Walt Disney World Guests Can Enjoy 75 "InspEARations" of Mickey Mouse Through April

**mickey** · 11-21-2003

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- In honor of Mickey Mouse's 75th anniversary, 75 of his friends have created a once-in-a-lifetime tribute called "Celebrate Mickey: 75 InspEARations," an artistic showcase on display at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort through April 2004.

Unveiled at the theme park in grand fashion on Nov. 18, 2003 -- 75 years to the day Mickey made his debut in "Steamboat Willie" -- 75 statues of Mickey Mouse salute the remarkable career of the beloved Disney icon.

The "Celebrate Mickey: 75 InspEARations" program brings together Disney Legends, artists, actors, athletes and musicians who lent their creative inspiration to uniquely designed statues of the famous mouse -- each standing six feet tall and weighing 700 pounds.

All 75 statues will be on display around the Magic Kingdom's entrance through April 2004. Afterward, they'll visit cities across the United States and the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. Sotheby's will auction every statue in 2005 with all proceeds benefiting charities chosen by each artist.

75 InspEARations Statue Program

1 Saxophonic Mickey Dave Koz - Musician
2 "I'm Going To Walt Disney World" Cody Reynolds for Walt Disney World® Resort
3 Fruits of the Mouse Andreas Deja - Disney Legend
4 It was All Started By A Mouse Vanessa Hunt for The Disney Store
5 Mickey Through the Years Tuck Morgan for Disney Consumer Products
6 Mickey's Shadow Trey Hoyumpa for Parsons School of Design - Art School
7 You Can Do It Elva Salinas for The Home Depot - Sponsor
8 Peace and Love Michelle Kwan - Athlete
9 Tune In Anthony Rietta for Radio Disney
10 Undersea Mickey Wyland - Artist
11 Viva Mickey Luis Armand Garcia forGeorge Lopez -TV Show
12 The Original Mouse Pad Jamie Lee Curtis - Actor
13 Crazy Style Mouse MEAR ONE - Artist
14 Funny Pages Lori Tyminski for Disney Publishing Worldwide
15 Mickey Celebrates Our Freedom Paul Wenzel - Artist
16 Super Fan Mickey Regis Philbin - TV Host
17 Jet Setter John Travolta - Actor
18 Slapstick Mouse Jerry Bruckheimer - Director
19 Home Rum Hero Ben Affleck - Actor
20 Tuxedo Lenox - Artist
21 All Aboard! Ollie Johnston - Disney Legend
22 Flying Colors #3 David Willardson - Artist
23 Delivery Man Mickey Kelly Kozel & Sharon Noh for The Coca-Cola Company - Sponsor
24 FrontEAR Tales Fess Parker - Disney Legend
25 True Blue Marlee Matlin - Actor
26 Ready for Action Christy Carlson Romano - Actor
27 Ellenland Ellen DeGeneres - Actor
28 Always My Angel, Mickey Annette Funicello - Disney Legend
29 Dunk Mouse Shaquille O'Neal - Athlete
30 Ice-skatEAR Paul Wylie - Athlete
31 ESPN Sports Center Mickey Linda Cohn, Dan Patrick & Robin Roberts - TV Show
32 ESPN 25th Anniversary Mickey Chris Berman & Dick Vitale - TV Show
33 All The World's His Stage Susan Lucci - Actor
34 Memories Dennis Larkins for Kodak - Sponsor
35 Mickey and the Nightingale Ming-Na - Actor
36 Music Royalty Sir Elton John - Musician
37 Expended Play Wayne Brady - Actor
38 Clouded Conscience Raven - Actor
39 Mickey: In Yellow. Rosie O'Donnell - Actor
40 Lone Star Kermit Eisenhut - Tour City
41 Let's Party Chris Fedun for Jump5 - Musician
42 Back to School Al Konetzni - Artist
43 Family Tree Jeff Conine - Athlete
44 Monday Night Mickey Al Michaels & John Madden - TV Show
45 Love All Andre Agassi - Athlete
46 Big Cheese Mickey Jeff Spohn for Otis College - Artist
47 Mickey in the Park Black Entertainment Television - TV Station
48 Mickey On the Move Malcom Stone for Suddath Relocations Systems - Sponsor
49 Wonderful World of Mickey Kathryn E. Morgan - Tour City (Philadelphia)
50 Patchwork Pal Thomas Knechtel - Tour City (Atlanta)
51 Mouseskateer Tony Hawk - Athlete
52 UndercovEAR Mickey Jennifer Garner - Artist
53 Funny Bones James Gandolfini - Actor
54 Good Catch Bob Guiney - Actor
55 TRON Mickey Syd Mead - Creator
56 Field Mouse Brian Matson - Tour City (Chicago)
57 Fountain of Fun Christina Grantham - Tour City (Kansas City)
58 Mickey's Dream Peter Ellenshaw & Harrison Ellenshaw - Artist
59 Lobsta Mickey Breanna Rowlette - Tour City (Boston)
60 Mickey Reigns Anita Hurst - Tour City (Portland)
61 Rockin' Mickey Mario Vaiana - Tour City (Denver)
62 Wild for Mickey Star Jones - Actor
63 Reflections on Mickey Disneyland® Resort Entertainment Art Dept. - Internal
64 Filmic Mickey Kataneh Vahdani for California Institute of the Arts - Art School
65 Base Mouse Gary Baseman - Artist
66 El Mickey Lamberto Alvarez - Tour City (Dallas)
67 Mambo Mickey Andy Garcia - Actor
68 Believe In Your Dreams Kevin Garnett - Athlete
69 Big City Mouse Kelly Ripa - TV Host
70 National Pastime Mickey Major League Baseball® - TV Show
71 Mickey's Nation 1928 Janet Jackson - Musician
72 Moustacciolli Doris Roberts - Actor
72 Music Mouse Brian McKnight - Musician
74 I Speak for Mickey and Mickey Speaks for Me Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor - Disney Legend
75 Space Mouse Tom Hanks - Actor

