Guide to Common Disney Acronyms

In this post, we’re going to list the acronyms that we (or others) commonly use when talking about Disney vacation planning. Some other destinations will pop up, as well. Links are provided to some related content in case you need to know more about the topic. Some items aren’t acronyms, but are popular shorthand worth knowing.

Disney Planning

ABD - Adventures By Disney

ADR - Advance Dining Reservation

AP - Annual Pass(holder) (Disney World Annual Pass, Disneyland Annual Pass)

CM - Cast Member (Disney employee)

DDP - Disney Dining Plan

DVC - Disney Vacation Club

EEH - Extended Evening Hours

ETPE - Early Theme Park Entry

FP - FastPass (interchangeably with FP+ for FastPass+ at Walt Disney World)

LAX - Los Angeles International Airport (not an acronym)

MCO - Orlando International Airport (not an acronym)

QS - Quick Service (type of Disney Dining Plan credit)

SNA - John Wayne Airport (not an acronym)

TM - Team Member (Universal employee)

TTC - Transportation and Ticket Center

TWDC - The Walt Disney Company

MNSSHP - Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party 

MVMCP - Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party

Parks And Resorts

BB - Blizzard Beach

DAK or AK - Disney’s Animal Kingdom

DCA - Disney California Adventure

DCL - Disney Cruise Line

DL - Disneyland

DLP - Disneyland Paris

DLR - Disneyland Resort 

DHS or HS - Disney’s Hollywood Studios

HKDL - Hong Kong Disneyland

IoA - Universal’s Islands of Adventure

MK - Magic Kingdom

SDR/L - Shanghai Disney Resort / land

TDR/L - Tokyo Disney Resort / land

TDS - Tokyo Disney Sea

TL - Typhoon Lagoon

UOR - Universal Orlando Resort

USF - Universal Studios Florida

WDW - Walt Disney World Resort

Hotels

AKL - Animal Kingdom Lodge

AoA - Art of Animation

ASM - All Star Music or Movies (context should make it clear, sometimes also ASMusic or ASMovies)

BLT - Bay Lake Tower

DSRA - Disney Springs Resort Area

GF - Grand Floridian

OKW - Old Key West

POFQ - Port Orleans French Quarter

Poly - Polynesian Village Resort (not an acronym)

POP - Pop Century Resort (not an acronym)

POR - Port Orleans Riverside

PP - Paradise Pier Hotel (see also “Pixar Pier”)

“The Grand” - Grand Floridian (Disney World) or Grand Californian (Disneyland) (context should make clear)

WL - Wilderness Lodge

Rides and Lands

LWTL - Living with the Land

MFSR - Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run

MMRR - Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway

PP - Pixar Pier

RotR - Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance

RRC (or RNR) - Rock n Roller Coaster

SDD - Slinky Dog Dash

7DMT (or SDMT) - Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

SWGE - Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

ToT - Tower of Terror

TSM - Toy Story Mania

In the Message Boards

These are some we don’t use, but that you’ll encounter on message boards…

DH - Disney Husband (just means “my husband”)

DS9 - Disney Son (9 years old, for example)

DD3 - Disney Daughter (3 years old, for example)

DW - Disney Wife

Popular Online Acronyms We Use

FWIW - For what it’s worth

IMO - In my opinion 

YMMV - Your mileage (that is, experience) may vary

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