20k – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, MK, defunct
7DMT – Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
AA – American Adventure
AA – Audio Animatronics
ABD – Adventures By Disney (world-wide tourist experiences)
AC – Adventurer's Club (defunct) at Pleasure Island (defunct) at Disney Springs
AC – Avenger's Campus
ADR – Advanced Dining Reservation, or, what normal people call 'restaurant reservations'
AE – Alien Encounter (replaced by Stitch's Great Escape), MK
AH – After Hours, upcharge time in the parks after closure to the general public, very limited attendance so as to make most of the rides a 'walk-on'
AK – Animal Kingdom Orlando
AKL – Animal Kingdom Lodge Resort
Alcatraz – Code name for the SWL Battle Escape ride
AMP – Amplified Mobility Platform (walk-around exoskeletal suit)
AoA – Art of Animation Resort
AP – Annual Pass(holder)
AP – Artist Point, restaurant
AS – All Star Resorts (Movies, Music, Sports)
A.S.S. – Alien Swirling Saucers (shakes fist at Imagineering)
BAH – Big Ash Hat (the now-removed giant sorcerer's hat that was in the Hollywood Studios hub, wherein 'ash' meaning rear end)
B&Y – Beach and Yacht Club Resorts
BAH - Big A Hat, the giant Mickey's wizard hat that was in front of the Chinese Theater in DHS for a while. The A stand for a body part.
BatB – Beauty and the Beast Live
BB – Blizzard Beach
BBB – Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique
BBB – Big Blue Box, the 'gravity building' for the Guardians coaster in Epcot
BC(V) – Beach Club (Villas) Resort
BDM – Business Development Manager. Disney Travel Company employees who work with Disney travel agencies in specified regions.
BLT – Bay Lake Tower
BG – Boarding Group, a numbered group of guests in a virtual queue
BGM – Background Music
Big Bird – Code name for the SWL Millennium Falcon ride
BLYSR – Buzz Light Year Space Ranger
BoH – Back of House
BPB – Block Party Bash, defunct parade, DHS
BRV – Boulder Ridge Villas (DVC at FW)
BSO – Black Spire Outpost, name of the village in Batuu, the planet of Galaxy's Edge, which is the Star Wars Land in DHS and DL.
BTMR – Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
BtY – Boo To You (Halloween Parade)
BVD – Buena Vista Drive
BW(I)(V) – BoardWalk (Inn) (Villas) Resort
C&H – Chester & Hester (proprietors of the DinoRama storyline)
CapEx – Capital Expenditure, money spent for major improvements or repairs, e.g., spending a billion dollars on a new land
CB – Character Breakfast
CBJ – Country Bear Jamboree
CBR – Caribbean Beach Resort
CCP – Chinese Communist Party
CCV – Copper Creek Villa (DVC at FW)
CE – Creative Entertainment
CG – California Grill
CM – Cast Member (WDW employees)
CoP – Carousel of Progress
CP – Candlelight Processional, Epcot
CP – College Program
CP – Crystal Palace, MK
CR – Contemporary Resort
CR – Cosmic Rewind
CRO – Central Reservations Office
CRT – Cinderella's Royal Table
CS(R) – Coronado Springs (Resort)
CtM – Celebrate the Magic – MK projection show, replace by OUaT
CV – Circle-Vision 360, projected theater in the round found in Epcot's Canada and China, e.g.
CW – Cosmic Rewind (Guardians Coaster in Epcot)
CW – Comedy Warehouse (defunct) in Pleasure Island (defunct) in DS
D+ – Disney Plus (streaming service)
D+PA – Disney Plus Premium Access (pay per view, pay to access)
DAH – Disney After Hours, late night upcharge event at MK
DAK – Disney Animal Kingdom, Orlando
DAKL – Disney Animal Kingdom Lodge Resort
DAS –
Disability Access Service
DCA – Disney California Adventure, Anaheim (the 2nd park to DLR)
DC – Distribution Center (sometimes followed by a number, as in DC-5)
DCL – Disney Cruise Line
DCP – Disney College Program
DD – Downtown Disney, now Disney Springs. Also one in Anaheim
DD – Darling (or Dear) Daughter
DH – Darling (or Dear) Husband
DHS – Hollywood Studios, Orlando
Djr – Disney Junior – Live on Stage!
