Disney Acronyms & Abbreviations

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DISNEY ACRONYMS / ABBREVIATIONS

AA - The American Adventure
AA - Audio-Animatronics [The *robot* characters in the attractions.]
AABBQ - All-American Bar-B-Que
AC - Adventurer's Club
Ad-Lib* - Adventureland/Liberty Square
ADH - Atlantic Dance Hall
ADO* - Autorized day off
ADVL - Adventureland
AE - The ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter
AI* - Advanced Internship
AIO - All In One Passes
AK - Disney's Animal Kingdom
AKL - Animal Kingdom Lodge
Alien - Alien Encounter
AP - Annual Passport
AP - Artist Point
APer - Annual Passportholder
AS - Disney's All-Star Sports Resort
AS Mu or ASM - Disney's All-Star Music Resort
AS Mo or ASMV - Disney's All-Star Movies Resort
AS Sp - Disney's All Star Sports Resort
ATS** - Automated Ticketing System (turnstile/ticket printer)

BatB - "Beauty and the Beast" - Live on Stage
Bears or CBJ - Country Bear Jamboree
BearBand** - Country Bear Jamboree
BB - Blizzard Beach
BC - Beach Club Resort
BC - Beaches and Cream restaurant
BCV - Beach Club Villas
BET - BET Soundstage
BitBBH - Bear in the Big Blue House
BTM or BTMRR - Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Buzz* - Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
BW - Body Wars
BW or BWV - Disney's Boardwalk Resort Villas
BWI - Disney's BoardWalk Inn

CA* - California Adventure
CastABLE* - WDW Diversity Resource Group
CB - Character Breakfast
CBR - Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort
CC* - Crowd Control
CDC* - Cast Deployment Center
CDS* - Cast Deployment System
CEM - Cast Excellence Measurement
CG - California Grill
Cindy's* - Cinderella's Royal Table
Cirque* or CdS - Cirque du Soleil
Clear* - Ride is ready to go OR "Cute guy/girl on ride"
CM - Cast Member (aka employee)
CM's - Chef Mickeys at the Contemporary
CoE* - Centers of Excellence
Cont - Disney's Contemporary Resort
CaP - Candlelight Processional
CoP - Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress (retired)
CP - Crystal Palace
CP* - College Program or College Programer
CR* - Campus Rep
CR* - College Recruiting
CRAB* - Cast Records and Benefits
C-Rays* - Cosmic Rays
CRO - Central Reservations Office
CS or CSR - Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
CS* - Casual Seasonal
CT* - Casual Temporary
CTX - Countdown to Extinction (now Dinosaur)
CW* - Comedy Warehouse

DACS* - The Digital Animation Control System
DAK* - Disney's Animal Kingdom
DAK Lodge - Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
DC - Disney Club
DCA - Disney's California Adventure
DCL - Disney Cruise Lines
DCR - Davy Crocket Ranch
DD - Downtown Disney
DD - Disney Dollars
DDM - Downtown Disney Marketplace aka. DVM - Disney Village Marketplace
DI - Discovery Island (101 perm)
DI - Disney Institute
DiVERSitY* - Respect Appreciated Value Everyone
DL - Disneyland
DLH - Disneyland Hotel
DLP - Disneyland Paris
DLP - Disneyland Pacific Hotel
DLR** - Disneyloand Resort
D-MGM - Disney-MGM Studios
DOS* - Deviation of shift
DQ* - DisneyQuest
CRT* - Cinderella's Royal Table
DREAM** - Disney Resort Experiences Are Magical
DRC** - Disney Reservation Center
DSA* - Disney's Special Activiites
DTC or TC - Disney Travel Company
DTD* - Downtown Disney
DU* - Disney University
DV - Disney Village Marketplace
DVC - Disney Vacation Club
DW - Walt Disney World Resort
DWWS - Disney's Wide World of Sports
DxL - Disney's Dixie Landings Resort (retired)

