Disney Stories and Coming Hidden Mickey Adventures Events
Book Signing - July 14-16, 2017 - Disney's D23 Expo
Come to Disney's D23 Expo
and get the newest Hidden Mickey novel
Meet the Author
Nancy Temple Rodrigue
at: Disney's D23 Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center
Friday July 14th thru Sunday August 16th, 2017
Nancy will be in Booth 310E
signing her new release
HIDDEN MICKEY 4.5: Unfinished Business-Wals
as well as her other Hidden Mickey Adventures.
signing her new release
HIDDEN MICKEY 4.5: Unfinished Business-Wals
as well as her other Hidden Mickey Adventures.
Adventure Mysteries about Disneyland, written for all ages (9 to 90).
If you don't yet have the books in the Hidden Mickey series, they will also be in her booth, along with the books in the Hidden Mickey Quests series. The Quest books are full of fun games and quests to play when you visit Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.
You won't want to miss this great Disney Event where you can meet the author and get Autographed books.
Book Signing - April 22 & 23, 2017 - LA Times Festival of Books at the USC Campus
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| Hidden Mickey Adventures 5: When You Wish |
"Hidden Mickey Adventures"
Book Signing
Saturday and Sunday, April 22 & 23, 2017
Author "Nancy Temple Rodrigue"
L A Times Festival of Books
at the University of Southern California
Nancy will be signing her newest novel release
"Hidden Mickey Adventures 5: When You Wish"
as well as her other Hidden Mickey Adventures
"Hidden Mickey Adventures 5: When You Wish"
as well as her other Hidden Mickey Adventures
These action adventure mysteries about Disneyland were written for all ages (9 and up).
If you don't have the the Hidden Mickey series, visit Booth 126 to get signed copies
You won't want to miss this opportunity to meet the author and get Autographed books.
Pirates of the Caribbean Secrets - Hidden Mickey Fan Club Blog v001
The Hidden Mickey Book Fan Club BLOG! - v001
The OFFICIAL HIDDEN MICKEY FAN CLUB!
Pirates of the Caribbean Secrets
By David W. Smith
By David W. Smith
Hello all you Hidden Mickey Fans!
Like our Hidden Mickey novels, we hope to inspire some adventure in our readers; consider it a 'quest' to decipher some 'inside' information about Disneyland and things related to Disney.
Because there are some scenes in Hidden Mickey that take place on Pirates of the Caribbean, I thought it would be interesting to share some inside information about the ride. While working the ride for three years (1981 ' 1984), I found there were many elements of the ride, which I become familiar with, and found interesting; some of which I want to share with you here.
Cameras
Regular visitors on the ride no doubt know that there are several infrared cameras throughout the ride. These cameras serve several purposes: One, they are to make sure guests are remaining seated throughout the ride and especially on the two 'waterfalls' and the ending 'up-ramp' where the boats are moving at sharp angles and at different speeds. Two, they are to make sure the boats don't back up in a section of the ride. On rare occasions, a boat's guide wheel will jump the ride flume, (either because of a improperly balanced load of guests or if a boat was rocking due to guests leaning side to side). Three, the use of flash pictures is discouraged due to the blinding light the flash produces for other guests. These flashes show up like nuclear bombs going of on the television monitors that feed the infrared camera images to the cast member who is working the 'Tower'. (The Tower is the dispatch booth above the load and unload dock which one cast member is responsible for dispatching the boats after receiving a 'green light' by the unload host who signals that the boats are loaded an the guests are seated properly by pressing a button on the underside of the handrail on the unload side of the dock.) Also, if people are reaching outside to boat to splash one another, this could potentially harm a guest if the boat were to bump up against the ride flume at the wrong time, possibly pinching the guest's fingers painfully! Guests who are taking pictures or splashing will usually initiate a loud speaker announcement directed to that particular part of the ride asking for the individuals to resist either/or. The Tower operator has various buttons that direct the speaker to that part of he ride he can see within the range of the infrared camera image.
