Howard Johnson’s Mattercam

Last year I stumbled upon this YouTube video where a family photo bombs the Mattercam:

The Mattercam is a camera on the top of the Howard Johnson’s hotel next to Disneyland. “Back in the day” it provided a static image of the Matterhorn that would refresh from time to time. Today, it is a live video feed, and the camera pans to different locations every few minutes.

As of this writing (9/23/2022), here are the fourteen locations the camera will cycle, in this order:

  1. Matterhorn
  2. Space Mountain
  3. DCA Overview
  4. Mickey’s Fun Wheel
  5. Incredicoaster –
  6. Carsland –
  7. Guardians of the Galaxy –
  8. Grand Californian
  9. Monorail
  10. Esplanade
  11. Check-In Spot
  12. Disneyland Overview
  13. Bobsled Zoom
  14. Submarines

The Walt’s Chili Bowl family chose the “Check-In Spot” for their location. I thought it might be fun to pinpoint all the locations the Mattercam points to which could also offer photo bombing opportunities.

Unfortunately, I live in Iowa, so running down to the Disneyland Resort Area is not something I can easily do.

Any locals out there care to take this on?

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