Jay's Ticket Booth

[Hercules]

So I started my new job last week. I now work within the amusement industry - for a ticket manufacturer. I never thought so much went into tickets!

 

During training at headquarters, I had the opportunity to get a lot of samples to take back to the new sales office that will open in the Phildelphia area in a few weeks. I came across a lot of things from season tickets, to car wash books, to tickets for the Oscars...... and of course amusement park tickets! And believe me, I scored a ton.

 

So I figured I would start a thread to show off some of the goods, and talk about a little bit of my new found knowledge of the printing industry. I'll try to post something new every couple of days to keep it current and relevant.

 

Of course, I will keep my company confidential. If you know who I work for, or figure it out along the way, feel free to say something, but I won't get too hardcore into it. I won't post anything from a park in which my company has a confidentiality agreement with. Everything else is fair game!

 

I'll start off with something pretty simple, but of course, took a lot of hard work and planning to print the final product.

Here are a couple of attached flat tickets for Thunder Creek Speedway at my home park, Dorney Park. They are your typical flat tickets, printed on safety stock, which has a UV security feature, along with diamonds on it. It also has a red '05 printed in the top left for security reasons as well.

[Hercules]

Today I have a pretty neat one. Here is a Six Flags dollar from the now defunct Six Flags Astroworld. It is printed on 4 point (thin) safety stock, like the Dorney Park ticket above - so it has UV imprinting and the diamond prints for security measures. It is also numbered. You can see the numbers on both sides are the same - the right side with "VOID IF DETACHED" is perforated and once used that part would have been detached and the "dollar" would have been useless. As you can see, this particular dollar was good for the 2001 season.

Six Flags Astroworld 2001 Dollar

[jamesdillaman]

It's neat to see things like this. I don't know about everyone else, but when I think of a job in the amusement park industry, I don't think about all the outside firms that do work for them, be it tickets, food suppliers, or even advertising agencies! Nice stuff, keep the images coming.

 

-James Dillaman

[Hercules]

^ I completely agree. I would always sit and wonder just how much really goes on behind the scenes at a park with purchasing. There is just so much that is needed at a park that people just completely take for granted. There are so many expenses, and things that need to be ordered and taken care of, and there are so many people behind the scenes that make it all happen. Tickets and toilet paper have to come from somewhere, you know?

 

For today's entry, I have a little bit of a blast from the past again. Here is a sheet of tickets from the William's Grove Speedway. They are printed on Bristol stock paper, the kind that is used for redemption - "skee-ball" tickets. They are perforated so at the entrance the person working the booth will tear off the one end and give the other ticket to the person going to watch the way or show. As you can see, the numbering is the same on both sides of the perf.

William's Grove Speedway Tickets - circa ???

[Speeddeamon128]

That sounds like an awesome job. Will they give you free tickets to amusement parks, concerts, & sporting events?

[Hercules]

Haha. No. I don't really think so. It would be a nice perk, and since I am new on the job, I don't feel it is right to ask something like that. Though, the do have a company outting at Knoebels every summer, and a company golf outting at Three Ponds, which are nice perks.

[larrygator]

^Can't you just skim some of the tickets off the top and use them yourself or give them to friends, or sell them on the internet.

 

I'm sure nobody would notice.

 

I know you know that I'm kidding.

[Hercules]

I do. However, I know that other people wouldn't........

[Hercules]

Another ticket from a park that is no longer around - A VIP Pass from Miracle Strip Amusement Park. Printed on 4 point security stock. This ticket was good for a P.O.P. wristband.

Miracle Strip Amusement Park VIP Pass - circa ???

[Hercules]

Here is a ticket book from Gillian's Wonderland Pier in Ocean City, NJ from 2004.

 

EDIT: I apologize for the bad contrast in the photos. Will do better next time.

There are 20 pages of 5 tickets a page. Notice the 2004 overprint in read as a security feature.

Inside cover with a coupon for entry into the waterpark.

Book cover.

[Hercules]

I figured I would throw in a little International flavor today, and also get away from tickets. I'll also give the run down on Tyvek.

 

Tyvek is a made by DuPont. It is a crazy process to make tyvek - is kind of described as a room with a lightning storm going on in it. Anyway, I'm sure many of you know that Tyvek is used by the U.S. Postal Service, and to make various things like car covers, and "housewrap". Well, it is also used to make wristbands.

 

So, here are Tyvek wristbands from Liseberg.

A sheet of 30 wristbands for Liseberg.

Closer up. Yup, definitely says Liseberg.

[Teacups Make Me Sick]

Outside of creating your own collection of tickets...what are you doing for this company (sales/marketing/design?)??

[Hercules]

Oh dear God. Definitely not my collection. These are just samples for the new Philadelphia office that I took back from headquarters. I just figured I would show them off now that I have the chance, since I am working remotely for a period of time until we get our furniture and cabling into the office.

 

I'm in the sales and marketing spectrum, more on the marketing side of things.