A Nostalgic Look At The House of The Mouse Quiz

Answer: $22.30

Before 1982, guests to Disneyland could purchase an assortment of coupon discount books (often referred to by guests as ticket books), that featured an admission to Disneyland, and offered an assortment of ride coupons for guests to enjoy the "Magic Kingdom". The most popular coupon book contained an admission and 15 ride coupons. Prices for "The Deluxe 15 Coupon Book" or "15-Ride Coupon Book" were:
$5.95 for adults,
$5.45 for juniors, ages 12-16,
$4.95 for children, ages 3-11.

Each book contained an admission to the park, one "A" coupon, two "B" coupons, three "C" coupons, four "D" coupons, and five "E" coupons.

Coupon books offered a discounted value over coupons that were sold individually from the ticket kiosk within the park. The individual cash value and purchase prices of coupons sold were: "A" coupons-10 cents, "B" coupons-25 cents, "C" coupons-40 cents, "D" coupons-70 cents, and "E" coupons --85 cents.
The difference of purchasing a 15-ride discount coupon book or purchasing the same 15 coupons individually from the ticket kiosk: adults - $5.95 vs. $12.35, juniors - $5.45 vs. $11.75, children - $4.95 vs, $9.50.



www.yesterland.com/tickets
en.wikipedi.org/wiki/e_ticket

Answer: 5

The most popular and most thrilling rides and attractions required an "E" coupon (ticket) for admission.

The "E" coupon attractions included:
. "Submarine Voyage" and "Disneyland-Alweg Monorail" in Tomorrowland.
. "It's A Small World" and the "Matterhorn Bobsled" in Fantasyland.
. "Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland", & "Pack Mule Ride" in Frontierland.
. "Pirates of the Caribbean" and the "Haunted Mansion" in New Orleans Square.
. "Jungle River Cruise" and the "Enchanted Tiki Room" in Adventureland.
. "Country Bear Jamboree" in Bear Country.

For those who couldn't get enough of the thrills of "E" coupon attractions, additional "E" coupons were available for individual sale at ticket kisok throughout the park.
The cash prices of the "E" coupons were 85 cents for adults and juniors, and 75 cents for children.

The term "E Ticket" found its way into the modern American-English lexicon. The term has been mentioned in print, in music, television and movies to describe an exciting event. In commenting on riding aboard the space shuttle in 1983, America's first female astronaut to reach outer space, Sally Ride, described her experience to the media by saying, "Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an "E" ticket."

Reference:
www.vintagedisneylandtickets.blogspot.com
en.wikipedia.com/wiki/E_ticket

Answer: Main Street Electrical Parade

The "Main Street Electrical Parade" first debuted at Disneyland on June 17, 1972.
The parade featured both live performers and festive Disney themed floats and characters, covered in thousands of lights that were electronically controlled, and synchronized to a musical soundtrack. The playing of the music was triggered by radio controls along the parade route. The music came both from stationary speakers along the parade route and from the floats in the parade. At that time, nearly all of the floats were either pulled or pushed along the route by cast members.

A new and innovative process, created by the park engineers for the parade, was to place multiple radio-controlled "trigger" points along the 2000 foot parade route. As each float entered one of the trigger zones, the audience would hear the music of that specific float through the Disneyland audio systems. This process insured that every guest, regardless to their position on the parade route, would experience the same show.

The parade on July 4, 1972 consisted of 13 floats and 22 characters from Disney stories, attired in extravagantly lighted costumes. The prices of the costumes ranged from between five and six thousand dollars each.

As darkness fell on "The Happiest Place on Earth", thousands of eager guest began to line Main Street to await the message over the speakers, "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Disneyland proudly presents our spectacular festive pageant of nighttime magic and imagination in thousands of sparkling lights and electro-synthomagnetic musical sounds...The Main Street Electrical Parade".


www.alleearsnet.com/tp/mk/msep.htm
www.answer.com/topic/main-street-electrical-parade
en.wilipedia.com/wiki/main_street-electrical-parade

Answer: Skyway Ride (at Fantasyland and Tomorrowland)

The Skyway Ride was a "D" coupon attraction.

