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87. Speaking the Disney Parks Language · Mom Street USA

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  Welcome everybody to Mom St. USA.
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  My name is Jackie AKA Wishes Mama.
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  And on today's episode we are going to be talking about
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  something that I don't feel like is talked about enough, but is
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  very crucial if you are someone who is planning a Disney trip
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  coming up soon or thinking about a Disney trip coming up soon and
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  that is speaking the Disney parks language.
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  So that is something that everybody I feel like needs to
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  know because there are so many terms and abbreviations and
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  things that come into planning a Disney trip, visiting the Disney
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  parks. So hopefully today's episode
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  will give you a good basis to start on deciphering some of the
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  code that is the Disney parks. And we are going to talk about
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  some terminology and kind of give you some little, maybe a
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  little encyclopedia of, of Disney terminology.
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  Then we're also going to talk about Disney abbreviations
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  because there are a lot of them and they can get lost in
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  translation very easy. So that is the hope for today
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  because Disney definitely has those terms and abbreviations
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  that are frequently used when talking about the resorts in the
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  park. So my hope is that this will
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  give you that guide to help you out.
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  Just a note before we kind of jump in.
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  This is not by any means a complete total abbreviation list
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  or terminology list when it comes to Disney.
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  We would be here all night because there are so many things
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  to talk about. But I'm going to give you what I
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  think are the highlights and some of the more important ones
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  that will hopefully help you then not have quite so big of a
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  list that you don't know what they mean.
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  So that's the hope for today. Hopefully by the end you feel
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  really good about all of these terms.
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  So let's start off with some different terminology that the
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  Disney parks use. Now, some of this may seem to
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  those of us who have visited Disney like a very basic, Oh
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  yeah, everybody knows that that may or may not be the case.
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  You know, those of us that are frequenting the parks a lot or
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  have been or live in the Disney bubble, these are going to seem
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  like really basic terms. But for somebody who is brand
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  new to the parks, has never visited before, is planning
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  their very first trip, these, I think, are useful terms that
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  somebody might want to know before going to the Disney
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  parks. So we're going to go kind of in
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  alphabetical order because that was just the way that my brain
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  arranged it when I was making these notes and compiling my
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  list. I will mention that some of our
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  lovely Mom St. community members did help out on our Discord
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  channel. I had put a question in there
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  about what terms and abbreviations they thought would
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  be helpful to include in this episode.
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  So quite a few of these were mentioned in our Discord
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  channel. So if you were someone who
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  chimed in, thank you so much for your assistance.
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  I really appreciate it because I feel like in a, in a topic like
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  this, it's easy to forget something that might be helpful
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  to those who need it. So first term that we're going
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  to start with is kind of a basic one, but I think it's important
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  and that is just the term attraction.
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  Depending on if you're super familiar with the Disney parks
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  or any sort of theme park or you know, even somewhere like a Six
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  Flags or those types of things, attraction may or may not be
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  something that you're used to hearing.
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  So at Disney, the term attraction just really applies
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  to any ride or show in the parks.
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  It's something that you can attend, go to view, ride on in
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  the parks. So think about your different
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  shows. You might go to a theater to sit
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  in any rides that you might go to.
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  Those are all considered attractions in the Disney parks.
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  So anytime you hear that, that's what somebody's talking about.
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  It doesn't refer to just rides. It is kind of all-encompassing
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  when it comes to that. The next one that I want to talk
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  about is audio animatronic. This is one that most people
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  have probably heard. It's a little more commonly used
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  for things outside of the parks, I would think to some extent.
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  And basically the the definition that is given is a lifelike
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  robotic person or animal that is programmed to move, speak, sing
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  simultaneously. So they have simultaneous
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  responsibility for that audio animatronic.
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  The majority of the attractions that you will visit at the
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  Disney parks have a lot of audio animatronics.
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  Think about things like Pirates of the Caribbean, think about,
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  you know, Haunted Mansion, a lot of the ones at Magic Kingdom or
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  in Disneyland, their equivalent over there going to have those
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  audio animatronics because that was the technology that was new
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  and revolutionary whenever Walt and his team were creating the
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  Disney parks. So that's what a lot of those
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  kind of original early attractions used before, you
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  know, more popular now we see screens and more like 3D
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  effects. So this was, you know, before
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  all of that. So that's when you will find a
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  lot of those. If you're visiting the Disney
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  parks and you hear someone talk about a backstage area, all that
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  means is that it is an area just for the workers, just for the
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  cast members, which is our next terminology, which just means an
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  employee of Disney World, Disneyland, the Disney Parks,
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  they're all considered cast members.
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  So a backstage area is an area that is just for cast members.
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  There is no guest access. That's where the cast members
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  can go for breaks. That's where a lot of your
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  characters will get prepped and ready to come on stage, which is
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  another term that you will hear in the Disney parks, which is
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  the opposite of backstage on stage is the guest areas in the
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  park. So a little bit of stage
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  terminology for that because that's the way that that Walt
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  Disney set up the parks. You know, it was a guest
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  centered area that that these workers were going on to.
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  So thus the name cast member, part of the cast for the show,
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  for the production that is the Disney parks.
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  So a couple terms backstage, on stage, cast member, those are
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  all really important ones to know.
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  Something else that you might need to know when it comes to
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  visiting the Disney parks are the terminology that they use in
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  the ticketing atmosphere. So again, these are kind of
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  alphabetical order. So we're going to hop around a
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  little bit. But to the first one ticket wise
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  that I want to talk about are is the terminology base ticket.
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  So a base ticket is simply just a ticket that is good for one
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  park for one day that is your or one park per day.
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  I should say. A base ticket is something that
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  is good for one park per day. And that is just your basic
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  ticket, base ticket for Disney World whenever you're planning
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  your trip. So we'll get into more ticket
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  options here. A little bit down the list in my
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  ABC order, but that is your first terminology for tickets.
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  Something else you might want to look into when you are planning
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  your Disney trip is some dining. So you may hear the term
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  character dining. Character dining is a restaurant
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  experience where you have the opportunity to meet one or more
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  characters during your meal. There are tons of character
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  dining experiences at Disney World.
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  There are a few at Disneyland, but definitely still some great
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  options. And we've covered actually all
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  of the character dining options on Mom Street.
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  So again, our archives are available on our YouTube channel
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  at Mom St. USA.
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  You can find them on there very easily, but character dining is
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  just that you have the dining experience where you get the
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  opportunity to interact or meet with one or more characters.
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  Lots of different styles of character dining.
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  Some are sit down table service where you've got a waiter or
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  waitress that is, you know, taking your order and bringing
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  you food. There are buffets that are
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  character dining as well. So a couple different options
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  when it comes to that, but basically just refers to the
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  fact that there are characters around.
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  Moving down our list, this is going to be a feel a little bit
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  like rapid fire, but this just kind of feel like I'm reading an
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  encyclopedia a little bit to you guys today.
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  But moving down our list, hopping around a little, we're
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  going to talk about dark rides. This is a term that I feel like
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  is not very well utilized, but may be helpful if you are
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  someone that is looking into the types of attractions.
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  We talked about attraction, the type of attractions that are at
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  the Disney park that you're looking to visit.
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  So a dark ride is something that is classified as an indoor ride
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  that moves the guests through scenes to create a narrative.
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  So think about something like if you're familiar with the Peter
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  Pan ride at Magic Kingdom, that's a very, very popular dark
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  ride that you can find there. You know, so those types of
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  rides that are inside mostly in the dark or darkish right
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  setting that move you through a narrative.
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  So there's got to be some sort of a storyline that's going
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  through whenever it comes to to that type of ride.
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  You will find that classification on the Disney
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  website. So if you're looking up
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  different rides to go on and you're unsure about what type of
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  ride it is, you will find that dark rides are a classification
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  that they use. So that can help you kind of
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  determine. Some dark rides are slow moving,
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  some are faster moving, so you may have to look at some other
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  key factors underneath there. But dark ride is definitely a
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  category that you will see on the the website as you're
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  looking through. A couple other things in our
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  alphabet in that start with the letter D deluxe resort, deluxe
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  resort. We haven't talked about resorts
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  yet, but a deluxe resort, you will find that Disney is the
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  highest level and most expensive of the resorts at Disney World
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  and Disneyland. So all of the Disneyland resorts
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  are considered that deluxe category resort at Disney World,
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  there are I believe around 15 ish.
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  Don't quote me on that number, I didn't look it up.
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  That's just off the top of my head.
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  Deluxe resorts on 15 ish, don't quote me on that number, I
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  didn't look it up. That's just off the top, top of
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  my head, Deluxe resorts that you can find.
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  So that deluxe category is just your top tier, your most
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  expensive resorts on Disney property.
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  Something else to look into. This one is a little bit more
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  specific, doesn't always apply to or doesn't apply to
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  everybody, and that is the Disability Access Service Pass.
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  So again, going alphabetically, this is also referred to as the
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  DAS Pass or DAS. This pass is Disney's service
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  that accommodates guests who cannot wait in lines.
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  And I'm not going to go into details about DAS and how it
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  works and who qualifies. All of that is available on the
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  website, but it's helpful to know that that is the
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  terminology that Disney uses for that accessibility feature that
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  they offer. Again, that is the disability
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  access service or DAS or DAS or DAS.
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  Pass a couple different ways that you might hear that
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  referred to from someone that you may be speaking to about
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  Disney. A few more in our alphabetical
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  list that start with D. The Disney Dining Plan is
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  something that you may hear as you are looking to plan your
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  trip currently. Right now there are lots of
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  package deals with dining included, so you will see that a
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  lot on the Disney website. As I'm recording this, these
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  these deals for the Disney Dining Plan come and go, but the
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  Disney Dining Plan itself is always available and that is
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  just essentially pre purchasing dining credits that you pay for
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  as part of your vacation package that then you can utilize for
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  meals at Disney. There's two different options
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  that they offer. They offer a quick service and a
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  table service option and I'll talk about those here in just a
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  second. But they have two different
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  options and they will essentially give you so many
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  meals and so many snacks throughout your vacation
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  depending on how many days you're going and what you pay
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  for with that. Now, under Disney Dining, like I
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  just mentioned, there are two different categories that you
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  can look to purchase or two different types of restaurants
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  that you can look to go to even without the Disney Dining Plan.
