E ticket

For electronic tickets as used by airlines, see e-ticket.

For the Disneyland fanzine, see The "E" Ticket.

Disneyland E ticket circa 1975-1977.

Since the 1950s, E Ticket (or E ticket ride) has referred to an unusually thrilling, interesting, most-interesting, or most-expensive situation. It derives from the tickets used at Disneyland and Walt Disney World theme parks until the early 1980s. Park-goers bought tickets 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.

Tickets could be purchased individually or in booklets, with the purchased booklets including tickets of each category. A book may contain, for example, a park admission ticket, one A ticket, one B ticket, two C tickets, three D tickets, and three E tickets.

The parks no longer use this method of selling tickets, but the phrase continues to be used. A famous example is Sally Ride's comment on riding in the Space Shuttle: "This is definitely an E ticket!"

There is also a fan-published magazine called The "E" Ticket, which examines the history of Disney theme park attractions.

The employee cafeteria next to the administration building at Disneyland is called the Eat Ticket, a reference to the E ticket.

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