WDW in 1971

[Buzz Litebeer]

A friend of mine sent me this, and thought you all might be as amused as I was.

WDW PRICES IN 1971

General Admission to Magic Kingdom and WDW Transportation:
Child (3-11): $1.00
Junior (12-17): 2.50
Adult (18+): 3.50

Seven Adventure Ticket Book:
(Includes WDW Transportation, Admission to Magic Kingdom Park, and seven adventures of your choice)
Child (3-11): $3.75
Junior (12-17): 4.25
Adult (18+): 4.75

Eleven Adventure Ticket Book:
(Includes WDW Transportation, Admission to Magic Kingdom Park, and eleven adventures of your choice)
Child (3-11): $4.75
Junior (12-17): 5.25
Adult (18+): 5.75

Guided Tour:
Child (3-11): $3.75
Junior (12-17): 6.50
Adult (18+): 6.50

Parking: $.50 / Day
Kal-Kan Kennel Club: $.50 / day, $1.00 overnight

Family Fun Vacation Package
3 days / 2 nights, includes per person:
Accommodations at the Contemporary or Polynesian Hotel
3 days unlimited use of the WDW Transportation Systems
3 admissions to Magic Kingdom park
21 Theme park Adventures
$18.00 in Recreational Coupons
Child (3-11): $23.50
Junior (12-17): 25.00
Adult (18+): 61.50
Single Occupancy: 100.50

Vacation Kingdom Package
4 days / 3 nights, includes per person:
Accommodations at the Contemporary or Polynesian Hotel
4 days unlimited use of the WDW Transportation Systems
4 admissions to Magic Kingdom park
28 Theme park Adventures
$30.00 in Recreational Coupons
Child (3-11): $35.50
Junior (12-17): 36.50
Adult (18+): 90.00
Single Occupancy: 148.50

Golf Fees:
Green Fee: $10.00
Electric Golf Car: 10.00
Green Fee and Electric Golf Car: 15.00 ea. for Twosome
Bag & Club rental: $5.00

Resort Recreation:
Bicycle: $1.00/hr, $5.00/day
Tandem: 2.00/hr, 8.00/day
Cyclery Trail Ride: 3.00/hr
Youth's Package Program: 1.00/hr
Tennis Instruction (10 in class): 3.00/hr
Tennis Instruction (private): 8.00/hr

Tri-Circle D Ranch Activities:
Breakfast Ride via Horseback: $6.50
Wilderness Ride via Horseback: 5.00
Old Fashioned Hayride: 1.00 (11 and younger), 2.00 (12 and older)

How things have changed, no?

 

[MikeS.]

WOW, what a difference.

 

[ANTSS2001]

A friend of mine sent me this, and thought you all might be as amused as I was.

WDW PRICES IN 1971

General Admission to Magic Kingdom and WDW Transportation:
Child (3-11): $1.00
Junior (12-17): 2.50
Adult (18+): 3.50

Seven Adventure Ticket Book:
(Includes WDW Transportation, Admission to Magic Kingdom Park, and seven adventures of your choice)
Child (3-11): $3.75
Junior (12-17): 4.25
Adult (18+): 4.75

Eleven Adventure Ticket Book:
(Includes WDW Transportation, Admission to Magic Kingdom Park, and eleven adventures of your choice)
Child (3-11): $4.75
Junior (12-17): 5.25
Adult (18+): 5.75

Guided Tour:
Child (3-11): $3.75
Junior (12-17): 6.50
Adult (18+): 6.50

Parking: $.50 / Day
Kal-Kan Kennel Club: $.50 / day, $1.00 overnight

Family Fun Vacation Package
3 days / 2 nights, includes per person:
Accommodations at the Contemporary or Polynesian Hotel
3 days unlimited use of the WDW Transportation Systems
3 admissions to Magic Kingdom park
21 Theme park Adventures
$18.00 in Recreational Coupons
Child (3-11): $23.50
Junior (12-17): 25.00
Adult (18+): 61.50
Single Occupancy: 100.50

Vacation Kingdom Package
4 days / 3 nights, includes per person:
Accommodations at the Contemporary or Polynesian Hotel
4 days unlimited use of the WDW Transportation Systems
4 admissions to Magic Kingdom park
28 Theme park Adventures
$30.00 in Recreational Coupons
Child (3-11): $35.50
Junior (12-17): 36.50
Adult (18+): 90.00
Single Occupancy: 148.50

Golf Fees:
Green Fee: $10.00
Electric Golf Car: 10.00
Green Fee and Electric Golf Car: 15.00 ea. for Twosome
Bag & Club rental: $5.00

Resort Recreation:
Bicycle: $1.00/hr, $5.00/day
Tandem: 2.00/hr, 8.00/day
Cyclery Trail Ride: 3.00/hr
Youth's Package Program: 1.00/hr
Tennis Instruction (10 in class): 3.00/hr
Tennis Instruction (private): 8.00/hr

Tri-Circle D Ranch Activities:
Breakfast Ride via Horseback: $6.50
Wilderness Ride via Horseback: 5.00
Old Fashioned Hayride: 1.00 (11 and younger), 2.00 (12 and older)

How things have changed, no?

Time flies when youre having fun !!!! 1971 whew!!!

PS: I envy your location and your job as well ... lime green in envy !!!