Photos of all 75 Mickeys!

InspEARationa Home Page

goofygal1975 · 11-21-2003

Our bus driver at WDW this past weekend mentioned this to us. We missed the reveal by 2 days! Can't wait to see these when we go in a week or two!! Thanks for listing them all!

**Dana** · 11-21-2003

This is just one more thing I can look forward to seeing on my upcoming trip. Thanks for the link and the heads-up Mickey!

sandanv1 · 11-22-2003

I can't wait to see these up close!!
I would love to get some of these but in smaller size.

dab · 11-24-2003

We were there!!! The statues are really fun! Michael Eisner was there for the big unveiling as well as lots of press coverage. Surprisingly the park wasn't crowded at all. I was also quite surprised at how few people even knew what the statues were for. One big perk... they had an unannounced early opening. We got there at about 8:45 and went right in. Too bad we weren't there earlier! My DD's b-day is the 19th. I went in the hospital to have her on the 18th but she missed Mickey's b-day by 3 hours! It was fun celebrating at Magic Kingdom and seeing the statues.

noahsark45331 · 11-24-2003

Thanks for the info, Mickey! I hope they will have smaller, affordable ones available for purchase.

Ghostrider002 · 06-06-2004

Unfortunatly,I have never been to WDW.. but one day maybe I will be able to see this..For this Tribute type deal seems pretty cool.

