Thirty rows · the year each was lost, and why

The ones that are gone

A list of Hidden Mickeys is written once and then rots. Thirty rows in this register are recorded as no longer there, and a reader sent after one of them is standing in front of a wall that was repainted in a refurbishment. This is the dated record of what was lost, when the record says it went, and what the record says happened to the place.

How this section is put together

By park, in the order the parks opened, and inside each park by the year the record says the spot was lost. Nothing here is ordered by interest and nothing is counted. Each row carries what the register carries and no more: the place, the area, the years, and the reason given for the loss — which often names what stands there now.

For 26 of the 30 rows there is something the register does not carry and this house does: an attestation out of Disney's own dated guide maps. The house holds 171 of those sheets. Where one prints the name of the place a find sat in, the count and the dates of the earliest and most recent sheet are printed beside the row. A sheet attests that a name was printed on a date. It cannot attest that a name was absent, and it says nothing about the Mickey.

One of them, on the operator's own sheet

A detail of Disney's own printed guide map to the Disney-MGM Studios. The Earffel Tower -- a water tower wearing Mickey ears -- is drawn and labelled EARFFEL TOWER, beside the soundstages, Mickey Avenue, the Walt Disney Theater and Post Production Editing & Audio.
Held by this house

A detail of Disney's own printed guide map to the Disney-MGM Studios. The Earffel Tower -- a water tower wearing Mickey ears -- is drawn and labelled EARFFEL TOWER, beside the soundstages, Mickey Avenue, the Walt Disney Theater and Post Production Editing & Audio.

Disney-MGM Studios guide map, held in the house map register as MGM 1996-11
PDF page 1 of MGM_1996-11.pdf. The crop is positioned by the PDF's own text layer: the build searches the page for the words EARFFEL and TOWER and centres on where the sheet itself places them, so the caption cannot drift from the picture.
Dated 1996-11. The house map register dates this sheet 1996-11 and records its basis as "file name gives the month, not the day". The month is published and the day is not, because the day is not known.
F:\DEEPVAULT\wdw_mapscans\MGM_1996-11.pdf, one of 171 dated Disney guide map sheets held here. The sheet carries its own printed code, "© Disney J6DM5005 9601292", which is reproduced rather than decoded.
The Earffel Tower is one of the thirty removed rows: the register records it lost in 2016 for Toy Story Land construction. This is the operator's own sheet, dated, printing the structure while it stood. It attests the place, and nothing about any Mickey reported on or near it.

Magic Kingdom — 7 rows

Pooh's Playful Spot

GoneMickey + 20,000 Leagues tribute · Fantasyland

Recorded from 2005 to 2010. Removed for New Fantasyland expansion.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-001

Swiss Family Treehouse — plate/cups table arrangement

GoneMickey · Adventureland

Recorded from 1971 to 2011. Loose crockery arrangement was moved; known dead listing.

On Disney's own sheets 16 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Swiss Family Treehouse”. The earliest is MK1993VerB, dated 1993 (file name gives the year only); the most recent held here is MK 2026-01-05, dated 2026-01-05 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-003

Uptown Jewelers — rose-stem display

GoneMickey · Main Street, U.S.A.

The record carries no start year for this row. It is recorded as lost in 2011. Window-display Mickey declared gone; fragile retail dressing.

On Disney's own sheets 5 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Uptown Jewelers”. The earliest is MK1993VerB, dated 1993 (file name gives the year only); the most recent held here is MK 2026-01-05, dated 2026-01-05 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-007

Snow White's Scary Adventures — queue mural

GoneMickey · Fantasyland

Recorded from 1971 to 2012. Ride closed; site became Princess Fairytale Hall.

On Disney's own sheets One of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here prints the name “Snow White's Scary Adventures”: WDW Vacationers Guide 1977 Dec, dated 1977-12 (file name gives the month, not the day). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-002

Splash Mountain — Laughing Place profile

GoneMickey · Frontierland

Recorded from 1992 to 2023. Attraction closed and was rebuilt as Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

On Disney's own sheets 15 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Splash Mountain”. The earliest is MK1993VerB, dated 1993 (file name gives the year only); the most recent held here is MK 1901, dated 2019-01 (YYMM code in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-004

Splash Mountain — additional queue/prop Mickeys

GoneMickey · Frontierland

Recorded from 1992 to 2023. Several prop-based finds vanished with retheme.

On Disney's own sheets 15 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Splash Mountain”. The earliest is MK1993VerB, dated 1993 (file name gives the year only); the most recent held here is MK 1901, dated 2019-01 (YYMM code in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-005

Tom Sawyer Island

GoneMickey / legacy details · Frontierland

Recorded from 1973 to 2025. Island closed for redevelopment; archive only.

On Disney's own sheets 16 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Tom Sawyer Island”. The earliest is WDW Vacationers Guide 1977 Dec, dated 1977-12 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is MK 1901, dated 2019-01 (YYMM code in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-006

EPCOT — 6 rows

Ice Station Cool / old Club Cool rear banner

GoneMickey · World Celebration

Recorded from 1998 to 2005. Original Ice Station Cool branding/space replaced.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-008

Former Innoventions Plaza tip board

GoneMickey · World Celebration

The record carries no start year for this row. It is recorded as lost in 2019. Tip board demolished during EPCOT transformation.

