Hilary
There's always something new to learn!
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- Feb 10, 2000
Edited to add 10 May 08 - this thread is now out of date, so some of the tips may no longer be accurate Deb has kindly agreed to 'unstick' it from the top of Trip Planning. Thanks to everyone who contributed their tips when the list was started back in 2005!
Here is the combined list of everyone's tips from the Saturday Spotlight threads. We'll be adding to this list each week as different topics are covered.
If you have any further tips to add to any of the topics, please post them on those individual threads and one of the mods will then add them to this 'master list'.
Magic Kingdom
Make use of the MK Railroad. It’s a nice way to get a feel for the park’s layout as well as a great way to rest those weary feet traveling between different areas of MK.
Visit Tinkerbell's Treasures, a shop behind the castle, as soon as it opens. Inside the shop is a very special treasure box where Tinkerbell sleeps! If you are the first guest of the day to enquire, you might be lucky enough to be asked to wake her up. You’ll be told to wave a wand, say "Wake up, Tinkerbell" three times, and then you’ll hear Tink fly around the room. Of course, you probably won't manage to spot her because she's a fairy and flies pretty fast once she’s woken up, but you will see flashing lights and hear bells so you’ll know when she’s awake. You might also be given a certificate and some stickers.
If you’re trying to move between Liberty Square and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad or Splash Mountain, try the boardwalk next to the river – it’s usually much less crowded, especially around parade times.
Look for the wedding ring embedded in the cement outside of the Haunted Mansion (I’ve never managed to find it!) and the jewels around Aladdin’s Flying Carpet.
Behind the castle you’ll find Cinderella’s fountain. Bend down to child’s eye level and see how a crown magically appears on Cinderella’s head.
The Railroad station platform at the park entrance gives a great view of the parades as they come around underneath.
Above the Main Street shops, on the right hand side as you face the castle, there’s a dance studio. Listen carefully and you’ll hear tap shoes dancing. In the nearby alley you may also be able to hear piano lessons taking place.
When picking a spot to watch Wishes remember you’ll be looking upwards (that may sees obvious now, but it’s easy to forget when you suddenly spot a gap in the crowds!) so check for any trees that might block your view.
To avoid the crowds lining Main Street before a parade, or if it’s raining, walk through the shops on the Tomorrowland side of the street – they are all inter-connected.
Look out for the Mickey shaped manhole covers in Toontown.
A perfect place to view the parades with only a few people around you (no pushing or shoving ) is in front of the "Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe" in Frontierland because of the wooden fence in front of the door which is always in place (not one of the temporary ones used for during parades). Get their reasonably early, make yourself look er big(!) and it's like a private viewing area!
I recommend the Tomorrowland Transit Authority on a hot day. There's never a queue and you get a lovely view of Tommorowland at the same time as a smashing breeze
For parents travelling with small children, head straight for Fantasyland as soon as you can to get the rides here done. Dumbo is a good one to do early as the queues can be long but for some reason small ones always want to ride this.
If your children want to let off a bit of steam there is a little play area in Mickey's Toontown Fair. I'd guess it's aimed at children under 6 or 7?
Get your hair cut at the Harmony Barbers Shop on Mainstreet. They do a great 'First Haircut' with a certificate, Mouse ears (with First Haircut on the back), Mickey Confetti wrapped up with the trimmings and enough stickers to um.. (lots of stickers!) I can't remember how much $$ it was but it seems reasonable for just the haircut! Apparantly once the days supply of ears is gone, it's gone so get there on opening.
Get to the park before it opens to see all the characters come to open the gates! If you're REALLY lucky you might get chosen to help them open up. Then as soon as you go in you can get loads of photos, autographs etc.
Take time to enjoy the little things....
- the beautiful window displays along Main St
- the flowers, plants and animals (ducks on the water in front of the Crystal Palace)
- how the music changes between lands without you really noticing it!
- singing bushes and grass......
- the 'hidden' path from Toontown to Tommorowland
- my ABSOLUTE favourite - make sure you stop and see the Barbershop Quartet, what a fabulous job and what great voices - get to know them, they are lovely people, have a chat
- visit the pianist outside Caseys and again, stop and have a chat, he's a nice guy...
