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Common Abbreviations
and Acronyms

WDW
THEME PARKS

General Info
Abbreviations
Calendar of Events
Extra Magic Hour
FASTPASS
Kennels
Magical Beginnings
Merchandise Mail Order
Operating Hours
Pal Mickey
Park Maps
Parking Information
PhotoPass
Rehabs and Closures
Ride Restrictions
Smoking Policy
Special Needs Travelers
Ticket FAQ

Attraction Info
Animal Kingdom
Disney's Hollywood
    Studios

Epcot
Magic Kingdom

Attraction Seating
   Photo Gallery


Character Meet and
   Greet FAQ


Overlooked Attractions
--Animal Kingdom
--Epcot
--Disney's Hollywood Studios
--Magic Kingdom

WDW at Large

Parades and Shows
Block Party Bash
Dreams Come

   True Parade
Electrical Water
   Pageant

Fantasmic!
IllumiNations
Innoventions Fountains
Mickey's Jammin'
   Jungle Parade

Spectromagic
Wishes

Special Events
Calendar of Events
Dateline Disney

Year of a
   Million Dreams


January
Pirate and
    Princess Party

WDW Marathon

February
Pirate and
    Princess Party


March
ESPN The Weekend
Pirate and
    Princess Party


Spring
Atlanta Braves
    Spring Training

Earth Day
Easter
Flower and Garden Festival
Grad Nites
Mardi Gras

April
Flower and Garden Festival
Pirate and
    Princess Party

May
Flower and Garden Festival

June
Flower and Garden Festival
Star Wars Weekends


July
Fourth of July

August
Pirate and
    Princess Party


September
Night of Joy

October
Food and Wine Festival
Halloween at
   Downtown Disney

Mickey's Not So Scary
    Halloween Party


November
Festival of the Masters
Food and Wine Festival
Super Soap Weekend

December
Candlelight Processional
Holiday Decorations
Holiday Happenings
Mickey's Very Merry
    Christmas Party

New Year's Eve
Osborne Lights

OTHER THEME
PARKS


Disneyland

Disney's
   California Adventure

Universal Orlando
   Resort

Everywhere you look there are abbreviations and acronyms --
talking about Walt Disney World or WDW, is no exception.

The following is a list of the abbreviations and acronyms used by Cast Members and folks on the internet. Some abbreviations have multiple meanings and some destinations have multiple abbreviations.


AA - The American Adventure
AA - Audio-Animatronics [The *robot* characters in the attractions.]
AC - Adventurers Club
ADR - Advance Dining Reservation
AK - Disney's Animal Kingdom
AKL - Animal Kingdom Lodge
AKV - Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas [a DVC Resort]
AP - Annual Pass
AP - Artist Point
APer - Annual Passholder
AS - Disney's All-Star Sports Resort
ASM or ASMu - Disney's All-Star Music Resort
ASMV or ASMo- Disney's All-Star Movies Resort

BatB - "Beauty and the Beast" - Live on Stage
B&C - Beaches & Cream at the Beach Club
BB - Blizzard Beach
BC - Beach Club Resort
BCV - Beach Club Villas [a DVC Resort]
BTM - Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
BTMR - Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
BTMRR - Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
BW - Disney's BoardWalk
BWI - Disney's BoardWalk Inn
BWV - Disney's BoardWalk Villas [a DVC Resort]

CB - Character Breakfast [Breakfasts where Disney Characters show up.]
CBJ - Country Bear Jamboree
CBR - Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort
CG - California Grill
CM - Cast Member [An employee of the Walt Disney Company]
Cont - Disney's Contemporary Resort
CoP - Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress
CP - Candlelight Processional
CP - Crystal Palace
CRO - Central Reservations Office [handling Dining and Resort reservations]
CS or CSR - Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
CS - Counter Service meal [part of Disney Dining Plan]
CW - Comedy Warehouse at Pleasure Island

D/MGM - Disney-MGM Studios

DAKL - Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge

DCA - Disney's California Adventure
DCL - Disney Cruise Line
DD - Downtown Disney
DD - Disney Dollars
DDE - Disney Dining Experience [discount card available to FL residents & Annual Passholders]
DDP - Disney Dining Plan
DHS - Disney's Hollywood Studios (formerly Disney-MGM Studios)
DL - Disneyland
DLH - Disneyland Hotel
DLP - Disneyland Paris
DLR- Disneyland Resort
DME - Disney's Magical Express
DQ - Disney Quest
DTD - Downtown Disney
DRC - Disney Reservations Center [handling Dining and Resort reservations]
DVC - Disney Vacation Club
DW - Walt Disney World Resort
DWWS - Disney's Wide World of Sports

EC - Epcot
ECV - Electric Convenience Vehicle (electric wheelchair/scooter)
EE - Expedition Everest
ELP - Main Street Electrical Parade (electrical parade)
EMH - Extra Magic Hours
EWP - Electrical Water Pagent
ExE - Expedition Everest

FF - Flying Fish
FoTLK - Festival of the Lion King (Animal Kingdom)
FP - Fast Pass
FtW - Fort Wilderness
FW - Disney's Fort Wilderness Campground
FW - Future World (part of Epcot)

GF - Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa
GMR - The Great Movie Ride
GN - Grad Night
GoH - Guest of Honor [written as GoH '76 meaning the first year you visited WDW]
GR - Guest Relations [at theme parks and Downtown Disney]
GS - Guest Services [at water parks]

HDD- Hoop De Doo Review (Fort Wilderness Campground) sometimes seen as HDDR
HH - Disney's Hilton Head Resort [a DVC Resort]
HISTA - Honey, I Shrunk the Audience
HM - The Haunted Mansion
HM - Hidden Mickey
HoP - The Hall of Presidents

