1973 $$$

jbohn · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 4:32 am Post subject: 1973 $$$

Working out of the house today, and waiting for a file to copy.

Here's a list of attractions and prices from my 1973 guidebook . . .

A coupon (10 c)
Ominbus
Horse Cars
Horseless Carriage, Jitney
Fire Engine
Cinderella's Golden Carrousel

B coupon (25c)
Main Street Cinema
Frontierland Shootin' Gallery
Mike Fink Keelboats
Dumbo, the Flying Elephant
Mad Tea Party

C coupon (50c)
Swiss Family Island Treehouse
Snow White's Adventures
Peter Pan's Flight
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
Grand Prix Raceway

D coupon (75 c)
Walt Disney World Railroad
Enchanted Tiki Birds
Liberty Square Riverboats
The Mickey Mouse Revue
Skyway
Flight to the Moon

E coupon (90c)
Jungle Cruise
Country Bear Jamboree
The Hall of Presidents
The Haunted Mansion
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
It's a Small World

Free Attractions:
Diamond Horseshoe Revue
If You Had Wings
Circle-Vision 360

Coming Attractions:
The Walt Disney Story
Plaza Swan Boats
Tom Sawyer Island Rafts

WDWFan · Pilot Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 10863

Wow, what a difference 35 years will make. wonder what it will be like in 2043.

Figmentathm · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 7:38 am Post subject:

And in 1973, I was a struggling college student making 1.65 an hour, which was minimum wage. It was tough to fill up that AMC Javelin for the 2 hour trip home from campus with gas at .39 per gallon. And a 6 pack of Schlitz was 1.80. I couldn't afford that and had to drink cheap stuff.
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jbohn · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 7:40 am Post subject:

Schlitz isn't the cheap stuff?

daveypoo · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 8:21 am Post subject:

eatmon74 · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 8:30 am Post subject:

WOW jbohn we must be thinking on the same wave length. I just lastnight sent an email off to Micecast with that info. They keep talking about doing a show about what rides they would o on if they had only one coupon book. but it's taking them forever to do the reasearch so I did it for them. I think I should go request Small world or somthing Very Happy

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Figmentathm · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 8:39 am Post subject:

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jahosifatz · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:54 am Post subject:

I've got a menu from Tony's (MK) in 1971 that says Coke $.10 and Pepsi $.5 Kinda odd.

WDWFan · Pilot Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 10863

I was just reading something in one of the Disney books about Disney and their selling of coke products in the opening of WDW.

Maybe Disney was paying more for it? Hardly seems Coke would want folks buying Pepsi cause it was 1/2 the price.

napabeth · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 11:54 am Post subject:

Hey - where's Pirates of the Caribbean fit in?

daguru · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 12:16 pm Post subject:

Pirates didn't open until Dec 1973... so it may not have been in the book, although it should have been listed in the "Coming Soon" listings...
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GrumpyDaddy · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 4:18 am Post subject:

1973??

Oh yes 1973, I remember it well.

I was 9 years old!! And Frank was drinking Narragangett beer in his AMC Javeln. Laughing

Figmentathm · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 4:36 am Post subject:

zeppelindude · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 4:38 am Post subject:

That is really neat. Tio think that in 30 years, most likely the advanced ticket system WDW has rightn ow will probably be replaced with some dna checking system or whatnot.