11-21-2003	#1 (permalink)
mickey Administrator Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,229	Walt Disney World Guests Can Enjoy 75 "InspEARations" of Mickey Mouse Through April LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- In honor of Mickey Mouse's 75th anniversary, 75 of his friends have created a once-in-a-lifetime tribute called "Celebrate Mickey: 75 InspEARations," an artistic showcase on display at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort through April 2004. Unveiled at the theme park in grand fashion on Nov. 18, 2003 -- 75 years to the day Mickey made his debut in "Steamboat Willie" -- 75 statues of Mickey Mouse salute the remarkable career of the beloved Disney icon. The "Celebrate Mickey: 75 InspEARations" program brings together Disney Legends, artists, actors, athletes and musicians who lent their creative inspiration to uniquely designed statues of the famous mouse -- each standing six feet tall and weighing 700 pounds. All 75 statues will be on display around the Magic Kingdom's entrance through April 2004. Afterward, they'll visit cities across the United States and the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. Sotheby's will auction every statue in 2005 with all proceeds benefiting charities chosen by each artist. 75 InspEARations Statue Program 1 Saxophonic Mickey Dave Koz - Musician 2 "I'm Going To Walt Disney World" Cody Reynolds for Walt Disney World® Resort 3 Fruits of the Mouse Andreas Deja - Disney Legend 4 It was All Started By A Mouse Vanessa Hunt for The Disney Store 5 Mickey Through the Years Tuck Morgan for Disney Consumer Products 6 Mickey's Shadow Trey Hoyumpa for Parsons School of Design - Art School 7 You Can Do It Elva Salinas for The Home Depot - Sponsor 8 Peace and Love Michelle Kwan - Athlete 9 Tune In Anthony Rietta for Radio Disney 10 Undersea Mickey Wyland - Artist 11 Viva Mickey Luis Armand Garcia forGeorge Lopez -TV Show 12 The Original Mouse Pad Jamie Lee Curtis - Actor 13 Crazy Style Mouse MEAR ONE - Artist 14 Funny Pages Lori Tyminski for Disney Publishing Worldwide 15 Mickey Celebrates Our Freedom Paul Wenzel - Artist 16 Super Fan Mickey Regis Philbin - TV Host 17 Jet Setter John Travolta - Actor 18 Slapstick Mouse Jerry Bruckheimer - Director 19 Home Rum Hero Ben Affleck - Actor 20 Tuxedo Lenox - Artist 21 All Aboard! Ollie Johnston - Disney Legend 22 Flying Colors #3 David Willardson - Artist 23 Delivery Man Mickey Kelly Kozel & Sharon Noh for The Coca-Cola Company - Sponsor 24 FrontEAR Tales Fess Parker - Disney Legend 25 True Blue Marlee Matlin - Actor 26 Ready for Action Christy Carlson Romano - Actor 27 Ellenland Ellen DeGeneres - Actor 28 Always My Angel, Mickey Annette Funicello - Disney Legend 29 Dunk Mouse Shaquille O'Neal - Athlete 30 Ice-skatEAR Paul Wylie - Athlete 31 ESPN Sports Center Mickey Linda Cohn, Dan Patrick & Robin Roberts - TV Show 32 ESPN 25th Anniversary Mickey Chris Berman & Dick Vitale - TV Show 33 All The World's His Stage Susan Lucci - Actor 34 Memories Dennis Larkins for Kodak - Sponsor 35 Mickey and the Nightingale Ming-Na - Actor 36 Music Royalty Sir Elton John - Musician 37 Expended Play Wayne Brady - Actor 38 Clouded Conscience Raven - Actor 39 Mickey: In Yellow. Rosie O'Donnell - Actor 40 Lone Star Kermit Eisenhut - Tour City 41 Let's Party Chris Fedun for Jump5 - Musician 42 Back to School Al Konetzni - Artist 43 Family Tree Jeff Conine - Athlete 44 Monday Night Mickey Al Michaels & John Madden - TV Show 45 Love All Andre Agassi - Athlete 46 Big Cheese Mickey Jeff Spohn for Otis College - Artist 47 Mickey in the Park Black Entertainment Television - TV Station 48 Mickey On the Move Malcom Stone for Suddath Relocations Systems - Sponsor 49 Wonderful World of Mickey Kathryn E. Morgan - Tour City (Philadelphia) 50 Patchwork Pal Thomas Knechtel - Tour City (Atlanta) 51 Mouseskateer Tony Hawk - Athlete 52 UndercovEAR Mickey Jennifer Garner - Artist 53 Funny Bones James Gandolfini - Actor 54 Good Catch Bob Guiney - Actor 55 TRON Mickey Syd Mead - Creator 56 Field Mouse Brian Matson - Tour City (Chicago) 57 Fountain of Fun Christina Grantham - Tour City (Kansas City) 58 Mickey's Dream Peter Ellenshaw & Harrison Ellenshaw - Artist 59 Lobsta Mickey Breanna Rowlette - Tour City (Boston) 60 Mickey Reigns Anita Hurst - Tour City (Portland) 61 Rockin' Mickey Mario Vaiana - Tour City (Denver) 62 Wild for Mickey Star Jones - Actor 63 Reflections on Mickey Disneyland® Resort Entertainment Art Dept. - Internal 64 Filmic Mickey Kataneh Vahdani for California Institute of the Arts - Art School 65 Base Mouse Gary Baseman - Artist 66 El Mickey Lamberto Alvarez - Tour City (Dallas) 67 Mambo Mickey Andy Garcia - Actor 68 Believe In Your Dreams Kevin Garnett - Athlete 69 Big City Mouse Kelly Ripa - TV Host 70 National Pastime Mickey Major League Baseball® - TV Show 71 Mickey's Nation 1928 Janet Jackson - Musician 72 Moustacciolli Doris Roberts - Actor 72 Music Mouse Brian McKnight - Musician 74 I Speak for Mickey and Mickey Speaks for Me Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor - Disney Legend 75 Space Mouse Tom Hanks - Actor Photos of all 75 Mickeys! InspEARationa Home Page Attached Images __________________ Frank Costanza: You can drop a grand in Disney World, like that. My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Disneyland, 2008 I am riding the Matterhorn

