Old CP ticket book -- how old?

My dad found this at an antique shop or some such and gave it to me for Christmas. There is no year printed on it, but I'm curious if anyone here can figure out what era it's from.

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-birdman

My guess would be somewhere between the mid 1940s and the 1950s. The carousel did not open until 1946 and thats listed as one of the attractions. Thats a pretty cool find. Still looks like they are in great condition!

In 1964 and 1965 a kids book was $1 for all 9 rides, in 1967 a kids book was $1.25 for all 11 rides In 1967 individual tickets were 15 cents. Your ticket says $2 value and the individual ticket price value is 15 cents. The Kiddy Kingdom Carousel opened in 1968 and a redesigned Kiddieland opened in 1970 and currently held 14 rides. 1970 was the year the ride all day ticket was introduced as well. They may have still sold individual tickets too. I have found General admission pricing as early as 1973. I'd guess yours is right around 1970.

I think 1970 is way too late. I remember the ticket books from the '60s and this one looks older. I would place it at the mid to late '50s time period, before the formation of Cedar Point, Inc.

Interesting... I would have placed it earlier, just based on the price, but I'm not really familiar with what such rides cost back then. For comparison, $1 in 1965 would be $6.67 today. $1.25 in 1967 would be $7.87 today, or 94 cents apiece for individual tickets.

If mine is from 1970, we're looking at 38 cents per ticket, or $8.13 for the booklet, with the "$2 value" being $10.83. (I'm using the Bureau of Labor Statistics website for the calculator.)

What do you suppose the "Super Coaster" was? I don't see anything by that name on rcdb's listing. Could it be the "Kiddieland Roller Coaster"?

-birdman

The numbers I have produced can be gotten from my brochures.

http://www.rollercoasterfreak.com/CP_Brochures/1964_inside.jpg

http://www.rollercoasterfreak.com/CP_Brochures/1965_b_outside.jpg

http://www.rollercoasterfreak.com/CP_Brochures/1967_sb_outside.jpg

From "Land of a thousand delights" to the type set, I would say it is early sixties or earlier. Other hints, mid sixties and later brochures and advertisments rarely refer to Cedar Point on Lake Erie. The verbage of "we plan to create...." would fit more into the early sixties. I don't remember a color code of attractions when I visited the Point in the late sixties and early seventies, and a late sixties or early seventies would mean the "super coaster" would be the Blue Streak, why not call it the Blue Streak in the ticket book.

There was a kiddie coaster for a while. Exact dates are not know. These are kids tickets and would not likely refrence adult rides.

I just noticed that it says the coupons are good toward 8 wonderful attractions. They had 9 rides in 1964. So it has to be older than that.