On Disney's own sheets 14 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Innoventions”. The earliest is EC 1996-11, dated 1996-11 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is EC 2019-06-04, dated 2019-06-04 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-010

Former Innoventions character backdrop

GoneMickey · World Celebration

The record carries no start year for this row. It is recorded as lost in 2019. Backdrop/building removed in EPCOT transformation.

On Disney's own sheets 14 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Innoventions”. The earliest is EC 1996-11, dated 1996-11 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is EC 2019-06-04, dated 2019-06-04 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-009

Test Track 2.0 — design-studio whiteboard

GoneMickey · World Discovery

Recorded from 2012 to 2024. 2.0 queue removed in 2024–25 rebuild.

On Disney's own sheets 16 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Test Track”. The earliest is EC 1996-11, dated 1996-11 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is EC 2019-06-04, dated 2019-06-04 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-011

Test Track 2.0 — line-pattern queue detail

GoneMickey · World Discovery

Recorded from 2012 to 2024. 2.0 queue removed in 2024–25 rebuild.

On Disney's own sheets 16 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Test Track”. The earliest is EC 1996-11, dated 1996-11 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is EC 2019-06-04, dated 2019-06-04 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-012

Remy's Ratatouille Adventure — entrance queue painting

GoneMickey · World Showcase

Recorded from 2021 to 2025. Prop-based find later reclassified as lost.

On Disney's own sheets One of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here prints the name “Remy's Ratatouille Adventure”: EC 2021-10-01, dated 2021-10-01 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-013

Hollywood Studios — 6 rows

Earffel Tower

GoneMickey ears / park icon · Former backlot

Recorded from 1989 to 2016. Removed for Toy Story Land construction.

On Disney's own sheets One of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here prints the name “Earffel Tower”: MGM 1996-11, dated 1996-11 (file name gives the month, not the day). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-018

Voyage of the Little Mermaid — queue/show references

GoneMickey · Animation Courtyard

Recorded from 1992 to 2020. Original show closed; replacement production uses different sets.

On Disney's own sheets 21 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Voyage of the Little Mermaid”. The earliest is MGM 1996-11, dated 1996-11 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is DHS 2019-06-02, dated 2019-06-02 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-019

Muppet*Vision 3D

GoneMickey · Grand Avenue

Recorded from 1991 to 2025. Show closed; area redeveloped.

On Disney's own sheets 18 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Muppet Vision”. The earliest is MGM 1996-11, dated 1996-11 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is DHS 2024-02-25, dated 2024-02-25 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-016

Stage 1 Company Store — yellow paint splat

GoneMickey · Grand Avenue

The record carries no start year for this row. It is recorded as lost in 2025. Store/area closed for Monsters, Inc. redevelopment.

On Disney's own sheets 9 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Stage 1 Company Store”. The earliest is MGM 1996-11, dated 1996-11 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is DHS 2019-06-02, dated 2019-06-02 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-017

Rock 'n' Roller Coaster — Aerosmith studio floor cable

GoneMickey · Sunset Boulevard

Recorded from 1999 to 2026. Removed in Muppets conversion; concept moved to new set detail.

On Disney's own sheets 20 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Rock 'n' Roller Coaster”. The earliest is DHS 2012-05, dated 2012-05 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is DHS 2026-05-26, dated 2026-05-26 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-014

Rock 'n' Roller Coaster — Aerosmith-era signage/film finds

GoneMickey · Sunset Boulevard

Recorded from 1999 to 2026. Old queue, preshow and safety film replaced.

On Disney's own sheets 20 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Rock 'n' Roller Coaster”. The earliest is DHS 2012-05, dated 2012-05 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is DHS 2026-05-26, dated 2026-05-26 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-015

Animal Kingdom — 8 rows

Primeval Whirl sign

GoneMickey · DinoLand U.S.A.

Recorded from 2002 to 2020. Ride closed and demolished.

On Disney's own sheets 12 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Primeval Whirl”. The earliest is DAK 2012-01, dated 2012-01 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is DAK 2019-01-07, dated 2019-01-07 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-024

Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama — pavement/prop cluster

GoneMickey · DinoLand U.S.A.

Recorded from 2001 to 2025. Area demolished for Tropical Americas.

On Disney's own sheets 12 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Chester”. The earliest is DAK 2015-01, dated 2015-01 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is DAK 2019-11-08 v2, dated 2019-11-08 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-020

The Boneyard — fan/hardhat arrangement

GoneMickey · DinoLand U.S.A.

Recorded from 1998 to 2025. Playground closed ahead of DinoLand redevelopment.

On Disney's own sheets 13 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Boneyard”. The earliest is DAK 2012-01, dated 2012-01 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is DAK 2025-03-17, dated 2025-03-17 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-026

Cretaceous Trail

GoneMickey · DinoLand U.S.A.

