Adak, Alaska- abandoned McDonalds

[Nathanrailfan]

Prices are higher in HI and AK

[marcal1957]

I was there when they built it. at mar bks 85 to 88. My ex wife was one of the first mgrs. Sucks how the place looks now. Used to be a great place to live.

[walmatero]

@marcal1957 Hey i was there from 86-87 at mar bks i was on third floor of the barracks...was a great place to be i enjoyed my time there being ffrom wisc. i felt at home.

[1CryptidHunter]

no more cheeseburgers?

[kingkevin1996]

if some one told me in real life that a mcdonalds as abandoned in the usa i would be like "lolwut"

[kelseyfittzy]

An abandoned McDonalds... in the U.S..... now I've seen everything!

[emufandango]

Big Mac for 2.50?!?!?!? I want to go there!

[Satoshi9801]

When was this town abandoned?

[SenorSpode]

@Satoshi9801 The base began downsizing in 1994 and the facilities were closed in 1997. Population went from a robust 4,600 in 1990 to 316 in 2000, and then up to 326 in 2010. They received an $18 million hospital in 1990, just before the place began declining.

[Satoshi9801]

@Mornsterks2 Probably cuz Adak itself is closed. But I don't know why they couldn't at least think of keeping Adak itself alive.

[BlackGoldEstates]

a mcdonalds in my town bridlington uk just closed down

[scottieman2]

Order here "Hello, may I take your order."

[coondogtheman1234]

Wow it looks like they just locked the doors and left it. I wonder if all the equipment is still there or if it was removed. I could use that speaker unit and anything else electronic that was left behind. I'd either use it or rig the speaker so if someone drives up it plays the "go away, we're like closed" soundbite from Duke Nukem 3D.

[DaAnalogDogg86]

@coondogtheman1234 I haven't seen that speaker unit and menu board in ages. Those were the heydays of Mickey Ds.

[coondogtheman1234]

@DaAnalogDogg86

I bet I could do something with that speaker. maybe make a cool iPod dock or something. Do you think it has an amp inside the box or just the speaker?

[Vinylrecordsneverdie]

@coondogtheman1234 I think the amp unit might be inside the store. When I worked at Burger King 6 years ago, there was an indoor device that was on a post and it had the a 3" speaker and a 2 buttons on it. I believe the amp module was inside that device. When a car pulled up to that outdoor speaker that thing would beep.

[Vinylrecordsneverdie]

@coondogtheman1234 When BK corp. updated the intercom system I saw the outdoor speaker unit by the dumpster and I wanted the speaker driver out of it, but someone beat me to it.

[coondogtheman1234]

@Vinylrecordsneverdie

Bummer that sucks. the same thing happened to me I went to this abandoned junkyard behind my friends house and I found an old style phone handset and I wanted the earpiece speaker out of it but when I unscrewed the cover there was nothing inside, I was able to salvage the carbon microphone part. I no longer have that as this was a long time ago.

[DaAnalogDogg86]

Wow, I suprised the windows ain't boarded up.

[DoReMiForever]

@DaAnalogDogg86 yeah you know what happen to Ølby Skole in Denmark right?

young people over here sucks.

[Vinylrecordsneverdie]

@DoReMiForever Same problem here at the states.

[davidjhutchins]

i bet the fries are still fine and havent broken down yet

[ShowMeTrucker]

I remember when that place was being built. Everyone was so happy the day it opened up. Just about everyone came down for the grand opening. This was in 1986 and my 1st meal was a quarter pounder with fries and a coke. I felt very home sick that day.

[Nathanrailfan]

A side order of fatty Mc Fat Fuck. 4.99 while supplies last.

[ismokewead420]

stick the extra ketchup packets in the "feed the hungry "donation box lol

[Arminas1781]

we have a abandoned McDonalds here too

[PGMEagle]

Boy when you see abandoned McDonalds you know were up the creek without a paddel as far as the economy goes.

[driverjoe1]

This place made a lot of people fat on ADAK....:)

[Satoshi9801]

@driverjoe1 I'm pretty sure most people burned off those calories in those wide open spaces, most were with the army after all.

[ihatetaft]

Is this town completely abandon?

[Satoshi9801]

@ihatetaft Judging by the looks of when the narrator exits the drive-through, I'd say yes, or pretty much at least.

[Lhcb1]

my daugther born there...insulated the roof...lol



[RQVOutdoorMoovies]

We had 2 local McDonalds that closed down, they claimed because they couldn't get drive throughs. Neither were there for long. One was demolished, the other turned into an oriental restaraunt. Reminds me of the time me and a friend pulled up to a HOT and NOW window and founmd out it was closed.

[sammy56ism]

Wow, kinda sad to see this... I lived on Adak from 1984 through 1986, and I remember when this McDonald's opened. Everyone was so excited about that! We made a lot of good friends and had some good times in those days. But when the big quake came in the spring of 86, we were ready to leave!!

[SenorSpode]

I'll take a 20-piece Seal McNuggets, a Filet O'Whale and..oh, nevermind, you're closed. I'll just go harpoon a moose or something...

