Magic Kingdom Club Ticket Book - September 1976

Have I got a deal for you! I'll supply you with this September 1976 Disneyland Magic Kingdom Club complete ticket book, and a Fall-Winter 1976 Disneyland Guide book, I’ll even throw in my stack of 1976 $2 bills, all you have to do is supply a time machine that takes us back to 1976.




Rather than crop the welcome message scan I left it in its pure form.





“Be our Guest” at the Walt Disney Story, and don’t worry, we brought Mr. Lincoln back so it doesn’t stink anymore.





Eleven of these “Magic Key” tickets awaits the reader who presents his or her time machine (in working order of course).







You better bring your Van deck shoes, because I’m bolting for Tomorrowland 1976!




$6.25, a $14.90 maximum value, yours free simply for the use of your time machine.





The Fall/Winter 1976-77 Disneyland Guidebook is significant in two import ways, it’s the last guide book in this smaller true “shirt pocket” size, the next edition would get taller and skinnier. And secondly, the Mine Train thru Natures Wonderland makes its final appearance in any guide book.



Some selected pages are show below, you can download the entire guide book below even if you don't have a time machine:

Download here: Disneyland Guidebook Fall/Winter 1976-77 - 31mb

Magic Kingdom Club Membership Card - 1972

Taking yet another look at a Magic Kingdom Club membership card today we’ve got a card from 1972. This unused card (imagine all the unfulfilled happy memories) was for the Delco Sparks Travelers U.A.W. Local 662, Indiana.




You can use your BankAmericard to purchase a subscription to the Disney News Magazine.





I don’t have a 1972 Disney News so this Fall 1973 Disney News will have to do. What a fantastic cover!




Great three page article on Disneyland’s Candy Palace.







Another great three page article, this one is all about Disney’s’ Topiary’s at both parks.




The Swan Boats looked so cool; they even traveled to Adventureland and circled The Swiss Family Treehouse!





Come back on Bonus Sunday for the entire issue.

Toy Review Magazine - 1972

Welcome to Magazine Monday – Florida Edition. This post is a little late in celebrating Walt Disney World’s 40th anniversary, hey if it were Disneyland they’d be celebrating it all year long. The Summer/Fall 1972 edition of Toy Review Magazine contains a nice three page article on a less than one year old Walt Disney World. Does anyone else see a resemblance in this cover photo to 1955/56 Disneyland Fantasyland photos?




The inside of the front cover shows come color photos of the articles within, a nice touch since the entire contents are printed in black and white on newsprint!





It’s actually a fairly informative and informal article on the early days of Walt Disney World. A clear mistake however in the reference to the tickets being “B” thru “E” with “B” for the cheapest attractions. There has been an “A” Ticket at Walt Disney World since opening day (link). The “Official” vendor thing is pretty funny.




So true about how difficult it is to get to the darn front gate of Walt Disney World!





Apparently the park was still not finished with half the sub fleet running and too few sit down restaurants. The hidden queue lines show some frustration. The author asked about using Disneyland tickets are Walt Disney World, answer – YES! Mention of the Magic Kingdom Club is neat, but there’s the “B” thru “E” ticket reference again, ugh!





How about a few pages of toy reviews? When I was a kid I always wanted one of those Disney Movie Viewers, I have one now!





Fun magic set and puppet show theater, awesome prices!





I got all three of these little kits for Christmas 1972 and I loved them, I can still here that bell. Thanks Mom…




More color photo fun on the back covers.

Magic Kingdom Club Ticket Book - October 1961

Let's roll back the clock 50 years and take a close-up look at a Disneyland Magic Kingdom Club ticket book from October 1961. This ticket book is complete and unused and in amazing condition for being 50 years old, the cloth and its adhesive on the binder are still soft and pliable. Even Disneyland's ticket books were first class!




Magic Kingdom Club members got great discounts. The "off season" Magic Kingdom Club ticket books were different than the "summer season" books. The Summer season had 2 extra tickets (usually 1 "D" and 1 "E") making a total of 12, for the price of 10. The "off season" club ticket books (like today's example) only had 10 tickets but each one is magic, a "Magic Key Coupon" good for admission to any ride or attraction in Disneyland making all 10 tickets potential "E" tickets!



Sharp eyes will notice the Magic Key ticket is not from the book in this post (I think its from 1960, but basically the same as 1961) I'm dedicated, but I'm not tearing a ticket out of this book!




Classic Disneyland is represented here in this attraction list. The Flying Saucers must be the newest attraction at the time.





$3.75 for admission to Disneyland and 10 "E" tickets, sounds like a bargain even in 1961 money.

Bonus Monday

Welcome to Bonus Sunday on Magazine Monday - better late than never...





Download the entire issue here: Vacationland Summer 1968 - 98mb

For your best value always buy Ticket Books!



My favorite sack of sugar photo.

On November 6, 1967 Disneyland held one of the magical “Private Parties” for the Illuminators (not to be confused with the Illuminati) and the California Grocers Association. “California Grocers Nite” was held from 7pm to Midnight. I wonder how many tickets were sold?




Refund only allowed if the party is cancelled due to inclement weather. Wouldn’t it be neat to know the weather at Disneyland for any particular day in history? Someone should write a book about that (link).




From this Sunday's upcoming Summer 1968 Vacationland post, I bet the Illuminators were pillaging and plundering on their private nite! Exactly what detail in Pirates of the Caribbean was an aspect taken from Adventure Thru Inner Space, which actually opened 4 months after Pirates!

May 1967 "E" Ticket

Today we’ve got one of my favorite Vintage Disneyland Tickets. I posted this one a few years ago, but I like it so much I’ve re-scanned it in HD and we can all gaze at it again. This Child “E” Ticket is from May 1967 and is printed on the rare “Star and Castle” safety paper.

This “E” Ticket is significant as it’s the first to feature a new realm; New Orleans Square and the very recently open Pirates of the Caribbean. With the exception of the Pack Mules, all of these attractions are still in operation at Disneyland today!

Vacationland - Summer 1968

Here's a classic issue of Disneyland's Vacationland from the Summer of 1968. Come back on Bonus Sunday for the entire issue.
















Still true today....