Originally Posted By jkayjs So we found a box of old Fisher Price toys in the attic & got it out to clean them up for our grands. While we were going thru it I saw my little grandson with something in his hand. It was 5 3-DAY Worldpassports from 1986. 2 adults & 3 childs used Sept of '86. These were Magic Kingdom Club(anyone else remember this benefit from selected buisnesses) passports so they were slightly discounted. The adults were $56 & the childs was $44 sales tax included. They were hoppers between the 2 parks as long as you got your hand stamped & presented your passport on re-entry. There is 3 blocks where they stamped the date of each use. I know I have a ton of passports from over the years but I got a kick out of these. Of course the best thing is one of the info/conditions listed on the back of the Childs ticket~"Children under 7 years must be accompanied by an adult.". So I guess we could have sent our 8 & 10 year old off to the parks alone. Go figure. Anyway I thought some you oldy but goldy types might remember/enjoy the memory.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost What I remember most about them was the number of places outside of WDW that would buy them from you for the unused days. I even bought one once that still had two days remaining on it. I don't remember what they paid for the unused parts but it seems like it was about 50% of the value. It's no wonder that they changed over to one's that were unidentifiable when it came to how many days remained and then used the finger scan. What amazes me even more is the number of people that still will buy the new ones on e-bay, etc. without knowing how many days are left or if they will be lucky enough to bypass the scan. P.T. Barnum once said..."there's a sucker born every minute".
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey I remember those passports and the Magic Kingdom Club! 1986 was the first year I visited WDW. My brother lived in Bradenton at the time and took us for the day. We only went to the MK. I was 12 years old. I remember I gave our passports to my neighbor, Mr. L.J., across the street. He was a Disney fanatic and had an entire room devoted to Disney.
Originally Posted By CMDad Sure, I remember The Magic Kingdom Club and was a member and got my discounts through it in those days. Was just talking last night about the last time we went to WDW and had to buy ticket books. I was visiting a cousin who was a doctor and was able to get discounted admission/tix and what was special about those ticket books where that you could use ALL the tickets in them for everything up to and including "E" ticket attractions.
Originally Posted By MPierce Somebody help me out here. Relative to the time, was that ticket price better or worse than todays pass? I know that there's got to be an economist out there that gets their jolly's off figuring things like that out. You would have to take into consideration that it would be 2 parks vs 4.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Somebody help me out here. Relative to the time, was that ticket price better or worse than todays pass?>> I'm sure it was better. Disney had a higher quality product back in 1986 ... a true premium one. And they weren't overinflated either. But hey, you know the Weatherman told Wall Street that the massive discounting was coming to an end and as I type this I am watching a WDW commercial promoting a four-day resident ticket for Floridians for $99 (that's right, $25 a day ... or four days for less than a one day hopper ... oh, and you can make it a hopper for another $25!) BTW, the commercial uses Jungle Cruise AA's talking as it's hook and is actually quite well done!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^That should be ITS hook, sorry I do know grammar although it would be hard to tell here!
Originally Posted By MPierce They'll be offering discounts for a very long time if they want to keep their attendance numbers up. With the cut backs, and inflated price points that they've managed to ring up of late, their product is no longer worth the premium it once was. At least not to me. Especially in this economy.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^Agreed. Hence the constant discounting. Three months added to the APs puts a smile on my face. And DDE finally got Levy's and Swan/Dolphin higher end locations to kick in the 20% discount, which I'm not sure is still enough for me to get again ... but it helps.
Originally Posted By LadyandtheTramp And also as important, DDE added Tokyo Dining. Now if they could only get Yak and Yeti in the plan,...