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  So all of these restaurants are open to anybody who chooses to
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  eat eat there. Some of them need reservations,
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  some of them don't. Your table service restaurants
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  are going to be the ones that you sit down, You're going to
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  have a waiter that is going to take your order, bring your
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  food, those types of things. So that is your table service
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  option. Your quick service option is
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  going to be more of like a cafeteria style where you go
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  order your food, pick it up out of tray and then go and find a
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  seat to sit at. So no waiters or waitresses when
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  it comes to the quick service option.
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  So those are two other terms that will be helpful if you are
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  visiting Disney. Those are also listed under the
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  restaurants on the Disney website or the app.
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  So again, if you're doing your research and looking into
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  different options that you may have for dining, those terms are
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  what you're going to see. You're going to see quick
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  service for those you know that you go up in order and take it
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  to a table, you're going to see a table service or those sit
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  down waiter waitress style restaurants.
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  So all of that venting is encompassed under the Disney
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  dining or Disney Dining Plan if you are pre purchasing those
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  credits. So a couple layers to that one.
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  Hopefully I explained that in a way that all makes sense as we
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  are thinking about dining for your upcoming trip.
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  Something else to think about and consider is not directly
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  parks related, but is Disney property related and that is
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  Disney Springs. So it may seem like a given that
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  a lot of people know what Disney Springs is, but it has gone
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  through a couple iterations and a couple name changes in the
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  past year. So Disney Springs is the
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  shopping district located at Walt Disney World on property.
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  That is where you can go to find the big this merchandise store
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  on Walt Disney World property, which is the World of Disney
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  Store. They also have a lot of third
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  party operated stores and shops and restaurants there as well.
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  So Disney Springs is the name of the shopping district at Disney
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  World. Now if you're visiting
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  Disneyland, they have something equivalent but smaller, but
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  there's a still called Downtown Disney, which is the former
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  title of what the one at Walt Disney World was called prior to
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  the change in the 20 tens. Sometime, I don't remember
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  exactly when, but Downtown Disney is still that shopping
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  district that you will find outside of Disneyland and
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  Disney's California Adventure. It is the difference between the
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  two. The one at Disneyland is
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  directly connected to the parks, so you can easily walk to their
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  Downtown Disney district from inside the parks at Disney
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  World. You're going to have to either
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  drive or take bus transportation to get to Disney Springs because
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  is it is not directly connected to the parks that are there.
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  So just a little note about that if you're wondering about
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  transportation, but those are your shopping districts that
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  you're going to find on either coast of the United States based
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  parks. The final term in our ABC D list
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  is the Disney Vacation Club. You will also hear this referred
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  to as DVC and Disney Vacation Club is Disney's timeshare
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  program where guests can purchase points to go towards
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  Disney accommodation. So most of the time you're going
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  to be purchasing points at a home resort.
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  It is a timeshare. You're purchasing a set amount
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  of points that you can then utilize.
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  You are not limited to just that particular resort that you
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  purchase for, but that will become your home resort.
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  There's lots of details and things that are very specific to
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  DVC and that program for the Disney Vacation Club.
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  Again, is the the the full name of the term that we're talking
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  about? So if you're interested in that,
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  definitely check it out online because I am not DVC and I do
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  not have all of the details. I know enough about it to help
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  explain it briefly to you all, but I am not DVC.
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  So if that's something that interests you, be sure to look
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  that up online. But that is their timeshare
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  program and the terminology that they will use when speaking
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  about people who own points in that timeshare program.
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  Moving on out of the DS, I feel like there was a lot that we had
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  in that section. We're going to kind of press
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  Fast forward through the rest of this alphabet here.
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  The next term and the first term in our E section of our ABC list
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  of terms for Disney Parks is E ticket.
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  This is again one kind of like we talked about earlier with
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  dark ride, this is one that I feel like is not always used or
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  you may hear it and and most people don't really know what
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  that means. So an E ticket attraction or if
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  you consider something E ticket, it is a term that is used to
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  describe basically the most popular slash newest slash
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  biggest and best Disney attractions.
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  So this term is very historical in the Disney parks.
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  It comes from the old ticketing system that they used to use.
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  So they used to have books of tickets that you could purchase
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  for the attractions at Disney Parks in Each of the books of
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  tickets had ABCD&E listed in there and then each ride or
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  attraction would get categorized under those and they would be
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  different amounts that you would have to pay to to ride.
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  So the E ticket was the end of that book.
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  The most thrilling and most popular attractions were
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  considered those E tickets, whereas the A ticket was kind of
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  the tamest and most easygoing kind of attractions at the park.
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  So if I'm giving examples of something that would be
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  considered an E ticket, thinking about Disney World, I would
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  think like Guardians of the Galaxy, Cosmic Rewind, that
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  would be considered an E ticket attraction.
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  Something like Tron at Magic Kingdom, that would be
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  considered an E ticket attraction.
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  The newest, the most popular, the biggest, most thrilling.
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  That's what you're looking for. If you're thinking about
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  Disneyland, something like their Guardians of the Galaxy mission
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  breakout would be a great option for that.
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  So you you kind of get the idea with those.
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  Again, that's something that you can look up.
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  Now. The Disney sites and apps will
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  not list E ticket because it is kind of a term that is not not
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  used directly by Disney parks, but used frequently by locals
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  and people who who do go to the parks a lot will use that
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  terminology, but it's not something that's directly used
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  by Disney. So you won't necessarily find
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  that classification online, but you will see that they have like
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  thrill rides listed and things like that.
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  So you can kind of gauge that. And again, is knowing E ticket
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  and what that means going to be crucial to your Disney vacation?
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  Probably not, but it's a fun term to know.
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  You may or may not hear it depending on who you're around
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  on your trip. So that's why I included it in
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  this list for us. Let's talk a little bit about
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  characters. We haven't touched on characters
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  yet on our terminology list here, but a couple things to
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  know about when you're referring to different characters.
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  The first is you may hear the term face character, and if you
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  hear the term face character in the parks or at the resorts or
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  wherever, you may see a character on Disney property.
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  That just simply refers to a character whose actual face is
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  visible and they can and will speak to guests.
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  So something like the princesses are going to be face characters.
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  Characters like Mary Poppins, Alice, Peter Pan, Moana, those
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  are all going to be considered face characters when it comes to
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  the parks. On the opposite side of that,
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  you also may hear the term fur character.
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  So a fur character is a character whose face is covered
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  by their costume and they do not speak because of that.
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  So Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, Donald, Daisy, those are all
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  going to be considered for characters.
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  The country bears at Magic Kingdom are going to be
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  considered fur characters. Stitch is considered a fur
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  character. You get the idea.
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  So two different designations for that.
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  And that's also a really good way to know whether or not a
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  character is going to speak to in your interaction with them.
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  So that way you know what to anticipate with your kiddo.
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  So if you are standing in line and you noticed that the
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  character you're going to you're standing in line to meet is a
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  face character, well then you know that you're going to be
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  able to have a verbal interaction with them.
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  If they are a fur character, please still speak to them, but
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  just understand they're going to be doing a lot of pointing and
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  gesturing and their handler, their cast member handler who is
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  with them will help kind of translate if that's needed in
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  your interaction. But that's a really good way to
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  know with your kiddos and to be able to prep them accordingly.
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  And I did talk a lot about character meet and greets on a
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  recent episode of Mom Street. So if you want to hear more
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  about how character meet and greets work and ideas and tips
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  and tricks for that, you can find that episode again in our
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  archives on our YouTube or wherever you get your podcast,
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  Spotify, Apple, all those good places as well.
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  OK, skipping on a little bit in our alphabet of terminology here
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  to something completely different.
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  And we're in the HS now. So moving right along to Hidden
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  Mickey. This is a super fun term and
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  this is something that I encourage everybody, especially
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  if you're taking like elementary aged kids to the parks or older
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  from there, but definitely starting kind of that pre-K
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  elementary age is Hidden Mickey. These in the parks are Mickey
• 24:26
  Mouse shaped icons. They can be and most often are
• 24:32
  A1 big circle for the head and two small circles for the ear.
• 24:36
  So you're going to see a 33 circle hidden Mickey and they
• 24:42
  can be found hidden everywhere through the parks resorts and
• 24:46
  they've been placed there purposefully.
• 24:48
  Now frequently you will also find like silhouettes of Mickey
• 24:53
  or sometimes you'll find Mickey's full body depending on
• 24:56
  what you're looking for. There are several books of
• 24:59
  hidden Mickeys that exist out in the Disney universe.
• 25:02
  So look those up and grab yourself one of those.
• 25:06
  Some of them come with pre made like scavenger hunts, but
• 25:10
  basically as you're standing in queues or riding rides, that's
• 25:13
  something extra fun that you can be looking for with your with
• 25:19
  your group that you're with. Now these are placed
• 25:22
  purposefully there by imagineers.
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  Well, you may be asking yourself, what is an imagineer?
• 25:30
  Well, that perfectly leads us to that term on our list.
• 25:35
  So an imagineer is a term that was coined by Walt Disney and he
• 25:41
  created it with a using a combination of imagination and
• 25:47
  engineer. So the imagineers are the people
• 25:50
  who dream up and create everything that is put into the
• 25:54
  Disney parks and the resort. So that is your creative team
• 25:59
  behind and your team that is on the ground physically building
• 26:03
  all of the attractions shows they do, the parades, the
• 26:07
  fireworks, they do everything in the parks.