Don't get too close to the castle as it hides many of the lower level fireworks. I have often found the bridge to the hub in front of the castle to be about the right distance. You get to see the castle in all of it's lit up glory and perfectly framed by the fireworks.
As well as the TTA, another way to rest weary legs is to take a ride on the Liberty Square Riverboat. I've always enjoyed this less glitzy attraction.
Tom Sawyer's Island is a great place to chill out. There are loads of quiet spots to sit or, if you've got kids, they can wear themselves out in the fort while you rest in the shade. Aunt Polly's also has lovely snacks.
Walk right down the middle of Main Street USA! Make and early PS for Crystal Palace on a non-EE day. There's nothing quite like walking down the middle of Main Street with hardly anyone else around! (OK I admit it - I SKIPPED down the middle of Main Street, much to DD's embarassment!).
On Main Street check out the old style phone in the General Store (on the right side of the street as you're headed in). Pick up the receiver and listen...
On Cinderella's Carousel look for the one horse with a gold ribbon on its tail, that's Cinderella’s horse.
If you are on the first crossing of the day to Tom Sawyer Island, be sure to explore all of the island and caves looking for the paintbrushes hidden there – your reward if you are first to find them are Front of the Line passes for either Splash Mountain or BTMRR.
If eating at Cinderella’s Royal Table look up in the rafters to spot Cinderella’s mice hiding up there.
In the Winnie the Pooh ride, Mr. Toad (the ‘host’ of previous ride at this location) hands off the deed to the ride to Pooh (To see Mr. Toad, look to your left as you enter owl's house. There's a framed picture on the wall, just inside the doors). Also, on the floor of the Pooh ride on the right in Owl's house there is a picture of Pooh and Moley from Mr.Toad
The Lady and the Tramp paws in front Tony´s Reataurant.
Check out some of the trees at night in Tomorrowland - they close up.
By the Plaza restaurant, look up to the 2nd floor to find Walt's window.
There is a great spot to watch the fireworks ( and Tinkerbelle's flight) that is the rose garden area just in front of Cinder's castle. They have cut back a lot of the trees that had grown up in this area and now you can get an excellent view here. If you stand right up close to the fence surrounding the rose garden you should get an uninterupted (and excellent) view of both the fireworks and Tink's flight (which goes pretty much straight over your head).
There are small sensors in the street along the parade route in the MK. They are used to monitor the parade floats.
Push, the talking trash can can sometimes be found in Tomorrowland, near the Pleakley figure. He is great fun and interacts well with the people around him.
In Tomorrowland there is a huge planetary map on a granite ball, this ball is held up by water. It would take a lot of strong men to lift it, but on the water a child can spin it!
On Big Thunder Mountain, in the day the saloon is quiet and dark, at night there is light and music coming from it!
At the entrance to the Haunted Mansion, wait for while and you will see Madam Leota appear in her tombstone. But by the time you tell someone, she'll be gone!
If you feel like a break and don't want to go back to your (offsite)hotel, a nice thing to do is go to the Contemporary or one of the other hotels for lunch, you can take a monorail or walk and it's usually quite quiet. The burgers at the Concourse steakhouse are huge and you can easily split one! The Kona Café at the Polynesian is also wonderful. It's a bit more restful than eating in the MK itself.
MK – MAIN STREET USA - Once you go through the train station and are into the "movie," the first thing you see are the credits. If you look up at the names on the windows of the buildings along Main Street, you see the names of all the people who were responsible for building the park. The very last name is Walt's, but you really have to know where to look because it is on the backside of the last building on the right (ice cream parlor?). It seems like he's almost hidden from view, but Roy wanted him there so that he would always have a view of the castle.
MK – MAIN STREET- The telephones in the stores along Main Street. Pick one up and you will hear a conversation. Some of them are really funny.
MK – MAIN STREET USA- If you turn down the first side street to your right on Main Street on a more quiet day and look up at the windows that have signs that say something like "music lessons", you'll hear a voice practicing scales and someone tap dancing. You can't always hear it - it has to b pretty quiet.
MK – MAIN STREET USA In the MK if you go to The Partners Statue in front of the castle and look at the ring on Walt's hand, you will see a hidden Mickey.
