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Kurt’s Blog: The Top 10 Foods at Adventureland

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Kurt’s Blog: The Top 10 Foods at Adventureland

This is it…the definitive list…your guide to the best foods you can find at Adventureland…and my list of honorable mentions would be 7 pages deep.

#1 – The Chicago Hot Dog at the Rally Round … 

I LOOOOVVVE Chicago Hot Dogs…and it has to be just right…has to be fresh…and the Rally Round nails it. Plus, there’s a lot of places that will charge $10 for a Chicago Hot Dog…that’s pure nuttiness.

#2  – The Gyro at River City Gyro

So good. Tucked away by the Lighthouse…I go eat gyros while the kids go get dizzy.

#3 – Cheese Curds at Alpine Foods

Best…drunken…Oktoberfest…purchase…ever. (and I do it every October…3x each Saturday.

#4 – Mini Donuts – Mini Donut Shop

Classic…great…eat them as you stroll to Adventureland Bay.

#5 – The Bedrock Shake – The Shake Shop

Something to drink with the mini donuts…I normally don’t like Fruity Pebbles…but this shake makes everything delicious.

#6 – Beijing Beef at “Wok N’Roll”

Straight up Chinese goodness.

#7 – Fried Chicken at Doc Leones

This is where I know the Adventureland purists will yell at me…it should always be #1 on the list…it’s great, no doubt, it’s deserving of being higher on the list, but have you seen what’s already #1-#6!?!

#8 – Cookies – Cookies and Cream

No, kids, enjoy the Tilt-a-Whirl, dad is just over here guarding your cookies. Wink.

#9 – Monster Sundae – Ice Cream Shoppe

It takes awhile for them to create it but it’s 100% worth it….it’s humungous, delicious…no banana needed, it’s just empty calories.

#10 – BBQ at Spectators BBQ

Any of the BBQ options…greatness.

Honorable Mention:
The fries at the Grub Hub in Adventureland Bay. Those fries are awesome on a 90 degree, sunny day…and if a little Lazy River gets on them, they still hold up!

To Drink?
The Tornado at The Oasis….Raspberry Radicalness…the goal is to have one done each time around the L. River.

Oh…and The Monster. I will one day best you.

Put…it…all…in…my…tummy.

This is why I’m glad there’s not a people-mover at Adventureland…got a burn of those calories while walking 🙂

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