What are your attraction nicknames?

[Greysword]

Hi everyone,

I was listening to the DISUnplugged podcast for the week, when the challenge was brought that the ladies might like to take the teenagers on the thrill rides over the men.

This got me thinking about my nickname for Splash Mountain aka Drop of Death!!!!! My daughter say I'm weird, as I don't go on any of the mountains.

So, what are your nicknames for an attraction, restaurant, place, or event?

 

[scrapshappen]

BTMRR will always be Bigga Thundda to us.

 

[DznyPrnces]

We have always called the Village Hause (or however you spell it) Pinnochios. The skyway was the buckets. Mostly though we just shorten the names. Thunder, Space, Alice, Buzz, etc.

 

[Dot2Vegas]

We have always called the Village Hause (or however you spell it) Pinnochios. The skyway was the buckets. Mostly though we just shorten the names. Thunder, Space, Alice, Buzz, etc.

We also call it Pinnochios! Or when my girls were little, Pochinocios!
And we mostly shorten names. No real nicknames here.

 

[FryingPansWhoKnew]

Splash Mountain is known as "Slide" or "Swide" to my 3-year-old who has trouble with L's. She loves going on it and requests it by name every time we go.

 

[Butterfly123]

When Toy Story Midway Mania came out I had trouble remembering the whole name so I just called it the potato head ride, and the name stuck for us!

 

[rentayenta]

Mickey's Sunwheel of Death!

 

[TIME4DIZ]

Tar Tar = Tower of Terror
Don't ask why, I guess we just don't want to waste syllables.

 

[robinb]

Splash Mountain is "Splish Splash". Jumpin' Jellyfish is "Jellyfish of Terror".

 

[Nintfamily]

We tend to shorten names, Pirates, Space, etc. The one that makes me giggle though is my daughter call it Mickey's Wheel of Terror or Mickey's Wheel of Death. Yep, we won't go on that again. It totally freaked her out.

 

[shandrananette]

For years we called DCA "California parking lot" after we saw the development plans. Because they were building it in the parking lot. It seemed hilarious at the time...

 

[grnflash]

Gadget's Go Coaster = Zippy Coaster

The first time our son rode it, he wasn't 2 yet. We got off and he yelled "That was zippy!" Followed by 4 more rides in a row. That was a fun day

 

[ImTooExcitedToSleep]

I think the only ones that we don't call by their names (or a shortened version of their names) is:

"Mickey's Torture Wheel"

and

"The Toon Town Roller Coaster"

 

[MinnieLovesMickey]

I like to tell DS about how on our next trip he gets to ride on the Baby Tractors aka Mater's Junkyard Jamboree.

 

[BriannaRuth]

Like others, we call the Sun Wheel -- Mickey's Wheel of Death

Goofy's Sky School is the Wild Rat for us. It reminds me of a carnival/fair ride by the same name and just seems appropriate for DL (mouse=rat).

And having grown up in Texas, I sometimes slip and call Big Thunder Mountain the "Runaway Mine Train," because it reminds me of the ride at Six Flags.

 

[4butlers]

The Orange Stinger was always The Giant Peach. DD was little at the time and loved James and the Giant Peach, so naturally, she thought it was a peach.

 

[Joybelles]

Mickey's Wheel of Death and Destruction.


And it sounds like I'm not the only one who thinks that way!!! I think we all need a hug....

 

[OKW Lover]

About the only nickname we've used regularly at DCA is "Mickey's Fun Wheel of Death".

 

[Congo Queen]

We call the Paradise Pier coaster Screaming Over California

 

[rootbeer]

When my two DDs were young they had a Dr Suess book that we would read to them. In that book there was a "Mystic mountain Neka-tave". So from the very first time we took them to DL 25 years ago they dubbed Space mountain "Neka-tave". We all still call it that to this day.