Ride Specific Tickets

For many years rather that general tickets, you had to buy specific tickets for specific rides; the ride name was on the ticket and was only good for that ride. Some tickets were for a short list of rides, but there were no 'General Tickets'.

The primary reason for this was that most of the rides were owned by concessionaires, and not by the park; so each concession sold its own tickets making bookkeepping quite simple.



General Tickets

As the park grew, more rides were 'Park Owned' and sales of general tickets became the norm. Each ride could still set their 'PRICE' by deciding how many tickets were required to go on each ride. Many of the rides were still privately owned, and the owners would turn in the tickets they collected and recieve payment from the park for each ticket turned in.



Ticket Strips

Ticket Strips were printed at Glen Echo as long as they had ride specific tickets. Often Strip Tickets were for a special event, like a company picnic, where each guest would be given a strip of tickets for their special day.

Ticket Strips have been found for company picnics, orphans outings, and fraternal orders.



Ticket Books

With the advent of general tickets, it made sense to sell tickets in pre-established packs or books. Book Tickets were the most common type sold in the last few decades of the park's operation, though individual tickets could still be bought.

Strips of generic tickets were also sold, primarily in the 1950's



Passes

Park passes were issued for some special events. They also issued passes for the pool to regular swimmers. Several local schools held swimming classes at the park..