E ticket
See also: e-ticket
English
Etymology
From the ticket admission system used before 1982 at Disneyland. The E ticket was for the best rides.
Noun
E ticket (uncountable)
- (US, idiomatic, dated) Something very thrilling or exciting.
- 1983, Sally Ride (describing flying in the Space Shuttle):
- Definitely an E ticket.
- 1993, "Weird Al" Yankovic, "Jurassic Park" (song):
- Well this sure ain't no E ticket.
- 2007, Philip Beaudet, Wilderness Adventures on Horseback, →ISBN, page 10:
- We did not expect the "E" ticket ride, nor did our newest riding adventurer, Greg.
- 1983, Sally Ride (describing flying in the Space Shuttle):