MK – MAIN STREET USA- I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet, and it's not really a secret, but it's something I've never noticed before in Tony's Town Square Restaurant....At the back of the restaurant, there is a beautiful 3-paned dark blue window, through which you can see the shadowy silhouettes of Lady and the Tramp sharing their late-night meal of spaghetti. My husband and I were seated directly in front of it, and didn't even see it until 2 children stopped next to us and point ed to the "wall" behind us. When I turned around, I couln't believe I almost missed this lovely, romantic scene!
MK MAINSTREET USA The Lady and the Tramp paws in front Tony´s at MK
MK – MAIN STREET USA - In FantasyLand the pavement changes a few times. One is near Ariel's Grotto. The pavement is cement mixed with sea shells like you would find near an ocean town. Another is right in front of the carousel where Merlin the Magician picks a lucky lad to remove the Sword from the Stone. The pavement there is shaped like sword blades.
MK – MAIN STREET STATION- Has anyone mentioned being a "guest conductor" on the train in the Magic Kingdom? If you sit in the very last car, the one that is the little platform out the back they will ask you to be the guest conductor. Last time all three of my kids fit back there while we were up a few rows. They get to yell "All Aboard" into the microphone and announce the different lands. Not only do you have a perfect location to videotape the entire journey, but you will also receive a nifty "Co-Pilot License'
MK – MAIN STREET STATION at the train station. Up on one of the shelves (CMs can halp you locate it) you can see Aladdin's lamp as well as other characters belongings waiting to be picked up at the train station.
monorail.
MK – MAIN STREET STATION- There was mention of the items in the waiting room at the Frontier Land train station. On of the items is a wooden leg. If you look at it closely, you can find a name on it -- Smith. Any Mary Poppins fan will recognize the joke.
MK – CASTLE Behind the castle is a fountain with Cinderella. If you bend down and look at the fountain the crown on the back wall appears to crown Cinderella.
MK – CAROUSEL - Apparently there is only one horse on the carousel that has a gold ribbon on it's tail. This particular horse is rumored to be Cinderella's favorite. (atleast that's what the fairy godmother said).
MK – WINNIE THE POOH - seen the part of the Winnie the Pooh ride, where Mr. Toad hands off the deed to the ride to Pooh
MK – MISC - go into Tinkerbell's Treasures ( the shop that is near Cindy's Castle) There is a small chest that looks like a lady's vanity near the front entrance. Over it is mirror that sparkle's Pixie dust every once in a while. If you look in the first drawer's key hole you can see Tink and she's tangled up like in the story
MK – IIS A SMALL WORLD - In it's a small world, there is only one nation or region whose name is actually written out anywhere in the attraction - look (carefully) for the small hat with the name "Mexico" written on it as you venture through the South American portion of the ride! :
MK – SNOW WHITE - In Snow White's Scary Adventures, originally there was no image of SW in it because it was supposed to be from her point of view (the guest is seeing it through SW's eyes, basically) but so many people complained at not seeing her that Disney finally put in a Snow White figure to stop the complaints!
MK – TOMORROWLAND- The motorized trashcans in TomorrowLand.
MK – TOMORROWLAND- I like the Hidden Mickey in Buzz Lightyear. In the very last room where you are still able to shoot, look forward at the top left corner, there's a planet with Mickey on it. This same planet is also on the map of planets in the waiting area just as you enter. The planet is blue, if that helps you any MK – TOMORROW LAND TRANSIT AUTHORITY At one point during the Tommorrowland Transit Authority attraction, riders pass by a model of a futuristic city. This model was Walt Disneys personal vision of E.P.C.O.T.
MK – PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - When in the queue for Pirates of the Carribean, the two skeletons playing chess have died playing because the chess game is at a stalemate- nobody can win.
MK – PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - shout GEORGE 3 times during the fire scene to see what happens this follows the real legend that an imagineer called George died whilst making this ride he is said to haunt it and unless the CMs say goodnight to him each eveing the ride won’t function properly the next day
MK – HAUNTED MANSION - My favorite is the ring in the concrete at the end of Haunted Mansion
MK – HAUNTED MANSION - If you're by the Haunted Mansion at night, look up at the top story right above the front door. If you watch it for a while you'll notice a light pass by it and some shadows, it looks like 2 people are walking by with a lantern.
