitly a "hidden Mickey" on one of the costumes; that of Belle's dress. How do I know this, I work in costuming for the show. The sparkling "diamond" broach on the center of her bodice is in fact in the form of a Mickey head. It is only visible if sitting along Rivers of America. Its' value is around $85, but far from the value of the dress in the 5 digit range. That is the only hidden Mickey on any costumes for that show and hats off to you for discovering it, not many people realize it.
	REPORTED: Lauren Ferreira 20 DEC 96 UPDATE: Josh Mc Kinney 29 JAN 97 CONFIRMED: Benjamin Rockwell 09 MAR 97 CONFIRMED: anon 16 APR 01

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