DL – Disneyland, Anaheim, the original
DLP – Disneyland Paris/Parc
DLR – Disneyland Resorts, the two parks in Anaheim: DL & DCA
DME – Disney Magical Express
DMGMS – Disney-MGM Studios, now Disney Hollywood Studios
DPA – Disney Premium Access (Pay-for successor to FP at Disney Paris)
DPB – Disney Parks Blog
DPLE - Disney Parks Live Entertainment (division responsible for shows)
DPR – Disney Paris Resorts, the 2 parks DLP and WDSP
DQ – DisneyQuest, DS, defunct
DS – Disney Springs
DS – Darling (or Dear) Son
DTC(I) – Direct to Consumer (& International) (online stores / online streaming services bypassing cable/retailers, and internationally)
DTD – Downtown Disney, now Disney Springs. Also one in Anaheim
DtFE – Dumbo the Flying Elephant
DU – Disney University
DVC – Disney Vacation Club (time share)
DW – Darling (or Dear) Wife
EC – Epcot
EE – Expedition Everest, DAK
EF – Epcot Forever – night time show replacing Illuminations: Reflections of Earth
EMM – Early Morning Magic, Pre-opening upcharge event at MK
EMH – Extra Magic Hours (from being at a Disney or participating resort)
EMV – Enhance Motor Vehicle ride system (Indy, Dinosaur)
ETR – Enchanted Tiki Room, MK
ETwB – Enchanted Tales with Belle, MK
ECV – Electric Conveyance Vehicles, Motorized Cart/Wheelchair
F! – Fantasmic!, DHS
F&B – Food and Beverage
F&G – Flower and Garden Festival
F&W – Food and Wine Festival
FAM – Facility Asset Management. The local Resort team in charge of the existing facilities throughout Walt Disney World. They are not part of Walt Disney Imagineering.
FAST – Free Ad-supported STreaming - Streaming channel that's free, but with ads
FEA – Fantasy in the Sky, a discontinued fireworks show at some of the castle parks
FitS – Frozen Ever After, Epcot
FL – Fantasyland
FLE – Fantasy Land Expansion (also, NFL)
FNtM – Finding Nemo, the Musical, DAK
FoF – Festival of Fantasy parade, MK
FoN – Fountain of Nations, Epic (demo'd in 2020)
FoP – Flight of Passage (Pandora), DAK
FOS – Facilities Operations Services
FotA – International Festival of the Arts
FotH – International Festival of the Holidays
FotLK – Festival of the Lion King show, AK
FP(+) – Fast Pass (Plus).. the 'plus' indicates the electronic version as opposed to the old paper ticket version
F(t)W – Ft. Wilderness Campgrounds
FW – Future World, Epcot
FX, FXX – Fox television stations acquired by Disney
GE(B) – Galaxy's Edge: Batuu (SWL)
GEM – Guest Experience Manager
GET – Guest Experience Team (member)
GF – Grand Floridian Resort
GFT – Gran Fiesta Tour, Epcot
GMR – The Great Movie Ride, DHS, defunct
GN – Grad Night, private party for graduations
GG:AMT – Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Tape (summer stage show at Epcot)
GG:CR – Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind (Epcot coaster)
GG:MB – Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout, DCA ToT overhaul
GotG – Guardians of the Galaxy
GotG:AMT – Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Tape (summer stage show at Epcot)
GotG:CR – Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind (Epcot coaster)
GotG:MB – Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout, DCA ToT overhaul
GSAT – Guest SATisfaction survey or score. In business, usually referred to as CSAT for Customer.
GSM – Guest Service Manager (at resorts, now 'GEMs')
HDD(M)R – Hoop-Dee-Doo Music Review
HEA – Happily Ever After, Magic Kingdom fireworks show
HISTA – Honey, I Shrunk The Audience, former 4D movie at Magic Eye Theater, Epcot
HISTK(P) – Honey, I Shrunk The Kids (Playground), Disney movie (defunct playground in DHS)
HKDL – Hong Kong Disneyland
HM – Haunted Mansion
HM – Hidden Mickey
HoB – House of Blues, Disney Springs
HoP – Hall of Presidents
HS – Hollywood Studios, Orlando
HTH – Hollywood Tower Hotel (Tower of Terror)
IaSW – It's a Small World
IdF – Impressions de France (France pavilion, Epcot)
IFotA – International Festival of the Arts
IFotH – International Festival of the Holidays
IG - International Gateway ('back' entrance of Epcot)
IJESS – Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, DHS
Indy – Indiana Jones Epic Stunt, DHS
IoA – Islands of Adventure (Universal Florida)
IP – Intellectual Property, a reference to either any creator's rights to their artistic works, or more often the specific IP/franchise found in a Disney movie in regard to using it in the theme park. E.g., Figment, though an IP of the parks is not an IP in the sense that there was no previous Figment movie. Whereas Peter Pan's Flight is based on the IP of the Peter Pan animated movie.