MK – HAUNTED MANSION- The gravestone of Madame Leota that moves (lifts its face...glances around...) at the entrance to HM has been mentioned a few times, but do you know why that tombstone just appeared within the last year or so?
Madame Leota, the creepy woman in the crystal ball in the seance room of the Haunted Mansion, was played by Leota Thomas (a former Disney Imagineer, actually) and voiced by Eleanor Audley (also the voice of Malificent and Lady Tremaine) - thanks to www.doombuggies.com for this info.
MK – HAUNTED MANSION just before you board the doom buggy look for a table on the right that has a small lamp on it.there is a dictionary on the table that always open to the word ghost.go ahead take a look.....maybe youll be the 1000th ghost
MK – HAUNTED MANSION - When you're in HM in the pre-board show (hall of portraits), look straight up when the lights go out and the lightning flashes. You see a "dead body" hanging from the celling!
MK – HAUNTED MANSION - On the rooftop and turrets of the Haunted Mansion, there are replicas of chess pieces such as rooks, pawns, kings, and queens.
Has anyone ever noticed that the "hands" on the clock are actually FINGERS !?!?!?!?!?
MK – TOMORROWLAND spot the hidden mickey planet during the ride, its right near the end
MK – COUNTRY BEAR JAMBOREE - The claw marks on the floor of The Country Bear Jamboree.
MK – LIBERTY SQUARE- In Liberty Square in MK, all of the shutters are hung slightly at an angle. This is because during the revolutionary war, England stopped shipping the US almost everything made of metal because the colonials would melt them down for bullets. One thing they did continue to ship was shutters. The colonials would take the metal hinges off the shutters to melt down for bullets, and would hang the shutters with leather straps. Over time, the leather would stretch out, causing the shutters to hang at an angle. Pretty awesome!
MK – SPLASH MOUNTAIN - The opening of the top cave of Splash Mountain (the one you exit as you take the final plunge) is a hidden Mickey. It is noticable from inside the cave and outside. It is profile shaped, not the traditional mouse and ears.
The original thread with these Magic Kingdom tips is here
Check out the DIS for general information about the Magic Kingdom here!
Here is the combined list of everyone's tips from the Saturday Spotlight threads. We'll be adding to this list each week as different topics are covered.
If you have any further tips to add to any of the topics, please post them on those individual threads and one of the mods will then add them to this 'master list'.
Magic Kingdom
Make use of the MK Railroad. It’s a nice way to get a feel for the park’s layout as well as a great way to rest those weary feet traveling between different areas of MK.
Visit Tinkerbell's Treasures, a shop behind the castle, as soon as it opens. Inside the shop is a very special treasure box where Tinkerbell sleeps! If you are the first guest of the day to enquire, you might be lucky enough to be asked to wake her up. You’ll be told to wave a wand, say "Wake up, Tinkerbell" three times, and then you’ll hear Tink fly around the room. Of course, you probably won't manage to spot her because she's a fairy and flies pretty fast once she’s woken up, but you will see flashing lights and hear bells so you’ll know when she’s awake. You might also be given a certificate and some stickers.
If you’re trying to move between Liberty Square and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad or Splash Mountain, try the boardwalk next to the river – it’s usually much less crowded, especially around parade times.
Look for the wedding ring embedded in the cement outside of the Haunted Mansion (I’ve never managed to find it!) and the jewels around Aladdin’s Flying Carpet.
Behind the castle you’ll find Cinderella’s fountain. Bend down to child’s eye level and see how a crown magically appears on Cinderella’s head.
The Railroad station platform at the park entrance gives a great view of the parades as they come around underneath.
Above the Main Street shops, on the right hand side as you face the castle, there’s a dance studio. Listen carefully and you’ll hear tap shoes dancing. In the nearby alley you may also be able to hear piano lessons taking place.
When picking a spot to watch Wishes remember you’ll be looking upwards (that may sees obvious now, but it’s easy to forget when you suddenly spot a gap in the crowds!) so check for any trees that might block your view.
To avoid the crowds lining Main Street before a parade, or if it’s raining, walk through the shops on the Tomorrowland side of the street – they are all inter-connected.