IASW - "It's A Small World"
IG - International Gateway
IN - IllumiNations
ITTBAB - It's Tough To Be A Bug (at Animal Kingdom)

JC - Jungle Cruise
JIYI - Journey Into Your Imagination

KRR - Kali River Rapids
KJS - Kilimanjaro Safari
KTTW - Key To The World card [your Disney resort ID card]

LBV - Lake Buena Vista
LC - Lobby Concierge [the former Guest Services at the resorts]
LMA - Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show
LS - The Living Seas
LTT - Liberty Tree Tavern

ME - Magical Express
MGM - Disney-MGM Studios
MILFCC - Monster's Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club
MK - Magic Kingdom
MNSSHP - Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party
MS - Main Street USA
MS or M:S - Mission:SPACE

MSEP - Main Street Electrical Parade
MV3D - Muppet*Vision 3D
MVMCP - Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party
MYW - Magic Your Way tickets and/or packages

NE - No Expiration [added to Magic Your Way tickets]
NoJ - Night of Joy
NOS - New Orleans Square

OKW - Disney's Old Key West Vacation Club Resort
OPR - Old Port Royale (at Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort)

PAP - Premium Annual Pass
PC - Pop Century Resort
PH - Park Hopper [ticket add-on to Magic Your Way tickets]
PH - Planet Hollywood (part of Downtown Disney)
PI - Pleasure Island (part of Downtown Disney)
PO - Disney's Port Orleans Resort, now Port Orleans French Quarter
PoC - Pirates of the Caribbean
POFQ - Port Orleans French Quarter
Poly - Disney's Polynesian Resort
POP - Pop Century Resort
PORS - Port Orleans Riverside (formerly Dixie Landings)
PotC - Pirates of the Caribbean
PPP - Pirate and Princess Party

RC - Rainforest Cafe
RnRC - Rock 'n' Roller Coaster
RS - Port Orleans Riverside (formerly Dixie Landings)

SB - Stormalong Bay [pool at Yacht & Beach Club]
SE - Spaceship Earth
SGE - Stitch's Great Adventure
SM - Splash Mountain
SM - Space Mountain
SoG - Shades of Green Resort
SP - Seasonal Pass [available only to Florida residents]
SplM - Splash Mountain
SSE - Spaceship Earth
SSR - Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort [a DVC Resort]
ST - Star Tours
ST - Disney-MGM Studios
SWW - Star Wars Weekend

TDS - The Disney Store(s)
TL - Typhoon Lagoon
ToT - "The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror"
TS - Table Service meal [part of Disney Dining Plan]
TSI - Tom Sawyer Island
TT - Test Track
TTA - Tomorrowland Transit Authority
TTC - Transportation and Ticket Center

UoE - Universe of Energy

V&A - Victoria & Albert's
VB - Disney's Vero Beach Resort [a DVC Resort]
VotLM - Voyage of the Little Mermaid
VWL - Disney's Villas of Wilderness Lodge [a DVC Resort]

WDTC - Walt Disney Travel Company [handling Dining and Resort reservations]
WDW - Walt Disney World Resort
WL - Disney's Wilderness Lodge Resort

WLV - Villas at Wilderness Lodge

WoD - Disney's World of Disney
WoL - Wonders of Life
WPF&M - Water Park Fun & More [add-on to Magic Your Way tickets]
WS - World Showcase (part of Epcot)

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
YC - Disney's Yacht Club Resort

 


Other common abbreviations used on the Internet
(this list doesn't have *all* the abbreviations)

AFAIK - As far as I know
AYR - As you recall
BTW - By The Way
FWIW - For what it's worth
GMTA - Great minds think alike
IIRC - If I recall correctly
IME - In my experience
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IYKWIM - If you know what I mean
J/K - Just kidding
JMHO - Just my humble opinion
OT - Off topic
OTOH - On the Other Hand

ROFL - rolling on floor laughing
ROFLMAO - rolling on floor laughing my *butt* off
TIA - Thanks in advance
TMI - Too much information
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
TTYL - Talk To You Later
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary (means that no two people experience the same thing in exactly the same way, just a caution placed on some descriptions of places, events, food, merchandise, consumer habits, practices, etc.)

Common abbreviations for relatives

BF - Boyfriend
BIL - Brother-in-law
DBF - Dear Boyfriend
DBIL - Dear Brother-in-law
DD - Dear Daughter
DF - Dear Fiance
DFIL - Dear Father-in-law
DGF - Dear Girlfriend
DGF - Dear Grandfather
DGM - Dear Grandmother
DH - Dear Husband
DMIL - Dear Mother-in-law
DS - Dear Son
DSIL - Dear Sister-in-law
DW - Dear Wife
FIL - Father-in-law
GF - Girlfriend
GF - Grandfather
GM - Grandmother
MIL - Mother-in-law
SIL - Sister-in-law
SO - Significant Other

A Couple of Notes

Emoticons - Emoticons: Punctuation signs that are arranged within text in such a way as to display the simulation of a face when viewed by turning your head to one side. Inserted into text to relay a facial expression or emotion/attitude to match the text, softens the text to "humanize" it somewhat and make it seem less harsh, less blunt, offered as friendly advice, etc., or to relay how news/information affects the writer.

:-) or :) - Happy/smiling
:-( or :-( - Sad/frowning/disappointment
:-D - Very happy/Very big grin
:-/ - Skepticism/not feeling great
;-) or ;) - Winking and smiling/in-joke or joking or teasing
:-| - Ambivalence/Not pleased


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