Orion Nickname Discussion

[King Ding Dong]

So what is Orion’s nickname going to be?  
 

Many people have nicknames for coasters, some just shorten the name when casually referring to one, some like to put a Y, I or IE at the end.  Mysti, Beastie, Maggie, Millie etc.  I get it, some names just don’t roll off the tongue well, Magnum XL 2000, Backlot Stunt Coaster, Top Thrill Dragster. Just to many syllables.  
 

Uncle Tony up north gets his panties in a bunch over coaster nicknames, but Don and Chad to the best of my knowledge seem fine with it.

I will start with a few ideas, not necessarily good ones but I am not getting paid for this. 

• O’Ryan
• Ori
• Onion (just carry that r all the way down and there you go.  Plus anyone sticking “The” in front of it would automatically self parody.)

Go.

[SnakePlissken]

35 minutes ago, King Ding Dong said:

So what is Orion’s nickname going to be?  
 

Many people have nicknames for coasters, some just shorten the name when casually referring to one, some like to put a Y, I or IE at the end.  Mysti, Beastie, Maggie, Millie etc.  I get it, some names just don’t roll off the tongue well, Magnum XL 2000, Backlot Stunt Coaster, Top Thrill Dragster. Just to many syllables.  
 

Uncle Tony up north gets his panties in a bunch over coaster nicknames, but Don and Chad to the best of my knowledge seem fine with it.

I will start with a few ideas, not necessarily good ones but I am not getting paid for this. 

• O’Ryan
• Ori
• Onion (just carry that r all the way down and there you go.  Plus anyone sticking “The” in front of it would automatically self parody.)

Go.

Beastie is a longer name than Beast and I always thought Beastie was the kiddie coaster.

[Hawaiian Coasters 325]

Probably will be like Banshee where we don't really have a nickname for it. Honestly, if anything probably Onion since it's already a meme lol.

[King Ding Dong]

28 minutes ago, SnakePlissken said:

Beastie is a longer name than Beast and I always thought Beastie was the kiddie coaster.

But Beastie is shorter than the official name: The Beast

[Snowball]

Nicknames I've heard it called at the park so far:

• Go Ryan
• Onion
• Oh-ree-on
• Snow Ryan

[BringBackOurEagles]

Beastie is what the kiddie woodie was called before Paramount changed it to Fairly Odd Coaster

[foze.bear]

Yes, Woodstock Express was called the Scooby Doo in 1972, then rethemed as the Bestie when The Beast opened.  The joke was instead of chains to hold The Beast, they used ropes, and the "beastie" was actually Scooby Doo.  I have never heard anyone call The Beast Beastie.

[chad_1138]

Oreo

[Delta]

OTR for Orion: The Ride

[foze.bear]

3 minutes ago, Delta said:

OTR for Orion: The Ride

I like it.  I was a big fan of the band Over The Rhine from the nineties.  We called them OTR and it rolled off the tongue nicely.

 

[IndyGuy4KI]

I call MT Mysti to give it personality and to be cute, but I am not seeing a need to do anything with Orion.

[HandsUp]

3 syllables or less is shot enough to just use it's full name. The only one I shorten at KI is 'Mystic' because that's 4 syllables. 

[ThrillKingsFitzy]

13 hours ago, King Ding Dong said:

So what is Orion’s nickname going to be?  
 

Many people have nicknames for coasters, some just shorten the name when casually referring to one, some like to put a Y, I or IE at the end.  Mysti, Beastie, Maggie, Millie etc.  I get it, some names just don’t roll off the tongue well, Magnum XL 2000, Backlot Stunt Coaster, Top Thrill Dragster. Just to many syllables.  
 

Uncle Tony up north gets his panties in a bunch over coaster nicknames, but Don and Chad to the best of my knowledge seem fine with it.

I will start with a few ideas, not necessarily good ones but I am not getting paid for this. 

• O’Ryan
• Ori
• Onion (just carry that r all the way down and there you go.  Plus anyone sticking “The” in front of it would automatically self parody.)

Go.

Don't know if you've seen it, but my friend and youtube partner, Oryan, has that first nickname

Edit: I've got a good one. Oreon. News people always mispronounce so I like to joke around about this name. I think of the theme of this joke as an Oreo asteroid storm that destroys the world

[King Ding Dong]

9 minutes ago, ThrillKingsFitzy said:

Don't know if you've seen it, but my friend and youtube partner, Oryan, has that first nickname

Just need to modify the O'Reilly Autoparts jingle a bit.   O', O', O', O'Ryan....Giga Coaster.

1 hour ago, IndyGuy4KI said:

I call MT Mysti to give it personality and to be cute, but I am not seeing a need to do anything with Orion.

Personally I never found Mystic Timbers lacking in personality....some people are so critical. 

[hotrodyoda]

1 hour ago, foze.bear said:

I like it.  I was a big fan of the band Over The Rhine from the nineties.  We called them OTR and it rolled off the tongue nicely.

 

Still am a big fan of OTR.  They're wonderful human-beings and even better songwriters.
But, Orion is short enough of a name.  No Nickname required.

[RedRacer]

I'm an associate at the park and some of us associates have started calling Orion "The Big O".  Don't really know why, but we stuck with it.

[Nutterie]

O

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[ThrillKingsFitzy]

1 minute ago, King Ding Dong said:

Just need to modify the O'Reilly Autoparts jingle a bit.   O', O', O', O'Ryan....Giga Coaster.

Here you go

[Browntggrr]

5 hours ago, foze.bear said:

Yes, Woodstock Express was called the Scooby Doo in 1972, then rethemed as the Bestie when The Beast opened.  The joke was instead of chains to hold The Beast, they used ropes, and the "beastie" was actually Scooby Doo.  I have never heard anyone call The Beast Beastie.

 

Scooby Doo was renamed/ retheamed to Beastie in 1980 at which time the tunnel was added at bottom of first drop due to the success of Beast opening in 1979.

Many kids, myself included, were at the threshold of the height requirement where one ride attendant let me go on Beast and another later in the day would not.  Needless to say, the kids version was not up to par......

The fancy height GO/ NO GO we see today did not come out for a few years later.

[chad_1138]

2 hours ago, RedRacer said:

I'm an associate at the park and some of us associates have started calling Orion "The Big O".  Don't really know why, but we stuck with it.

[BeeastFarmer]

So, that could tie in well with a tire company or an industry that has no business being discussed here. Lol

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[BoddaH1994]

I started calling it a "jigga coaster." Think I can get that to catch on?

[King Ding Dong]

8 hours ago, RedRacer said:

I'm an associate at the park and some of us associates have started calling Orion "The Big O".  Don't really know why, but we stuck with it.

That is so wordy.   How about shortening it to just BO?

[spooky21]

Maybe it's just me cause I'm old school and don't understand the whole name thing, like the cranes especially. Have fun with it but its pretty simple as is, Orion.

[silver2005]

Hey, I tried nicknaming Mystic Timbers Mr T and that went nowhere.  What's this all about coming up with nicknames, eh? 

[SonofBaconator]

Give it a proper Chinese name: 

Big Blue Spaceship Roller Coaster

[King Ding Dong]

[Cedar Fair Fanboy]

O'Haon Means Famiga.

(Lilo and Stitch)

[Nutterie]

this would be a lot easier with Polaris

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[ThrillKingsFitzy]

15 hours ago, BoddaH1994 said:

I started calling it a "jigga coaster." Think I can get that to catch on?

Did you get that from GP to Enthusiast?