The attraction was first placed in service at Disneyland on June 23, 1956, and remained an exciting part of the Disneyland experience until it closed on November 9, 1994. The ride offered guest a one way trip either from Fantasyland to Tomorrowland, or from Tomorrowland to Fantasyland.
Guest would enter the cabin-style gondolas at one of the two station, and travel approximately 60 feet above the ground, on a three minute, 36 second trip to the destination station. The trip to Tomorrowland was known as "Skyway to Tomorrowland, and the trip to Fantasyland was known as the "Skyway to Fantasyland. During the trip to either destination, the gondola passed through the Matterhorn Mountain. Guest were treated to an aerial panoramic view of the entire park, traveling over the Submarine Voyage Lagoon, past the mast of the "Pirate Ship Restaurant", over the mini car tracks of the "Richfield Autotopia Ride", and past the "Goodyear PeopleMover" display and ride.
The ride was removed in November of 1992, primarily because it was too costly to make needed safety upgrades and wheelchair accessibility.

www.yesterland.com/skywayfant,html
en.wikipedia.com/wiki/skyway/(disney)

Answer: Sleeping Beauty's Castle ( in Fantasyland)

The famed Sleeping Beauty Castle was an "A" ticket attraction.
The Castle has remained one of the most recognizable symbols of Disneyland since its opening on July 17, 1955. To enter the attraction, guests walk over a bridge, pass the "Glassblower Shoppe", and "Tinker Bell's Toy Shoppe", and into the main room of Sleeping Beauty's Castle.
On October 7, 2001, less than a month following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the East coast, the attraction was closed for remodeling. After a few months, the plans to refurbish the attraction were dropped from the theme park's schedule, and the doors of the castle were never again opened to guests.
There was never an official announcement or reason given for the closure of the attraction, but some speculated at the time that the layout of the attraction presented too many security concerns for the attraction and the guests who visited it.

Answer: Neptune

"Neptune" was one of the names given to one of the submarines, but not until the 1980's, when five of the eight submarines were renamed. The submarines in service on July 4, 1072 were: USS Nautilus, Triton, Sea Wolf, Skate, Skip Jack, George Washington, Patrick Henry, and Ethan Allen.
Each submarine seated 38 passengers, and each passenger had their very one observation porthole to view the underwater wonders.
The submarines were all painted in the then familiar Naval steel gray paint.

www.yesterland.com/skywanfant.html
history.amusement-park.com/disney1.htm

Answer: 4

The capacity of each Bobsled was four guests.During the Spring of 1978, the attraction underwent a full makeover. When completed, the single trip capacity of each Bobsled ride was doubled. The single Bobsleds were replaced with two-car Bobsleds, increasing the single trip capacity to eight passengers. This renovation also reduced the waiting time for guest in line for the attraction.
The original Matterhorn Bobsled ride first opened on June 14, 1959, and was billed as Disneyland's first thrill ride.
The ride was a duel track, steel roller coaster that took guest through and around the Matterhorn Mountain, treating passengers to high speed dips and curves, ending with a splash in a mountain lake at the bottom if the mountain before returning to the depot. The maximum speed of the ride was 18 miles per hour. The wait in line ended with an exciting ride lasting less than two and a half minutes (2 mins., 7 sec. on side A (track #1), and 2 mins., 26 secs., side B track #2). The overall consensus was that the ride was well worth the wait.
The Matterhorn Bobsled was also the first tubular steel track roller coaster in the world. It was also the first roller coaster with multiple cars on the same track. This was made possible through individual breaking zones during the ride. This was the first roller coaster built by Arrow Development, later called Arrow Dynamics, who become the world's leading supplier of roller coasters.


www.yesterland.com/oldmatterhorn.html
www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coaster/yellowpages/coasters/matterhorn_disneyl.