• 26:09
  So those hidden Mickeys are purposefully placed there by
• 26:14
  Disney Imagineers and the Imagineers are those people who
• 26:17
  have created the parks. Again, Hidden Mickeys are so fun
• 26:22
  for for something a little extra bonus to be able to look for
• 26:27
  their great ways to help with your long lines you may be
• 26:31
  waiting in. Some of those Hidden Mickey
• 26:34
  books are divided by attraction. So if you know that you're going
• 26:39
  to be waiting in a 30 minute line for a certain attraction,
• 26:42
  you can flip to the page in that Hidden Mickey book and look up
• 26:45
  the different options for that particular ride and hopefully be
• 26:48
  able to find some yourself. OK, moving forward in our
• 26:53
  alphabet to a couple other terms that will be helpful.
• 26:57
  We've got a lot of Ms. coming up, so we're going to live with
• 27:00
  some M terms here for the next few.
• 27:03
  The first one is Magic Band, and I should have grabbed 1 and I
• 27:06
  didn't to show you those of you who are watching us visually
• 27:09
  right now. But a magic band is a rubber
• 27:12
  wristband that serves as your ticket, resort key and more.
• 27:16
  So there are several different iterations of magic bands and
• 27:21
  the newest ones have LED lights in them.
• 27:24
  There are some older models that do not that just have a little
• 27:28
  Mickey head, but basically imagine kind of a rubbery
• 27:32
  version of like an Apple Watch or a Fitbit that is Disney
• 27:36
  themed. And you can utilize that to get
• 27:39
  in and out of the parks, your resort room if you're staying on
• 27:42
  property. The newer ones do have some
• 27:45
  interactive features with the Gold's character statues around
• 27:50
  the parks and with bounty hunting and Galaxy's Edge at
• 27:54
  Hollywood Studios, they are not necessary.
• 27:58
  You get the question a lot, at least I do as someone who helps
• 28:02
  people give them tips for their trips.
• 28:05
  And things people frequently will ask are magic bands.
• 28:09
  Like do we need to have magic bands?
• 28:12
  You do not need to have them. They are just a fun accessory
• 28:16
  and they are a more convenient way to have your ticket kind of
• 28:22
  readily available. They in the past they were free
• 28:26
  and included with vacation packages.
• 28:28
  They are no longer free. They typically run anywhere from
• 28:32
  35 to $45.00 for your standard ones.
• 28:37
  Some of the more limited special edition ones are quite a bit
• 28:40
  more expensive. Some of them up into the 100 or
• 28:42
  $200 range because some of them are that specialty and they have
• 28:49
  some big brand names that they'll collaborate with such as
• 28:53
  like Doody and Berk and things like that.
• 28:55
  So you'll find magic bands and all sorts of ranges.
• 28:59
  They do have just basic colored ones.
• 29:01
  They have a lot of Disney character ones as well.
• 29:05
  I have some Stitch magic bands because Stitch is one of my
• 29:08
  favorite character. So you'll find lots of different
• 29:11
  options for magic bands. So again, not required, but
• 29:15
  definitely a fun little way to have a little bit of extra magic
• 29:20
  that you get to carry around with you.
• 29:23
  The next in our list of terminology for the Disney Parks
• 29:27
  and RMS is Magic Mobile. So this is actually something
• 29:32
  that can help you if you choose not to have a magic band.
• 29:37
  And Magic Mobile is Disney's term for the system from the
• 29:42
  Disney app, which is the My Disney Experience app, which
• 29:46
  we'll talk about here in a moment.
• 29:48
  That will allow you to have your ticket or pass in your mobile
• 29:53
  wallet on your device. So those of you that are
• 29:56
  familiar with utilizing mobile wallets for paying with credit
• 30:00
  cards or ID cards, things like that.
• 30:04
  You can use your device's mobile wallet to have your Disney
• 30:09
  ticket on as your means of entry and that is through the Magic
• 30:14
  Mobile section of your Disney app.
• 30:18
  So that is something that you have to set up ahead of time to
• 30:21
  have it pre loaded. You have to kind of agree to
• 30:24
  offload it off of your My Disney Experience app and put it in
• 30:29
  your mobile wallet. So definitely something to do
• 30:31
  ahead of time, but that is another way of gaining entry
• 30:35
  into the parks. Do keep in mind that if you want
• 30:38
  to use your phone, you have to go through that process.
• 30:41
  There is nothing that the cast members can scan at the entry
• 30:45
  point. If you don't go through that
• 30:47
  process, they're going to send you over to guest services to
• 30:50
  get that done. If you're at the the tap styles
• 30:52
  waiting to get in. So be sure that you do that if
• 30:56
  you're not planning on using a magic band or having a physical
• 30:59
  ticket, which is your other option.
• 31:00
  Obviously to be able to get in and a physical ticket, you would
• 31:04
  need to see guest services to to handle that as well.
• 31:07
  So while we're talking about the app, let's talk about my Disney
• 31:12
  Experience. My Disney Experience is the term
• 31:17
  and the name of the Disney World app.
• 31:20
  So they don't just call it Disney World, it is called My
• 31:22
  Disney Experience and that is where you will find everything
• 31:26
  you need to know for your Disney World trip.
• 31:28
  Now Disneyland makes it a lot easier so I didn't even include
• 31:32
  it on my list because their app is just called the Disneyland
• 31:35
  app. Don't know why Disney World's is
• 31:37
  different, they just decided to be difficult with the naming I
• 31:41
  guess. But that Magic mobile is
• 31:44
  something that you will find in that My Disney Experience Disney
• 31:47
  World app. Something else that we actually
• 31:51
  talked about recently here on Mom St.
• 31:54
  USA that I was just mentioning earlier in our character
• 31:57
  episode, we talked a little bit about Photo Pass and what Magic
• 32:02
  Shots and Memory Maker are. So let's talk about all of those
• 32:06
  terms here to make sure that you're clued in if you missed
• 32:09
  that episode. Photo Pass is the overall
• 32:13
  terminology that Disney uses for photos that are taken by Disney
• 32:16
  Cast members. And you will find Photo Pass
• 32:21
  locations throughout the parks a lot, especially in Disney World,
• 32:26
  not as many in Disneyland, but you will still find them there.
• 32:30
  And those are specific cast members that their role is to
• 32:34
  take those photos for you and your family.
• 32:37
  So this is something that you have to purchase, and when you
• 32:41
  go through to do that, you will purchase what they call the
• 32:44
  Memory Maker. So Memory Maker is the purchase
• 32:48
  that allows you access to all the photos taken by Photo Pass.
• 32:53
  So Photo Pass is the actual act of getting the photo taken, But
• 32:57
  without the memory Maker, you're going to have a big Disney
• 33:00
  watermark across your photo and you're not going to be able to
• 33:04
  view the whole thing or download it without that watermark.
• 33:07
  So memory maker is the term for purchasing those photos to be
• 33:12
  able to have them, download them, save them on your device.
• 33:16
  One of the options of photos is a magic shot.
• 33:20
  So a magic shot is a digital enhancement of your photo that
• 33:25
  is taken by a photo pass cast member.
• 33:28
  They'll do things such as adding a Disney character to the photo
• 33:33
  or one of the ones that I like that they do on Main Street.
• 33:36
  They have you put your hands up like this, like you're holding a
• 33:38
  bunch of balloons, and then they'll put these adorable
• 33:41
  Mickey balloons, you know, added digitally into your photo.
• 33:44
  So that is what they call a magic shot.
• 33:47
  Most of the cast members that do photo pass, regardless of
• 33:53
  location, should have at least one magic shot.
• 33:56
  You just have to ask them. So if you're getting your photo
• 33:59
  taken, you know where, wherever in the parks you find a good
• 34:04
  angle and a good photo pass, you know, line that you're going to
• 34:07
  wait and it's not too long. When they go to take your photo,
• 34:10
  just ask them if they have any magic shots at their location.
• 34:15
  And chances are very, very good that they're going to say yes.
• 34:19
  And then they're going to tell you what to do.
• 34:21
  They might have you put your hands out in front of you and
• 34:23
  then they're going to put Tinkerbell in your hands or
• 34:26
  there's so many different options that they have.
• 34:28
  Now, if your cast member says no, feel free to ask them if any
• 34:32
  other cast member photo pass cast members around them have a
• 34:35
  magic shot because chances are good they know what locations do
• 34:38
  because those photo pass cast members rotate a lot.
• 34:42
  They're not all numbers rotate a lot, right?
• 34:44
  They're not always in the same place at the same time.
• 34:47
  So they're going to know where you can find a magic shop that
• 34:50
  is nearby. So that is what you are hearing
• 34:54
  when you hear someone talking about a magic shot or seeing it
• 34:57
  on a Disney Facebook group or you know, a blog.
• 35:01
  Those magic shots are those ones where they digitally enhance the
• 35:05
  photos and add characters and fun little Disney surprises into
• 35:08
  them. Few more M's here.
• 35:12
  The next one that I want to talk about is actually an
• 35:15
  abbreviation and a term that you will hear.
• 35:18
  So I put it up in this category because I felt like it made
• 35:22
  sense to me. And that is the abbreviation for
• 35:25
  the Orlando International Airport, which is MCO.
• 35:29
  So it's not an M term necessarily, but it is something
• 35:34
  that you will hear and see if you are planning to fly into
• 35:38
  Disney. MCO is the abbreviation for the
• 35:43
  Orlando International Airport and that is the main airport
• 35:48
  that is right in Orlando. There is another airport nearby
• 35:53
  that I will talk about in a little bit when we get a little
• 35:57
  further down the the list here, but just wanted to put that in
• 36:01
  there so that way you all knew. OK, let's continue on with our
• 36:05
  M's. Our next M term is mobile order.
