THE MOUSY
MINDBOGGLER

If you subscribe to the AllEars® Weekly Newsletter, you’ll know that we run a little game called the Mousy Mindboggler. Sometimes it’s a word game, sometimes it’s a riddle, sometimes it’s some other brain-teasing challenge — but it’s always fun!

Once each month, in the AllEars® Bits and Bites issue, our friend James Dezern (known as “dzneynut” around several Disney discussion forums) supplies us with a puzzle of his own design.

Every month, James also Shares the Magic in another way — by posting an all-new puzzle here in this AllEars.Net Guest Blog. The subject of the puzzle will vary, and James will award the winner of the challenge a collectible Disney pin!

This month, James writes:

I only received FOUR correct responses to last month’s Guest Blog Picture Quiz! I guess these were more difficult than I thought!

Here are the answers to last month’s photo quiz:

Photo 1: Space Mountain
Photo 2: Pirates of the Caribbean
Photo 3: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Photo 4: Mickey Mouse Revue

As far as what they have in common, each of these attractions is one of a handful of Magic Kingdom attractions that required a separate E-ticket or coupon to ride in addition to the base admission ticket.

These A thru E-tickets were required for most of the park attractions in Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom until around 1982, when passport tickets were introduced in anticipation of the opening of Epcot Center.

These were the E-ticket attractions at the Magic Kingdom:
Hall of Presidents
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Haunted Mansion
Jungle Cruise
Country Bear Jamboree
Pirates of the Caribbean
Space Mountain
it’s a small world
Mickey Mouse Revue (later downgraded to D-ticket)

Prior to 1983, an E-ticket ride referred to those attractions that were the most popular, not necessarily the most thrilling. This changed when Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, responded that the experience of a Space Shuttle launch, was similar to an E-ticket ride at Disneyland. This term then became synonymous with the best or most thrilling attractions.

The winner of a Disney villain pin, randomly drawn from the correct responses, was Jeffrey D. of Rocky Mount, VA.

If you missed it last month, don’t worry — Here’s another chance!

Continuing with the photo quiz with a twist idea, I’m going to show you a few cropped pictures of Christmas trees from Walt Disney World

Try to identify where at the Walt Disney World Resort each of these trees can be found, either at one of the theme parks or resort hotels.

OK, if everybody is neat and pretty, let’s begin!

PHOTO 1

PHOTO 2

PHOTO 3

PHOTO 4

PHOTO 5

PHOTO 6

Match each of the following locations with one of the photos above.

— Magic Kingdom
— Animal Kingdom Lodge
— Boardwalk Resort
— Animal Kingdom
— Epcot

You’ll notice that there is an extra tree photo whose location is NOT on this list.

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to identify where at WDW can this extra tree be found!

The object is, as always, to have fun, but if you’d like a chance to win a Disney collectible pin, send me the answer IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF AN EMAIL addressed to [email protected].

NOTE: Please don’t reply to this blog with your answers! If you want a chance at winning the pin, you MUST submit your answer to the email address.

Send your entries no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on January 10, 2016. All correct answers will be entered into a random drawing, and the winner will be awarded a Disney pin. The answers and drawing winner will be posted in this Guest Blog in mid- to late January.

As always, any feedback on the puzzle format or topics would be appreciated! Drop me a line at [email protected].

Thanks!

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