On 18 November, Mickey Mouse’s birthday, a Hidden Mickey made by the sun appears for a few minutes around noon in the queue of Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid in Magic Kingdom. Whistle While You Work saw it there on 18 November 2025, and Theme Parks With Elodie describes the same shadow. Disney does not list it on its own pages, so it is told here as they report it.
What was seen
Reported · Whistle While You Work · 19 November 2025
Whistle While You Work went into the queue of Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid on Mickey’s birthday last year, when cast members let guests in at noon, and saw a faint Hidden Mickey made by the sun. It lasts a few minutes.
- Cast members showed the way into the queue, and the sun made the Mickey for a few minutes. (at 2:29)
- Guests waited in line for noon, and the crowd sang Happy Birthday to Mickey before going in. (at 4:03)
Watch Whistle While You Work at 2:29
Also reported · Theme Parks With Elodie · 14 September 2026
Theme Parks With Elodie describes the same shadow: on Mickey’s birthday, around midday and only under a clear sky, sunlight through the rockwork casts a shape like Mickey and Minnie, and one cloud at the wrong minute hides it. Watch at 10:42
Where the sun stands
Worked out from the solar equations of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, at the ride’s place on the map (28.4214° N, 81.5799° W):
| 18 November | The sun at its highest | The sun at noon |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12:11 p.m., 42° above the horizon, due south | 42° up, 4° east of south |
| 2026 | 12:11 p.m., 42° above the horizon, due south | 42° up, 4° east of south |
On 18 November 2026 the sun is highest at 12:11 p.m., 42° above the horizon. At noon, when the guests who saw it were let into the queue, it stands 42° up, 4° east of south. Whether the shadow forms at noon or at the sun’s highest point depends on how the rockwork is cut, and Disney publishes nothing on it: the people who saw it were there at noon.
The sky that day
The forecast for noon on 18 November appears here two days before. A cloud across the sun at the wrong minute hides the shadow.
Disney Weather Check, powered by AccuWeather, is a weather app for Disney’s parks and resorts, Walt Disney World among them, announced on 28 May 2026. It gives an hour-by-hour forecast for the resort, AccuWeather’s MinuteCast (rain where you stand over the next four hours, to the minute), the RealFeel temperature and the UV index. Its Disney features switch on inside the AccuWeather app once you are on Disney property, and its alerts match the ones Disney’s own staff act on. AccuWeather’s announcement
The ride and its queue
Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid is in Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom Park. Disney’s own words for it: “Board a clamshell and become part of Ariel’s world on a musical adventure awash with scenes from the animated classic.” Disney’s page (read 24 October 2026).