EA* or CEA* - Casting Employment Assistant
EC - Epcot
ECV - Electronic Convenience Vehicle (electric wheelchair/scooter)
EE - Surprise Mornings (early entry)
ELP - Main Street Electrical Parade (electrical parade)
EPCOT* - Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow
EPIC* - Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!
ER* - Early Release
ET* - E-Ticket
EU** - Electric Umbrella
EWP - Electric Water Pageant

Festival - Festival of the Lion King
FF - Flying Fish
FF - Fireworks Factory (101 prem)
FITS - Fantasy In The Sky
FNF - Food and Fun
FOLK - Festival of the Lion King
FTS* - Florida Tourist Sales
FW, FtW, or Fort- Disney's Fort Wilderness Campground
FW - Future World
FWH - Disney's Fort Wilderness Homes
FWS* - Future World South
FV* - Fountain View Espresso and Bakery

GF - Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa
GLOW* - I don't know what it stands for, but they sold glowing sticks during parades and just about anything around the parks
GMR - The Great Movie Ride
GN - Grad Night
GoH - Guest of Honor (badge given out at the Welcome Center during the 25th year)
Grand* - Grand Floridian
Guard* - Lifeguard
GR* - Guest Relations
GSM - Guest Satisfaction Measurement or Manager
GSR** - Guest Service Recovery
GT* - General Teller

Hall* - City Hall or HOP
HDD - Hoop De Do Revue
HH - Disney Vacation Club Hilton Head Resort
HISK * - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Playground
HISTA - Honey, I Shrunk the Audience
HM - The Haunted Mansion
HM - Hidden Mickey
HNY - Hotel New York
HOB* - House of Blues
HOLA* - promotes Hispanic culture and business
Hold* - Hold the ride
HoND - Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame - A Musical Adventure
HoP - The Hall of Presidents
Hort* - Horticulture
HSFe - Hotel Santa Fe

I-4* - Interstate 4
IASW - "It's A Small World"
I-Drive - International Drive
IG - International Gateway
Ill25 - IllumiNations 25
IN - IllumiNations
ITTBAB - Its Tough To Be A Bug

JC - Jungle Cruise
JH - Jolly Holidays (101 perm)
JIYI - Journey Into Your Imagination
JJ* - Jelly Rolls (CM nite on Tues)

KK - Keys to the Kingdom Tour
KRR - Kali River Rapids
KSR - Kilimanjaro Safaris Ride
KIDS:
Kids to the Kingdom* - Equity singers and dancers for the Castle stage
Pass Kids* - Those that worked Backstage Pass attractions
Sunset Kids* - Those that worked on Sunset Blvd

LBV - Lake Buena Vista
LDR* - Long Distant Relationships (with CP friends)
LoLo* - Legend of the Lion King (Magic Kingdom)
LOS - Length of Stay Passport (retired)
Lib Sq* - Liberty Square
LPAD* - Luncheon Pad
LS - The Living Seas

Magic* - The Disney "Magic"
Mansion* - The Haunted Mansion
MAoWtP - Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
MAPO* - Disney's Manufacturing And Production Organization (derived from MAry POppins)
MB - Magnolia Bend (@ DL)
MCO - Orlando International Airport
MGM - Disney-MGM Studios
MK - Magic Kingdom
MKC - Magic Kingdom Club (retired)
MILLIONAIRE* - Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Mill Vill* - Millennium Village
MNSSHP - Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party
MO* - Main Operations offices at MK
MS - Main Street
MSS - Monster Sound Show (retired)
MSEP - Main Street Electrical Parade (replaced)
MTWR - Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (retired)
MV3D - Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision X3D 4D
MVMCP - Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party

NA - Neon Armadillo (must be an oldtimer to remember this one)
NBC - Newport Bay Club
NoJ - Night of Joy
NOS - New Orleans Square

ODF* - Outdoor Foods
OKW - Disney's Old Key West Vacation Club Resort
OPR - Old Port Royale (@ CBR)
Ops* - Operations
O-town* - Orlando

