Living in central Florida we have a lot of different entertainment options. From the theme parks, to places like Gatorland, Icon Park, dinner shows, shopping and anything else you can think of. Of course that also includes many different types of restaurants and fast food locations. However one of those is strictly unique to Orlando and that is being the home to the World’s Largest McDonald’s.

I have visited this location a few times years ago and once we moved here kind of forgot about it. It’s definitely in a very tourist area just off of International Drive and Sand Lake Road. So needless to say this place can get really busy and if I have a need for McDonald’s there are plenty of them in other areas of town that are easier to get in and out of.

However my kids absolutely love this place so we have been finding ourselves coming here a bit more often than I probably would like to. We try to come in the middle of the week and during not meal times to help keep the crowds down. Here you can see what the first floor looks like near the main ordering area. They even have a really nice aquarium in the middle.

Upstairs on the second floor is a huge arcade, and multilevel playground for the kids. Guests can also earn tickets from some of the games and then cash them in for prizes kind of like Chuck E. Cheese.

There is plenty of seating downstairs, but I find it fills up quickly and upstairs is our preferred area to find a table and then let the kids go play while we wait for our food to be delivered.

This is the corner we usually pick and it gives us a nice view into the kids playground area so we can keep an eye on them as they play. Any hardcore McDonald’s fans may notice a familiar face sitting in front of his piano. That’s right they have Mac Tonight chatting it up and playing some music while you eat.

On my latest visit there was another reason I was there and we will get to that soon but I’m sure you can guess what it may be. Before I did that, I was a bit hungry and placed my order. You may notice in the above photo that their kitchen looks a bit different. This is actually a secondary kitchen, they have a standard one on the other side, this one is where they made special breakfast items like omelets and scrambled eggs. Then for lunch and dinner they have a brick oven to make pizza and pastas.

Like many McDonald’s they have large touch screens for you to place your order. There are numbered markers that you then take and place on your table so the staff can then deliver your food directly to you once it’s done. For science purposes I decided to try their pizza and just got a standard pepperoni and mozzarella. The crust was a little soft and floppy but the flavor wasn’t too bad. Unfortunately in Florida we don’t have great pizza options and this is probably just as good as many of those locations.

I did want to try one other unique item I’ve never seen available at a McDonald’s and that is their “Philly” Cheesesteak. I’m putting the “philly” in quotes because I think Philadelphia would be pretty upset if they knew about this. It’s just a hamburger patty chopped up with some American cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and mayo. It’s honestly more like a New York Chopped Cheese sandwich but still not very good and I would avoid this.

Now with lunch behind me it was time to track down some new souvenir coin machines. I cannot take credit for finding these, I actually heard about them through another collector (Thank you Joe Watts) from one of the Facebook elongated coin groups.

First lets take a look at the Collectible McDallions (Haha I actually just noticed this as I’m typing). I love this machine, the colors are great and I’m absolutely going to be using that hashtag when I post this and my photos on social media.

This set of McDallions (yes I’m sticking with it) have some fun designs. One is of the outside of the building and lists their established date as 1976. There is one of Ronald McDonald, the Hamburgler, and Grimace. Now that I think about it I should have tried that purple Grimace shake.

The reverse side of each McDallion has the same image which has Ronald and his friends waving around the corner of a brick wall with the Golden Arches. Along the edge of the coin it states “World’s Largest Entertainment McDonald’s”. Hmmm Entertainment McDonald’s we may have found their loophole to having that World’s Largest title.

They also had a pressed penny machine. This cabinet is not quite a fun, but a fairly generic plain wood grain. It is also a 3-design electric model. The coins cost $1.00 each or $3.00 for the full set, math is fun!

In case you were wondering, yes the machine does supply the penny for you so don’t bother brining your own. I always kind of chuckle at this sign because it’s almost like McDonald’s thinks they are doing us a favor by supplying the penny.

At least the pennies I got were nice a shiny even though they were newer zinc coins. The design on each penny include a Big Mac, Ronald McDonald and a classic Kids Happy Meal.

This made for a fun little adventure. As I had sat there eating my lunch I wondered why more McDonald’s don’t have coin machines. They have a huge customer base, the machines don’t take up too much room and like some other places (Ahem Buc-ee’s) they could create designs custom for each location with the city and state on it. Many collector’s (casual or serious) would make pilgrimages across the country collecting them. I do remember using a penny machine one other time at a McDonald’s and it was in Pennsylvania. Those designs had nothing to do with McDonald’s they were more generic and I assume the owner of the machine was just temporarily keeping it there while looking for a more permanent home.

We will definitely be back and will keep an eye on these coins to see if they get updated at all in the future. Be sure to stop by if you are in the area, it’s a fun place to visit and you can tell everyone you know that you visited the World’s Largest Entertainment McDonald’s in the World.

Keep on Pressing!

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