[duncanranger]

I used to take pictures of the bald eagles on the dumpster out back of this McDonald's back in '86!!

[Truegryphon]

We lived there from '89-'91. I remember getting pneumonia and turning down the hospital food (including lobster) the whole time and begging my parents to get me McD's from there. It's still the family joke, lol.

[bronkle]

Boy, it's closed! Did you know why this is abandoned?

[EpicNoobBoyTV]

Oh wow the prices are like fucking 5 bucks now :(

[kantkeepmed0wn]

wow thank you so much for sharing this i grew up on adak my dad was in the navy i was there untill i was about 10 and this brought back so many memories of when my older sister would blackmale me into not "telling" on her....i got many a frys out of that lol

[WobblyWheelbarrow]

Why didn't you order something at the drive-thru? =P

[DFDalton1962]

Maybe Sarah Palin could go back to Alaska, show some of that Alaskan can-do spirit and re-open this McDonalds.

Hmm. On second thought she might not be qualified.

[andycflbulb]

@DFDalton1962 haha

[SpokaneGirl85]

The place wouldn't be vandalized because there are hardly any people there and it's on an island.

[SenorSpode]

@SpokaneGirl85 Besides, the culprit would be an easy pick. Too damn easy.

[externalpower]

fuck i was just about to get into my car and goto alaska to goto mickeys. FUCK.

[WackbagChaos]

I'm amazed it hasn't been vandalized as of yet...How long has it been abandoned?

[lizardgizzard108]

@WackbagChaos People would not vandalize it, its not New york city, It the middle of Adak, Alaska and boy, you have to have nerve to live there, I tried but the fishing got bad now I hear its good

[BrooklynBaller101]

@WackbagChaos cos dawg no one knows were it is

[tekbrooks]

I was stationed there from 1987 to 1992. Watching this video brings back alot of memories. Watching this drive through the drive-thru I got to see my back yard, the commissary, the exchange and the hospital where my oldest son was born. WOW, cant believe its a ghost town now.

[Redlod79]

I want that appliance dolly!

[kimzkatz]

Spent a very cold winter in 1988-89 with VP48 on Adak. Also spent many hours at the Mcdonalds. It's creepy to see it this way, looks like a ghost town now.

[matthewcstevens]

Normally, McDonald's real estate practices prevent the survival of a closed McDonald's building. Unlike other franchise operations, McDonald's directly owns the land and structures of its restaurants. If a restaurant fails, it thus is able--and very eager--to demolish the building. This prevents the iconic McDonald's structure from being associated with completely unrelated, and possibly sleazier, successor businesses. I guess they had a unique arrangement with the Navy.

[matthewcstevens]

@BrooklynBaller101: Adak used to be a large U.S. Navy base on a remote island in Alaska, with some 6,000 military personnel stationed there along with their families. All those people required their own town, which is where those buildings came from. After the Cold War ended, the base was closed, and there no longer were enough people to support all of those enterprises. See Wikipedia's article on Adak, Alaska for more.

[freewaylaugh]

nice truck . lol

[focusthis51]

wow. remember when it first opened. they had ronald mcdonald there. lol i even had my 6th or 7th birthday party there in the 80's. it was a big deal.

[cherd1971]

wow i never thought ide see a abandoned mcdonalds

EVER thats crazy

[Itsreload]

Wow I was curious about what happen to Adak at this very moment and surprised to see vids. I went to Bob Reeve HS and lived right behind the Stevens elementary school. I think it was called "New Housing." back in the day. I played my first little league game there and my kid sister was born there.

[annaeharrispink]

CREEPY, HARD TO FIND AN ABANDONED MCDONALDS!

[RobNLynchburgVA]

It would be funny if when you pull up to the speaker a voice said...I'm sorry we're closed.

[MrSqwiggles1]

@RobNLynchburgVA i'd shit bricks

[tjharald]

Wish McDs was here 1974!

Only remember COMMSTA/NAVSTA visits for:

1. -BINGO NIGHT, weekly! any VIDEO/STILLS from bldg where we played?

2. -USS SUMMIT visits with the Sparks & Capt. Foster! any VIDEOS? STILLS?

3. -offloading frozen cargo containers for Commissary! what was that duty called??? VIDEOS? STILLS?

4. -visit married friend & his German Shepard = Pup even sipped from my CROWN ROYAL whiskey, remember his walk wobbled/a little sip was his limit/but he wanted more!! haha

[BrooklynBaller101]

where is all these places &Z why they all abandoned

[devondobby677890]

can you go inside.

[Tnseabee]

I spent a few buck in that place from 1987 to 1990

[spankysmith1959]

I was stationed there 80 to 84. Great fishing in finger bay and hunting on the yakak peninsula. Great duty station.

[metakight4]

we had a abandoned mcd's before a car dealership bought the place it was really cool because they left nintendo toys behind a play place was left behind and it was like they closed the other day because there were still tv's haning on thing a can top thing a recycling bin thingy etc. i only got to go in there once but that was because a door was left opend lol

[VTwinty]

What were the toys displayed there? It looks like Sonic The Hedgehog 3 toys.