I:RoE – Illuminations: Reflection of Earth, Epcot evening show
ITTBaB – It's Tough to Be a Bug, DAK
JC – Jungle Cruise, MK
JotLM – Under the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid, MK omnimover
JoWFM – Journey of Water Featuring Moana
JII – Journey Into Imagination first version of the Imagination ride, Epcot
JIYI – Journey Into Your Imagination second version of the Imagination ride, Epcot
JIIwF – Journey Into Imagination with Figment current version of the Imagination ride, Epcot
JTA – Jedi Training Academy, DHS
KRR – Kali River Rapids, DAK
KS – Kilimanjaro Safari, DAK
LBV – Lake Buena Vista
LMA – Lights, Motor, Action Car Stunt Show, DHS, defunct
LMRA – Lightning McQueen Racing Academy
LPS – Local Positioning System (like GPS, but local; used by Ratatouille and MMRR)
LSRB – Liberty Square River Boat, MK
LwtL – Living with the Land, Epcot
LTM – Limited Time Magic (temporary M&G, shows, minor parades, streetmosphere, often linked to a seasonal or one-year celebration)
MAoWtP – Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, MK
MB – Magic Bands
M:B – Mission: Breakout – the Guardians of the Galaxy overlay of DCA's Tower of Terror
MCA – Magic Carpets of Aladdin, MK
ME – Magical Express, WDW's airport bus shuttle
MCO – Orlando International Airport (formerly McCoy Air Force Base, or, jokingly, Mickey's Corporate Office)
MCU – Marvel Cinematic Universe as opposed to MPU
MDE – My Disney Experience, the online web and app portal to one's Disney account and reservations including MyMagic+ and FastPass+
MFSR –Star Wars: Millennium Falcon Smuggler's Run (Millennium Falcon ride, code name: Big Bird)
MGM – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Movie Studio, or, short for the previous name of DHS, Disney-MGM Studios
MI - MIschief, the WDI code name for Ratatouille in Epcot
MILF – Monster Inc Laugh Factory (and not anything else), MK
MiSi – Move It Shake It Dance Party, MK
MiSiMDi – Move It Shake It MousekaDance It, MK, also "MiSi Mouse"
MK – Magic Kingdom, one of the four WDW Orlando theme parks, its 'castle park'
MLF – see MILF
MM – Mystic Manor – an LPS dark ride in Hong Kong that many people would like cloned to their favorite park
MMR – Mickey Mouse Revu (defunct ride)
MMRR – Mickey & Minnie Runaway Railway, DHS
MNSSHP – Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, seasonal upcharge evening event, MK
MOUAC(T)P – Mickey's Once Upon A Christmastime Parade
MPM – Mickey's PhilharMagic, MK
MPU – Marvel Park Universe - The Marvel attractions in the parks follow their own 'universe' or 'timeline' that is inspired by the MCU, but doesn't exactly follow it. E.g., in DCA, the Collector imprisons the Guardians instead of working with them; also, 'the snap' never happened in the MPU.
MPR – Mary Poppins Returns
MRFF – Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire (MK castle show)
M:S – Mission: Space, Epcot
MSEP – Main Street Electric Parade, defunct
MSHL – Marvel Super Hero Land (Universal Florida)
MTP – Mad Tea Party
MV3D – Muppet Vision 3-D
MVMCP – Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, seasonal upcharge evening event, MK
MVPD – Multichannel video programming distributor. Providing video content on many channels, such as through cable or a satellite dish. As opposed to a Virtual MVPD, which provides many channels, but not with their own cable or dish, such as YouTube or Hulu.
