The Reddit “Minecraft” community always has plenty of interesting builds to share, ranging from the opulent and elaborate to the ones made to get a quick laugh out of you. User klight101 had a different idea in mind. They created a towering, four-section PlayPlace, designed for the purposes of both nostalgia and player-vs-player (or PVP) events.
Other users were quick to share their recollections about their days in the real McDonald’s PlayPlace, fondly recalling their own childhood fights in the maze of rooms and tubes. Others had criticisms about the “Minecraft” design. Everyone, though, had memories come back to them. “I love these things, and building them in Minecraft.” said user ArbitraryChaos13, adding, “Just making tons of tubes that go everywhere. So fun to make and traverse.”
“Oh god I have some good memories in the McDonald’s play places with friends I have not seen for years,” reminisced one user, recalling the good times of childhood and Happy Meals. Sounding a more (humorously) critical note, user TheRealStevo wrote, “Not accurate, it doesn’t have a tube with a plastic part on the end where you can look out and see your mom.”
Other users jokingly followed suit, with some asking if the slides still give you that electric shock when you go down it. Others seemed to have a bit more colorful experience in the PlayPlaces than most, with one user pointing out that “mcdonalds play places are pvp areas.”
Today, PlayPlaces remain closed due to Covid-19 concerns (per the company website), but they’ll always have a special place in our hearts.
