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A miniature pony has gone viral after being spotted in the drive-thru of a Central Coast McDonald\u2019s waiting for his ice cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The footage of Rocco, the miniature horse waiting in the back seat of a small car in the drive-thru at Wyong McDonald\u2019s as per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11626607\/Horse-backseat-car-goes-McDonalds-drive-Central-Coast.html\">Daily Mail<\/a> has gone viral after being shared by user\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dondonthedon26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@dondonthedon26<\/a>\u00a0on TikTok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dondonthedon26\/video\/7186496746942450945\">clip<\/a>, a woman asked the surprised driver if that \u201cis a horse in your car?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The horse appears to answer for himself, nodding enthusiastically before the driver laughs and replies \u201che\u2019s excited for his ice cream\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can check out the hilarious clip here:<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dondonthedon26\/video\/7186496746942450945\" data-video-id=\"7186496746942450945\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" >\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@dondonthedon26\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dondonthedon26?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@dondonthedon26<\/a> Nice dog \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83d\ude1c <a title=\"fyp\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp<\/a> <a title=\"drivethough\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/drivethough?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#drivethough<\/a><a title=\"macdonald\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/macdonald?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#macdonald<\/a> <a title=\"macca\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/macca?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#macca<\/a> <a title=\"horseincar\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/horseincar?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#horseincar<\/a> <a title=\"australiatiktok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/australiatiktok?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#australiatiktok<\/a> <a title=\"omg\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/omg?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#omg<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - The Don\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7186496759332342530?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; The Don<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The viral clip has been viewed 900,000 times at the time of writing, with many users sharing their surprise and delight at Rocco\u2019s presence at the McDonald\u2019s drive-thru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAustralia is built different,\u201d one user commented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat is something you don\u2019t see everyday,\u201d another user added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHow do I become friends with [roco\u2019s] owner?\u201d another user commented to which we say: same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Listen via the Star 104.5 Player, download it now via the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/au\/app\/star-104-5-central-coast\/id1068731232\"><em>App Store<\/em><\/a><em> or <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=au.com.star1045\"><em>Google Play<\/em><\/a><em> and take Star 104.5 wherever you go.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Images:\u00a0TikTok \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dondonthedon26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@dondonthedon26<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Bek Lougher<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEE MORE:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/here-are-all-the-locations-featured-in-the-toni-collettes-pieces-of-her-filmed-on-the-central-coast\/\">Here Are All The Local Locations Featured In The Toni Collette Drama Filmed On The Central Coast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He was just excited for his ice cream! No, we\u2019re not horsing around. A miniature pony has gone viral after being spotted in the drive-thru of a Central Coast McDonald\u2019s waiting for his ice cream. The footage of Rocco, the miniature horse waiting in the back seat of a small car in the drive-thru at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":50778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-50749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2.1 (Yoast SEO v23.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Miniature Pony Has Gone Viral After Being Spotted In The Drive-Thru At Local McDonald\u2019s<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A miniature pony has gone viral after being spotted in the drive-thru at Wyong McDonald\u2019s patiently waiting for his ice cream.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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