{"id":7217,"date":"2026-08-23T11:05:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T11:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=7217"},"modified":"2026-08-23T11:05:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T11:05:31","slug":"a-list-actor-barely-recognizable-in-heartwarming-disneyland-moment-more-starstruck-by-goofy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=7217","title":{"rendered":"A-list actor barely recognizable in heartwarming Disneyland moment: &#8216;More starstruck by Goofy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A family meeting Goofy at Disneyland got an unexpected surprise when they realized an A-list actor had been watching the adorable interaction from just a few feet away: Matt Damon.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=7215\">Nevada governor declares state of emergency as Hawk Fire grows to over 10,500 acres<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Loryn Powell posted the unexpected celebrity sighting on Instagram Friday after capturing what was supposed to be a special family moment: her young daughter\u2019s first encounter with Goofy at Goofy\u2019s Kitchen in the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim.<\/p>\n<p>The video shows Powell\u2019s husband crouching next to their daughter as Goofy, wearing his chef uniform, comes over to greet them. The girl excitedly waves at the character before wrapping her arms around him.<\/p>\n<p>What the family apparently didn\u2019t notice was the famous face standing just behind them.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Damon can be spotted a short distance away, casually watching the meet-and-greet with his arms folded and grinning as the girl embraces Goofy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPOV you\u2019re watching your husband and daughter meet Goofy for the first time but don\u2019t realize Matt Damon is also watching your husband and daughter meet Goofy for the first time,\u201d Powell wrote over the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen your daughter is more starstruck by Goofy than Matt Damon,\u201d she joked in the caption.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=7213\">Exclusive | Phallic-masked sicko, unhinged vagrants terrorize young girls at soccer practice at NYC park<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you can tell we love dressing up for a good theme so taking our 2.5 year old daughter to Disneyland for her first time was magical,\u201d Powell told The California Post. \u201cEven if Matt Damon hadn\u2019t been there,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t take long for people online to notice the Hollywood star lurking in the background. While some commenters wondered whether it was really Damon, others spotted a possible giveaway: the hat he was wearing appeared to say Artists Equity, the production company he launched with longtime friend Ben Affleck.<\/p>\n<p>Damon was visiting Disneyland around the same time for a celebration of his own.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><strong>California Post News<\/strong>: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedIn<br \/><strong>California Post Sports<\/strong> Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X<br \/><strong>California Post  <\/strong>Opinion <br \/><strong>California Post Newsletters<\/strong>: Sign up here!<br \/><strong>California Post App<\/strong>: Download here!<br \/><strong>Home delivery<\/strong>: Sign up here!<br \/><strong>Page Six Hollywood<\/strong>: Sign up here!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The actor was spotted at the theme park Thursday alongside his wife, Luciana Barroso, their daughters and a group of relatives and friends to mark his daughter Gia\u2019s 18th birthday, according to Parade. Photos from the outing showed the group sporting matching \u201cBirthday Crew\u201d shirts and gathering for a picture in front of the oversized Mickey Mouse pumpkin on Main Street, U.S.A.<\/p>\n<p>Whether Powell captured her video during that same Disneyland outing was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=7211\">How one crucial project could lower gas prices across California<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A family meeting Goofy at Disneyland got an unexpected surprise when they realized an A-list actor had been watching the adorable interaction from just a few feet away: Matt Damon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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