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How do I Find the Date on Old Disneyland Tickets?

If you have ever been to Disneyland in Anaheim, California, you may have kept old tickets as souvenirs. These old tickets often have no date printed on them. If the tickets are still attached to their original booklet, dating them is easy. Even if they are loose, dating them in a relatively accurate manner is not impossible.

Instructions

Dating Ticket Booklets
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  Locate the back cover of the booklet. The back cover shows the number and price of tickets in the booklet.
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  Find the date code on the inside of the back cover of the booklet. The date code is at the very bottom of the back cover, in the center, below the list of attractions and just to the left of the words "Globe Ticket."
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  Interpret the date code to figure out the year and month the booklet was issued. The date code is three or four digits and represents first the year, then the month. For example, the code for May 1971 would be "715."
Dating Loose Tickets
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  Check the front of the ticket. Locate the letter stating the type of ticket ("A" "B" or "C") in the bottom right corner. If the word "RIDE" appears underneath this letter, the ticket is from 1955.
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  Check the back of the ticket. If the words "ALL COUPONS IN THIS BOOK ARE GOOD ANY TIME DURING 1956" are on the back, the ticket is from 1956.
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  Compare the undated ticket with tickets with a known date. Disneyland tickets varied widely year by year in terms of size, paper type and attractions listed. See Resources for links to pages with dated loose tickets.
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  Compare the list of attractions found on the ticket with dated lists of when each attraction opened and closed. This can provide approximate dating (see Resources).

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