 

[NYDisneyKid]

I think "High Test" gas was about .31 cents a gal back then too

 

[dopeyprincesses]

WOW! Wish we could turn back time

 

[Buzz Litebeer]

I think "High Test" gas was about .31 cents a gal back then too

Let's look at some other prices for comparison:

Cost of a new home: $28,300.00
Cost of a new car: $1,866.00 (Datsun 1200 Sports Coupe)
Median Household Income: $9,028.00
Average Monthly Rent $150.00
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.36
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.53
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $1.18
Ladies 2 piece knit suit $9.98
United States postage Stamp 8 cents
Movie Ticket $1.50

 

[Tinkerbell424]

Woah.I wish the prices were still low like that

 

[myladyisatramp]

FUNNY PART IS I WAS THERE IN 1971 AND I WAS A WHOLE 18 YRS OLD GOING BACK (6TH TIME) THIS NOV CAN'T WAIT. PRICES JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT

 

[Slyboots]

My parents took me and my brother to WDW in April of 1972. We stayed at the Contemporary for 3 nights...it was SO cool! Everything was brand new and so modern. To this day my mom talks about the mariachi band that used to roam the hotel halls. Our room was huge! I remember thinking this must be costing a fortune. I even got to go horseback riding and received the WORST sunburn of my life. Now I know why my mother just about passed out when I told her how much it was going to cost for us to visit WDW this year!

 

[Cinderaven]

If I recall, the price of gas was about .19 cents for a gallon and price wars you could find it for as little as .09 a gallon. I was driving a Dodge Corenett 440 at that time. You could fill a 25 galon tank for under 5.00 bucks. How times have changed.

 

[MickeyP]

I think they should have an unadvertised deal of the same prices 50 years later, but only for opening day (one day). That way it won't be mobbed and close people out that would be there anyway.

 

[Donald&Tinkerbell]

I also was 18 in 1972. We went the 1st time in February. That's where the term "E" ticket comes from because the book of tickets were ranked A to E, something like the Haunted Mansion would be an E, the trolley down Mainstreet would be an A or B. I remember my sister and I were constantly begging Dad for money to buy extra E tickets. And there really wasn't that much there. Today you can go for a week and still not have time to do everything. When you take today's prices in account, it's not that bad for what you get.

 

[MomNeedsVacay]

I wasn't born yet....but born in the same decade. WOWSERS!!!! CAn you imagine what it must've been like???? DEF. no DISers back then!!!!

 

[swtnikki]

Times sure have changed!

 

[Buzz Litebeer]

I also was 18 in 1972. We went the 1st time in February. That's where the term "E" ticket comes from because the book of tickets were ranked A to E, something like the Haunted Mansion would be an E, the trolley down Mainstreet would be an A or B. I remember my sister and I were constantly begging Dad for money to buy extra E tickets. And there really wasn't that much there. Today you can go for a week and still not have time to do everything. When you take today's prices in account, it's not that bad for what you get.

I have a ticket book from 1979. Here are the attractions exactly as listed in the book (note the spelling):

E-TICKET
Pirates of the Caribbean
Jungle Cruise
Country Bear Jamboree
Haunted Mansion
Hall of Presidents
It's a Small World
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Space Mountain

D-TICKET
Enchanted Tiki Birds (sic)
Tom Sawyer's Island
Adm. Joe Fowler / Richard F. Irvine Riverboats
Skyway to Tomorrowland
Skyway to Fantasyland
The Mickey Mouse Revue
WEDway (sic)
Mission to Mars
Starjets

C-TICKET
WDW Railroad Steam Trains (Main St. to Frontierland)
WDW Railroad Steam Trains (Frontierland to Main St.)
Peter Pan's Flight
Snow White's Scary Adventures
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
Grand Prix Raceway

B-TICKET
Swiss Family Island Treehouse (sic)
Frontierland Shootin' Gallery
Mike Fink Keel Boats
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Mad Tea Party

A-TICKET
Omnibus
Horse Cars
Main Street Vehicles
Main Street Cinema
Cinderella's Golden Carrousel Merry-Go-Round (sic)

NO TICKET REQUIRED FOR:
The Walt Disney Story
The Diamond Horseshoe Revue
Circle-Vision 360 (sic)
If You Had Wings
Carousel of Progress

 

[Donald&Tinkerbell]

And the higher the letter the fewer there were in the book! So in order to do all the E rides you had to have several books of tickets. I still have partial books somewhere that have lower letter tickets in them.

 

[starrzone]

I like how they had "child" (3-11), "junior" (12-17) and "adult" (18+) pricing in 1971. It would be nice if they brought that back, although I realize they make WAY more money by considering 10 year olds to be "adults"...

starrzone

 

[jenseib]

I always thought that Dumbo was an E- ticket attraction.

 

[stepdisney]

Is there a thread for discontinued rides, attractions and shows or, in other words, the Ghost of Disney Past? I have some pictures of the parade that Epcot use to have and I'd love to post them and see other pictures of events that we may have enjoyed but have been discontinued. I don't want to start this thread if there is one already.

 

[jenseib]

Yes, I have seen a couple.
Here's the one I'm subscribed too. The pictures are really neat, and I took the time to go through every page, and so glad I did.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1117864