[VTwinty]

What were the toys displayed there?

[cm1179]

you know the place is bad when ronald ups and leaves

[trangerstx]

Spent my time there with VP-9 'Golden Eagles' out of Moffett Field, CA. LOTS of memories, good fishing (AO FISH MOBILE) AO3 CAC-9, you fellas know who I am. Sure miss the bar we had in our barracks. Why go across base when you had a bar just down the hall, pool tables and a big screen. Not to mention, you can party with your jamies on..... Fuck I miss you folks.... :(

[testiclesDOTca]

Was that Sarah Palin I saw taking a shit in the background?

[sweetkitcat2]

That is a pretty old ass mcdonalds

[mizzpink98z24cavi]

and nobody their to take your order.....sad.

[woytekd]

A McDonalds on Adak? Who would have ever imagined. WITH A DRIVE THRU! At least they probably didn't need a freezer.

[aazzuull912]

mc santa claus

[cobwithagun]

haha ive lived in alaska my whole life and im still here. but then again im only in highschool

[kbusses]

I use to eat at that McDonalds when I was stationed there in 1993/1994.

[FallStallion]

Was it constantly packed?

[kbusses]

Usually, but the weather determined how busy it would get.

[GWBsux]

I lived there as a kid in the early 70's -- there was no McDonald's, then.  We would have killed for a Big Mac!!

[FallStallion]

That must have been hard being out there.

[GWBsux]

Nope -- not hard at all. It was a great place to be a kid. The weather sucked, but there was always something going on -- roller skating, swimming, bowling, basket ball, baseball...loved living there.

[bruceyung70]

I was there from 94-95 and I remember landing at the small airport on my very first day there. I was starving as hell and I went to this place to chowdown as soon as I got off the plane. I remember shocked at the price as I was staring at the menu because I was living ultra poor (Military E-3 pay). I finished my tour in 95 and it was this year when all things closed up (actually it started earlier but..) and base was about to close permanently thereby basically abandoning the place. Part I

[FallStallion]

Alaska prices often have that affect on people. :) It still does me!

[12345kodiak]

great vid. sad to see it in that shape i ate there many times 86-90 NAS AIMD the guy that owned Mcds took 3 friends and i caribou hunting on his boat s.east side of island great trip 2 caribou taken

[FallStallion]

Im not sure who owns it now. I think the Native Corporation owns all the former military buildings.

[sergiotami1]

I was station there from 1985 thru 1987..I remember when it just opened, recall it being the only place to go out and eat, besides te gallies and other military run clubs....Look forwad to going back some day....

[FallStallion]

did they ever run out of food?

[krzyirish329]

@FallStallion yes... alot.. always had shakes though brrrr... many bday parties there (my daughter was 2-5 when we were there)

[joey5149]

I was born here in 1992...I want to go back

[FallStallion]

You should go...Alaska Airlines flies there

[krzyirish329]

@FallStallion it use to cost a fortune to fly off the island.. we always took the C130 lol

[Sliceofcheesewithegg]

@FallStallion nice truck

[krzyirish329]

@joey5149 what month? I was the asst director of the daycare there and knew alot of families as I started in the infant room. I miss those kids alot .. wow they are adults now lol.. just felt my age .. my daughter was 5 and we left Nov 92

[joey5149]

@krzyirish329 I wasn't born until Dec 92. My father was on the Halsey when he was there if I remember right from what he told me.

[DrownedinDreams]

@joey5149 I feel you, I was born here in 1990. I'd love to go back



[F3ath3r3dS3rp3nt]

Why was most of Adak abandoned I wonder?

[uwlarry1]

The Aleutian bases were to counter the Soviet Pacific threat and after the collapse of the Soviets, there was no reason to keep it open. As far as abandoning it, the cost to remove facilities far outweighted the cost of simply walking away. All of those bases were very expensive to maintain and the changing threat as well as changing technology made them obsolete.

[FallStallion]

And walk away they did...it is amazing the things you can find there

[uwlarry1]

We weren't the first. When I was there in the early 70's, there were many abandoned installations left over from WW2. At the peak of the war, there were something like 90,000 troops there. One original plan was to use the Aleutians as stepping stones to Japan. Weather and logistics finally tipped the decision to attack Japan through the South and Central Pacific. Adak and one or two other islands were the only US soil occupied by Japan in WW2.

[krzyirish329]

@FallStallion And we had alot of babies born with annencephaly which of course they kept quiet. MY daughter Kassie was one of them.. they flew me to Anchorage to confirm then had to induce labor.. she was the second one..another had a spine not attached (like a jellyfish) but they flew them to the east coast and I had heard that baby made it. My friend Kelley's son died end of Aug of 91 Kassie was induced oct 31... the hospital told us they were notifying epa as this was such a rare thing

[zerohero35]

We lived there for 4 years.

[evelandx1]

Great Video. I use to live there and my family actually worked there.

[FallStallion]

How long were you there?

[evelandx1]

I lived there for 2 years from 92-94. It was a great time. It kind of sucked that as soon as we moved there we found out the base was closing. We were civilians on the base.