Transition Tunnel
Many people believe that the rides at Disneyland go 'underground.' Well, this is a slight misnomer. Actually, because parts of Disneyland are built higher than the main entrance level, (yes, you are actually walking slightly up hill as you go up Main Street and head into Adventureland and Frontierland. Thus, when you go down the 'waterfalls' on Pirates, or go down in the 'Stretching Room' on Haunted Mansion, you are actually going down to 'street level' of the park. If you look behind the Disneyland Tram loading station in Downtown Disney, you will see several very large buildings behind the vine-decorated fences. These are the Ride Buildings that house Pirates, Indiana Jones, and Haunted Mansion.
The Pirates of the Caribbean ride is such a large show that there are actually two Ride Buildings that house all the scenes below Park level. As your boat leaves the Treasure scene on Pirates you enter a dark, low tunnel that lets out in the large open area where the large pirate ship is having a shootout with the fort on the opposite side of the room. The dark tunnel that separates the treasure room from the fight scene between the ship and fort is called the 'Transition Tunnel''it basically is the connecting tunnel that moves the boats from the first Ride Building to the second.
Well... that's it for this issue...
Enjoy, and have a Magical Hidden Mickey Day!
Enjoy, and have a Magical Hidden Mickey Day!
Future Book Signings
Be sure to check The Hidden Mickey BLOG for the latest Hidden Mickey news and Book Signing Dates.
POST YOUR BOOK REVIEWS online at:
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AMAZON.com
If you don't see HIDDEN MICKEY in your local bookstore, please ask the Store Manager to order it, or contact us with the Bookstore name & address, Managers name, (plus their Phone and/or eMail if possible). We will contact them and maybe even set up a Book Signing there.
DoubleRbooks.com
AMAZON.com
Hidden Mickey books, Cover Art, and Jewelry!
Here are the links to buy them on Amazon:
Hidden Mickey 1: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales!
Hidden Mickey 2: It All Started...
Hidden Mickey 3: Wolf! The Legend of Tom Sawyer's Island
Hidden Mickey 4: Wolf! Happily Ever After?
Hidden Mickey Adventures 1: Peter and the Wolf
Hidden Mickey Adventures 2: Peter and the Missing Mansion
Hidden Mickey Adventures 3: The Mermaid's Tale
Hidden Mickey Adventures 4: Revenge of the Wolf
Hidden Mickey Adventures 5: When You Wish
Buy a Bundle and Save! Choose from Hardbacks or Paperbacks at a special price, and I sign all the bundle sets:
Hardcover Bundle - 4 Hidden Mickey Novels
Paperback Bundle - 4 Hidden Mickey Novels
Hardcover Bundle - 5 Hidden Mickey Adventures Novels
Paperback Bundle - 5 Hidden Mickey Adventures Novels
The beautiful cover art on all novels is Available to Purchase! Beautifully created, numbered and limited edition prints of this artwork is now available on beautiful 12" x 18" Canvas.
Here are the links to buy them:
Hidden Mickey 1
Hidden Mickey 2
Hidden Mickey 3
Hidden Mickey 4
Hidden Mickey Adventures 1
Hidden Mickey Adventures 2
Hidden Mickey Adventures 3
Hidden Mickey Adventures 4
Hidden Mickey Adventures 5
There are only a handful of the beautiful Hidden Mickey Heart Pendants left. First introduced in Hidden Mickey 2: It All Started... and featured throughout both series of novels. Limited edition, with a gorgeous 30 carat lab created RUBY on a 14K Yellow Gold Vermeil "Hidden Mickey".
Here is the link to buy one:
Hidden Mickey Heart Pendant with 16" chain
Hidden Mickey Heart Pendant with 20" chain
Want to go on your own Hidden Mickey Adventure? My Hidden Mickey Adventures Quest books are available in Paperback and many eBook Formats!
Here are the links to buy them on Amazon:
Hidden Mickey Adventures in Disneyland
Hidden Mickey Adventures in Disney California Adventure
Hidden Mickey Adventures in WDW Magic Kingdom
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