What I Drew for Disneyland's Birthday – Day 8

(front) Tiana and Penny.
(at left) Snow White, Jasmine John and Wendy.
(at right) Gaston, Michael and Boo.

3x hidden Mickeys.

Character “meet and greets,” photo opportunities and other such encounters seem like cornerstone elements to a Disney experience. If you hunt down pictures of the first characters to appear in Disneyland in 1955, you might think that they were an after thought. There’s a long story on the first Mickey and Minnie guests could meet in person, of which I don't have room to recount here.

Penny is from The Rescuers. John, Wendy and Michael are the Darling children form Peter Pan. They are dressed as I though English children would wear in the daytime - which is a combination of Christopher Robin’s clothes and those of the Bank’s children from Mary Poppins. Boo is from Monsters, Inc.

 

A Matterhorn mountain combo.

The Three Caballeros

whiz through on a bobsled run.

Goofy ascends the outside of the Mountain.

Matterhorn Bobsleds, Disneyland.

Meanwhile, resident, Harold the yeti is not amused by any of it.

 1x hidden Mickey.

 

Tarzan and Jane on a jungle cruise and
encounter fierce-looking hippopotamuses.
Baloo and Louie pop up to check out the commotion.
Jungle Cruise

2x hidden Mickeys. 

 

The suggestion box for July 9th is now closed.

You have now until 5:00pm EDT (2:00 PDT) July 9th, to pitch suggestions inspired by your favorite Disney Parks things and characters for consideration to be my last sketch of the day - here in the comments.

Above is a handy checklist of the things I’ve already sketched, which will to help you help me fill this autograph book with 51 sketches of 51 different beloved Disney Parks things.

That’s 28 done for 23 more.