NBC – Nightmare Before Christmas
NFL – New Fantasy Land (also, FLE)
NGE – Next Generation Experience, the code name for MyMagic+, the online use of reservations, FastPass+, and everything linked in
NOS – New Orleans Square (Disneyland)
NRJ – Na'vi River Journey, DAK
OG – Operation Guide
ODV – Outdoor Vending
OHRC – Operational Hourly Ride Capacity
OKW – Old Key West Resort
OLC – Oriental Land Company, owners of Tokyo Disney
OMD – One Man's Dream (movie about Walt Disney in Walt Disney Presents, also the previous name for Walt Disney Presents)
O&T – Office & Technical (division of employment)
OTA – Over the air, that is, broadcast TV, as opposed to cable or streaming or DVD
OTT – Over the Top (television streaming box/services via Internet)
OUaT – Once Upon a Time, MK projection show
P&R – Parks & Resorts
PA – Premium Access (name for upcharge extras, whether a type of FastPass or Pay-per-view Disney+ movie)
PAC – Parade Audience Control
PatF – Princess (Tiana) and the Frog
PCRC – Prince Charming Regal Carousel, MK
PEO – Park Event Operations (e.g., care and storage of festival booths)
PH – Planet Hollywood, Disney Springs
PI – Pleasure Island, defunct area of Disney Springs
PM – People Mover
Pop – Pop Century Resort
PO(R) – Port Orleans (Resort or Riverside)
POFQ – Port Orleans French Quarter
Poly – Polynesian Resort
PotC – Pirates of the Caribbean
PPF – Peter Pan's Flight
PPH – People per hour, ride 'capacity'
PRC – People's Republic of China
Project... (goes by first initial or full code word)
89 - Reflections Lodge (construction halted)
Alcatraz - Rise of the Resistance
Ascot - Toy Story Land (reference to Ken's ascot)
Big Bird - Smuggler's Run: Millennium Falcon
Delos - Star Wars Land DL / Delos II - Star Wars Land DHS (Delos runs WestWorld)
Gamma - Epcot Hub reimagining
Hubble - Star Wars Hotel (astrologer Edwin Hubble discovered other galaxies, far, far away)
Kappa - Harmonious
Marceline - Mickey & Minnie Runaway Railway (Walt's home town)
MK1 - Main Street Theater (cancelled)
MK2 - TRON
Mischief - Ratatouille
Morpho - Avatar Land (the blue morpho butterfly)
Nugget - Either the 50th celebration as a whole, or just the part that pertains to the MK castle and/or its fireworks
Sausalito - Cosmic Rewind (Guardian's ship = Milano, Milano and Sausalito are also cookies)
TIJ, The Italian Job - Gondolas (name of a movie, but gondolas are also boats in Venice, Italy)
PtN – Paint the Night, DLR light parade
PW – Primeval Whirl, DAK
Rat – Ratatouille, the movie or the ride that is in DLP and Epcot
RC – River Country, defunct water park
RCID – Reedy Creek Improvement District
RD – Rope Drop or RunDisney
RaDLL – Reflections: A Disney Lakeside Lodge
RFID – Radio Frequency Identification (chip). The 'magic' in Magic Bands and tap tickets
RnRC – Rock 'n Rollercoaster, DHS
RoA – Rivers of America, DL
RoC – Reflections of China
RoE – Illuminations: Reflections of Earth, Epcot fireworks
RoL – Rivers of Life, DAK evening show
RotR – Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance (Battle Star Cruiser Escape ride, code name: Alcatraz)
RR – Riviera Resort
RRA – Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
RRC – Rhine River Cruise, a ride for the Germany pavilion that was never built
RSR – Radiator Springs Racers, DCA
RV – Ride Vehicle
SAR – Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong)
SAtW – Soarin' Around the World
SDD – Slinky Dog Dash, TSL
SDL – Shanghai Disneyland
SDMT – Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, MK
S.E.A. – Society of Explorers and Adventurers (background mythos of some park attractions, especially in Tokyo DisneySea)
S(S)E – Spaceship Earth, Epcot
SF(R)T – Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse
SFWMD – South Florida Water Management District
SGE – Stich's Great Escape
SM – Splash Mountain (same as Space Mountain, confusing)
SM – Space Mountain (same as Splash Mountain, confusing)
SoA – Streets of America, DHS, defunct
SoG – Shades of Green Resort
SR – Star Wars: Millennium Falcon Smuggler's Run (Millennium Falcon ride, code name: Big Bird)
SRL – Single Rider Line
SSR – Saratoga Springs Resort
ST – Star Tours
SVOD – Streaming Video on Demand
SWAGFFA – Star Wars: A Galaxy Far Far Away, DHS stage show
SWAGS – Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacle, DHS fireworks
SWL – Star Wars Land
SWR – Star Wars Resort
SWRotR – Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance (Battle Star Cruiser escape ride, code name: Alcatraz)
SWMFSR – Star Wars: Millennium Falcon Smuggler's Run (Millennium Falcon ride, code name: Big Bird)
Swolphin – The Swan & Dolphin Resort
TA – Travel Agent
T&A – Testing & Adjusting (and not anything else, chorus line!)
