Pixar · 2015 · eight real places on a shelf
Some places made the film, some were drawn into it, and one is where its director grew up. Roll each orb into the console below.
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Each orb takes the colour of how its source ties the place to the film. Roll one into the console to open it.
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The rink
Pixar Post says the filmmakers set Riley’s hockey rink on the exact spot where the Walt Disney Family Museum stands in San Francisco.
D23’s interview with Pete Docter describes Riley’s family moving from their home in Minnesota to San Francisco.
Wikipedia says the idea of making Riley an ice-hockey player was tied to the sport’s popularity in Minnesota. Wikipedia says Pete Docter was born in Bloomington, Minnesota, and grew up there.
The rink belongs to the film. The museum is real and open to visit.
The whole shelf
The museum, Lombard Street, the bridge, the campus and the factory are open to visit. Pixar’s campus is a working studio. Bloomington and Annecy are trips of their own.
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Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
Site reference · Restricted access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working studio campus; treat it as closed to visitors unless you are invited. The photograph shows the Steve Jobs Building at dusk.
Site reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working factory with a visitor centre. Check the company’s page for tour times.
Site reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public campus. Sather Tower stands on the Campanile Esplanade.
Where it was made · 1200 Park Avenue, Emeryville, California
SlashFilm’s behind-the-scenes piece puts Pixar’s campus in Emeryville and describes its author travelling there from San Francisco.
A working studio campus; treat it as closed to visitors unless you are invited. The photograph shows the Steve Jobs Building at dusk.
Where the team went · 1 Jelly Belly Lane, Fairfield, California
Pixar Post lists the Jelly Belly factory among the places visited during early research for the film.
A working factory with a visitor centre. Check the company’s page for tour times.
Where it was advised · Sather Tower, University of California, Berkeley
Wikipedia says the filmmakers consulted Dacher Keltner, a psychology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, for accuracy.
A public campus. Sather Tower stands on the Campanile Esplanade.
Stay
A hotel across the street from the museum.
The Presidio, San Francisco
A hotel at 105 Montgomery Street, on the Presidio’s Main Post, at the same street number range as the museum at 104. Its page showed no room rates when read on 28 October 2026. Pictured: the museum, 2016.
Check roomsGo there
The museum’s own page, and San Francisco sightseeing tours.
The Presidio, San Francisco
The museum where Riley’s rink was set. Its page listed Thursday to Sunday, 10am to 5:30pm, with last entry at 4:30pm, when read on 28 October 2026. Check before you go.
See the museumSan Francisco
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1200 Park Avenue, Emeryville, California
The film is made at Pixar in Emeryville, where Phyllis Smith is called in to be cast.
104 Montgomery Street, the Presidio, San Francisco
The filmmakers set Riley’s hockey rink on the exact spot where the Walt Disney Family Museum stands.
Lombard Street, Russian Hill, San Francisco
Lombard Street is named in Pixar Post’s account of how the film draws San Francisco.
Golden Gate Strait, San Francisco
Concept art for the film highlights San Francisco’s fog and the Golden Gate Bridge.
1 Jelly Belly Lane, Fairfield, California
The Jelly Belly factory is among the places visited during early research.
Sather Tower, University of California, Berkeley
Keltner and Ekman consult for the film and meet its director to talk about how emotions work.
East 98th Street, Bloomington, Minnesota
The director grew up in Bloomington; Riley’s happy childhood home is in Minnesota too.
Riley is made an ice-hockey player because of the sport’s popularity in Minnesota.
Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France
The first completed scenes are test-screened at the Annecy festival.
Places to stay
A notable hotel in San Francisco.
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At Fisherman’s Wharf.
250 Beach Street, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, 94133 · Source · Check dates on Expedia (Ad / affiliate)
Where George Washington Vanderbilt III died.
999 California Street, Union Square, San Francisco, 94108 · Source · Check dates on Expedia (Ad / affiliate)
What’s on
The UC Theatre · 250 m from UC Berkeley
Cornerstone - CA · 250 m from UC Berkeley
Cobb's Comedy Club · 400 m from Lombard Street
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