Recorded from 1998 to 2026. Trail removed with DinoLand closure.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-021

DINOSAUR — loading/ride dry-erase board and tree detail

GoneMickey · DinoLand U.S.A.

Recorded from 1998 to 2026. Ride closed Feb. 2026 for Tropical Americas conversion.

On Disney's own sheets 17 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “DINOSAUR”. The earliest is DAK 2012-01, dated 2012-01 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is DAK 2025-11-07, dated 2025-11-07 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-022

DINOSAUR — queue mural

GoneMickey · DinoLand U.S.A.

Recorded from 1998 to 2026. Queue/show building closed in 2026.

On Disney's own sheets 17 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “DINOSAUR”. The earliest is DAK 2012-01, dated 2012-01 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is DAK 2025-11-07, dated 2025-11-07 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-023

Restaurantosaurus — boot sole / plaster detail

GoneMickey / Minnie · DinoLand U.S.A.

Recorded from 1998 to 2026. Restaurant closed with DinoLand.

On Disney's own sheets 15 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Restaurantosaurus”. The earliest is DAK 2012-01, dated 2012-01 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is DAK 2025-11-07, dated 2025-11-07 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-025

TriceraTop Spin — ride vehicle detail

GoneMickey · DinoLand U.S.A.

Recorded from 2001 to 2026. Ride removed for Tropical Americas.

On Disney's own sheets 12 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “TriceraTop Spin”. The earliest is DAK 2012-01, dated 2012-01 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is DAK 2019-01-07, dated 2019-01-07 (printing date in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-027

Disney Springs — 3 rows

Toys Fantastic — mural

GoneMickey · Marketplace

The record carries no start year for this row. It is recorded as lost in 2002. Shop replaced; historical listing only.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-028

DisneyQuest interior finds

GoneMickey · West Side

Recorded from 1998 to 2017. DisneyQuest closed; building later reused and removed from active hunt.

On Disney's own sheets 7 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “DisneyQuest”. The earliest is DTD 2012-01, dated 2012-01 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is DS 2017-04, dated 2017-04 (file name gives the month, not the day). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-030

Tren-D — interior Mickey

GoneMickey · Marketplace

Recorded from 2008 to 2023. Shop gutted/reworked.

On Disney's own sheets 9 of the 171 dated Disney guide-map sheets held here print the name “Tren-D”. The earliest is DTD 2012-01, dated 2012-01 (file name gives the month, not the day); the most recent held here is DS 1119 SP, dated 2019-11 (MMYY code in the file name). A sheet attests the place, on that date. It says nothing about the Mickey.

Leadreported by HM02 · row HM-HIST-029

Why a removed row is kept

Removed Mickeys are the point of a Time Machine layer. Never delete a gone row. A find that stood in a queue from one year to another is a dated record of a place that no longer exists, and that is the business of this record. Deleting it because it can no longer be found would leave the reader with no way to tell a thing that was never there from a thing that was taken away.

The one fact this record turns on

Disney publishes no list of Hidden Mickeys. Of the 126 rows carried in this register, the number whose owner is the operator is zero, and the register says why: there is no operator list to have. The standing rule in this house is that research is a lead until the operator's own page is opened. On this subject the operator's pages have been opened, and what they say is that the practice exists, that Disney's own guides point some of these out on a tour, and that guests also find three-circle shapes that were never meant to be one. None of them names a location. So nothing here is ever promoted out of lead, and that is the subject of these pages rather than a caveat printed under them.

Disney publishes no canonical Hidden Mickey list; this is one app's catalogue.

How to read these pages

Lead
Every find below is a third party's report. It is carried, attributed and dated, and it is never printed in Disney's voice. The register marks all 126 rows LEAD and this page cannot change that.
The from-year
The workbook carries a from-year for each row. It does not state whether that year is when the find was first reported or when the place itself opened, so the figure is printed as the workbook's own and nothing is inferred from it.
The difficulty ladder
The workbook grades every find on a four-step ladder. The ladder is not published. In its place each row carries a plain sentence about the looking itself, attached to no score, counting nothing and ordering nothing.
The class column
The workbook also carries a class column of A and B whose meaning the record nowhere states. It is not published, because a letter nobody can explain is not a fact.
Order
Place order, or the order of the years the record carries. Nothing on these pages is ordered by interest, and nothing is counted towards anything.
A guide map
A dated sheet can attest that a name was printed on it. It can never attest that a name was absent, and it says nothing at all about a Mickey. Every attestation below is a count of sheets held in this house, never of sheets Disney printed.
A quotation
A passage is quoted only where the reading is clean English. One repair is declared and it is the only one: a line break in the printed original is rendered as a space. The raw reading is printed beside every quotation so the repair can be checked rather than trusted, because a corrected quotation is an invented one.

Register read 2026-09-14 from WDW_Time_Machine_Layers_SEA_Hidden_Mickeys.xlsx. Built 23 September 2026. The house holds no photograph of any Hidden Mickey, and none is implied by the pictures on these pages: they are printed pages that name the practice, and one of Disney's own map sheets.

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