Modern Usage
Although they were officially called "coupons", visitors commonly referred to the admission media as "tickets", as they were often sold in "ticket books". This gave rise to the term "E ticket". Disney has continued to informally call its best attractions "E tickets", even those opened after the coupon system was discontinued, such as Splash Mountain, Indiana Jones Adventure, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, and Soarin' Over California. "E ticket" has survived the discontinuation of coupon admission at Disney theme parks and has transcended into the lexicon of popular culture.
In 1983, astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, when asked about the experience of a Space Shuttle launch, famously described it by saying: "Ever been to Disneyland? …That was definitely an E ticket!"
In 1993, parody recording artist "Weird Al" Yankovic compared a fictional visit to Jurassic Park to the Disney rides in the last chorus: "Well this sure ain't no E ticket; think I'll tell 'em where to stick it!"
From 1997 to 2004, Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom hosted "hard ticket" special events called E-Ride Nights, where a limited number of resort room guests (usually 5,000) were allowed to purchase special tickets that allowed them to stay in the park and ride some of the rides (typically those that had been, or would have been, E ticket rides) for an extra three hours after the park had closed to other guests. E-Ride Nights were eventually replaced with the Extra Magic Hours program, which is available as a free benefit for resort room guests.
The Remember... Dreams Come True fireworks show has been described in promotional materials as an "E Ticket in the Sky".
In 2007, Disneyland brought back the term "Disney's eTicket" for marketing its new Print at Home ticket option; this usage is a pun on the abbreviation for electronic ticket and the classic Disney usage of the term "E ticket".
The Disneyland Hotel's concierge lounge is named the E-Ticket Club and features historic photos and posters from Disneyland's E ticket attractions.
The 2010 video game Disney Epic Mickey uses E tickets as a form of in-game currency.
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