Originally Posted By friarthe Hi all, The question: Does anyone call DL "Disney" as opposed to "Disneyland"? Is it weird that this bugs me? So my in-laws were here recently, and consistently referred to Disneyland as "Disney," as in "We're going to Disney on Thursday." And it bugged me. I figured because I'm a SoCal native, and Disney (to me) means the film company, the massive conglomerate, the TV Channel, and all the other stuff that's centered in Burbank and Glendale. Whereas "Disneyland" is my beloved theme park. Second question: based on slang from my earliest passholder days (88-91) I consistently call DL "the Park." As in, "Want to go to the Park?" Anybody else do this?
Originally Posted By BrianStarr I call Disneyland "Disney" all the time. I guess it's just laziness over the years.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Are your in-laws from the East coast? There, Walt Disney World is pretty consistently refered to as "Disney." I guess it's because they have never had to differentiate between the Park and the Studios. My friends and I do refer to Disneyland as the park. Part of that is to keep clear whether we are talking about Disneyland Park, of the Disneyland Resort. The Park means just Disneyland. The Resort can mean a visit to Disneyland, DCA, Downtown Disney or any of the hotels. My local NFFC club is called The Chapter at the Park. And that definitely means Disneyland.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I always call it Disneyland, but here on the boards I sometimes write Disneyland park, to differentiate it from DLR or DCA. I pretty much never call it just 'the park' because I am not local.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I live in California, always have, and I do refer to DLR as "Disney" sometimes.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Never will I refer to DL as "Disney." East-coasters do indeed refer to WDW that way all the time. Some also refer to just the MK as "Disney" or "Disney World," as in "We went to Disney World for a couple of days, then EPCOT for a couple of days, then the Animal Park." But from my lips, Disneyland is "Disneyland."
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 It's always been "Disneyland" for us. I will write "DLR" on the boards in reference to a vacation though. I've never thought to say "Disney" or "Park" it wouldn't sound right to me but I do understand the "park" part now as Doug explained it
Originally Posted By mousermerf I constantly have to clarify if people realize Epcot is a Disney theme park out here.. it's a little odd.. And we'll say "Let's goto Disneyland!" and then later we'll be like "Wanna goto Califonia Adventure?" or "DCA?" (said as acronym) and that's usually met with a "Nah.. not really.." But we do sometimes say "We don't have to go into the parks.." but never just "park" singular.
Originally Posted By utahjosh It always bugs me, even back east, when I hear the Disneyland Resort or Walt Disney World referred to as "Disney." I shuddered when I heard it used in one of the Give a Day, Get a Day commercials! To me, it's either Disneyland or "Land," as my friends and family call it. As in, "We're going to 'Land!" And WDW is usually Disneyworld or Walt Disney World. And I never say Disneyland Resort, I just say Disneyland or California Adventure.
Originally Posted By ophellia hhhmmmm I say Disneyland to non-DL folks and The Park to my DL buddies...
Originally Posted By DlandDug I must add that since I moved here in 1990 I have not heard anyone refer to Disneyland or the Disneyland Resort as "Disney." And I have many friends who go to the Resort a lot. (I have one friend who consistently refers to it as "The Mouse House," though.)
Originally Posted By alexbook If you listen to guests, you can hear all sorts of variations. Working in DLR's DTD, I was occasionally asked for directions to "Disneyworld" (Disneyland), "Californialand" (DCA), and "Citywalk" (DTD). I always find it particularly odd to hear people trying to figure out how to get to "Disney" when they're actually in the Disneyland Resort, surrounded on all sides by Disney hotels and shops. I tend to refer to DL as "the park" and DLR as "the resort." I can't say I'm terribly consistent about it, though.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight I refer to DL as "the Park" all the time. I dont think I ever actually say Disneyland. If I'm asked where I'm going, I always say, "goin'to the park" and then get asked "Disneyland, right?". That always makes me chuckle. Friarthe, I always think of "Corporate" when I hear the word Disney, too. Seems weird to hear DL refered to as Disney. Just doesn't seem to fit for me.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Makes me want to ask them, Disney what? World, Land or Studios? LOL
Originally Posted By wonderingalice "Disneyland," but sometimes refer to "The Parks" with fellow LPer friends. Also, I only buy souvenir clothing that specifically says, "Disneyland," never the generic "Disney Parks." (If it's a character style with no mention of any "park," that's okay too.
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin "Disney" would annoy me. I say "Disneyland" and I think I might say "the park" if I was talking to someone in the know.
Originally Posted By mousermerf <<Makes me want to ask them, Disney what? World, Land or Studios? LOL>> Imagine my horror at Epcot one time when a very calm and mild-mannered man once came up to me and asked where the castle was on a day when MK was phase-closed to capacity. He had parked at TTC and gotten the Epcot monorail and gotten deep into the park before asking anyone why there wasn't a castle.. for his two young daughters.. Ugh.. Horror.
Originally Posted By Pollyana I take vacations to Dland..... sometimes to Disneyland, but never to Disney. And this summer, we are also going to the Walt Disney Family Museum...is that the proper name?? Does it also have nicknames??
Originally Posted By SuperDry For me, I use the term "the park" or "the parks" only in close proximity to an actual trip and only with those directly involved - that is, while actually on the trip, as in "When do we plan to get to the park in the morning?" or perhaps before getting there, as in "that'll give us 3 days in the parks." Otherwise, I use "Disneyland" for DLR, and "Walt Disney World" for WDW - not Disney, Disney World, The World, or anything else.
