Even I don't have a life time pass...
BTW Life time passes never existed...
There are Silver Passes though... valid for 1 to 10 years, depending on the person, and why he/she got one.
I know I am completely new to this forum, but am a former construction employee as well as the son of a former construction employee who worked EPCOT construction from June to Oct 1982 prior to grand opening. (we worked further along than that, but I digress). I can confirm that the ticket pricing at the time of the EPCOT grand opening was as follows: one day tickets were $15, annual passes were $100 and lifetime passes were $250. Of course no one wanted to pay $250, which at the time was 16x the cost of a 1 day ticket. I can also confirm a few things about that day - people were camped out in the woods around the parking lot waiting for access to the main gates and turnstiles, they rushed the turnstiles to be first at each of them, knowing Disney would be selecting someone as the "first family" into Epcot. Here is a great article about their story:
http://allears.net/wdw-chronicles-1982-opening-of-epcot-center/
"Epcot Center opened as announced on October 1, 1982. The cost of a one-day ticket was $15 for an adult, $14 for a junior and $12 for a child. However, members of the Magic Kingdom Club or Walt Disney World Resort guests could knock a dollar off the price of each ticket. Also available as ticket media were 3-, 4- and 6-day World Passports that included transportation, admission, plus unlimited use of attractions at both Magic Kingdom and Epcot Center. There were no single-day Park Hoppers.In addition, an Annual World Passport good for an entire year was available at a cost of $100 for an adult and $80 for a child.
During the early weeks of October, the opening hours were Future World from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and World Showcase from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.(At the end of October and through the month of November, Future World was open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and World Showcase 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The only exception was the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 25, when both Future World and World Showcase were open from 9 a.m. to midnight.)
Richard Cason, his wife and four children (Jennifer, 16; Chris, 15; Ricky, 14; and Jody, 13) were the first family welcomed into Epcot Center on October 1. They were from Winter Park and got up at 4:30 a.m. to arrive at the park at 6 a.m., only to find the gates wouldn't open to the parking lot until 7 a.m. Cason said he "drove around the loop" before making it into the parking lot. "I just told the kids to get out and run for the gate," he told reporters at the Opening Ceremonies.
The family received a silver pass from Chairman and CEO of Walt Disney Productions, Card Walker, allowing the family admission into Epcot Center and the Magic Kingdom for life. Due to space limitations, only the first family, press and a few special invited guests saw Walker read the dedication plaque and there were brief remarks by Florida Governor Bob Graham and the president of AT&T William Ellinghouse, since Spaceship Earth was also dedicated that day."
