Does anyone remember when

[TREEFROG00]

Disney first went to the all rides inclusive tickets? I remember having to show the ticket each time you went to get on a ride. I think the tickets were about 3 inches by 6 inches, but I may be wrong, I was smaller then.

 

[tnkrbell]

Hi treefrogoo!!
No I do not remeber this myself but I bet if you post this on the Themepark board you will get a ton of responses!! good luck!!

 

[Towncrier]

It seems to me that in 1974 (or was it 1975) that WDW was still using the A-B-C-D-E ticket system for rides.

 

[Lanshark]

Dh and I went on our honeymoon in 1979 and they were still using the tickets.

 

[anniet]

My first trip was in 1980 and they were using a combination. I remember the first day at the park we used some A-B-C-D-E tickets that someone gave my dad and then my dad bought us 3 Day World Passport passes.

Back then I think you pinned them to your shirt and I'm pretty sure I've got a picture of us wearing them.

 

[minniecarousel]

Ah, yes! We went to Disneyland in the '60's & they definitely had the "ticket" system. We always had "A" tix left! (they were for the Main St. Cinema, the Horseless Carriage and other stuff on Main St) and always had to ration our "E" tix! Hence, the "this is a real "E" ticket ride" phrase!

 

[Gail T AGAIN]

Towncrier, It was 1975, I graduated that yr. and my parents paid for me to go to Disney world with friends.

 

[Jeff in BigD]

heh, I remember when something (not even related to rides or the parks) was cool or well done, we'd occasionally said, "totally E-ticket".

 

[glo]

We went in 1978, I think and we used the tix...I got nostalgic, and actually bid and won a book of tickets...True that you always had "A" tix left over...

 

[JESW]

My first trip was in 1976 and they still used the letter tickets. It was ONLY the Magic Kingdom and the lines were REALLY long for everything....especially since we were there for New Years Eve! The group Starbuck (Moonlight feels right) was playing....Michael Iseberg(sp?) was playing in tomorrowland....what was that ride that simulated lift off? 20,000. Leagues under the sea was always packed...the line for space mountain was ALWAYS out the door (and it was the scariest ride I had ever been on!) etc.

But I remember that trip was so fun and magical. My brother was living in florida at the time and my best friend and I, both 17, went down there with him and his wife. We went off on our own and thought we were so grown up! My friend just brought her almost-4 year old DD there last year and she wrote me an e-mail remembering what fun we had there on our first trip. Ahhh...memories..

Jill

 

[WDWLVR]

I remember both. First time to both WDW and Disneyland they were using the A-B-C-D-E tickets. In fact when I went to Disneyland I had a contact there who signed us into the park and gave us tickets that were good on any ride- that was cool.

Then they went to the all day or multi-day ticket and most people did pin them on. I remember my mom and I buying Disney pins (not the kind used in pin trading today - big plastic ones) to hold our tickets.

Don't know if we ever got pictures with them on, but remember them well.

 

[Chattyaholic]

On my very first trip to WDW, when I was 14, we had those lettered tickets. I kept the ones we didn't use as souvenirs.
Still have 'em too....somewhere....

 

[Dan Murphy]

My trip in '68 to DL, as in many of he replies here, was with individual tickets.