• 36:09
  So we talked earlier about the Disney Dining Plan and the table
• 36:14
  service versus quick service. So mobile order goes hand in
• 36:19
  hand with a lot of quick service restaurants.
• 36:21
  Those are the ones that you will order at the window, get your
• 36:25
  food on a tray and walk it yourself to the table.
• 36:28
  So a mobile order is a special feature at select quick service
• 36:32
  restaurants. Not every quick service
• 36:33
  restaurant has them, but the majority do.
• 36:37
  So it is a special feature that allows you to place your order
• 36:41
  from your phone app, either the My Disney Experience app at
• 36:45
  Disney World or the Disneyland app at Disneyland.
• 36:48
  And then you will go pick it up at a designated time and
• 36:51
  designated window, thus giving you the option to skip the the
• 36:56
  the standby line in quotes. You will you won't have to stand
• 37:01
  in line to wait to order and then stand in line to wait for
• 37:04
  your food. You can do it all on your phone.
• 37:06
  It saves a ton of time, especially when you have little
• 37:09
  kids that are hungry with you. You want to make sure that you
• 37:14
  have that covered. So mobile order is that special
• 37:19
  feature at the quick service restaurants that will allow you
• 37:22
  to to order that ahead of time and not have to wait in line,
• 37:27
  which is a nice perk of that. And again, that's quick service
• 37:31
  locations. The next M that we have is
• 37:35
  moderate resort. So we talked earlier about
• 37:38
  deluxe resorts. Moderate resorts are the mid
• 37:41
  level of your resorts at Walt Disney World.
• 37:44
  They're going to be middle of the line when it comes to the
• 37:49
  amenities that they have and middle of the line when it comes
• 37:52
  to their price point. Generally speaking, you're going
• 37:55
  to find these in the three to 500 range, generally closer to
• 38:02
  the threes, sometimes twos depending on deals and things
• 38:07
  that Disney is offering, but you will find those at Walt Disney
• 38:11
  World. Now, it is worth mentioning that
• 38:13
  Disneyland does not have any moderate resorts that are
• 38:18
  considered Disneyland property. Disneyland has a lot of partner
• 38:24
  resorts and partner hotels around it, but there are no
• 38:27
  official Disneyland resorts that are considered the the moderate
• 38:31
  range. They're all in that deluxe range
• 38:33
  that we talked about earlier. So the mid level is called
• 38:37
  moderate resorts for Disney World.
• 38:40
  A few more Ms. to get through the next one in our M list is
• 38:45
  the monorail. This one I feel like is probably
• 38:48
  known by most people that have visited the park or want to
• 38:52
  visit the park. And the monorail is the Disney
• 38:56
  transportation option that you see.
• 38:58
  It's, it's one of the biggest iconic transportation modes at
• 39:03
  the Disney parks and it links together Magic Kingdom, Epcot
• 39:09
  and the TTC, which is another one of those abbreviations that
• 39:14
  we will get to and I'll go over it again later, but the TTC is
• 39:18
  the transportation and ticket center.
• 39:20
  So the monorail is linking that with Magic Kingdom and Epcot and
• 39:26
  it is a really fun way to get around property.
• 39:29
  A lot of people will purposefully make part of their
• 39:33
  trip just a ride on the monorail because it is such a fun way to
• 39:37
  get around. You're up above the lines of
• 39:40
  cars waiting to get in and out of the parks and you go a little
• 39:45
  quicker. You have to worry about
• 39:46
  stoplights as much, but it's definitely a super fun way to
• 39:50
  travel to those select locations around the parks.
• 39:54
  And our final M for our terminology here in the Disney
• 39:59
  speaking the Disney Parks language is Mouse keeping.
• 40:04
  Mousekeeping is a super fun term used at Disney to refer to the
• 40:10
  housekeeping services at the Disney resorts.
• 40:15
  So to make it a little play on words and a little more fun,
• 40:19
  instead of just calling it housekeeping, they like to
• 40:23
  switch it up and call it mousekeeping.
• 40:24
  So you will hear it referred to as that around the Disney
• 40:28
  resorts. Just a fun little term to keep
• 40:30
  in mind. So that way you know what people
• 40:32
  are talking about. OK, moving on to our P terms
• 40:37
  here in our alphabet of different terminologies for
• 40:40
  speaking the Disney parks language.
• 40:42
  We talked a little bit about tickets earlier.
• 40:45
  So let's talk about another ticket option and that is the
• 40:47
  park hopper ticket option. So we talked about base tickets
• 40:52
  earlier being one park per day. So your park hopper option is
• 40:57
  exactly what it sounds like it is.
• 40:59
  It's your Disney ticket that allows you to visit more than
• 41:02
  one park per day. It is going to be a higher cost
• 41:05
  because you do have that option to to hop between the parks and
• 41:10
  visit multiple or all of the parks in one day if you choose
• 41:13
  to. But that is what you will hear
• 41:16
  and what you will see on the Disney website when you're going
• 41:18
  to to book your package or price your vacation is that park
• 41:24
  hopper gives you the ability to go to more than one park per
• 41:27
  day. Then just a side note, all of
• 41:30
  these Disney tickets will allow you in and out access.
• 41:33
  So if you have a base ticket and you're visiting Epcot for the
• 41:36
  day, you have in and out privileges for Epcot.
• 41:39
  And if you've got a park hopper, you've got in and out privileges
• 41:42
  for any of the parks that you visit throughout that day.
• 41:44
  That's automatically included. Let's see, we've got another one
• 41:50
  more P option and that is the term pre show.
• 41:53
  You will hear this when people are referring to different
• 41:57
  sections and aspects of different attractions.
• 42:01
  And the pre show is part of the attraction that takes place
• 42:04
  before the attraction itself. But it often is very imperative
• 42:09
  for setting up the story. So a lot of the newer
• 42:13
  attractions that have been put up in the Disney parks recently
• 42:18
  have those pre shows. Something like Rise of the
• 42:22
  Resistance has several pre shows.
• 42:25
  Guardians of the Galaxy, Cosmic Rewinds at Epcot has a has a
• 42:29
  couple pre shows. So it's those rooms that you go
• 42:32
  into before you actually experience the full attraction
• 42:37
  that helps to set up the story. That's what the pre show is.
• 42:42
  Just a brief note on the word cue because this is something
• 42:46
  that you will hear in Disney terminology that just just
• 42:50
  wanted to mention. And a cue is simply just another
• 42:53
  term for the line that you wait in for an attraction or for food
• 42:57
  or to get on transportation. Any line that you wait and you
• 43:01
  will often hear called a cue when it comes to most theme
• 43:05
  parks, but also obviously Disney parks as well.
• 43:09
  Moving on to R, our first R term is rider switch or rider swap.
• 43:16
  You will hear both of those terms used and that is referring
• 43:20
  to a feature available at many attractions that allows adult
• 43:24
  guests to take turns waiting for with a younger guest that is
• 43:30
  unable or unwilling to experience a ride while the
• 43:34
  other adult rides. So it's basically the option
• 43:37
  that you have if you are two adults and you are one and you
• 43:42
  have one kiddo, but you still want to go on something that
• 43:44
  maybe the kiddo either isn't old enough, isn't tall enough,
• 43:47
  doesn't want to ride on. You still have the option to use
• 43:52
  rider switch or rider swap. And the way that you do that is
• 43:55
  you just go and see the cast member at the beginning of the
• 43:59
  queue, which we just talked about, and they will be able to
• 44:02
  explain to you what you need to do, set it up for you so that
• 44:06
  one adult can go wait in line and ride while the other adult
• 44:09
  stays with your kiddo. And then once the first adult is
• 44:12
  done riding, you will swap or switch your riders and the
• 44:17
  second rider will get to go through the Lightning Lane line,
• 44:21
  which we'll talk about Lightning Lanes here in a little bit.
• 44:26
  So that is that process. And that works for any ride that
• 44:30
  has a height requirement is going to have rider switch or
• 44:33
  rider swap or anything that may be a little spooky or scary for
• 44:39
  kids. So something like a Haunted
• 44:42
  Mansion is going to have that option for you or something
• 44:46
  that's dark has got some drops. You know you you will know
• 44:50
  whether or not your kiddo wants to ride.
• 44:52
  And if your kiddo is saying absolutely not and you really
• 44:54
  want to ride it, go and talk to the cast member that is at the
• 44:58
  beginning of that queue to just see if rider swap is available
• 45:02
  and see if they can help you set that up.
• 45:03
  So that is a really great option that Disney has.
• 45:06
  And most theme parks honestly have some sort of an option like
• 45:09
  that for kiddos that don't want to ride or aren't big enough to
• 45:13
  ride some of the E ticket attractions.
• 45:15
  You see one of these terms just they keep circling back as I'm
• 45:20
  defining all of these for you. So that is a really important
• 45:23
  one if you're going with little kids that may be a little
• 45:27
  apprehensive about some of the rides are other are term is rope
• 45:33
  drop. And if you heard our last
• 45:35
  episode of Mom St. USA, we talked a lot about rope
• 45:39
  drop and rope drop just refers to the time that guests can
• 45:43
  begin riding rides at the park. So that is basically just park
• 45:48
  open time. The term comes from the fact
• 45:51
  that in some places they still do, but in all the places they
• 45:54
  used to have the cast members physically drop ropes that were
• 45:57
  keeping the guests back and away from the park.
• 46:02
  And the rope drop just signified that the park was open and that
• 46:05
  they were available. You know, the rides were
• 46:07
  available for them to go and experience.
• 46:10
  So if you want more advice and tips on rope drop, go back in
• 46:15
  episode because that is where you will find the information on
• 46:18
  that. OK, we're getting towards the
• 46:22
  end of our terms list, then we're going to go through some
• 46:24
  abbreviations kind of in rapid fire succession here.
• 46:28
  But let's move into a couple S terms.
• 46:31
  We talked about MCO being the Orlando airport earlier.
