I Found Magic Kindom Tickets

[RetiredFRN]

My husband was cleaning out the basement and found an old scrapbook of mine from when I was probably in junior high school and high school. My daughter and I started looking through it and I found two Magic Kingdom ticket booklets that I had taped in them!! One adult for $7.50 (13.20 value) and one child $6.50 (9.80 value). They actually still have tickets in them!! A,B,C, and D. I can't find a date on them but I'm pretty sure they date back to the 70's, the fist time I went with my parents. The A ticket has the Omnibus on it, C has the explorer canoes in frontierland, and D has the skyway to tomorrowland. I can't believe I found them, still have them, and didn't use them all!! Looking through them brings back memories of the times I have gone to DW, but also made me think of how far technology and Disney has come. From paper booklets to bands with chips in them that you wear on your wrist!! Planning your whole vacation before you go?? Maybe we should go back to the booklets? At least lets go back to the prices!!!!

 

[Zweiland]

Wow, that's a great find! Definitely keep them as a memento, they're precious artifacts now!

 

[Californian Elitist]

I have a whole bunch of those. If only we could trade them in for park admission tickets.

 

[Britt]

How neat!!

 

[Bob]

Found this last year when I was going through a couple of boxes of childhood stuff that my folks had given to me.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I have a whole bunch of those. If only we could trade them in for park admission tickets.

I thought you could, but only for their face value.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I thought you could, but only for their face value.

Oh no, I'm referring to the A-E tickets.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Oh no, I'm referring to the A-E tickets.

I know. I thought Disney would take them, but only for the cost of each when issued. So a 75¢ E-Ticket would get you a 75¢ discount on your admission.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I know. I thought Disney would take them, but only for the cost of each when issued. So a 75¢ E-Ticket would get you a 75¢ discount on your admission.

Really?????????? When did they start doing that?

 

[pjammer]

Really?????????? When did they start doing that?

They have always done. If its a full book that's never been used then you can trade it for a one day ticket that can't be upgraded.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

Really?????????? When did they start doing that?

Yep. My grandparents gathered up unused leftover tickets from ticket books from many family members and many trips and turned traded them all in for 4 adults & 5 children admissions. Of course this was waaaay back, not too long after the ticket books were done away with. Wasn't terribly long after we moved to Orlando when I was a kid. Early 1982, maybe??? It was before Epcot was done. But, yeah, those tickets don't expire!

 

[Californian Elitist]

They have always done. If its a full book that's never been used then you can trade it for a one day ticket that can't be upgraded.

Yep. My grandparents gathered up unused leftover tickets from ticket books from many family members and many trips and turned traded them all in for 4 adults & 5 children admissions. Of course this was waaaay back, not too long after the ticket books were done away with. Wasn't terribly long after we moved to Orlando when I was a kid. Early 1982, maybe??? It was before Epcot was done. But, yeah, those tickets don't expire!

The A-E ticket books? As in, not old admission tickets, but the tickets one had to buy separately to get on rides? Those tickets can be used towards admission? I don't believe it.

 

[BryceM]

Found this last year when I was going through a couple of boxes of childhood stuff that my folks had given to me.

Very cool! I would like to have experienced Walt Disney World when it just consisted of Epcot and Magic Kingdom.

 

[Bob]

Very cool! I would like to have experienced Walt Disney World when it just consisted of Epcot and Magic Kingdom.

It was a pretty neat thing to experience as a kid. Epcot was very new at the time. I do like it better now as I am a huge fan of DAK.

 

[Epicpilot]

Please post pics! I never got to see the a-e tickets days...

 

[sweetpee_1993]

The A-E ticket books? As in, not old admission tickets, but the tickets one had to buy separately to get on rides? Those tickets can be used towards admission? I don't believe it.

Yes. You only get the face value now, tho, which won't get you far. You'd do better to sell them to Disney geeks to get more bang for the buck. LOL!

 

[lazyboy97o]

The A-E ticket books? As in, not old admission tickets, but the tickets one had to buy separately to get on rides? Those tickets can be used towards admission? I don't believe it.

Yes, because for over twenty years people were accustomed to be able save and hold on to tickets for their future visits. They didn't expire so Disney opted to honor what people had paid.

 

[Californian Elitist]

@lazyboy97o @sweetpee_1993 Thanks guys and thank you grandma for saving a gazillion of those tickets! Would be even better if we could use them towards merchandise and food as well.

 

[Darth Tater]

One adult for $7.50 !!!!

That moment when you realize you pay more now for a Taco Bell combo meal than you did back then to get into MK.

Mind=blown

 

[Master Yoda]

I found something similar when my mom passed away. We were cleaning out her house and I found these in an old jewelry box. These were somewhat special tickets where each ticket covered an A-E attraction vs individual A-E tickets. They are from circa 1973.