Answer: pilot

After all passengers were securely belted into their seats, the voice of the dispatcher came over the radio intercom: "Monorail One, you are now cleared for dispatch." The reply from the train was then heard, "Roger, control." As the train departed the Tomorrowland Station, another voice could be heard on the trains intercom system: "Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome aboard the Disneyland-Alweg Monorail. This is the PILOT speaking to you from the control center. During our journey, we ask that you keep your head and hands inside the train at all times, and no smoking please. You're riding aboard the Mark III, an advanced new second generation design of the first daily operating Monorail System in the Western Hemisphere, introduced right here at Disneyland in 1959. We're traveling over the 'Highway in the sky' on a 2.5 mile round trip to the Disneyland Hotel and back. Our route parallels Orange County's Harbor Boulevard, a major access route, which you probably used to enter the Magic Kingdom".

The Mark III monorails first debuted at Disneyland in 1969. The Mark III trains consisted of five cars each. Each of the four trains were identified by their own distinctive colors. Only three of the four trains operated on the track at any given time. The colors of the trains were red, blue, yellow, and green.

Source for narration of monorail pilot:
www.sorcerersworkshop.org/monorail

Answer: Yes

The attraction opened at Disneyland on May 29, 1966. The ride, which lasted 14 minutes and 23 seconds, took guest via boats, through a series of rooms depiction the people and children of the world. The attraction featured over 400 animatronic dolls, dress in various native costumes from all over the world.
The attraction originated at the 1963/1964 New York World's Fair in the Pepsi Pavilion, and was known as "Children of the World". When the fair closed, the attraction, along with three others, were purchased by Walt Disney, and moved to Disneyland in Anaheim, California. The other attractions purchased and moved were, "Primeval World", "Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln", and "The Carousel of Progress".
Walt Disney demonstrated his newly acquired attraction to songwriting brothers Robert B. and Richard M. Sherman, and ask that a new theme song be created for the ride. The original soundtrack for the ride featured numerous national anthems, all playing at the same time. The new theme song written for the attraction went on to become one of the most recognizable Disney tunes of all time, "It's A Small World".
On the ride, guest are taken through a series of rooms, each room featuring singing animatronic doll dress in native costumes, singing the theme song in various languages.
The boat first travels through "The Hello Room", where guess are greeted in different languages from around the world. Through the remainder of the journey, guest travel past:
. The Scandinavian and North Pole Room, where the theme song is sung in Swedish,
. through Europe, where the theme song is sung in English with a Cockney accent, and dolls representing Switzerland yodeling, and the song sung in French and German,
. through Asia, where the song is sung in Japanese,
. through Africa, where rhythm drums play as the song is sung in English,
. South America, where the song is sung in Spanish,
. though the Seven Seas, where the song with underwater gurgling is sang by mermaids, and in a traditional Polynesian version,
.New Guinea, where the song is sung in English to rhythmic drums,
and through a final room, where representatives from all over the world sing in English, in unison, dressed in the native costumes of their countries.

After completing the ride, many guest find the theme instilled in their brains, often singing or humming the tune for days to come.

"It's a Small World"
Written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

"It's a world of laughter,
A world of tears.
It's a world of hopes,
And a world of fears.
There's so much that we share,
And it's time we're all aware,
It's a small world after all.

There is just one moon,
And one golden sun,
And a smile means friendship,
For everyone
Though the mountains divide.
And the oceans are wide,
It's a Small world after all

It's a small world after all,
It's a small world after all,
It's a small world after all,
It's a small, small world".

Answer: Fantasy in the Sky

This firework display show was featured at Disneyland for over 40 years, from 1958 until 1999.

The firework show known as, "Believe ... There's Magic in the Sky" ran from 2000 until 2003.

The show known as, "Imagine ... A Fantasy in the Sky", was featured in 2004 and 2005.

The show named, "Remember ... Dreams Come True", started in 2006 and ran through 2007.

The nightly firework extravaganza shows became one of the trademarks and traditions of Disneyland.



This quiz was inspired and based on the fantastic memories of a trip to Disneyland.
Where personal memories and recollection were slightly faded over the years, research and reference materials helped in rekindling the past thoughts
Thank you for taking the time to challenge this quiz. I can only hope that participating in the quiz was as enjobable to you as creating this quiz was for me. :-)