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July 11, 2005

Khan Is My Hero

Arranging tickets for this weekend's Disneyland sojourn has become something of a logistical nightmare.

As I expect a horde of people to be in line when the park opens on the 17th (8 AM, donchaknow), getting my ticket when the park (and, by extension, the box office) opens strikes me as a form of admission suicide - waiting in one line to just go the back of another (longer) line is a recipe for not gettin' in. Securing advance tickets seemed to be proper.

Tony had generously offered to swing by Anaheim and grab me a one-day park hopper pass, but, owing to circumstances beyond our mutual control, that's not gonna work. He phoned me tonight to give me the lowdown, and a ray of hope: "Dude, the Disney Stores sell park tickets. Just swing by up there and grab one!"

Excellent.

So I phoned Northgate and spoke with a very friendly person who informed me that yes, they did sell tickets, and yes, they had lots, but, gee, the smallest ticket they sell is the two-day park hopper pass.

Price of one-day "park hopper" pass: $76.
Price of two-day "park hopper" pass: $105.
Difference: $29.
(Value of MBA education: Priceless.)

This afforded me much hang-wringing ("It's vacation! spend the money!" vs. "Oh, hell. The line thing is overblown. Buy it on Sunday and chill out."), until I remembered one small detail: Khan is in LA on Thursday night.

And he's staying at the Disneyland Hotel.
And they, like, sell tickets and stuff at the Disney hotels.
Score!

I rang Khan to ask him for a "tennsy, tiny" favor. "Can you buy me a one-day pass when you check in?"

"Let me get this straight," he said. "How much are the two-day hoppers?"
"A hundred and five."
"And the one-day?"
"Seventy-six."
"Ok, dude, you're in line at - what? - six in the morning? On a Sunday? I have a better idea: you get your ass up to Northgate and get that two-day pass, and I'll pay you back the difference from my pocket. I value my sleep."

After further conversation where I pointed out that I did not, in fact, require him to be in line with me at 6:00:00 AM, but rather, to simply hand the ticket off to my person sometime before 7:59:59 AM, and, in fact, would be willing to hold a place in line for him and Christine (thus allowing him to sleep and get in the park), we came to terms.

So Khan's pickin' me a one-day park hopper. (You are my hero, dude.)

And now I'm curious: is an hour of sleep on a Sunday morning really priced at $14.50 these days?

Posted by Gavin Shearer at July 11, 2005 7:25 PM. Posted to Travel.

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