California dad gives teen daughter Disneyland ticket from 1985 as gift – and the park honored it

Leticia Juarez, KABC

ANAHEIM, California (KABC) — A Simi Valley begetter gave his girl nan gift of a life erstwhile he gave her his free Disneyland summons from astir 4 decades ago.

In August 1985, Scott King won a free parkland summons aft visiting Magic Kingdom during its 30th anniversary. As portion of nan celebration, each 30th impermanent received a prize.

“I forgot each astir it. I really didn’t salary overmuch attraction to it complete nan years,” King said.

Instead of redeeming nan prize soon after, he held onto nan summons for almost 39 years.

“When I sewage there, they awarded maine pinch a summons and an ‘I americium a winner’ badge, and I said, ‘What astir nan Cadillac?’ and they laughed and said, ‘Not coming buddy,'” King recalled.

King stuck nan free summons successful a scrapbook and forgot astir it – until now.

“My girl decided that she wanted to spell to Disneyland pinch her boyfriend,” he said. “She was telling maine astir really costly it was now and everything and I said, ‘You know, I person a ticket. Let maine spot if I tin drawback it.'”

Deep wrong King’s car shed was nan aureate summons still sitting successful 1 of his aged scrapbooks.

But would nan taxable parkland grant nan astir four-decade aged ticket? The value of admittance to nan “Happiest Place connected Earth” successful 1985 was conscionable $16.50.

Today, summons prices commencement astatine astir $100.

Upon confirming its validity, Disneyland honored nan summons nan begetter gave to his 18-year-old daughter, Sabrina King.

“I really couldn’t slumber that overmuch because I person not been to Disneyland since I was six. So, it’s been complete 12 years now,” nan teen said.

The magical travel marked nan teen’s 2nd sojourn to nan parkland since 2009, conscionable 2 weeks earlier she sets disconnected to assemblage this fall.

Almost 39 years later, that aureate summons provided a priceless representation for King to stock pinch his daughter.