Remember those large play structure appendages stuck to the sides of McDonalds, Wendy’s, and other fast food restaurants? Remember the blue, red and yellow tubes and slides, noisy with shoeless kids? Have you noticed they’re mostly not there anymore? The reason is that today’s busy parents mostly prefer using the drive-through to grab their fast food. Play Places took up significant real estate. So, restaurant chains remodeled, adding more drive-through capacity in place of play structures. Now you know.