Originally Posted By curtis On the LP page containing Disneyland related sites for commercial enterprises, there is a link for E Ticket Magazine. I clicked on the link (<a href="http://www.the-e-ticket.com/" target="_blank">http://www.the-e-ticket.com/</a>). But, the page that loads says, "the-e-ticket.com expired on 02/21/2008 and is pending renewal or deletion." Is "E Ticket Magazine" out of business? Or, did they just forget to pay their domain fee? Or, do they have a new website address and LP's link needs to be updated?
Originally Posted By TinksBestFriend I have some bad news ( "The "E" Ticket" will no longer be published. I talked to Jack Janzen in January and he sold the name "The "E" Ticket" and will no longer be publishing the magazine. I am sorry to be the bearer of this. I will miss the magazine.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Oh no! I just subscribed last year and absolutely love it! This is so sad.
Originally Posted By curtis Wow. That's huge news. (Thanks.) I wonder if we will get refunds for the undelivered magazines that we paid for in advance?
Originally Posted By jonvn That's too bad, but I had sort of stopped reading them. I think they ran out of things to talk about a while ago.
Originally Posted By TinksBestFriend Curtis, Jack said we will hear from him about the unused part of our subscriptions.
Originally Posted By leemac Terrible shame. Jack should feel very proud that he was able to continue after Leon's death - I know how hard it is to put together a magazine for public consumption. I must admit when we started Tales magazine over three years ago I never expected to be the only game in town - ever. First the Disney Magazine and now E-Ticket magazine. Lots of publications have come and gone over the past decade but I only hope that we can continue Tales. I always envisage that Tales would be a mix of past, present and future - however the number of current projects over the past 3 years has meant that we never really got around to cover the historical aspect as much as we would have liked (although the history of the Golden Horseshoe Revue article from Issue 2 that Doobie wrote is one of my favorites). Plus we just did the development of Epcot through Marty Sklar's eye. I don't ever expect to be able to cover the history like E-Ticket (those are big shoes to fill) but I hope we will be able to dip in and out to supplement our current tales.
Originally Posted By ArchtMig Persistence of Vision is another fan mag that just sorta vanished. But The E Ticket... that is very bad news. I thank Jack and his late brother Leon and their hard working family for putting out such an amazing little publication, a labor of love, really. It was so good that it was for sale at Disneyland itself. That's testament to how excellent the product was, and the niche it served. Too bad other folks couldn't take it over and keep it going. It wouldn't be the same I guess though. I wish that Jack would at least publish one last, final edition to wrap it all up and say so long.
Originally Posted By karlg E-Ticket was a great magazine and I always look forward to it. I appreciate Jack carrying on after the passing of his brother. ArchtMig mention PoV which had some really great information that sort of faded away a while ago. Another excellent Disney fan magazine was Storyboard which ran from 1987 through 1990 when it was sold out and became Storyboard, The Art of Laughter which ran from 1990 through 1995. There were also a couple of great issues of Theme Park Adventure about Pirates and Tarzan's Tree house. Alas, Tales of the Laughingplace appears to be about all that is left in terms of a "magazine." I would also like to put in a word for the book series "Walt's People" which is on its 5th book and has a collection of papers about the people that worked with Walt.
Originally Posted By DlandJB I also spoke with Jack at the NFFC show and sale in January. There is one more issue to come, and then it is done. He has sold the IP rights to all the materials, so past issues will exist in one form or another but he could not go into details at that time. He said it was "just not fun anymore." I thanked him for carrying on after his brother's death. That must have been so hard on so many levels. I will miss E-Ticket terribly. There is no other magazine like it and I doubt there ever will be. I always thought it a great compliment and imprimatur that the magazine was available for sale in the Park too. The attention to detail and historical accuracy was always tremendous. They should be proud for a great run.
Originally Posted By irishfan This is such a shame, I discovered E-Ticket pretty late in the game, and have being playing catch up over the past couple of years. It was only this past weekend I picked up a couple and read them from front page to back.
Originally Posted By jonvn I was not aware one of the people who had been doing the magazine passed on. That's really very sad. But when the gentleman said it wasn't fun anymore, I actually could kind of read it in the magazine. As I said earlier, it seemed to have lost a bit of luster of late. I thought it was that they just ran out of things to talk about, but maybe it was just someone trying to carry on with a heavy heart.
Originally Posted By aracuanbird That is a bummer. When I was a kid living in the pre-Internet midwest, getting a new issue of The E Ticket was like receiving a telegram from God. I remember when a bundle of back issues were delivered to my house one day in the early 1990's--awww man! What a wonderful, warm magazine. Still, I'd rather see the curtain drop than know The E Ticket was limping along. As for Persistence of Vision, it really doesn't deserve mention in a post about The E Ticket...Paul Anderson's pathetic half-promises still rub me raw. (Nice plug for Tales, Lee) 'Bird When in Cyberspace visit <a href="http://www.plausible-impossible.com" target="_blank">http://www.plausible-impossibl e.com</a>
Originally Posted By aracuanbird BTW - the Theme Park Adventure magazines ABSOLUTELY ROCK! Especially the Pirates issue. I can't say the same for Storyboard. If you go back and read those things, they are pretty disjointed. Nice images, though.
Originally Posted By leemac <<(Nice plug for Tales, Lee)>> Hey! You can't blame a guy for tryin' We are all part of the LP family anyhow. I must admit I never expected to be a monopoly in this segment that is for sure.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I'm going to miss the E-ticket very much. As someone said, it was obviously a labor of love, and that came through everywhere, although the "hard facts" were always solid as well. I was afraid when Leon J. passed, and the magazines became less frequent, that this might happen. It's an awful lot to expect one person to do. Still, I'm glad there will be one final issue. Some of my favorite issues were on the FaL dark rides when they described (and often had pictures of) the pre-'83 versions, and compared them to the current versions. It was like being able to ride the old versions again, and it was great. Same with rides like the various versions of the Mine Train. Great job, Janzen brothers! You brought a lot of smiles to a lot of people. Thanks for the memories, literally.
Originally Posted By cheesybaby I renewed my subscription just last fall and then moved in November. I mailed their P.O. Box at the end of the year to update my change of address but the letter was returned to sender. I wonder if/how they will find me for my final issue and renewal refund? When I renewed I ordered a bunch of old issues - looks like I got lucky as that was my last chance.
Originally Posted By netenyahoo I will also greatly miss the mag. Great articles and ever better pics. I wish Disney would produce a good magazine like it.
Originally Posted By aracuanbird Just kidding you, Lee. I think my favorite issues of The E Ticket were either with Tom Scherman talking 20,000 Leagues or the Haunted Mansion interviews with Ken Anderson. The HM articles were especially great at revealing that, even those these attractions are so epic and nearly-perfect, the process involved in getting there is very human, very organic. Loved it! When in Cyberspace visit <a href="http://www.plausible-impossible.com" target="_blank">http://www.plausible-impossibl e.com</a>
