Stupid Guest Tricks

I was wondering if there is any number of CMs here that can please tell us stupid folks what certain things mean...or acronyms and such.
Like, I know what ODV is, but what is a ROP and what is the Tower and such...like, can someone list terms of things and what they mean? It'd be much appreciated for us stupid folks.

Thank you!

Well I know at the MGM Studios here in Orlando Florida these are some of the terms that I know off the top of my head

ToT(s)-Theater of the Stars (Thought it'd be Tower of Terror wouldn't ya)

Tower-Tower of Terror

RRC-Rockin Roller Coaster

Epic-Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular

HISK-Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Playground

Millionair-Who Wants to Be A Millionair-Play it!

GMR-The Great Movie Ride

Icon Area-Sorceror's Hat

Sunset-Sunset Blvd.

ATATS Plaza-American Theater and Television Stars Plaza

ST-Star Tours

F!-Fantasmic!

Sorcerry- Sorcerry in the Sky

Merchandise Shops:
GA-Golden Age

Outpost-Indiana Jones Adventure Outpost

Tatooine-Tatooine Traders

Mickey's-Mickey's of Hollywood

Others:
ODV-Outdoor Vending

ODF-Outdoor Foods

IDF/IDV-Indoor Foods/Vending

ROP is Regional Occupation Program, which is a California thing where high school kids or undereducated adults are placed in on the job training programs - when I was 16 I worked at Robinson's Department store in Newport Beach through ROP. They've had ROP kids working in the park in all kinds of capacities, including ride operator (RO), although back in the old days, one had to be a legal adult to be an RO...no big deal - heavy machinery, you're dealing with people's lives while you're hand is over the e-stop in the control tower... (emergency stop button)...

couple of things I can think of off hand - ADO - authorized day off, ER # 1 - early release (from shift), ER # 2 - expanding room (in the Haunted Mansion), bump - changing from job position to job position throughout the rotation on a ride - rotating gets a whole paragraph to itself (someone else)...GC - guest control, queue - line...and of course the nicks for some of the attractions - Bear Band, bore band, snore band = Country Bear Jamboree. Big House = Haunted Mansion. Trash Mtn = Splash. Book = Storybook Land Canal boats. World = Small World. T/Sky, F/Sky = Skyway, Tomorrowland or Fantasyland stations. Tin cans = submarine adventure. Fantasia ride/Orgasmic = Fantasmic.

Here's some guest versions of Fantasmic at the Studios

Fantasmic
Fantastic
Fantasia
SPECTROMAGIC

Yes folks that's right, someone asked:

Is this the line for spectromagic? (Sacry thing, it was a guest who asked a stupid question about the monorail station at the studios which doesnt exsist)
Nope, this is the line for the Studios Monorail (I had to say it simply because it was the same guy from earlier)...Here's Your Sign.

Thanks to you guys, especiall BirdMom (who've I've come to highly respect on this site)..

I'm more interested in stuff that BirdMom told me, technical terms and such, like employee/CM related...I pretty much know the acronyms/abbrviations of the rides, but thank you very much anyways.


Can someone tell me what a "tower" is?

BirdMom wrote:Tin cans = submarine adventure.

Always thought this referred to the Monorail ... tin can on a toothpick ... Oh well.

TheManator wrote:Thanks to you guys, especiall BirdMom (who've I've come to highly respect on this site)...

awww...shucks...


if you click the link to my personal web page, you can read the tall tales/tell me a story section about stuff that happenned at the park while I worked there...there's also a short page on "Hermanology" - some of the phrases used on the West Side during my tenure at the mouse house...

I know Code V is Vomit and Code U is Urine. Does anyone know the security codes? I heard one guy just say "domestic" for a domestic dispute one time. It probably has a number though.

I'd love to know what they say for fires, theft, fights, etc.

I heard from a stores CM at disneyland park that when one cast member in the shop witnesses shoplifting, they will alert the other cast members in the shop to the activity by alerting them that there is a "customer" in the store. This way lots of cast members will be asking the shoplifter if they need help and hopefully they'll put the stolen stuff back.

I know 904 is a fire at disneyland. Code H is crap.

abc wrote:I heard from a stores CM at disneyland park that when one cast member in the shop witnesses shoplifting, they will alert the other cast members in the shop to the activity by alerting them that there is a "customer" in the store.

This is what I learned in training but it's kinda faded away from what I've seen since so many new hires call normal guests "customers" now.