• 46:35
  The other airport in the greater Orlando area is the Sanford
• 46:41
  International Airport. It is a much smaller airport
• 46:45
  that is located northeast of Orlando.
• 46:48
  It's quite a bit further out then MCO is, but a lot of people
• 46:52
  like to fly in there. Some of the more budget friendly
• 46:57
  airlines fly into Sanford, but do keep in mind that it is quite
• 47:02
  a bit further out. So if you're using
• 47:03
  transportation, it's probably going to cost you a little bit
• 47:06
  more to get to Disney property from there.
• 47:09
  SFB is the abbreviation for the Sanford International Airport
• 47:14
  when you're looking up airports and looking at flights.
• 47:16
  So just another option if you're looking to go into that airport,
• 47:22
  another S option is a transportation option, which is
• 47:26
  the sky liner. So we talked about the monorail
• 47:29
  being kind of the OG fun way to travel across property.
• 47:33
  Well then the sky liner would be the brand new way to travel
• 47:38
  across Disney property. It is a gondola style Disney
• 47:42
  transportation and it runs between Top Century and Art of
• 47:49
  Animation is 1 end and then it will make a stop at the
• 47:53
  Caribbean Beach Resort, the Riviera Resort.
• 47:56
  It'll also take you to Hollywood Studios and Epcot.
• 47:59
  So those are the places that you can access with the sky liner.
• 48:05
  It is free and available for anyone on Disney property to
• 48:08
  use. It is a very fun way to get from
• 48:12
  place to place. I would caution that if you do
• 48:17
  not enjoy heights, probably not a great option.
• 48:21
  And I would also caution against riding it if you think it's
• 48:25
  going to be very windy or stormy.
• 48:27
  They will shut it down if it's not safe for guests to ride.
• 48:31
  And we'll provide some extra buses and things like that, but
• 48:34
  just keep that in mind if you're looking at sky liner options, A
• 48:37
  lot of people really enjoy staying at Pop Century and Art
• 48:41
  of Animation because they are on that sky liner route and it
• 48:44
  helps them be able to navigate getting to the parks more
• 48:48
  easily. So that is the sky liner.
• 48:50
  If you hear that term as you're looking to to plan your Disney
• 48:55
  trip. And just like I mentioned with
• 48:57
  the monorail, a lot of people will kind of make it part of
• 49:00
  their trip to, to take the sky liner.
• 49:04
  So if they're visiting Epcot or Hollywood Studios and they want
• 49:07
  to sky liner over, you know, to grab something different to eat,
• 49:11
  I like to, when I'm at Hollywood Studios, I like to take the sky
• 49:14
  liner over to the Riviera. They've got some really great
• 49:17
  quick service food over there. So I like to do that.
• 49:21
  But there's lots of lots of people will will include that in
• 49:25
  their planning because it's a fun way to just get from place
• 49:27
  to place that's different than the norm, which is always fun
• 49:31
  when you're at Disney. One more S term is the term
• 49:35
  standby. So you will hear this when
• 49:38
  people are talking about queues. We talked about queues earlier
• 49:42
  that the standby queue is just simply the regular line at an
• 49:46
  attraction. So no extra passes or skipping
• 49:50
  the line. That is your standby queue.
• 49:53
  And the standby time is what you will see listed on your Disney
• 49:57
  app. So if you're looking at wait
• 49:58
  times, that is a, that is the standby line that you are seeing
• 50:04
  when it comes to those terms. Let's see, we're moving into
• 50:10
  tease now. We talked about quick service.
• 50:13
  Just want to again remind you that table service is your
• 50:16
  dining experience where you're seated at a table and served by
• 50:19
  a waiter. So we talked about that earlier
• 50:22
  when it came to the Disney Dining Plan.
• 50:24
  So that is RT. Another fun term that you might
• 50:28
  hear when you are visiting the parks, specifically Magic
• 50:34
  Kingdom, is the term Utilidors. This may or may not be something
• 50:38
  that you come across as you are doing your research for your
• 50:41
  Disney trip, but the utilidors are the system of tunnels that
• 50:45
  are underneath Magic Kingdom that allow cast members easy
• 50:50
  access to get across the park and are used for other park
• 50:54
  operations such as trash removal.
• 50:57
  So when Magic Kingdom was built, the ground level was built as
• 51:02
  these utilidors to help be able to navigate the parks
• 51:07
  underground. It's really at ground level that
• 51:10
  they then built Magic Kingdom up on top of it.
• 51:12
  But that is what the utilidors are for.
• 51:15
  Those are considered backstage areas for cast members to to
• 51:20
  utilize. Again, all these terms are
• 51:22
  coming back full circle that we talked about earlier.
• 51:25
  So that's again just a fun term you may or may not come across
• 51:29
  on your on your research for your Disney trip.
• 51:34
  Just a few more here to round out the terminology for our
• 51:38
  Disney Parks language value resorts.
• 51:41
  So we talked about deluxe, we talked about moderate value
• 51:44
  resort is your lowest level of Walt Disney World resorts.
• 51:50
  So that is going to be the one that is most affordable at the
• 51:55
  bottom level. It does have the least amount of
• 51:59
  amenities when you're comparing it to the other ones, but those
• 52:03
  are going to be your your value level resort.
• 52:07
  So All Stars, I talked just not that long ago about the sky
• 52:11
  liner options of Pop Century and Art of Animation.
• 52:15
  Those are all value resorts that you can find at Disney World.
• 52:18
  And again, like I mentioned, Disneyland does not have value
• 52:21
  resorts that are officially Disney resorts.
• 52:23
  All of their resorts are that deluxe level and the last term
• 52:29
  that I have on my terminology list.
• 52:31
  Again, not a complete comprehensive list, just kind of
• 52:34
  your basic encyclopedia to get by, and that is Virtual Cue.
• 52:40
  Now, this is a system that is frequently used by the parks
• 52:44
  where you must join the queue on your app, whether it's Disney
• 52:48
  World or Disneyland, and wait for your boarding group to be
• 52:52
  called. Once your group is called, then
• 52:54
  you may join the queue. This is something that has been
• 52:57
  used and likely will be used in the future for Disney World new
• 53:02
  opening attractions. It was used for a brief time for
• 53:06
  Rise of the Resistance. It's been used for Tron,
• 53:09
  Guardians of the Galaxy, Cosmic Rewind, and it's been used for
• 53:14
  Tiana's Bayou Adventure. Over in Disneyland, they've had
• 53:18
  a couple different virtual queues as well, and they
• 53:20
  currently have the only virtual queue that is in use.
• 53:24
  So Disney World right now does not have any virtual queues that
• 53:27
  are being utilized currently, but Disneyland has one that is
• 53:31
  used for their World of Color show at Disney's California
• 53:35
  Adventure Park. So that is one that you can join
• 53:38
  at noon and it will give you a designated location that you'll
• 53:44
  be able to view the show in. So that is the only virtual
• 53:47
  queue at the moment that I'm recording this.
• 53:50
  Now that could change and I do anticipate that will change
• 53:53
  going forward with some of the new attractions that are going
• 53:56
  to be opening at the parks that we've been hearing about, things
• 53:59
  that they talked about at the most recent D23 conference, you
• 54:04
  know, hearing about some of the new attractions.
• 54:08
  A lot of them will likely at least initially open up with a
• 54:12
  virtual queue. It may not last long.
• 54:15
  Disneyland, when they opened their version of Mickey and
• 54:19
  Minnie's Runaway Railway had a virtual queue, but it didn't
• 54:21
  last long because they found that they didn't need it.
• 54:24
  So it really just depends on the attraction.
• 54:27
  It depends on the the location. It depends on kind of what else
• 54:33
  is going on. And thank you, Lem live laugh.
• 54:37
  Lem in our live chat here is saying they also use virtual
• 54:40
  queues for special events. So special event merch like run
• 54:44
  Disney or may the fourth things like that.
• 54:47
  And there is a virtual queue for Santa.
• 54:49
  That is very true. So that those are not in the
• 54:53
  immediate being used. We're getting close to May, the
• 54:55
  fourth year as I'm recording this.
• 54:56
  So there will likely be a merchandise virtual queue for
• 55:00
  that. But as far as attractions go at
• 55:03
  Disney World, there are not currently any virtual queues
• 55:06
  being used. So thank you, Lem, for that.
• 55:08
  Note that is very true. OK, I think we made it to the
• 55:12
  end of our terminology little encyclopedia.
• 55:16
  There was a lot that I threw at you.
• 55:18
  Hopefully you found it helpful. But the second-half of this
• 55:22
  episode here, I am going to run down just some abbreviations
• 55:26
  that you may come across because there are a lot of them.
• 55:30
  For whatever reason, Disney people, Disney adults, Disney
• 55:36
  frequenters like to abbreviate things.
• 55:39
  Don't know why, don't know where it started, but we're going to
• 55:43
  run through some abbreviations. Now.
• 55:45
  A lot of these are going to be things that are fairly
• 55:48
  self-explanatory or we'll just need a brief explanation.
• 55:52
  Again, we're going in ABC order because that's how my Type A
• 55:56
  brain works. So 1st on my list of
• 55:59
  abbreviations is ADR and that stands for Advanced Dining
• 56:03
  Reservations. Those are the reservations that
• 56:07
  you make at your table service restaurants before your trip.
• 56:11
  Those open 60 days before your trip and you can make them on
• 56:15
  the Disney website or on your app depending.
• 56:19
  But ADR is the term that you will see and the abbreviation
• 56:22
  that you will see when you're referring to that.
• 56:25
  Next on my list is just the abbreviation AK or you'll
• 56:30
  sometimes see DAK or DAC depending on who you're talking
• 56:34
  to. And that is just, all of those
• 56:36
  are simply just abbreviations for Animal Kingdom.
• 56:39
  So Disney's Animal Kingdom is where you get the DAK DAC from.
