Storybook Circus Opening Date and Snow White's Scary Adventures Closing Date

[disneynarula]

I am so excited for Little Mermaid. I am also glad that they putting a new "E Ticket" type ride at MK. It's about time.

Anyone know what the height restrictions are going to be on the Seven Dwarfs?

[DizneyFreak2002]

I am so excited for Little Mermaid. I am also glad that they putting a new "E Ticket" type ride at MK. It's about time.

Anyone know what the height restrictions are going to be on the Seven Dwarfs?

There are no E tickets coming to new Fantasyland... Mermaid is a C ticket and the Mine Coaster is MAYBE a D.. MAYBE... There are no E's coming... If the reduce Mine Coaster any more, it will be a B like Barnstormer LOL... As it stands now D is being generous as it is more like a C+....

[disneynarula]

Technically when the Submarine Voyage opened at Disneyland it was an "E" ticket ride as was the Monorail. "E" ticket was just a popular ride. Although now most people consider the thrill rides "E" ticket rides it was orginally a term for the more popular rides.

For example... while not a thrill ride TSM would probably be an "E" ticket ride due to is popularity.

[DizneyFreak2002]

Technically when the Submarine Voyage opened at Disneyland it was an "E" ticket ride as was the Monorail. "E" ticket was just a popular ride. Although now most people consider the thrill rides "E" ticket rides it was orginally a term for the more popular rides.

For example... while not a thrill ride TSM would probably be an "E" ticket ride due to is popularity.

Dumbo is popular, would you consider that an E??? Dumbo is a B... But not an E... Mermaid is a C+, maybe D, as it is referred to internally... Read around, you'll see what Imagineers consider it... But in no circle does anyone consider it an E...

[DizneyFreak2002]

UPDATE: Storybook Circus opening pushed back to March 31... So, won't be opening on the 19th now....

[TracyL]

Very mixed feelings about SWSA. First time I rode it I was probably 4-5 years old and it terrified the bejeezus out of me. For many years, even as an adult, I refused to ride it. Not kidding, I had nightmares about that ride.

So yeah, it's a classic, and yeah, we all have our fond memories, and yeah, a princess meet & greet is not what I want to see replacing it. But I have to say I'm not as sorry to see it go as the rest of y'all.

Glimpsed some Dumbo "flight tests" over the wall on 2/29 when I was there. The bright colors are really something on those tents! And the Fantasyland train station should be lovely when it's done. It'll be so nice to have a third stop on the train again -- as it is now, the train is not very useful as transportation!

[Ian]

Technically when the Submarine Voyage opened at Disneyland it was an "E" ticket ride as was the Monorail. "E" ticket was just a popular ride. Although now most people consider the thrill rides "E" ticket rides it was originally a term for the more popular rides.

For example... while not a thrill ride TSM would probably be an "E" ticket ride due to is popularity.

Actually the term "E" ticket is really used more to apply to outstanding attractions that would have warranted one under the old ticket book system.

I believe, although I'm not 100% certain, that the formula for determining what attractions were A, B, C, D, or E tickets was relatively simple ... expensive, elaborate attractions rated the less common tickets (D or E) while the simpler or less expensive attractions got the more common A, B, C tickets.

A good example of this would have been If You Had Wings back in the day ... it was an attraction very similar to some that were C and D tickets, but it required no ticket at all because it was funded almost entirely by Eastern Airlines.

[disneynarula]

I guess I could have explained what I meant, but that was what I was thinking Ian. Thanks for clarifying.

I meant to clarify that back in the day, an E ticket ride did not have to be a thrill ride. I think that Toy Story Mania would probably have required an E ticket because it is a very elaborate ride that cost a lot of money to build.

[Ian]

I guess I could have explained what I meant, but that was what I was thinking Ian. Thanks for clarifying.

I meant to clarify that back in the day, an E ticket ride did not have to be a thrill ride. I think that Toy Story Mania would probably have required an E ticket because it is a very elaborate ride that cost a lot of money to build.

Yeah and I probably should have mentioned that I completely agree with you about TSM. There's no doubt in my mind that would have been an E-Ticket attraction.