Have you ever had a name for a ride either then its real name?

[Kwit35]

POTC was "Pirates in the can of beans" when we were kids. Or just... "Can of beans"

OMG, that is exactly what my daughter use to say. Too Funny!:lol:

 

[k.hunter30]

My mom called Big Thunder Mountain the Runaway Mine Train. I was sure that used to be its name, but I guess it was her own invention. We went back together just this week for the first time in over 15 years, and that was still how she remembered it. I'll have to post some pictures on the POTD thread. We had a lot of fun.

My parents still call it the runaway train ride.

 

[FootballFigment]

Before I knew what Maelstrom was named I called it "the Troll Ride" :hammer:

 

[Disney_Belle]

It wasn't me who said it, but when I was showing my old boss' 4 year old son pictures from WDW, I showed him a picture of Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin and he said "Mommy look its BIGHT LEAR!!!" Thats how he says Buzz Lightyear. And Pirates of the Caribbean he pronounces as "Piratesofagabbean" <-- all one word lol. Its the cutest thing

 

[Escarabaja06]

Before I knew what Maelstrom was named I called it "the Troll Ride" :hammer:

ME TOO!

 

[cococola44]

or the backwards boat ride

 

[Gooch]

TTA will always be called 'Peoplemover' for me.

You and me both!

 

[lilclerk]

My boyfriend calls Spaceship Earth "The Epcot Center" .. but it's more to annoy me than anything else.

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

My dad always calls Test Track "Fast Track." It a simple thing, but it annoys the heck out of me.

 

[mickeypal1]

Mexico margarita stand = daddy's ride....I think this will be my new ride this year....and maybe the "booty cups"

:ROFLOL:

 

[Parkerbexar]

My soon to be wife calls BTM RUN-AWAY-MINE-TRAIN. She has called it that since she was a kid and can’t break the habit :hammer:

 

[disney21]

as a kid i used to call SSE the big golf ball, too.

 

[cococola44]

haha yes epcot center

=)

 

[dixiepixie]

My family calls Big Thunder Mountain Railroad...." Big Fat Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Railroad "... it came from listening to the song that plays in the queue line, "Big Rock Candy Mountain", over and over one day...we were tired and a little "punchy" and now as far as we are concerned that's it's name.

 

[cococola44]

lol, spotted mountain


if people start calling any of the mountains "candy mountain" that will be it for me...

i will be just in this weird mood thinking about charlie the unicorn

 

[Tim G]

I still call the TTA the Wedway. Sometimes I call Maelstrom and El Rio Del Tiempo, Norway and Mexico.

Horizons smelled like l'oranges, though, not pineapples.

I always call it the commuter computer... (some Cali thing)

 

[cococola44]

hmmm that orange smell
=)

 

[jmorri26]

As a kid who didn't have a clue what these rides were called when I was tiny, they were:

The Giant Golf Ball (Spaceship Earth)
Figment (Journey into Imagination)
The Orange Ride (Horizons) (remember the orange grove part?)
The Great American Movie Ride (Great Movie Ride- I still mess this up)
The Michael Jackson Ride (Captain EO)
The Singin Birds (The Tiki Room)
The Mine Cars (Big Thunder Mountain)
The Dinosaur Ride (Universe of Energy)

I'm sure there was more. Mostly just observations than actually getting the name wrong.

Oh and my favorite was just my little brothers and I begging not to go on the "Really Boring Ride" that was actually World of Motion. It put any small child to sleep the minute their butts hit those seats!

 

[SallyShine]

Margarita Stand at Mexico pavillion in EPCOT......I call that "Daddy's Ride"!:ROFLOL:

After 2 of those you will be riding back to your hotel!

 

[wickedfan07]

Any conversation we have at home about Maelstrom always ends with "Back back over the falls!"

And as kids, my sister and I usually called SSE the golf ball, too. I think that one is pretty standard.

And after our last trip, we call the Country Bear Jamboree "Oh God, never again!"