Park tickets bought for the 1982 opening of EPCOT

[mrsgrumpybear]

I have 2 adult ($30 a piece) and 1 junior ($24) 3 day world adventure, special edition commemorative tickets ,with no experation that, were bought for the opening of EPCOT, Oct.1, 1982. The tickets have an unlimited adm. to WDW and EPCOT. Can anyone tell me if I would be able to use them as park entry for 3 days or would I recieve the $84 in Disney Dollars?

 

[Robo]

I have 2 adult ($30 a piece) and 1 junior ($24) 3 day world adventure, special edition commemorative tickets ,with no experation that, were bought for the opening of EPCOT, Oct.1, 1982. The tickets have an unlimited adm. to WDW and EPCOT. Can anyone tell me if I would be able to use them as park entry for 3 days or would I recieve the $84 in Disney Dollars?

If they are valid...
They are good for park entry.

3 Hopper Days, per ticket.


BTW, do they actually SAY "Walt Disney World" AND "EPCOT?"

I'd love to see a SCAN of one of them.


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Read Post# 8. Dealing With Tickets Issued Prior to 1 January 2005 (Pre-MYW)

If you have unused pre-MYW tickets you can use the original Disney selling price of one ticket as a credit to the purchase price of any current ticket with a selling price equal to or higher than the value of the old ticket. However, it probably will make more economic sense to use the ticket for entries. This will depend a lot on what the determined dollar value is.

 

[Disney845]

If you have held on to them for the past 26 years, why trade them in now???

Sounds to me these would be worth way more as collector items than as a trade in for current park admission. I am sure you would have no trouble finding a willing collector to buy them from you (to have as a keepsake, not to trade into Disney) and make a lot more than face value.

 

[cheshire1013]

Oh my gosh! I would not get rid of those!! I agree with the above poster...keep em as a memory or sell them to a collector! Youll def get more than a park admission!

 

[Jacklynn]

I'd keep them as well

 

[Schmeck]

If they are valid...
They are good for park entry.

3 Hopper Days, per ticket.


BTW, do they actually SAY "Walt Disney World" AND "EPCOT?"

I'd love to see a SCAN of one of them.


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Read Post# 8. Dealing With Tickets Issued Prior to 1 January 2005 (Pre-MYW)

Yeah, do they really say WDW and EPCOT, because I thought EPCOT was in WDW...

 

[Robo]

Yeah, do they really say WDW and EPCOT, because I thought EPCOT was in WDW...

As I said earlier, I'd love to see a scan of these.

Back in the day, Magic Kingdom WAS "Walt Disney World" to most guests, and I had always THOUGHT that I remembered that the even the Disney Co. had used promotions that said, "Visit Walt Disney World and EPCOT Center."

It's no wonder that so many guests still get the park names... and the overall WDW resort confused.

 

[Brian Noble]

It is possible that, by rule, you cannot use them for admission to either AK or DS. But, you'll probably have to trade them in for current admission media that work in the turnstiles, and that media probably won't exclude AK/DS.

 

[Robo]

It is possible that, by rule, you cannot use them for admission to either AK or DS.

That rule long ago passed into the shifting sands of time.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1452684

Post #8

Dealing With Tickets Issued Prior to 2 January 2005 (Pre-MYW)

At the current time any prior passes are valid at all four of the major parks, even if one or more of the parks did not exist when the ticket was issued.

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But, you'll probably have to trade them in for current admission media that work in the turnstiles, and that media probably won't exclude AK/DS.

Yup!

 

[alternativepirate]

Don't use them!!!! They are classic!

 

[dbk1029]

I agree with previous posters, keep them.

If you need to gather the $$$ for park admissions you could sell these as collectors items and cover the cost of the park admission you would get with those tickets and then some.

 

[Fantasmic303]

That rule long ago passed into the shifting sands of time.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1452684





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Yup!

Robo, I find this interesting because our current Annual Passes say on the back that they are not valid for any park commencing operations after May 1, 1998 (or something to that affect).

Do they just disregard that rule and put it on the media to cover themselves in the event that they revert back to that in the future? Obviously my Annual Pass would be useless in the year 2045, but if they have six parks at that point and I had a non-expiring MYW ticket, would the current language just cover them from being required to admitting me?

 

[smkiya]

How did you get these tickets? Do they have any personal significance? I would NEVER use them. For the $84 face value, that I'm sure won't be missed twenty-some years later, it would be worth it to keep them. Why not use them in a scrapbook with ALL of your WDW memories.

Do not use them for park admission, PLEASE!!!

I'm sure you won't have a problem finding a collector to pay, at a minimum, face value for them. You could even request an asking price equal to one current 3 day MYW Park Hopper ticket, that should make you and the collector very happy.

I'd also be interested in seeing a scan of the tickets.

 

[glitzybabes]

does it look like this

 

[Robo]

if they have six parks at that point and I had a non-expiring MYW ticket, would the current language just cover them from being required to admitting me?

It's Disney's prerogative.

They can choose to ignore that info on the back... or enforce it, if they choose.

Sometimes, when a new park has just opened, they restrict the use of "older media" for awhile, but they have relaxed that since, and are not doing any restrictions at any park at the moment.

 

[Dorisk3]

For fun, I just did an ebay search for Epcot opening day tickets. People sell the ticket stubs with envelope for around 9.95. The silver envelopes themselves seem to sell for the same if you have them lying around.

They may be worth more for admission than they are on the collectibles market.

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

Can I give you $84 for them?

 

[smkiya]

For fun, I just did an ebay search for Epcot opening day tickets. People sell the ticket stubs with envelope for around 9.95. The silver envelopes themselves seem to sell for the same if you have them lying around.

They may be worth more for admission than they are on the collectibles market.

I just checked Ebay. They were for the used stub and were no longer valid for use. I'd be curious to see what an unused ticket would fetch. If Disney still accepts them for admission, surely someone would pay more than face value for it... especially since technically the ticket is a 3 day park hopper w/no expiration.

 

[mrsgrumpybear]

does it look like this

Yep, thats what they look like. Thanks for the input, not sure what I'm going to do with them yet.

 

[Tbelle1976]

I would definitely not get rid of those either for park admission or to sell them. They really are a collectors item. I guess if your not interested in keeping them just for collecting them then go ahead and sell them so that someone else gets the pleasure of having them rather than giving them back to Disney.