Do You TALK in Disney Code?

[WaltD4Me]

A client of my brother's is going to WDW and my brother was asking me some questions for him and all of a sudden he goes "STOP talking in your Disney code." I pretty much type MK, POR, AK, OKW automatically, but I didn't even realize I was talking in code too. Do you talk in Disney/DIS code?

 

[1novascotian]

I haven't in the past, since I joined this board a few weeks ago I am slowly picking up on it. Things like MK, AK etc are easy but since I have never stayed on site some of the others are a little confusing for me still.

 

[misstheworld]

I do, particularly when talking about our vacation. DH has to remind me that not everyone knows what those things mean!

 

[Stacy's a freak]

haha, I LIVE DIS code! I keep seeing a license plate around town that goes something like AKL #### and I always read it as an Animal Kingdom Lodge room number.

That and before my November trip I posted a status update on fb stating how many days before WWOHP and AKL at WDW. Yeah, only my DIS fb friends knew what I was talking about

 

[sayhello]

No, thank goodness! I have enough problems doing that at work!

(Plus, half the time, I don't know what all those acronyms stand for anyways!)

Sayhello

 

[shellynn24]

haha, I LIVE DIS code! I keep seeing a license plate around town that goes something like AKL #### and I always read it as an Animal Kingdom Lodge room number.

I do this too

I will use DIS code speak once in awhile too but most of the time nobody wants to hear about Disney, I just don't get it

 

[purplepixiedust]

haha, I LIVE DIS code! I keep seeing a license plate around town that goes something like AKL #### and I always read it as an Animal Kingdom Lodge room number.

Oh I do that all the time too! I see abbreviations and automatically associate them with a disney abbreviation. Funny! I don't talk in the abbreviated form though..

 

[Willow1213]

I find myself abbreviating things when I talk to my DH, but he mostly understands what I mean from me talking about our trips. He actually has a student going to WDW (they are there now) and he asked me to send a list of my fave websites and I quote "like the DIS, Tour Guide Mike, and Lines". I was shocked that he knew the lingo!

The worst thing is in real life when I find myself thinking "hmmmm a smiley would go great here..." I found myself thinking that while composing a work email just yesterday.

 

[Cherinva]

I don't when speaking, but here on the boards I do, and sometimes on FB

 

[safetymom]

I do. I told my son to meet me at CBR and he asked me what that was????

 

[WaltD4Me]

haha, I LIVE DIS code! I keep seeing a license plate around town that goes something like AKL #### and I always read it as an Animal Kingdom Lodge room number.

That and before my November trip I posted a status update on fb stating how many days before WWOHP and AKL at WDW. Yeah, only my DIS fb friends knew what I was talking about

I do that too with the license plates. I saw one that was OKW something and I was trying to figure out if it was on purpose, but I don't think it was. I see DHS and AKL sometimes too.

 

[topolino]

Once, just to mess with someone, and when the attraction was still in existence, I told someone who was going to MGM (at the time) not to miss WWTBAMPI.








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[haPevraftr]

I have one brother who shares my love of WDW planning and he and I communicate that way. Not thinking about it, I was texting a different brother last week and was using all of the abbreviations. He had to read and reread to know what I was talking about. He made sure to point out "my WDW problem" to the whole family when we were together this weekend.

 

[PinkBudgie]

Just the other day I was telling my mom about a book on the Disney company I was reading and ended by saying that many blame Eisner for being so cheap with DCA that they are re-doing it now. She said "What's DCA?" BTW- It is Disney's California Adventure for those who aren't familar with DLR. I also always seem to mention to people when talking about an upcoming trip that we have APs before I realize they don't know what that is.

Oh, here is another code I have noticed people use without realizing it. People back east say they are going to "Disney" when they mean WDW. People out here never say just "Disney", they say they are going to Disneyland (even if it means they are really going to both parks) or Disney World. Thinking with my west coast brain I used to get confused thinking they meant Disneyland (even newspapers do this) and then realizing it was WDW they were talking about.

 

[ImTooExcitedToSleep]

Funny! I don't talk in the abbreviated form though..

I'm with Mindy. I type DIS-speak, but I don't verbalize DIS-speak....except for DCA.

 

[Justin Jett]

I'm with Mindy. I type DIS-speak, but I don't verbalize DIS-speak....except for DCA.

ADR

 

[WaltD4Me]

ADR

 

[Disney Dad Canada]

Heck, even my 10 yr old son talks in disney speak. His teacher asked for "real world" examples of math problems, and my son brought in DVC charts, shoing how many points we have, and how we can spend them.

 

[Justin Jett]

WHAT????!!!!

 

[WaltD4Me]

WHAT????!!!!

Oh stop with the That was funny.