[Rhodes22-list] 'E' ride this afternoon

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Since the 1950s, the phrase E Ticket (or E ticket ride) has  referred to an 
unusually interesting, thrilling or expensive experience. It  derives from the 
_tickets_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticket_(admission))  used at  
_Disneyland_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland)  and _Walt Disney World_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_World)   theme parks until 1982. Formally, 
Disney called them coupons, but they  were commonly referred to as tickets, 
as they were generally purchased in ticket  books (with admission). The tickets 
came in different denominations, from A  through E, with E tickets being the 
most expensive and reserved for the newest,  most expensive or popular rides 
and attractions. 
Park-goers could purchase tickets individually or in booklets that included  
tickets of each denomination. Booklets tended to have more high-level (D and 
E)  tickets than lower-level (A and B) tickets, and might contain, for example, 
a  park admission ticket, one A ticket, one B ticket, two C tickets, three D  
tickets, and three E tickets. Visitors tended to leave the park with unused A 
 and B tickets, not because they had received large numbers of them, but 
because  the A and B rides were less common and less popular.
 
 
In a message dated 8/11/2008 7:06:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
flybrad at gmail.com writes:

Hank,

You've heard me say this before, the motto at my old  commuter airline was,
"these people paid for a ride, we're gonna giv'em  one!"  A lady stepped off
the plane one day and said to me, "thanks  for the E-ticket ride boys!".  I
had to ask around to find out what it  meant.

Brad

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:42 AM, Hank  <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Haven't heard that phrase in a  while!  I wonder how many know what an "E"
> ticket ride  is?
>
> Hank
>
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 9:53 PM, elle  <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > We had an  interesting afternoon weatherwise....the first picture is not
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> > elle
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> >  We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
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> > 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06   "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)
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