Starting in 1986, Walt Disney World celebrated its 15 year anniversary. As part of the celebration, the park gave a contest ticket to each guest that entered either the Magic Kingdom or EPCOT Center parks. The contest started on October 1, 1986 and lasted until September 30, 1987. I'm not sure if that was the official end date, but, that is what is stated on the back of the tickets. It might have been a few days before or a few days after. You can click on the image of the back of the ticket to read all the rules for the contest.
There were several cool things about this contest. First, the odds of winning a prize were pretty good. A different prize was awarded every 15 seconds, to match the 15th anniversary. This came out to be roughly 1 out of 24 tickets was a winner. So, a family of 4 that went for a full week to the parks probably won 1 or 2 different prizes. Second, the tickets were pretty cool and made a nice little souvenir even if you didn't win.
We actually won a couple of prizes--a button and a sticker. I have no idea what ever happened to the button, but, I still have the 4" x 4" sticker. If you did win, you would take your winning ticket to the Ticket Redemption Center where they would tear off the stub on the right of the ticket, stamp the back of the ticket with the date the ticket was redeemed for a prize, and give you your prize.
There were also a lot of other prizes including the big ones such as complimentary park tickets and a car. I don't recall them doing this at the 20th, 25th, 30th, or 35th anniversaries, but, I really hope they do it again at the 40th anniversary in a couple years.
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