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goofygal1975 Goofy For Disney Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: AL Posts: 1,735	Our bus driver at WDW this past weekend mentioned this to us. We missed the reveal by 2 days! Can't wait to see these when we go in a week or two!! Thanks for listing them all! __________________ goofygal1975.com see my disney pictures and trip reports, and Disney Cruise Info! ~~Heather~~ ~~A Dream is a wish your heart makes~~ All-Star Movies 12/02 All-Star Movies 2/03 All-Star Sports 10/02, 06/03 , 07/03,12/03(MVMCP 12/5/03) Pop Century 2/04, 5/05, 7/05 CBR 12/04, 5/05 Disney Wonder Cruise 5/15/05-5/19/05 WL 8/05 Many trips 2005-2006 ~~Engaged at Disney, CRT 8/19/06~~ Sept 2007 DisneyMoon Dec 2008 AKV May 2009 7 night Disney Cruise

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Dana Super Mod/Packen' Kracken Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Joisey Posts: 22,472	This is just one more thing I can look forward to seeing on my upcoming trip. Thanks for the link and the heads-up Mickey! __________________ 82 off-site ~ 91 off-site ~ 97 ASMusic ~ 00 ASMovies 02 Wilderness Lodge ~ 04 Animal Kingdom Lodge 05 Animal Kingdom Lodge & Polynesian 05 Port Orleans French Quarter~06 Old Key West 07 Port Orleans French Quarter ~ 08 Old Key West~ 09 Port Orleans French Quarter My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Another trip coming soon 312 days 14 hours 53 minutes

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sandanv1 Mouse Meister Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: 15 miles from WDW Posts: 1,108	I can't wait to see these up close!! I would love to get some of these but in smaller size. __________________ Now that we live in near WDW, we stop by every couple weeks! "Of course I don't look busy...I did it right the first time! 2005 - Moved 20 miles from WDW POR (Oct) Fort Wilderness (Dec) 2004 - Pop Cent. (Feb, April) POR(Oct,Dec) Caribbean (Oct) 2003 - All Star Music (Feb.) All Star Sports (April), POR (Oct), CSR (Dec) 2002 - Fort Wilderness (Dec), POR (Oct), AKL (Aug), off site (may):(, CSR (April), Caribbean (Feb) 2001 - Fort Wilderness (Dec), PO Riverside (Oct)

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dab Perpetual Trip Planner Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,604	We were there!!! The statues are really fun! Michael Eisner was there for the big unveiling as well as lots of press coverage. Surprisingly the park wasn't crowded at all. I was also quite surprised at how few people even knew what the statues were for. One big perk... they had an unannounced early opening. We got there at about 8:45 and went right in. Too bad we weren't there earlier! My DD's b-day is the 19th. I went in the hospital to have her on the 18th but she missed Mickey's b-day by 3 hours! It was fun celebrating at Magic Kingdom and seeing the statues. __________________ http://www.magicalkingdoms.com/timer...8lwbwx9enz.png

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noahsark45331 Mouse Meister Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Buckeye State - But The Lone Star State will always be HOME! Posts: 1,051	Thanks for the info, Mickey! I hope they will have smaller, affordable ones available for purchase. __________________ Cyndy Noahs Ark Avatar~Welcome to Hollywood! Official Defender of the Swiss Family Treehouse 1987 Offsite 1993 Dixie Landings 2002 (February) Animal Kingdom Lodge 2002 (November) Animal Kingdom Lodge 2007 Animal Kingdom Lodge 2008 Port Orleans French Quarter Walt Disney World or Bust!!

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Ghostrider002 Mouseketeer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 64	Re: Walt Disney World Guests Can Enjoy 75 "InspEARations" of Mickey Mouse Through April Unfortunatly,I have never been to WDW.. but one day maybe I will be able to see this..For this Tribute type deal seems pretty cool. __________________ You can't hate me. I brought you flowers!

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