r/interestingasfuck • u/Charming_History7423 • 12d ago

/r/all McDonald's in the 80s compared to today

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u/lazergoblin 11d ago

I played in the play area exactly 1 time back in the day. I shit you not I still have nightmares about how unsettling it was. The smell, the lighting, the claustrophobia, the lack of personal space. It's gross and I'm kinda glad they removed them tbh.

There are better places to have your kid play than at a fast food burger place

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u/Known_Needleworker67 11d ago

Where are you that they removed them? Mine still has the play place, but they changed everything else to the more modernized look.

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u/tingdemsweet 11d ago

The McDonald’s near you still has it, but most don’t anymore, especially the newer or renovated ones, aside from the odd one or two. There’s only one McDonald’s in my city that still has the PlayPlace. All the others removed theirs.

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u/Ankhmorpork-PostMan 10d ago

All corporate stores removed theirs. Franchisee’s are allowed to keep or build new maintained ones. They don’t make the same ones anymore, so each one is bespoke if a new franchisee wants to go with one, from what I understand.