So I was looking through all of the topics for the sake of boredom, and noticed a lot of new members(at the time) were asking what some abbreviations meant(ex. TDK, AE, STT, etc.). So for your enjoyment, I made a list of most abbreviations and other things about Great America. Enjoy! AE- American Eagle BB- Buccaneer Battle BTR- Batman The Ride CC- Columbia Carousel DDD- Dare Devil Dive DV- Deja Vu FF- Fright Fest OR Fiddler's Fling(look at the rest of the sentence) GD- Giant Drop HFM- Hometown Fun Machine HH- Hurricane Harbor IW- Iron Wolf JWR- Jester's Wild Ride KC- King Chaos LR- Logger's Run RB- Raging Bull OR Riptide Bay(again, look at the rest of the sentence) RC- Ragin' Cajun RLD- Rue Le Dodge RR- Roaring Rapids OR River Rocker(once more, look at the rest of the sentence) SFGAm- Six Flags Great America(hopefully we all knew that) STT- Sky Trek Tower SUF/S:UF- Superman: Ultimate Flight SWA/SWAT- Southwest Amphitheater TDK- The Dark Knight TP- Triple Play V2- Vertical Velocity XF- X-Flight YC- Yankee Clipper
Coaster Enthusiast Groups: ACE- American Coaster Enthusiasts CF- Coaster Force TPR- Theme Park Review
Manufacturers: B&M- Bolliger & Mabillard(Made Iron Wolf, Batman The Ride, Raging Bull, Superman, and X-Flight) CCI- Custom Coasters International GCI- Great Coasters International GG- Gravity Group Intamin(Made American Eagle, Sky Trek Tower, Giant Drop, Roarin' Rapids and V2) Huss(Made Numerous Flat Rides, Including King Chaos, Ricochet, and Condor) Arrow/AD- Arrow Dynamics(Made Demon, Logger's Run, and Yankee Clipper) Schwarzkopf(Made Whizzer, Orbit, East River Crawler, and Fiddler's Fling) Zamperla(Made Jester's Wild Ride, River Rocker, Big Easy Balloons, and Chubasco) Vekoma(Made Spaceley's Sprocket Rockets, and Deja Vu) Mack/Mack Rides(Made The Dark Knight, and Buccaneer Battle) Zierer(Made Whirligig) RMC- Rocky Mountain Construction(Made Goliath)
Please tell me if I missed any. Thanks!
*EDIT: I now put the names of rides in alphanumeric order. I also included Coaster Enthusiast Groups and a handful of Manufacturers.
Last edited by Guy_With_A_Stick on April 30th, 2014, 4:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I only mentioned alpha order because if you don't know what an abbreviation is, you aren't going to know what part of the park the thing is. Logically, you want to find the abbreviation as quickly as possible.
Further, I also was thinking of non-SFGAm abbreviations like other commonly mentioned parks, other communities like TPR, and anything else that EVER gets talked about here.