Look out for the Mickey shaped manhole covers in Toontown.
A perfect place to view the parades with only a few people around you (no pushing or shoving ) is in front of the "Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe" in Frontierland because of the wooden fence in front of the door which is always in place (not one of the temporary ones used for during parades). Get their reasonably early, make yourself look er big(!) and it's like a private viewing area!
I recommend the Tomorrowland Transit Authority on a hot day. There's never a queue and you get a lovely view of Tommorowland at the same time as a smashing breeze
For parents travelling with small children, head straight for Fantasyland as soon as you can to get the rides here done. Dumbo is a good one to do early as the queues can be long but for some reason small ones always want to ride this.
If your children want to let off a bit of steam there is a little play area in Mickey's Toontown Fair. I'd guess it's aimed at children under 6 or 7?
Get your hair cut at the Harmony Barbers Shop on Mainstreet. They do a great 'First Haircut' with a certificate, Mouse ears (with First Haircut on the back), Mickey Confetti wrapped up with the trimmings and enough stickers to um.. (lots of stickers!) I can't remember how much $$ it was but it seems reasonable for just the haircut! Apparantly once the days supply of ears is gone, it's gone so get there on opening.
Get to the park before it opens to see all the characters come to open the gates! If you're REALLY lucky you might get chosen to help them open up. Then as soon as you go in you can get loads of photos, autographs etc.
Take time to enjoy the little things....
- the beautiful window displays along Main St
- the flowers, plants and animals (ducks on the water in front of the Crystal Palace)
- how the music changes between lands without you really noticing it!
- singing bushes and grass......
- the 'hidden' path from Toontown to Tommorowland
- my ABSOLUTE favourite - make sure you stop and see the Barbershop Quartet, what a fabulous job and what great voices - get to know them, they are lovely people, have a chat
- visit the pianist outside Caseys and again, stop and have a chat, he's a nice guy...
Don't get too close to the castle as it hides many of the lower level fireworks. I have often found the bridge to the hub in front of the castle to be about the right distance. You get to see the castle in all of it's lit up glory and perfectly framed by the fireworks.
As well as the TTA, another way to rest weary legs is to take a ride on the Liberty Square Riverboat. I've always enjoyed this less glitzy attraction.
Tom Sawyer's Island is a great place to chill out. There are loads of quiet spots to sit or, if you've got kids, they can wear themselves out in the fort while you rest in the shade. Aunt Polly's also has lovely snacks.
Walk right down the middle of Main Street USA! Make and early PS for Crystal Palace on a non-EE day. There's nothing quite like walking down the middle of Main Street with hardly anyone else around! (OK I admit it - I SKIPPED down the middle of Main Street, much to DD's embarassment!).
On Main Street check out the old style phone in the General Store (on the right side of the street as you're headed in). Pick up the receiver and listen...
On Cinderella's Carousel look for the one horse with a gold ribbon on its tail, that's Cinderella’s horse.
If you are on the first crossing of the day to Tom Sawyer Island, be sure to explore all of the island and caves looking for the paintbrushes hidden there – your reward if you are first to find them are Front of the Line passes for either Splash Mountain or BTMRR.
If eating at Cinderella’s Royal Table look up in the rafters to spot Cinderella’s mice hiding up there.
In the Winnie the Pooh ride, Mr. Toad (the ‘host’ of previous ride at this location) hands off the deed to the ride to Pooh (To see Mr. Toad, look to your left as you enter owl's house. There's a framed picture on the wall, just inside the doors). Also, on the floor of the Pooh ride on the right in Owl's house there is a picture of Pooh and Moley from Mr.Toad
The Lady and the Tramp paws in front Tony´s Reataurant.
Check out some of the trees at night in Tomorrowland - they close up.
By the Plaza restaurant, look up to the 2nd floor to find Walt's window.
There is a great spot to watch the fireworks ( and Tinkerbelle's flight) that is the rose garden area just in front of Cinder's castle. They have cut back a lot of the trees that had grown up in this area and now you can get an excellent view here. If you stand right up close to the fence surrounding the rose garden you should get an uninterupted (and excellent) view of both the fireworks and Tink's flight (which goes pretty much straight over your head).
