Ride and Coaster Terms Glossary

[Alastair]

This is a thread which I hope will entice more of the newbies to read discussions in these kinds of forums. I've found even myself that there are quite a few terms recently that I haven't understood or had to spend time looking up from other forums.

I think it would be good to have a thread here where we can all post different terms and acronyms that aren't completely obvious and compile them all together into a big and easy to read glossary. I'll keep editing the post to include all of the terms we produce into this OP (original post) in alphabetical order to make things simple.

So post away! Think of anything and everything that could be mentioned in this thread ride/coaster related that is completely technical or even completely simple

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Abbreviations

General

B&M - Bolliger & Mabillard
CCI - Custom Coasters International
ERT - Early (or exclusive) Ride Time
GCI - Great Coasters International
GG - Gravity Group
GIB - Giant Inverted Boomerang (Vekoma)
GP - General Public
IP - Intellectual Property
LIM - Linear Induction Motor
LSM - Linear Synchronous Motor
MCBR - Mid Course Break Run
ORP - On Ride Picture
OTSRs - Over The Shoulder Restraints
PPH - People Per Hour
RCDB - Rollercoaster Database (website)
RMC - Rocky Mountain Coasters
SBNO - Standing But Not Operating
SLC - Suspended Looping Coaster (Vekoma)

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Alton Towers

ATH - Alton Towers Hotel
CC - Coaster Corner
CCL - Cloud Cuckoo Land
CRR - Congo River Rapids
CatCF - Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
CoS - Carnival of Screams
FV - Forbidden Valley
JW - John Wardley
R:QoS - Rita: Queen of Speed
RMT - Runaway Mine Train
SW - Secret Weapon
TotT - Terror of the Towers

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Parks

AT - Alton Towers
BGT - Busch Gardens Tampa
BGW - Busch Gardens Williamsburg
CWoA - Chessington World of Adventures
DMP - Drayton Manor Park
DLP - Disneyland Paris
EP - Europa Park
LWV - Lightwater Valley
PBB - Pleasure Beach Blackpool
TP - Thorpe Park
WDS - Walt Disney Studios

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Rollercoasters

BTM - Big Thunder Mountain
N:I - Nemesis: Inferno
PMBO - Pepsi Max Big One
SM - Space Mountain
X:NWO - X: No Way Out

 

[Sam]

Abbreviations

B&M - Bolliger & Mabillard
GP - General Public
OTSRs - Over The Shoulder Restraints
PPH - People Per Hour
GCI - Great Coasters International
GG - Gravity Group
CCI - Custom Coasters International
RMC - Rocky Mountain Coasters
SBNO - Standing But Not Operating
SLC - Suspended Looping Coaster
GIB - Giant Inverted Boomerang
LIM - Linear Induction Motor
LSM - Linear Synchronous Motor

I'd suggest that you don't include park or ride abbreviations though (EP, PMBO etc.) otherwise the list will be a daunting length for new people.

 

[Rob]

MCBR - mid course break run.
SBNO - standing but not operating.
RCDB - rollercoaster database.

Some very basic ones from the top of my head, I'm sure there are lots more, I'll think more about it later!

 

[DiogoJ42]

This should be a good starter for ten...
http://www.towersstreet.com/wiki/Acronyms

 

[Tim]

Whoever referee to Rita as R:QoS needs to consider why we use acronyms in the first place.

BTW (that's by the way ) I think this it's a really good idea to have this list. I normally try to make sure I use the full name at least once before I abbreviate something but for all the ever so obvious ones a list is a good idea.