The "E" Ticket was a fanzine devoted to the history of Disneyland and its attractions, especially the park as it existed during the lifetime of Walt Disney, publishing forty six issues between 1986 and 2009. It was edited and published by Disneyland fans Leon Janzen and Jack Janzen until Leon's sudden death on September 9, 2003. The last issue published by the brothers was the Fall 2003 Issue, #40, on Adventure Thru Inner Space. Jack continued the magazine without his brother, beginning with #41 in October 2004. In the final issue, #46 (Summer 2009), Jack noted that making the magazine "Hasn't been much fun without Leon", and he decided to end the magazine's run.
Disney and animation historian Michael Barrier has cited it as "An extremely valuable record, one that can no longer be duplicated, given the deaths of most of the interview subjects."
The magazine (including all remaining back stock) was sold in 2009 to the Walt Disney Family Foundation to augment the historic resources of The Walt Disney Family Museum it established that year. Back issues of "E" Ticket are sold at the Museum's bookstore.
The magazine was named after the E tickets that, before the move to flat-rate entry tickets, denoted the top rides in the park.
The following is a list of the issues of the magazine and the attraction, land, or other cover story featured:
1 — 1955 Disneyland collectibles, Winter 1986/1987
2 — Viewliner Train of Tomorrow and Knott's Berry Farm, Spring 1987
3 — Frontierland and Pacific Ocean Park, Summer 1987
4 — Snow White's Scary Adventures, Winter 1987/1988
5 — 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage, Summer 1988
6 — Adventureland, Winter 1988/1989
7 — Designing Disneyland with Marc Davis, Summer 1989
8 — Flying Saucers, Winter 1989/1990
9 — Disneyland: 1959, Summer 1990
10 — Carolwood Pacific Railroad, Winter 1990/1991
11 — Storybook Land Canal Boats, Summer 1991
12 — Monsanto House of the Future, Winter 1991/1992
13 — Snow White's Scary Adventures, Summer 1992
14 — Main Street, USA, Winter 1992/1993
15 — Mark Twain Riverboat, Spring 1993
16 — The Haunted Mansion, Summer 1993
17 — Tomorrowland 1967, Winter 1993
18 — Disneyland's Waterways, Spring 1994
19 — Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad, Summer 1994
20 — Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Winter 1994
21 — Pirates of the Caribbean, Spring 1995
22 — Carousel of Progress, Winter 1995
23 — Disney's Jungle Adventures, Spring 1996
24 — Rocket to the Moon, Summer 1996
25 — Audio-Animatronics, Winter 1996/1997
26 — Peter Pan's Flight, Spring 1997
27 — Autopia, Summer 1997
28 — Disneyland: The First 12 Months, Winter 1997/1998
29 — Mine Train thru Nature's Wonderland, Spring 1998
30 — Space Mountain, Fall 1998
Special — Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, 1999 (released at "Mr. Toad's Enchanted Evening" event at Disneyland)
31 — Alice in Wonderland, Spring 1999
32 — Pirates of the Caribbean, Fall 1999
33 — Mike Fink Keel Boats, Spring 2000
34 — Submarine Voyage, Fall 2000
35 — King Arthur Carrousel, Spring 2001
36 — Disneyland Monorail System, Fall 2001
37 — Tom Sawyer Island, Spring 2002
38 — "It's A Small World", Fall 2002
39 — The Adventureland Story, Spring 2003
40 — Adventure Thru Inner Space, Fall 2003
41 — Haunted Mansion, Fall 2004
42 — Matterhorn Bobsleds, Spring 2005
43 — Frontierland Pack Mules, Fall 2005
44 — Walt's Model Shop, Summer 2006
45 — The Art of the Pirates of the Caribbean, Summer 2007
46 — Indiana Jones Adventure, Summer 2009
Also produced were three CD-Rom Collections of back issues in digital format:
CD 1: Contains Issues 1 – 8, along with the 1988 Annual, and 1991 Annual Issues.
CD 2: Contains Issues 9 – 16, along with 3 Haunted Mansion Issues.
CD 3: Contains Issues 17 – 24.
