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

[cococola44]

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!"

i always liked the cbj because something always breaks like or doesn't work

 

[KaliSplash]

When my boys were very young they were fascinated with trains.

You'd be surprised how many trains there were at WDW then. And just in the Magic Kingdom.

The Orange Train -- parking lot tram
The Red Train -- Walt Disney World RailRoad
The Blue Train -- Wedway People Mover
The Yellow Train -- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (one of the engines was yellow!)

Of course, the Monorail itself varied by official Monorail color, depending on which one we were in.

 

[cococola44]

i love the monorail! =D

 

[Thebrerrabbit]

ive always loved calling splash mountain spash.....i know real original, but splash

 

[cococola44]

I called American Adventure the Ben Franklin show

 

[progroupie]

We called World of Motion "The Rib Tickling Ride", it had something to do with the intro but it's been so long I don't remember where it came from.

 

[adrianuk91]

I always used to call SSE the big golf ball and The Land ride the greenhouse ride i can't remeber why :shrug:
POTC is pirates
BTM is the runaway mine train because its just like the runaway mine train ride at Alton Towers cept like 10 times bigger
Splash Mountain is sometimes the log flume
The haunted mansion is sumtimes the haunted house
I don't think we will ever stop calling MGM I mean DHS, MGM
this isn't a ride but my mum always calls KFC kentucky fried.

 

[TheBeatles]

Not an attraction, but...

FastPass is not called FastTrack.

 

[Crazy4WDW1]

We're not big fans of "Lights, Motors, Action!", we call it lights, motors, gauge my eyes out.

We also have an inappropriate name for Splash Mountain.

 

[Roxas]

DHS will always be MGM as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Aurora23]

Primeval Whirl --> Primeval Hurl

For obvious reasons... :hurl:

That would be the "Hurl o' Whirl" in our family! = Primeval Whirl

 

[lilphil6487]

When I was little, I always called Peter Pan the movie You Can Fly, so I always called Peter Pan's Flight You Can Fly.

 

[Aurora23]

I just remembered... I still call Downtown Disney the "Village" or just the Marketplace. I just can't break that!

 

[lilphil6487]

Lol I still call DTD the Village Marketplace too even though i was little when it was still called that. My mom still calls the Polynesian Resort The Polynesian Village.

 

[dragongirl]

I keep saying MGM and can't stop!:dazzle:

My five year old nephew has a few different names for rides:

Scary Trees=HM
Star Wars Trilogy=ST
Captain Jack & The Flying "Gutchman"=POTC
Shooting Buzz=BLSRS
Coffeepots=Teacups
The Train=WDWRR
The Genie=AFC
Water slide=Splash Mt.
Grandma's Favorite Ride=TOT

My toddler daughter calls POTC "Yo yo me me for me!"

 

[Mr.EPCOT]

The House of Innoventions is the House of Stuff That You Can Buy at Home Depot.

 

[Laura]

My 4 and 6 year old kids have re-invented several attraction names. Here's a few I can think of without straining. :lookaroun

Ghost Ride = Haunted Mansion
Bunny Ride = Splash Mountain
Donald Movie = Mickey's Philharmagic
Mickey's Ball Ride = Spaceship Earth
Yeti Ride = Expedition Everest
Fast Car Ride = Test Track
Figment Ride = Journey Into Imagination

 

[jestrfyl]

We still call the Monorail the Mommyrail - a ride even a mom could like!

 

[fyn]

When my sister and I were kids, my mom always wanted to Watch Illuminations every time we went to EPCOT. We got so sick of it that we quickly dubbed it "Abominations" and we still call it that today.

 

[AEfx]

I keep saying MGM and can't stop!:dazzle:

I'm right there with you. It's still going to be MGM to me for a long while, changing some signage doesn't erase close to two decades of identity.

I think my biggest hurdle is the abbreviation "DHS" - I used to work in a hospital, and around here that means "Department of Human Services" and I just can't drop that "DHS" association in favor of this new one, as the concepts are such polar opposites to me LOL.

AEfx