TAA – The American Adventure
TBA – Tiana's Bayou Adventure
TDA – Team Disney Anaheim
TDL – Tokyo Disneyland
TDO – Team Disney Orlando
TDR – Tokyo Disney Resort (includes -land and -Sea)
TDS – Tokyo Disney Sea
TFA – The Force Awakens (Star Wars Ep. 7)
TFCF – Twenty First Century Fox (the Murdoch holding company from which Disney bought Twentieth Century Fox entertainment)
TGMR – The Great Movie Ride
THM – The Haunted Mansion
THRC – Theoretical Hourly Ride Capacity
TL – Typhoon Lagoon
TLC – TRON Light Cycle
TLJ – The Last Jedi
TLS – Tomorrowland Speedway, MK
ToD – Tapestry of Dreams, defunct parade at Epcot
ToN – Tapestry of Nations, defunct parade at Epcot
ToT – Tower of Terror (Hollywood Tower Hotel), DHS
TOWL – Top of the World Lounge
TSI – Tom Sawyer Island
TSL – Toy Story Land, DHS
TSM – Toy Story Mania (the name of the ride)
TSMG – (Toy Story) Midway Games (the name of the game)
TSMM – Toy Story Midway Mania (alternate name of the ride)
TSR – Table Service Restaurant
TST – Town Square Theater, MK
TSwN&F – The Seas with Nemo & Friends
TT – Test Track
TTA – Tomorrowland Transit Authority People Mover
TTC – Transportation and Ticketing Center
TTS – TriceraTop Spin, DAK
TTwC – Turtle Talk with Crush, Epcot
TWDC – The Walt Disney Company
TWMMC – The World's Most Magical Celebration (MK's 50th Anniversary)
UNW – Under New Management, a one-time overlay of the Tiki Room
UoE – Universe of Energy, pavilion at Epcot
UOR – Universal Orlando Resort (Includes IoA, USF, VB, resorts and new parks coming)
USF – Universal Studios Florida (the 'studios park' of UOR)
UtS – Under the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid, MK omnimover
VB – Volcano Bay, water park of UOR
VMVPD – Virtual Multichannel video programming distributor. Provides many channels, but not with their own cable or dish, such as YouTube or Hulu. As opposed to a MVPD, which provide video content on many channels, but through their own cable or a satellite dish.
VOD - Video on Demand (normally, streaming)
VoL - Voices of Liberty
VotLM – Voyage of the Little Mermaid, DHS stage show
VQ – Virtual Queue
WC – World Celebration (central neighborhood of Epcot)
WD – Word Discovery (Eastern neighborhood of Epcot with Guardians, Space, and Test Track)
WDCE – Walt Disney Creative Entertainment
WDI – Walt Disney Imagineering
WDP – Walt Disney Presents: museum, M&G, and movie, in DHS (used to be One Man's Dream)
WDRR – Walt Disney World Railroad
WDS(P) – Walt Disney Studios Parc, Paris
WDW – Walt Disney World, Orlando (includes theme and water parks, resorts, shopping, & recreational areas)
WDWRR – Walt Disney (World) Railroad
WED – WED Enterprises, now WDI [Walter E. Disney]
WEDway – ride system of Tomorrowland Transit Authority
WET – Wildlife Express Train, DAK
WiR – Wreck-it-Ralph
WL – Wilderness Lodge
WN – World Nature (western neighborhood of Epcot with Seas and Land)
WoC – World of Color fountain show at DCA
WoD – World of Disney, megastore at Disney Springs
WoL – Wonders of Life, pavilion in Epcot
WoM – World of Motion, defunct, replaced by Test Track
WotW – Illuminations: Windows on the World, Epcot night show
WS – World Showcase, Epcot
WWoHP – Wizarding World of Harry Potter
WWoS – Wide World of Sports, ESPN sports complex
Y&B – Yacht and Beach Club Resorts
YC – Yacht Club
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