We are all pretty familiar with the larger than life iconic details in the parks. There are the castles in DL and MK, the Pixar-Pal-Around (formerly known as Mickey’s Fun Wheel) in DCA, Spaceship Earth in Epcot, and the Tree of Life in Animal Kingdom. Hollywood Studios main icon is another post for another kind of blogger, just too many options over the years. The icon I think about most often for Hollywood Studios is the Chinese Theater that use to be home to The Great Movie Ride but now houses Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway. There are many more large details that we all love: The Matterhorn, Space Mountain, Tower of Terror, and I could go on and on and these are the details that you can’t miss. These are all literally huge iconic details.
I think we can all agree that Disney knows how to do the details and they are excellent at executing their plans down to the tiniest details. You will find tiny details all over the parks and this is what we live for (if you said that in Ursula’s voice, we can now be friends.)
I could spend my entire lifetime looking for, and writing about, the smallest details and never find them all, but that would not be a bad way to live out the rest of my days! My friend, Karen, and I did spend 3 days walking every ounce of the California parks while taking notes of all the details, so I have just a few items of unseen magic to share with you.
These tiny details can be found over at DCA, just as you pass Award Wieners, Mickey’s Philharmagic theater and get to Schmoozies!.
What you are looking for here is some gorgeous mosaic artwork. There are four benches, two on each side of Schmoozies! You will find benches throughout the parks, but what makes these unique are the mosaic artwork pieces above them. So grab a corn dog from Award Wieners or a shake or smoothie from Schmoozies! and hope that one of these benches is available for you to sit on and take some time to explore these pieces of art. Since there are four benches I guess you’ll have to get four treats or snacks to enjoy them all.
There is also a mosaic panel under the ordering counter at Schmoozies! but you can’t really get up in there and explore, but notice it next time you order a shake or smoothie!
This next picture is the first bench on the right side of Schmoozies and we’ve got some items for you to look for next time you are in the parks!
I SPY these 14 items in the mosaic above this bench:
- Cat in a shoe
- Piano
- Glasses
- The # 7
- Carrot
- Dog
- Airplane
- Lock
- Dragonfly
- White star
- Sunflower
- Pot
- Gold Goblet