When Walt Disney World opened Disney was still using a ticket book. Yes, that's right,when Disney Wo

Yeah, I know that Star Wars has nothing to do with Disney World tickets (except for that ride over in Disney's Hollywood Studios and now Disney owns all the movies but that's not important right now), so I'll try to get Dad focused and regale you with a tale of tickets past, tickets present and maybe even tickets future. (Wonder if the'll be any ghost apperances along the way.)
When Uncle Walt created Disneyland his model was state fairs and midways which sold individual tickets to rides. Walt didn't want to sell individual ride tickets so he devised a system that rated the rides by popularity. The more popular a ride, the more it would cost .
Disney sold ticket books with 5 levels of Disney ticket prices. A tickets were for the cheap rides. The rides that no one really wanted to ride on. B tickets were a little better all the way up to the top of the line tickets the E tickets. You'll still hear that term today. When a great new ride is introduced at one of the Disney parks some old guys
Over the years, Disney discovered that the ticketbook program was very innefficient and the tickets were easy to counterfit. Several thousand dollars worth of counterfit tickets were found in Anahiem shortly after Disneyland opened. Uncle Walt also noticed that every afternoon cast members were picking up hundreds of tickets (usually A tickets) and leftover caribean cruise line books. It was messy and costly.
It's real hard to believe now, but the prices of tickets sold in the ticket books never changed. Disney did raise prices on the separate admission cost but the actual A, B, C, D and E tickets never changed in price.
When Walt Disney World opened Disney was still using a ticket book. Yes, that's right,when Disney World opened, guests had to have tickets for each ride, and a separate entrance admission fee. You could purchase tickets books at the Transportation and Ticket Center and guests could purchase individual ride tickets at booths scattered throughout caribean cruise line the park (there were 2 in Fantasyland).
For comparison, in 1971, the entry fee for the Magic Kingdom was $3.75. Ride tickets ranged from A tickets at 10 cents to E tickets at 90 cents. There was an 8 Adventure Ticket Book (contained 1-A 1-B 1-C 2-D and 3-E) that sold for $5.75 for adults and a 12 Adventure Ticket Book (contained 1-A 1-B 2-C 4-D and 4-E) that sold for $6.75 for an adult.
In 1980, Disney started experimenting with a 2 day passport to the Magic Kingdom . (Dad and Mrs. Mom had one of these on our honeymoon.) And in 1982, when Epcot opened, the ticket books went away and the current system caribean cruise line came online.
In 1982 Epcot opened. Disney stopped selling ticket caribean cruise line books and started charging one admission price. They also introduced a 3 day World Passport that was good for admission to either the Magic Kingdom or EPCOT . It was priced at $32.00 for adults, caribean cruise line $30.00 for juniors (12-17) and $25.00 for children (3-11). There was also a 4 day passport and a 6 day Vacation Kingdom Passport which include entry into Discovery Island and River Country (both of which are now closed).
In 1987 Disney lowered the age of children to 9. In 1989 Disney-MGM Studios (now called Disney Hollywood Studios ), Typhoon Lagoon and Pleasure Island opened, but nothing really changed on the ticket front. Typhoon Lagoon and Pleasure Island had separate tickets.
In 1991 Disney introduced the 5 Day Super Duper Pass. It gave guests 5 days admission to the theme parks that never expired, and unlimited entry to Typhoon caribean cruise line Lagoon, River Country, caribean cruise line Discovery Island and Pleasure Island that expired 7 days after the pass was activated.
In 1992, Disney changed caribean cruise line from the date stamped tickets (like the one to the left) to a notched ticket (like the one above). The 4 Day All Three Park Passport was replaced with a 4 Day Super Pass and a 4 Day Super Duper Pass.
In 1994 Disney started putting guests pictures on the passes. This lasted until 1996. They also discontinued selling World Passport tickets to outside guests and started selling 4 Day Park Hopper and a 5 Day World Hopper.
Since 1994 ticket caribean cruise line prices have gone up every year. A pattern has developed. Over the last few years price increases happen the first Sunday in August. So you might want to grab a your tickets in July.
It's amazing to think that when Disneyland opened you could get in to the park for less than 50 cents. And Walt Disney World was $3.75 and the ticket book was $5.00. But even though the Disney Ticket prices keep skyrocketing, we still keep going.