E Ticket ride

Growing up we heard the term "e ticket ride" often.... Once upon a time Disneyland had booklets of tickets one used, it's wasn't until Magic Mountain opened that Disney went to a all inclusive admission fee.... The tickets started as A-C, A being the smallest and least popular.... Over the years D and E tickets were introduced, as new and exciting rides were added, the E ticket remained the highest attraction/ coupon designation for 20 years!!  The tickets are gone, but the association is not forgotten....

Particularly exciting experiences or situations over the years have been celebrated by being deemed an"E-Ticket ride"... My learning how to drive so many years ago was one of these exciting experiences I do believe..

The newest experience to gain this title, is the always thrilling sometimes heart skipping ride dad takes via the EZ Lift to get him in and out of the bed.... Shifting him can be done with the aid of  couple physical therapists or the lift team, but often it is the nurses left to this task. The EZ lift makes this process much safer for both aids and patients alike, but watching the process is quite the experience. A heavy canvas sling is slipped under dads body, each of the four corners is fitted with several heavy duty loops.. Black is he shortest, green the middle and deep red the longest.. Depending oh how they intend the patient to be situated at the end of the move, the appropriate loop is chosen to hook onto the lift. in shifting dad from the bed to the wheelchair they use the black loops on the top of the sling and the red loops on the bottom..

Once secured the lift does the "heavy lifting", easily shifting dad from the bed to the wheelchair with minor adjustments needed form the aids for proper placement... This is quite the sight to see, dad gliding through the air with the greatest of ease.... Dad's "E-Ticket ride", per his words......