Attraction Question???

[DisneyparkFreak]

I've been on WDWmagic for awhile and we always discuss "E-Ticket" attractions, but what exactly are examples of A to D ticket attractions in the different parks. And what really constitutes the level? Such as are all coasters considered "E" and shows like the country bears an "A".

With that said can an attraction change levels as different attractions are created over time?

 

[Captain Hank]

The A-E ticket distinction stems from a time when individual tickets were required for entry into each attraction. At the moment, the only actual listing for what ride required what ticket that I can find is for Disneyland, 1972. It's not WDW, but it should give you an idea of what WDW attractions would have been A-E tickets.

Courtesy of yesterland.com:

A:
* Main Street Horse Cars (Main Street)
* Horseless Carriage (Main Street)
* Omnibus (Main Street)
* Fire Engine (Main Street)
* King Arthur Carousel (Fantasyland)
* Sleeping Beauty Castle (Fantasyland)

B:
* Main Street Cinema (Main Street)
* Motor Boat Cruise (Fantasyland)
* Swiss Family Treehouse (Adventureland)
* Casey Junior Circus Train (Fantasyland)
* Alice in Wonderland (Fantasyland)

C:
* Fantasyland Theater (Fantasyland)
* Mad Tea Party (Fantasyland)
* Autopias (Fantasyland, Tomorrowland)
* Shooting Galleries (Fronierland, Adventureland)
* Peter Pan Flight (Fantasyland)
* Dumbo Flying Elephants (Fantasyland)
* Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride (Fantasyland)
* Snow White’s Adventures (Fantasyland)
* Mike Fink Keel Boats (Frontierland)
* Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln (Main Street)

D:
* Rocket Jets (Tomorrowland)
* PeopleMover presented by Goodyear (Tomorrowland)
* Flight to the Moon presented by McDonnell Douglas (Tomorrowland)
* Storybookland Canal Boats (Fantasyland)
* Skyway (Tomorrowland, Fantasyland)
* Tom Sawyer Island Rafts (Frontierland)
* Davy Crockett’s Explorer Canoes (Bear Country)
* Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad (Main Street, New Orleans Square and Tomorrowland)
* Columbia Sailing Ship (Frontierland)
* Mark Twain Steamboat (Frontierland)

E:
* Mine Train Ride (Frontierland)
* Pack Mules (Frontierland)
* Jungle River Cruise (Adventureland)
* Disneyland-Alweg Monorail Trains (Tomorrowland)
* Matterhorn Bobsleds (Fantasyland)
* It’s a Small World presented by Bank of America (Fantasyland)
* Enchanted Tiki Room presented by United Airlines (Adventureland)
* Submarine Voyage (Tomorrowland)
* Pirates of the Caribbean (New Orleans Square)
* Country Bear Jamboree (Bear Country)
* Haunted Mansion (New Orleans Square)


As of 1982, the whole ticketing system was abandoned in favor of all-inclusive passports. If I remember correctly, it wasn't unheard for an attraction to change ticket classification. From 1971-1982, I'm pretty sure that Country Bear Jamboree went from E to D or C.

 

[DisneyparkFreak]

Re:

Thanks for the info.

 

[animay]

I unexpectedly came across an old WDW ticket book from around 1975 while looking through some papers the other day. Here are the attractions:

E
Swan Boats
Jungle Cruise
Pirates of the Caribbean
Country Bear Jamboree
The Haunted Mansion
It's a Small World
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
WEDWay
Space Mountain

D
Enchanted Tiki Birds
Tom Sawyer's Island
Adm. Joe Fowler/Richard F. Irvine Riverboats
Skyway to Tomorrowland
The Mickey Mouse Revue
Skyway to Fantasyland
Grand Prix Raceway
Mission to Mars
Star Jets

C
WDW Railroad Steam Trains
Explorer Canoes
Peter Pan's Flight
Snow White's Scary Adventures
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

B
Swiss Family Treehouse
Frontierland Shootin' Gallery
Mike Fink Keel Boats
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Mad Tea Party

A
Omnibus
Horse Cars
Main Street Vehicles
Main Street Cinema
Cinderella's Golden Carrousel

FREE
Walt Disney Story
Circle-vision 360
If You Had Wings
The Hall of Presidents
Diamond Horseshoe Revue

 

[Figment632]

I see the different classes but what makes an e ticket an e ticket. The way people talk about it on these boards they make it sound like to be an e ticket it has to be a major attraction like SM or TOT and if CBJ used to be an e ticket???? I'm a little confused.

 

[ToTBellHop]

CBJ used to be considered much more novel and unique in the days before even local amusement parks could afford animatronics.

 

[marni1971]

An E Ticket dosn`t have to be a white knuckle thrill ride - though most of the rides in this catagory are E Rides. An E ride can also be an immersive, long, plot led attraction with lavish visuals and audio. I dare say Spaceship Earth would fall into the catagory, along with Mission:Space and Soarin'. 3 very different experiences, but all top-dollar.

 

[Phonedave]

I see the different classes but what makes an e ticket an e ticket. The way people talk about it on these boards they make it sound like to be an e ticket it has to be a major attraction like SM or TOT and if CBJ used to be an e ticket???? I'm a little confused.

Well thats just it, nobody knows because the class ticket system is no longer in use.

The thing is, a "higher" ticket cost more. An E was more than an A. When WDW had classed ticket the trick was to price a ride accordingly. Too high, and people would not ride it and it would go underutilized, price it too low and lines would exceed capacity, and they would not make as much off the attraction as they could.

An E ticket ride was a ride that people were willing to pay the most to go on, plain and simple. It was not always the biggest, fastest, or most exciting (although it MAY have been). Take for example the Tiki room, it was not a super expensive or thrills & chills attraction, but at the time class tickets were in place an AA experence such as the Tiki room was new to a lot of people, and people wanted to see it.

When people talk about new rides being E Tickets, it means they have that "special something" that attracts people to them in droves. What is that special somthing - well thats another topic

-dave

 

[Captain Hank]

The WEDWay was an E-ticket? Really? I would have pegged it as a C, right along with the trains.

 

[marni1971]

The WEDway was sponsored by the Edison Electric Institute until 1985 - I dare say they had some say. By 1979 it was a D Ticket.

 

[heliumalias]

The other aspect of it is that an E-ticket ride would have the impression of being a better ride than a D-ticket just because of the classification. So it can work as an advertisement for rides. Having used a similar ticket system (not at Disney) it does have the effect of creating desirable rides. I didn't want to go on A-ticket rides because the ticket gave the impression that they were not so good.

 

[Captain Hank]

Ah, but it was actually sort of an ingenious system. The best value was to purchase a ticket book containing A, B, C, D and E tickets. Thus, people felt "obligated" to use theirfull range of tickets which helped spread guests more evenly throughout the park.