There are small sensors in the street along the parade route in the MK. They are used to monitor the parade floats.
Push, the talking trash can can sometimes be found in Tomorrowland, near the Pleakley figure. He is great fun and interacts well with the people around him.
In Tomorrowland there is a huge planetary map on a granite ball, this ball is held up by water. It would take a lot of strong men to lift it, but on the water a child can spin it!
On Big Thunder Mountain, in the day the saloon is quiet and dark, at night there is light and music coming from it!
At the entrance to the Haunted Mansion, wait for while and you will see Madam Leota appear in her tombstone. But by the time you tell someone, she'll be gone!
If you feel like a break and don't want to go back to your (offsite)hotel, a nice thing to do is go to the Contemporary or one of the other hotels for lunch, you can take a monorail or walk and it's usually quite quiet. The burgers at the Concourse steakhouse are huge and you can easily split one! The Kona Café at the Polynesian is also wonderful. It's a bit more restful than eating in the MK itself.
MK – MAIN STREET USA - Once you go through the train station and are into the "movie," the first thing you see are the credits. If you look up at the names on the windows of the buildings along Main Street, you see the names of all the people who were responsible for building the park. The very last name is Walt's, but you really have to know where to look because it is on the backside of the last building on the right (ice cream parlor?). It seems like he's almost hidden from view, but Roy wanted him there so that he would always have a view of the castle.
MK – MAIN STREET- The telephones in the stores along Main Street. Pick one up and you will hear a conversation. Some of them are really funny.
MK – MAIN STREET USA- If you turn down the first side street to your right on Main Street on a more quiet day and look up at the windows that have signs that say something like "music lessons", you'll hear a voice practicing scales and someone tap dancing. You can't always hear it - it has to b pretty quiet.
MK – MAIN STREET USA In the MK if you go to The Partners Statue in front of the castle and look at the ring on Walt's hand, you will see a hidden Mickey.
MK – MAIN STREET USA- I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet, and it's not really a secret, but it's something I've never noticed before in Tony's Town Square Restaurant....At the back of the restaurant, there is a beautiful 3-paned dark blue window, through which you can see the shadowy silhouettes of Lady and the Tramp sharing their late-night meal of spaghetti. My husband and I were seated directly in front of it, and didn't even see it until 2 children stopped next to us and point ed to the "wall" behind us. When I turned around, I couln't believe I almost missed this lovely, romantic scene!
MK MAINSTREET USA The Lady and the Tramp paws in front Tony´s at MK
MK – MAIN STREET USA - In FantasyLand the pavement changes a few times. One is near Ariel's Grotto. The pavement is cement mixed with sea shells like you would find near an ocean town. Another is right in front of the carousel where Merlin the Magician picks a lucky lad to remove the Sword from the Stone. The pavement there is shaped like sword blades.
MK – MAIN STREET STATION- Has anyone mentioned being a "guest conductor" on the train in the Magic Kingdom? If you sit in the very last car, the one that is the little platform out the back they will ask you to be the guest conductor. Last time all three of my kids fit back there while we were up a few rows. They get to yell "All Aboard" into the microphone and announce the different lands. Not only do you have a perfect location to videotape the entire journey, but you will also receive a nifty "Co-Pilot License'
MK – MAIN STREET STATION at the train station. Up on one of the shelves (CMs can halp you locate it) you can see Aladdin's lamp as well as other characters belongings waiting to be picked up at the train station.
monorail.
MK – MAIN STREET STATION- There was mention of the items in the waiting room at the Frontier Land train station. On of the items is a wooden leg. If you look at it closely, you can find a name on it -- Smith. Any Mary Poppins fan will recognize the joke.
MK – CASTLE Behind the castle is a fountain with Cinderella. If you bend down and look at the fountain the crown on the back wall appears to crown Cinderella.
MK – CAROUSEL - Apparently there is only one horse on the carousel that has a gold ribbon on it's tail. This particular horse is rumored to be Cinderella's favorite. (atleast that's what the fairy godmother said).
