Visit Florida: Eat at McDonalds

How does McDonalds rate a post during a Disney World vacation? This was no ordinary Golden Arches. This McDonalds was in a class all its own with a bistro menu, pizza, gourmet ice cream, arcade games, and an awesome playland. They advertise their McDonalds as having "The World's Largest PlayPlace!" How could we pass up visiting such a landmark? (Coincidentally it was just two blocks from our hotel.)

There were over 100 arcade games including shuffle board and a two lane bowling alley. The noise level was constant and loud and obnoxious. Although I had read online about their incredible play fort for younger children and had seen pictures, we just about gave up before locating it. It was tucked away upstairs in the back with a small gated entrance. We looked. I asked. We looked some more. Finally Mark saw the entrance.

B, J, and V loved it. They raced in and climbed up and were gone from our sight. Next time they appeared I grabbed them and gave them a lecture on sticking together. The boys are faster and wilder than V and she likes going off on her own. Not okay. It was impossible to see or hear the children, so I had to insist they stay together.

We dragged them away to eat a Happy Meal and then they went back for another round of wild play. On the way out we stopped for a few minutes to allow V to have her requested ice cream--red, blue, and yellow colored vanilla (!) ice cream. J and opa helped her eat it which was good because it was a large two scoops.

We never made it back to McDonalds for another visit. Once we started visiting Disney's parks we were gone all day and most of the evening, too; there just wasn't time to go again. It was a crazy, busy time in Orlando.