PAC* - Parade Audience Control
Pan* - Peter Pan attraction
PC - Disney's Pop Century Resort
Pecos* - Pecos Bill Restaurant
PH - Planet Hollywood
PHP - Park Hopper Plus
PI - Pleasure Island
PIAP - Pleasure Island Annual Pass
PO - Disney's Port Orleans Resort (retired)
PoC - Pirates of the Caribbean
Poly - Disney's Polynesian Resort
PotC - Pirates of the Caribbean
PRIDE* - People Respecting Individual Diversities in Everyone
PS - Priority Seating
PULSE* - People United to Lead, Serve, & Excel
PVH* - Pinocchio's Village Haus restaurant

QS* - Quick Service

RC - River Country
R&C - Rose and Crown Pub
RECR* - Recreations
RFC - Rainforest Cafe
RRBC - Rock-N-Roll Beach Club
RnRC - Rock 'N' Roller Coaster

SB* - Stormalong Bay
SCOOPS* - Hollywood Scoops
SE - Spaceship Earth
Skippers* - JC Skippers or recr operators
Sit and Spin - Buzz Lightyear
SL - Sequoia Lodge
SM - Splash Mountain
SM - Space Mountain
SOG - Shades of Green Resort
SOL* - Osborne Family Spectical of Lights
SOP* - Standard Operating Procedures
Specto* - Specto Magic Parade (retired)
SplM or Splash* - Splash Mountain
SpMt* - Space Mountain
SSE* - Spaceship Earth
SSFF* - Sunshine Season Food Fair
ST - Star Tours
ST - Disney-MGM Studios
ST** - Singers (D-MGM)

TAP** - Tapestry of Dreams Parade
TCO** - Taken Care Of
TDL - Toyko Disneyland
TD* - Team Disney
TDS - The Disney Store
Tiki - The Enchanted Tiki Birds
TKPR - Timekeeper
TL - Typhoon Lagoon
T-Land* - Tomorrowland
TLS - The Living Seas
TM - Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
TMK - Magic Kingdom
ToN - Tapestry of Nations
Toon* - Toontown Fair
ToT - "The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror" or TZToT
ToTS - Theater of the Stars
Trad* - Traditions
Troll** - Pilfering Roommate (Rachel)
TS - Ticket Services
TSI - Tom Sawyer Island
TST - Disney-MGM Studios
TT - Test Track
TTA - Tomorrowland Transit Authority
TTC - Transportation and Ticket Center
TTFN* - Ta Ta for now

UoE - Universe of Energy
UMP - Unlimited Magic Pass (retired)

V&A* - Victoria and Albert's
VB - Vero Beach
VIP* - VIP Tours
VM - Disney Village Marketplace (part of Downtown Disney)
VMCP - Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party
VLM - Voyage of the Little Mermaid
VW* - Vista Way

WC* - Welcome Center (25th Anniversary)
WDW - Walt Disney World Resort
WDI - Walt Disney Imagineering
WDIG* - Walt Disney Internet Group
WDWCP* - Walt Disney World College Program
WDWIP* - Walt Disney World International Program
WDT - Walt Disney Travel Company
WED* - Walt Elias Disney
WH - World Hopper tickets (retired)
WHS - Wildhorse Saloon (101 perm)
WL - Disney's Wilderness Lodge Resort
WLV - Wilderness Lodge Villas
WoD - Disney's World of Disney
WoL - Wonders of Life
WoM - World of Motion
WS - World Showcase
WS - West Side (part of Downtown Disney)
WWoS - Disney's Wide World of Sports
WWS - Disney's Wide World of Sports

Y&B - Disney's Yacht Club Resort and Disney's Beach Club Resort
YES* - Youth Education Series
YC - Disney's Yacht Club Resort

Zoo, the* - MK Character department

10-7* - Off duty for the Evening
10-8* - On Duty for the Day
20K - Twenty-thousand Leagues Under the Sea (101 perm)
43* - square miles Disney owns in Orange and Osceola counties
101* - Ride is unavailable
102* - Ride is working
104* - Guest with disabilities
105* - Hot Guest (Underage)
192* - Hwy 192 + 5 other names

* added, edited by Mona




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