• 56:44
  So it's just abbreviations for that park.
• 56:46
  So if you hear that, that's what people are talking about and
• 56:49
  kind of hand in hand with that is you will see and hear people
• 56:53
  mention AKL, which is the Animal Kingdom lodge that is a deluxe
• 56:58
  resort that is very close to the Animal Kingdom park.
• 57:02
  So they will abbreviate that AKL just like they'll abbreviate AK
• 57:06
  for Animal Kingdom. Another resort abbreviation that
• 57:10
  you may hear is AOA. We've actually already talked
• 57:13
  about this resort earlier when we were talking about the sky
• 57:15
  liner and AOA is the Art of Animation Resort that is a value
• 57:21
  resort at the end of the sky liner ride or sky liner line
• 57:25
  that we talked about a little bit ago.
• 57:28
  Something else that you will hear in the abbreviation section
• 57:34
  of the speaking the Disney Parks language is AP and that is just
• 57:39
  an annual pass holder or an annual pass for the Disney
• 57:42
  Parks. You will also hear Magic Key for
• 57:45
  Disneyland, but for Disney World you will always hear and see it
• 57:48
  called AP or you will hear about annual pass holders being called
• 57:53
  a PS. Another one that you will hear
• 57:56
  for these abbreviations is BBB which stands for the Bippity
• 58:01
  Boppity Boutique. That is a very common one that I
• 58:04
  see a lot on like Facebook groups and people asking about
• 58:07
  reservations for this. The Bippity Boppity Boutique is
• 58:11
  a special opportunity that you can book for your kiddo to be
• 58:16
  transformed by one of the fairy godmothers into a Princess.
• 58:21
  They will do hair and makeup and make them looking super special
• 58:26
  for their park day. It is a very difficult
• 58:29
  reservation to get. It opens 60 days out at midnight
• 58:33
  so definitely a hard 1 to get. But that is what you will see
• 58:37
  when people refer to the BBB is the Bippity Boppity Boutique,
• 58:42
  another one in our B section. And just kind of a general note
• 58:47
  for DVC resorts, which we talked about DVC earlier is you will
• 58:53
  see things like BCV or BWV and those will stand for the villa
• 59:00
  rooms. So like BCV would be beach Club
• 59:03
  Villa. So if you see those terms when
• 59:06
  people are talking about resorts, chances are good
• 59:09
  they're talking about the villas, which are typically the
• 59:12
  DVC resort, some of the DVC room and resort options that you
• 59:18
  have. Another B abbreviation is BOG,
• 59:24
  which is for Be Our Guest. That is a table service
• 59:30
  restaurant located in Magic Kingdom that you get to dine in
• 59:35
  Beast's Castle. So if you see people referring
• 59:38
  to BOG, that is Be Our Guest restaurant.
• 59:42
  This next one is an attraction that actually has a few
• 59:46
  different versions of an abbreviation, and that is for
• 59:51
  the Big Thunder Mountain attraction.
• 59:54
  So you will see BTM just for Big Thunder Mountain, you will see
• 59:59
  BTMR for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, or you will sometimes
• 1:00:03
  see people. Do 2 Rs at the end.
• 1:00:06
  So BTMRR for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, which is the
• 1:00:11
  official full name of that attraction.
• 1:00:13
  Most of the time you're just going to see BTM, which stands
• 1:00:17
  for Big Thunder Mountain. It is a roller coaster
• 1:00:19
  attraction at Magic Kingdom but is currently under refurb as we
• 1:00:23
  are recording this for the the entirety of the year 2025 plated
• 1:00:28
  to open back again sometime 2026.
• 1:00:30
  But if you see people using the abbreviation BTM, that is Big
• 1:00:34
  Thunder Mountain. Another resort that you will
• 1:00:38
  frequently see abbreviated is the Caribbean Beach Resort and
• 1:00:42
  you'll see CBR for that one. So that is a really popular one
• 1:00:46
  that a lot of people will use when talking about it.
• 1:00:49
  Just to abbreviate that long resort name, they use CBR in
• 1:00:53
  place of Caribbean Beach Resort. One that we talked about
• 1:00:56
  earlier, but just to again note is that you will sometimes see
• 1:01:01
  cast members just referred to as CMS. So people will abbreviate
• 1:01:05
  Cast Member to just the 2 letters and refer to the workers
• 1:01:09
  as that. Another attraction that you
• 1:01:12
  might see is COP which stands for A Carousel of Progress.
• 1:01:16
  That is a theater attraction in Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom is
• 1:01:22
  one of the OG original attractions created by Walt.
• 1:01:27
  So you will see people refer to A Carousel of Progress as COP.
• 1:01:34
  The last C on our list is CRT which is Cinderella's Royal
• 1:01:40
  Table. Cinderella's Royal Table is the
• 1:01:44
  table service restaurant inside of Cinderella Castle at Magic
• 1:01:49
  Kingdom. That is where you get to meet
• 1:01:52
  Cinderella and dine inside of the castle, which is a very
• 1:01:56
  special and quite pricey experience.
• 1:02:00
  But if you see people referring to CRT, that is Cinderella's
• 1:02:04
  Royal Table. Moving on to our next letter of
• 1:02:08
  the alphabet, you will see often times the abbreviation for
• 1:02:14
  Disney's California Adventure Park, which is one of the two
• 1:02:19
  parks out in Disneyland abbreviated to DCA.
• 1:02:23
  So 9 times out of 10, when you are talking to somebody about
• 1:02:27
  Disneyland, they're going to talk about Disneyland and DCA.
• 1:02:30
  So DCA is Disney's California Adventure.
• 1:02:34
  We already talked about the Disney Dining Plan.
• 1:02:37
  Disney Dining Plan can sometimes be abbreviated as DDP,
• 1:02:41
  especially if you're looking at working with like travel agents
• 1:02:45
  and things like that. You will see a lot of that when
• 1:02:48
  it comes to package deals and bookings and things like that.
• 1:02:53
  Another Disney, a couple other Disneyland specific ones.
• 1:02:57
  You will sometimes see people refer to the Disneyland Hotel as
• 1:03:02
  DLH, not as frequent as some of the other abbreviations that we
• 1:03:06
  see for resorts, but that one is out there.
• 1:03:10
  You will also sometimes see people abbreviate the
• 1:03:13
  Disneyland, the park just as DL or DLR for Disneyland Resort.
• 1:03:20
  And the last one on that list, we've on the, the D part of our
• 1:03:24
  list is DVC, which is that Disney Vacation Club that we
• 1:03:28
  talked about earlier in our terminology a couple E terms
• 1:03:32
  here for you. You will frequently see ECV used
• 1:03:38
  in the parks and in conversation about the parks.
• 1:03:44
  So ECV is basically those motorized scooters or
• 1:03:49
  wheelchairs, you'll hear them referred to as both.
• 1:03:53
  So the ECV actually stands for, and I didn't know this before I
• 1:03:56
  looked it up, stand for the electric convenience vehicle.
• 1:04:01
  That's what ECV stands for. So now you know, now you have
• 1:04:06
  learned something new. If you're like me and didn't
• 1:04:08
  know what it stood for but knew what an ECV was, now you know
• 1:04:11
  what it stands for. So Ecvs are those vehicles that
• 1:04:14
  you will see in the parks. Our other E abbreviation is EMH
• 1:04:20
  or EMM and those stand for extra magic hours or early morning
• 1:04:25
  magic. You'll see those kind of used
• 1:04:27
  interchangeably. Extra Magic Hours is actually a
• 1:04:30
  term that doesn't currently exist at Disney because it is
• 1:04:35
  the term that was used pre pandemic for the extra park time
• 1:04:40
  that the resort guests got at the parks.
• 1:04:44
  They now call it early morning magic, so it's a little bit
• 1:04:49
  different, but it still means the same thing.
• 1:04:51
  So most people will use those interchangeably.
• 1:04:55
  So you hear EMH more frequently because that's the term that
• 1:04:58
  most people are used to using. But EMM for early morning magic
• 1:05:04
  is also a term in that same kind of umbrella.
• 1:05:07
  And again, that just stands for resort guests at that stay on
• 1:05:12
  Disney property get extra time in the morning to have the parks
• 1:05:16
  to themselves before the non resort guests and locals get to
• 1:05:20
  enter the park. So that's what that one means.
• 1:05:24
  A couple terms that begin with F as we work through our
• 1:05:27
  alphabetical list of abbreviations when we're
• 1:05:30
  speaking the Disney park language.
• 1:05:33
  And that is what I lovingly refer to as folk or FOLK or
• 1:05:39
  FOTLK, which just stands for Festival of The Lion King.
• 1:05:44
  I've been calling it folk for a really long time because of
• 1:05:47
  Stevie and Stevie being a cast member.
• 1:05:49
  That was something that she picked up when she worked at the
• 1:05:52
  parks and passed on to me. And that one is a lot shorter.
• 1:05:55
  So I appreciate the abbreviation of folk for Festival of The Lion
• 1:06:00
  King. And that is a show over at
• 1:06:02
  Disney's Animal Kingdom or DAC, should I say, as we talked about
• 1:06:06
  earlier. But folk is one of the shows
• 1:06:09
  that are that is performed daily over at Animal Kingdom.
• 1:06:14
  And it is a wonderful show. There's lots of very specialized
• 1:06:19
  performers that are in that show, some acrobatics, some fire
• 1:06:25
  spinning, there's lots of fun stuff in that show.
• 1:06:27
  So definitely a great one. And while we're talking about
• 1:06:31
  the offerings over at DAC, another abbreviation that exists
• 1:06:37
  over there is FOP and that is for Flight of Passage, which is
• 1:06:42
  one of the avatar rides over at Animal Kingdom.
• 1:06:46
  So you'll often see that abbreviated as FOP for Flight of
• 1:06:51
  Passage. In that same regards, another
• 1:06:54
  attraction that you will see abbreviated frequently is the
• 1:06:58
  Guardians of the Galaxy, and that's just GOTG.
