bcla
On our rugged Eastern foothills.....
- Joined
- Nov 28, 2012
Walt Disney himself would not have wanted for people to feel they had to limit or restrict their time at his wonderful park - so why do you?
I don't want to go to a beach for my holiday.
I want to go to Disneyland with my family... The happiest place on earth.
Actually - when Walt was alive I don't believe they sold anything more than one day tickets. When DL opened, one had to pay for each ride until they issued books with an admission ticket and ride coupons. If you were out of the right coupon you had to pay cash. That indirectly limited patrons' time in the park and served as an effective crowd control. Frankly the "all you can eat" policy really changed things. I remember going on Pirates several times in a row when there was no line. We'd run out and get back in and pretty much only one boat left while we were doing it. Before then, you'd need to be judicious about which coupon you used.
I don't know what the place would be like today if there was a similar coupon system. I think it was possible to buy an admission only ticket back then, although most people got the value books with the coupons. For someone on a multi-day trip, I believe it would have been possible to combine the coupons and maybe spend some days without really going on the rides. You could go shopping, eat, or just spend time watching parades and characters.
Walt of course had pride in his special place, but he was also a businessman.