For those that remember, was WDW just a one day park when it opened?

[Walt Disney1955]

Obviously all there was at the time was Magic Kingdom. River Country I realize came in 1976 but up until then all there was would be MK. Now I know things inside the park changed as far as attractions went but was it considered something that could be comfortably seen in one full day?

It still had the monorail/ferry access to the park form day one I believe.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Yes. I can remember going as a kid. We bought the coupon books. You could only ride the attractions as long as you had enough coupons. Toon town was not their either.

 

[ABigBrassBand]

While we're on the topic, what was the general price of the ticket books? I wonder what the castmember would say if I gave them an E-ticket to go on Space Mountain today, haha

 

[Hakunamatata]

While we're on the topic, what was the general price of the ticket books? I wonder what the castmember would say if I gave them an E-ticket to go on Space Mountain today, haha

I don't remember for sure but I want to say admission to the park was like $2.00 or something like that. Then the coupon books were like $5.

If you had an original e ticket coupon, you wouldn't want to be giving it away. :ROFLOL:

 

[Walt Disney1955]

Yes. I can remember going as a kid. We bought the coupon books. You could only ride the attractions as long as you had enough coupons. Toon town was not their either.

Yeah it's kind of funny when you look at it, the Speedway was all by its lonesome. Tomorrowland looked pretty scarce. But judging by the map and from what my father told me it still was a one day park when it opened. It's just whether or not you could comfortably fit everything in within a day or if it was tight (like today)

 

[unkadug]

I first went in the spring of 1972. We saw and did almost everything that was open at the time in one day. We skipped the "fair" type rides: Dumbo, Teacups, Carousel, we also skipped all Main Street Vehicles, which were all considered attractions then.

 

[Master Yoda]

While we're on the topic, what was the general price of the ticket books? I wonder what the castmember would say if I gave them an E-ticket to go on Space Mountain today, haha

Everything you could ever want to know about historical ticket prices can be found here.

http://allears.net/tix/tickethistory.htm

 

[Krack]

In 1971, adult general admission to the park was $3.50. The individual ride tickets were ...

A Ticket - 10 cents
B Ticket - 25 cents
C Ticket - 50 cents
D Ticket - 75 cents
E Ticket - 90 cents

You could get an 11 ticket book for $5.75

 

[ABigBrassBand]

I don't remember for sure but I want to say admission to the park was like $2.00 or something like that. Then the coupon books were like $5.

If you had an original e ticket coupon, you wouldn't want to be giving it away. :ROFLOL:

I meant I was going to buy one on eBay anyways, so to go to Space Mountain and try to use it to get on, only to be rejected would be lulzy :lol:

 

[ABigBrassBand]

Everything you could ever want to know about historical ticket prices can be found here.

http://allears.net/tix/tickethistory.htm

Ah, fantastic. Cheers!

 

[Vernonpush]

Yes. I can remember going as a kid. We bought the coupon books. You could only ride the attractions as long as you had enough coupons. Toon town was not their either.

Yeah it's kind of funny when you look at it, the Speedway was all by its lonesome. Tomorrowland looked pretty scarce. But judging by the map and from what my father told me it still was a one day park when it opened. It's just whether or not you could comfortably fit everything in within a day or if it was tight (like today)

And there was no Pirates of the Caribean, Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain RR, People Mover, or Space Mountain. We spent a day there in December of 1971 and left before it got dark.

 

[bradandsarabr]

In 1976, we would spend about 2 days at WDW. Then we would hit Cypruss Gardens, Silver Springs, & CoCoa Beach. Even when EPCOT opened, we would only spend about 4 days at WDW, then hit Busch Gardens & Seaworld.

 

[DVCOwner]

One day - how about a half of day unless you keep buying more and more ticket books. Being in college at the time, I could not afford but one.

 

[marni1971]

Opening day there wasn`t an awful lot. A lot of what are considered `opening day attractions` actually came online before Christmas 1971.

And no, from day one there were no Ferryboats. The monorails couldn`t take the excess capacity until the boats were ready, so the original parking lot trams were used as well from the T&TC to the MK. The large canopied bus turnaround/pickup area to the right/east of the monorail station was used for this until the first Ferryboat arrived.

 

[RonAnnArbor]

Absolutely a one day park -- we went in 1972, I was 12 and we rode absolutely everything in the park and were long done before park closing time, giving you time to ride things over and over again. The longest lines were for the most unexpected attractions...Many of us older users will recall the three hour waits for 20KLeagues and the hour waits for the Skyride which took you from nowhere to nowhere (and which you could walk in 4 minutes).

 

[Vernonpush]

Opening day there wasn`t an awful lot. A lot of what are considered `opening day attractions` actually came online before Christmas 1971.

And no, from day one there were no Ferryboats. The monorails couldn`t take the excess capacity until the boats were ready, so the original parking lot trams were used as well from the T&TC to the MK. The large canopied bus turnaround/pickup area to the right/east of the monorail station was used for this until the first Ferryboat arrived.

I remember the tram ride from the T&TC to the MK, past the Contemporary and all those topiary (at the time). We did get to ride the Monorail back to the T&TC at the end of the day (I nagged the folks- I HAD to ride it!:lol.

 

[bjlc57]

some tickets could be traded up for an "E" ticket, some could not.. the A ticket was basically useless. unless you wanted to ride the trolly down town. But you have to remember that $6 or $9 was a ton of money back in 1971.. Gas was 24.9 cents a gallon.. or so.. and hamburger was 69 cents a pound.. McDonalds burgers were 18 cents.. and a can of soda was less then a quarter.. and then went to a quarter..

so if you had a family of six like we did.. those tickets got expensive real fast. and paying close to a dollar for a ride.. ARE YOU KIDDING ME .. a DOLLAR FOR A RIDE? (even though it was 90 cents).. that was a ton.

it was amazing, how the disney people couldn't figure out that a set price would bring them so much more money.. but you just didn't ride all the rides.. and Pirates wasn't open until the second time we visited.

Mission to Mars was a great ride.. where your seat "sunk in" as you took off..

and the Haunted Mansion was alway great.. so were the CBJ.. and clap.. man the whole place clapped and sang for the Country Bears..

its was a totally different time and place . and a dollar had a completely different value.. completely different.