• 1:07:01
  So if you want to abbreviate Guardians of the Galaxy, some
• 1:07:05
  people just call it Guardians. But if you're looking for the
• 1:07:07
  kind of acronym abbreviation, GOTG is what you'll see for that
• 1:07:12
  one. A couple other in our H section
• 1:07:16
  here. Again, this is not a
• 1:07:17
  comprehensive list, just trying to give you the basics and the
• 1:07:20
  most important ones, but it's not a total list of every single
• 1:07:25
  one that you may run into. But let's move on to our HS.
• 1:07:29
  We have H EA, which stands for Happily Ever after.
• 1:07:32
  Happily ever after is the fireworks show currently running
• 1:07:35
  at Magic Kingdom. So if you see people talking
• 1:07:39
  about going to see H EA or referring to H EA is at 8 O
• 1:07:43
  clock tonight, that's what they're talking about.
• 1:07:46
  Is that happily Ever after fireworks show at the castle at
• 1:07:49
  Magic Kingdom? Another attraction that you will
• 1:07:52
  see abbreviated often is the Haunted Mansion.
• 1:07:56
  Most people will just, you know, abbreviate it to HM.
• 1:07:59
  That one, You know, I don't know whether or not that actually
• 1:08:02
  needs the the abbreviation. It's not that long of a name,
• 1:08:05
  but most people who refer to it just as HM for Haunted Mansion,
• 1:08:10
  another park that has abbreviations.
• 1:08:13
  We talked about DAC earlier for Disney's Animal Kingdom, but
• 1:08:18
  Hollywood Studios will often be referred to as HS or just
• 1:08:21
  Studios. It can get a little tricky if
• 1:08:25
  people are referring to it just as studios because there is also
• 1:08:29
  a Universal park called Universal Studios.
• 1:08:33
  So you have to kind of be aware of that as you're, if you're
• 1:08:37
  seeing someone refer to it just as studios.
• 1:08:39
  But HS is typically the abbreviation that you'll see
• 1:08:42
  when people are writing it out, you know, if they're asking for
• 1:08:45
  advice or looking at itineraries and, and those types of things.
• 1:08:49
  You'll see that HS, our last H is HOP, which stands for Hall of
• 1:08:54
  presidents. That is an attraction at Magic
• 1:08:59
  Kingdom that is in it's in the list of the some of the original
• 1:09:06
  attractions that were created for the parks.
• 1:09:09
  It is a history of different presidents.
• 1:09:12
  Lots of audio animatronics in there.
• 1:09:14
  We talked about those earlier, but HOP stands for Hall of
• 1:09:18
  Presidents. Moving on, to our eyes, this one
• 1:09:22
  is a little more niche that not a lot of people may or may not
• 1:09:29
  use, and that is the abbreviation for the
• 1:09:32
  International Festival of the Arts.
• 1:09:35
  You will hear people call it I farts or you will hear people
• 1:09:39
  people call it just simply farts.
• 1:09:42
  Don't know where that abbreviation came from.
• 1:09:43
  I mean, you can see where that abbreviation came from.
• 1:09:46
  But that is one of the festivals over at Epcot.
• 1:09:51
  It runs typically January, February at the beginning of the
• 1:09:55
  year. Lots of really great artwork.
• 1:09:57
  It's a super fun festival with a very strange acronym.
• 1:10:01
  So if you hear that or see that, now you know what they're
• 1:10:05
  talking about. I felt like I had to include
• 1:10:08
  that one because it's a very strange abbreviation and a lot
• 1:10:13
  of people, I feel like, get confused by it.
• 1:10:15
  So that is what they are talking about.
• 1:10:18
  If you hear someone refer to I Farts International Festival of
• 1:10:23
  the Arts over at Epcot, a couple acronyms that are near and dear
• 1:10:29
  to my heart. Let's talk about Lightning Lane
• 1:10:32
  acronyms. And again, we're not talking
• 1:10:34
  about Lightning Lanes in this. I know that's always a hot topic
• 1:10:37
  and that you guys always want to hear more.
• 1:10:38
  I do have a Lightning Lane episode planned coming up here
• 1:10:42
  soon, but you will often see these abbreviations for
• 1:10:45
  Lightning Lane. You will see just simply LL for
• 1:10:48
  Lightning Lane. If you're talking about, you
• 1:10:50
  know, wanting to purchase a lightning lane, getting a
• 1:10:52
  lightning lane, having a Lightning lane, those are the
• 1:10:54
  passes that help you wait in a shorter line, similar to the
• 1:10:59
  Fastpass system that you are used to from the past or Genie
• 1:11:03
  Plus that you're used to from the past.
• 1:11:04
  Lightning lane is your terminology that you're using
• 1:11:06
  now. You will also see LLMP, which
• 1:11:10
  stands for Lightning lane multi Pass.
• 1:11:13
  Multi Pass is the Lightning lane that gives you access to like
• 1:11:17
  90% of the rides throughout the parks and it is called that at
• 1:11:21
  Disney World and Disneyland. So both of them have Lightning
• 1:11:25
  Lanes. Both of them have LLMP, which is
• 1:11:28
  the Lightning Lane multi Pass. Both of them also have the
• 1:11:31
  Lightning Lane single Pass or LLSP if you're abbreviating.
• 1:11:36
  So the single pass are those E ticket attractions that you do
• 1:11:40
  have to pay more for to purchase that single pass for those.
• 1:11:44
  So if you see those terminologies with the LL in
• 1:11:48
  front of it, those are Lightning Lane ones that they're talking
• 1:11:50
  about. The last Lightning Lane one that
• 1:11:53
  I have is the Lightning Lane Premier Pass, which you guessed
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  it, LLPP. And that Premier Pass is the
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  newest pass that they just released just a few months ago
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  that gives you access to every attraction in the park for one
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  ride and you don't have to pick times.
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  So you can redeem that at any time throughout the parks
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  operating hours and that is that premiere pass option.
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  So LLPP or sometimes just premiere pass.
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  Again, all of these go through kind of several different
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  iterations of abbreviations. Some people will drop the
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  lightning Lane altogether and just call them single pass and
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  multi pass. I tend to do that.
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  I don't know why, it just makes more sense to my brain that way,
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  I guess. But so Lightning lane multi
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  pass, Lightning lane single pass, and Lightning Lane premier
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  pass are all under that Lightning Lane umbrella.
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  Whether or not they're abbreviated in the way you
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  anticipate, that's just a good thing to know for all of those.
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  My other L1 is back to attractions and that is LWTL,
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  which is living with the land. That is a very commonly
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  abbreviated attraction over at Epcot in the Land Pavilion next
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  to Soren. It is the one that takes you
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  through all of the greenhouses and shows you all of the
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  different ways that Epcot is growing food and helping to
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  supply some of their restaurants with vegetables and all sorts of
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  other things in there. We talked about Living with the
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  Land on one of our most recent episodes where we talked about
• 1:13:30
  the behind the scenes tour. So if you heard that episode on
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  specialty Tours, that was the attraction that we were talking
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  about with Living with the Land. LWTL is that one.
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  Let's hit our Ms. now in our different speaking the Disney
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  park language abbreviations that we're talking about.
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  So for the M's, we talked about magic bands earlier in our
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  terminology, you will see them abbreviated a couple different
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  ways. You will see just MB.
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  You will see MB with the plus sign for Magic band plus, and
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  you will just see M band also as an abbreviation.
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  So all of those 3 can be utilized for magic Bands, which
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  we talked about earlier as being those extra kind of bracelet
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  options for your park entry and ticket and resort entry if you
• 1:14:19
  choose to use them. So all of those abbreviations
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  you'll see earlier. We also talked about the My
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  Disney Experience app being your Walt Disney World app that you
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  need, and you will almost always see that abbreviated as MDE.
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  So if somebody's talking about the app, talking about something
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  to find or do on the app, you're going to see it abbreviated as
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  MDE. Another easy M to figure out is
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  MK, which is Magic Kingdom. So pretty much all of the parks
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  other than Epcot, which is an abbreviation in itself, which I
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  guess I didn't talk about, but I can talk about here in a moment.
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  But the all of the parks have some sort of an abbreviation to
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  them just for ease of conversation, I guess, who
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  knows, right? So MK is Magic Kingdom, if you
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  see that, that's what they're talking about.
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  And I will go back to ease here momentarily because I did miss
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  Epcot on my list because I forget sometimes that it's an
• 1:15:20
  abbreviation, but the the entire park name is an acronym.
• 1:15:25
  So Epcot stands for the Experimental Prototype Community
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  of Tomorrow, and that is where the Epcot name came from that
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  Walt Disney gave it. So that just refers to the park.
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  It refers to Walt's original idea of what he wanted Epcot to
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  be. We know that it didn't quite end
• 1:15:45
  up the way he wanted. Whether it be feasible or not in
• 1:15:48
  today's society to do what he wanted to do, who knows, But
• 1:15:52
  that is what Epcot stands for. So now you know, in case you
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  were wondering. OK, back to our M's, a couple
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  more M's to talk about the next M is one of my favorite
• 1:16:04
  attractions and that is the MMRR, which stands for Mickey
• 1:16:08
  and Minnie's Runaway Railway. So MMRR is the abbreviation for
• 1:16:12
  that. That is an attraction at
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  Hollywood Studios inside their replica Chinese Theatre that
• 1:16:17
  they have there. It is Mickey's first attraction
• 1:16:22
  that we have and that we got. It opened in 2020 right before
• 1:16:27
  the pandemic kind of had everything closed down.
• 1:16:31
  But you will see that one abbreviated as MMRR quite
• 1:16:35
  frequently because it does have such a long name.
