Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=3029" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Less McDonalds at Animal Kingdom</b></a> The Orlando Sentinel tourist blog is reporting there will be less McDonalds at Animal Kingdom as Restaurantosaurus takes off McDonalds chicken nuggets and french fries. <a href="http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/business_tourism_aviation/2008/05/less-mcdonalds.html" target="_blank">Click here</a> to read the rest.
Originally Posted By mickey_ring Sounds like some Disney exec saw a financial report and wants to keep the chicken and fries revenue rather than give it to McD's.
Originally Posted By MPierce It sure looks like Disney is slowly phasing McDonald's out of the parks. That's fine with me, now if they would only concentrate on making their fries as good as McDonald's.
Originally Posted By Mr F They NEED to get rid of all McDonald's food at ALL Disney parks. Who wants to pay $8.00 for a Big Mac?
Originally Posted By Disneybrad Mr. F for one thing they never did serve Big Mac's. So you couldn't have paid 8 bucks for one. The only Mcdonalds products they served in the parks were Fries, Nuggets, and McFlurry's
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Hey brad, they do Big Macs at Burger Invasion in DCA. It is easy to get confused.
Originally Posted By Mr X DisneyBrad, I think that Mr F (formerly Butters) actually SERVED up those big macs at Burger Invasion. The Florida property only served up Fries, Nuggets, and Flurries I think. Anyway...NO FREAKIN MCDONALDS would be cool.
Originally Posted By Disneybrad Well this topic is About Animal Kingdom, so what the do at DCA is besides the point.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA ^^^whatever. They're talking about phasing out McDonalds in all the parks.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Indeed. This is no surprise. The partnership was cessated last year. so as expected, no Happy Meal tie ins anymore, and as thought, a removal of the presence in the parks both East and West coast (YAY!). I imagine the McD's in DTD Orlando and the Disney Village in DLP will remain however?
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA While the fast food at Disneyland has never never great, I always felt that the burgers and fries at Tomorrowland Terrace were better than McDonalds.
Originally Posted By brotherdave I actually found the non-Mickey-D burgers at Restaurantasauris to be quite decent, especially for theme park burgers. And certainly much better than anything McDonald's ever served. Does McD's still sponsor the Dinosaur ride? Something tells me that sponsorship may eventually go away, too, if it hasn't already.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 It's amazing that the greatest 3 company alliance ever is falling apart. Mcdonalds/Coke/Disneyland.
Originally Posted By X-san I'm not all that amazed, William, given Disneys' recent propensity to piss off their partners (Pixar, anyone?). Side note; did I use that comma correctly? I'm always wondering about that. That and the colon/semicolon thing. I'm sort of on a grammar hype these days. Any help would be appreciated. ANYWHO, are McDonalds and Coke also parting ways? That seems like a "gigantic brand" match made in heaven. As far as McD's and Disney, I always felt that it worked well one way but not the other. McDonald's throwing Mickey on every cup and bag works very well, but throwing Big Macs and McFries into the parks just jars me to the very core. I guess because, despite the reality of the situation, McDonalds always strikes me as very "real world" whereas Disney parks seem like more of an escape. The last thing I want to see when I'm escaping reality at Disney's Animal Kingdom is some McDonalds stuff being hawked. Way too jarring (even if the generic Disney stuff is, let's be honest, pretty much the same).
Originally Posted By bayrr326 All I gotta say is good riddance. Now if we can get rid of the rest of those fry stands that would be awesome. I can't stand McDonalds food. You know what would be awesome if some of these parks would have fresh cut fries like the ones at Kennywood. Those were awesome fries.
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun ^^^oh love fresh cut fries. I do like McD's salads, but WDW salads are better!!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<The partnership was cessated last year. so as expected, no Happy Meal tie ins anymore>> Actually, Disney themed Happy Meals at McDonald's have returned. They were promoting something recently, but I forget what it was.
