An old family memorabilia turned out to be a “golden ticket” after a man said he used a 1970s Walt Disney World ticket to get into the Magic Kingdom.
In a TikTok video that has been viewed nearly 9 million times, Matthew Ables said he found a 1978 ticket book that had been “gathering dust” for years.
Ables said the pass, which was worth $8 in the 1970s, had never been used and had no expiration date.
He booked a flight to Orlando and when he arrived at the Magic Kingdom box office and presented his ticket, he wasn’t even sure if it would be accepted.
“I got nervous because she started aggressively stamping ‘void’ all over the ticket booklet,” Ables said in the video.
After a while, a cast member gave Able a yellow pass that allowed him to enter the park for the day.
Currently, single-day tickets to Magic Kingdom range from $109 to $164 depending on the day you visit, more than 20 times the original price.
When Ables scanned the pass and entered the park, all he said was, “I can’t believe this actually worked.”