• 1:16:38
  Speaking of long names, the last two M's that I have for this
• 1:16:42
  list, again, not a complete list, just some of the the the
• 1:16:47
  abbreviations that I thought maybe would be helpful.
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  The next one is MNSSHP. So when you say it out loud, it
• 1:16:58
  doesn't quite work, but when you type it, it's very helpful.
• 1:17:01
  So MNSSHP stands for Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party
• 1:17:08
  that is the special ticketed event at Halloween time at Magic
• 1:17:12
  Kingdom that they have. It runs typically August through
• 1:17:17
  Halloween and again it is a special ticketed event, special
• 1:17:21
  fireworks, special parade, special character meet and
• 1:17:23
  greet, special food. But you will very frequently see
• 1:17:28
  when people are typing things out that are Disney related that
• 1:17:32
  they abbreviate it that way when people speak it not typically
• 1:17:36
  abbreviated that way, people will just call it not so scary
• 1:17:39
  or the Halloween party. But that is what it is when you
• 1:17:43
  see the MNSSHP. On the flip side, the other big
• 1:17:51
  event that you will find at Magic Kingdom is the MVMCP,
• 1:17:57
  which is Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.
• 1:18:00
  So on the Christmas side of things, also an abbreviation.
• 1:18:03
  Also a very long name for the event.
• 1:18:06
  Also a special ticketed event with special fireworks, parade
• 1:18:10
  characters, food, all of that. But yes, Mickey's very Merry
• 1:18:14
  Christmas party, MVMCP. So those are the abbreviations
• 1:18:20
  that you will see for both of those parties.
• 1:18:22
  Again, those ones I feel like make the most sense today
• 1:18:25
  because those are very long names for those those different
• 1:18:29
  events that you can go to. OK, we're going to keep on
• 1:18:32
  moving on. Again, these are just terms and
• 1:18:35
  acronyms that I feel like are helpful when speaking the Disney
• 1:18:38
  park language. The next one, we've got a couple
• 1:18:41
  resorts to talk about. The first one is POFQ, which
• 1:18:48
  stands for Port Orleans French Quarter.
• 1:18:51
  So that is a moderate resort on Disney World property.
• 1:18:55
  And because it does have a longer name, you will see it
• 1:18:58
  abbreviated POFQA lot. Again, not one that you hear
• 1:19:01
  people say as an abbreviation, but definitely one that you will
• 1:19:05
  see people write as an abbreviation.
• 1:19:08
  Now the next one is one that is often written and spoken and
• 1:19:12
  it's not really an, a, an acronym, but it is an
• 1:19:16
  abbreviation. And that is just the Poly.
• 1:19:19
  So you will hear people talk about Disney's Polynesian
• 1:19:22
  Resort, which is one of the deluxe resorts on the monorail
• 1:19:25
  line very close to Magic Kingdom.
• 1:19:28
  But people will often call the Polynesian Resort Polly.
• 1:19:32
  So if you hear people talking about I'm going to go to the
• 1:19:34
  Polly, or I want to go eat at the Polly, or I'm going to go
• 1:19:36
  visit the Polly, that's what they're talking about is that
• 1:19:39
  Polynesian resort. The last abbreviation on my P
• 1:19:45
  list is back to another attraction.
• 1:19:47
  And again, this one is one that is written but not really
• 1:19:50
  spoken, and that is POTC, which is Pirates of the Caribbean.
• 1:19:56
  So if you see that written out, they're talking about the Ride
• 1:20:00
  Pirates. I also will see just Pirates as
• 1:20:03
  an abbreviation for that. But POTC is another option that
• 1:20:07
  you will see again, not really spoken, but definitely written
• 1:20:11
  for that one. We were talking about dining
• 1:20:15
  earlier. You will sometimes see the
• 1:20:17
  abbreviations for quick service and table service as just QS and
• 1:20:22
  TS. Again, we talked about those
• 1:20:24
  earlier. So QS is quick service, TS is
• 1:20:28
  your table service. For that a couple other quite a
• 1:20:33
  few actually attractions that are on this list here.
• 1:20:38
  Rock and Roller Coaster, which is a roller coaster attraction
• 1:20:43
  at Hollywood Studios is often abbreviated as just Rock and or
• 1:20:48
  RNRC Rock and Roller Coaster. So that is an abbreviation for
• 1:20:53
  that Rise of the Resistance, again, a Star Wars ride over at
• 1:20:58
  Hollywood Studios, people will call it Ryze or ROR for Rise of
• 1:21:03
  the Resistance. So both of those abbreviations
• 1:21:05
  you will see for Ryze, 7 Dwarves, Mine Train, a roller
• 1:21:10
  coaster over at Magic Kingdom will often be abbreviated SDMT
• 1:21:16
  or the #7 DMT. So you will see both of those as
• 1:21:22
  an option for Seven Dwarves Mine Train.
• 1:21:25
  Some people will just call it 7 dwarves.
• 1:21:27
  So again, lots of different variations.
• 1:21:29
  These are just kind of the most common options for those
• 1:21:33
  abbreviations for these attractions.
• 1:21:35
  Tower of Terror at Hollywood Studios is another one that you
• 1:21:39
  will see TOT or TOT. That is one that you will hear
• 1:21:44
  frequently for Tower of Terror. And the last attraction on this
• 1:21:49
  little section is Toy Story Mania or Toy Story Midway Mania
• 1:21:53
  if you're out in Disneyland and you will see that just as TSM or
• 1:21:58
  TSMM out in Disneyland, that one is one that is spoken more than
• 1:22:04
  the other ones. So TSM, Toy Story Mania, that is
• 1:22:07
  what they're referring to, which is the arcade style attraction
• 1:22:12
  at Hollywood Studios. If you're talking about TSM or
• 1:22:17
  Toy Story Mania, or it is a similar attraction out in
• 1:22:22
  Disney's California Adventure. OK, just a few more.
• 1:22:26
  We're almost to the end. Thanks for hanging in.
• 1:22:28
  I know this has been fast and furious, but hopefully these
• 1:22:31
  abbreviations are helpful for you for planning your next
• 1:22:34
  upcoming trip. We talked a little bit earlier
• 1:22:37
  about the TTC. When I was talking about the
• 1:22:40
  monorail, I mentioned that the TTC is the transportation and
• 1:22:45
  ticket center. So this exists because when Walt
• 1:22:50
  was drawing up the plans for Magic Kingdom, he did not want
• 1:22:55
  the parking to be immediately at the gate.
• 1:22:58
  He wanted you to kind of park out of sight and really be
• 1:23:02
  immersed as you approached the gate and the train station for
• 1:23:06
  Magic Kingdom. So thus the Transportation and
• 1:23:09
  Ticket Center was created. This is the parking lot for
• 1:23:14
  Magic Kingdom and the main hub for the Monorails.
• 1:23:22
  You can also catch the ferry boat here to go over to Magic
• 1:23:24
  Kingdom, but that is what this serves as.
• 1:23:28
  So anytime somebody is talking about the TTC, they're talking
• 1:23:32
  about the transportation and Ticket Center for that.
• 1:23:37
  Another sort of transportation related one, but the Walt Disney
• 1:23:41
  World Railroad inside of Magic Kingdom will often be
• 1:23:46
  abbreviated as WDWRR when people are typing it.
• 1:23:50
  Again, not really a spoken one. Most people just call it the
• 1:23:54
  railroad or the train inside of Magic Kingdom, but that takes
• 1:23:58
  you kind of around the perimeter.
• 1:24:00
  We've had three different stations, one on Main Street,
• 1:24:03
  one over by Big Thunder and Frontierland, and one over in
• 1:24:08
  Fantasyland adjacent to Fantasyland near Dumbo and the
• 1:24:13
  Barnstormer in the Storybook Circus area.
• 1:24:17
  But you will see that abbreviated as they are as they
• 1:24:21
  are writing it in the W as WDWRR for the Walt Disney World
• 1:24:27
  Railroad. OK, my final abbreviation of my
• 1:24:32
  not so complete but very thorough list of Disney
• 1:24:35
  abbreviations when you are speaking the Disney Park
• 1:24:38
  language is WOD and that is World of Disney.
• 1:24:43
  I talked about this earlier when I mentioned Disney Springs in
• 1:24:46
  our terminology section, that World of Disney is the largest
• 1:24:51
  merchandise store on Walt Disney World property.
• 1:24:54
  It is at Disney Springs and you will often see it written and
• 1:24:57
  abbreviated as WOD. Some people do call it WOD, but
• 1:25:03
  that's not as common as just seeing it abbreviated that way.
• 1:25:05
  Most people will talk about just World of Disney as the the name
• 1:25:10
  for that one. So I think that brings us to an
• 1:25:14
  end of of our list. Oh, Vinny, you're right.
• 1:25:18
  In our live chat, WDW, that was one that I didn't even mention.
• 1:25:22
  I didn't even think about that one.
• 1:25:23
  That one was so obvious. But yes, you will see WDW as the
• 1:25:27
  abbreviation for Walt Disney World down in Florida.
• 1:25:31
  That is the park in Orlando. If you are confused about which
• 1:25:34
  is which, but WDW is the Walt Disney World abbreviation.
• 1:25:38
  Thank you to my live chat for that one because somehow that
• 1:25:41
  made it, that didn't make it on my list.
• 1:25:43
  So thank you. Appreciate that, but overall, I
• 1:25:47
  hope that all of this is super helpful to you as you are
• 1:25:51
  thinking about your next trip, planning your first trip, your
• 1:25:54
  second trip, your third trip, conversing about a Disney trip
• 1:25:57
  with a travel agent or a friend who maybe is helping you.
• 1:26:01
  I hope hope that all of this was very helpful and we'll give you
• 1:26:06
  some more insight when it comes to all of that moving forward.
• 1:26:10
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• 1:26:12
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• 1:26:48
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• 1:26:50
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• 1:26:54
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• 1:26:56
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• 1:27:27
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