MK – WINNIE THE POOH - seen the part of the Winnie the Pooh ride, where Mr. Toad hands off the deed to the ride to Pooh
MK – MISC - go into Tinkerbell's Treasures ( the shop that is near Cindy's Castle) There is a small chest that looks like a lady's vanity near the front entrance. Over it is mirror that sparkle's Pixie dust every once in a while. If you look in the first drawer's key hole you can see Tink and she's tangled up like in the story
MK – IIS A SMALL WORLD - In it's a small world, there is only one nation or region whose name is actually written out anywhere in the attraction - look (carefully) for the small hat with the name "Mexico" written on it as you venture through the South American portion of the ride! :
MK – SNOW WHITE - In Snow White's Scary Adventures, originally there was no image of SW in it because it was supposed to be from her point of view (the guest is seeing it through SW's eyes, basically) but so many people complained at not seeing her that Disney finally put in a Snow White figure to stop the complaints!
MK – TOMORROWLAND- The motorized trashcans in TomorrowLand.
MK – TOMORROWLAND- I like the Hidden Mickey in Buzz Lightyear. In the very last room where you are still able to shoot, look forward at the top left corner, there's a planet with Mickey on it. This same planet is also on the map of planets in the waiting area just as you enter. The planet is blue, if that helps you any MK – TOMORROW LAND TRANSIT AUTHORITY At one point during the Tommorrowland Transit Authority attraction, riders pass by a model of a futuristic city. This model was Walt Disneys personal vision of E.P.C.O.T.
MK – PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - When in the queue for Pirates of the Carribean, the two skeletons playing chess have died playing because the chess game is at a stalemate- nobody can win.
MK – PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - shout GEORGE 3 times during the fire scene to see what happens this follows the real legend that an imagineer called George died whilst making this ride he is said to haunt it and unless the CMs say goodnight to him each eveing the ride won’t function properly the next day
MK – HAUNTED MANSION - My favorite is the ring in the concrete at the end of Haunted Mansion
MK – HAUNTED MANSION - If you're by the Haunted Mansion at night, look up at the top story right above the front door. If you watch it for a while you'll notice a light pass by it and some shadows, it looks like 2 people are walking by with a lantern.
MK – HAUNTED MANSION- The gravestone of Madame Leota that moves (lifts its face...glances around...) at the entrance to HM has been mentioned a few times, but do you know why that tombstone just appeared within the last year or so?
Madame Leota, the creepy woman in the crystal ball in the seance room of the Haunted Mansion, was played by Leota Thomas (a former Disney Imagineer, actually) and voiced by Eleanor Audley (also the voice of Malificent and Lady Tremaine) - thanks to www.doombuggies.com for this info.
MK – HAUNTED MANSION just before you board the doom buggy look for a table on the right that has a small lamp on it.there is a dictionary on the table that always open to the word ghost.go ahead take a look.....maybe youll be the 1000th ghost
MK – HAUNTED MANSION - When you're in HM in the pre-board show (hall of portraits), look straight up when the lights go out and the lightning flashes. You see a "dead body" hanging from the celling!
MK – HAUNTED MANSION - On the rooftop and turrets of the Haunted Mansion, there are replicas of chess pieces such as rooks, pawns, kings, and queens.
Has anyone ever noticed that the "hands" on the clock are actually FINGERS !?!?!?!?!?
MK – TOMORROWLAND spot the hidden mickey planet during the ride, its right near the end
MK – COUNTRY BEAR JAMBOREE - The claw marks on the floor of The Country Bear Jamboree.
MK – LIBERTY SQUARE- In Liberty Square in MK, all of the shutters are hung slightly at an angle. This is because during the revolutionary war, England stopped shipping the US almost everything made of metal because the colonials would melt them down for bullets. One thing they did continue to ship was shutters. The colonials would take the metal hinges off the shutters to melt down for bullets, and would hang the shutters with leather straps. Over time, the leather would stretch out, causing the shutters to hang at an angle. Pretty awesome!
MK – SPLASH MOUNTAIN - The opening of the top cave of Splash Mountain (the one you exit as you take the final plunge) is a hidden Mickey. It is noticable from inside the cave and outside. It is profile shaped, not the traditional mouse and ears.
The original thread with these Magic Kingdom tips is here
Check out the DIS for general information about the Magic Kingdom here!