The term chain in this case usually refers to the measuring instrument rather than a unit of length; the distances measured with such an instrument are normally measured in feet (and usually decimal fractions of a foot, not inches).
Messages: 7,549. Likes Received: 4,600. For the record, Disney did try to sell lifetime passes at the Magic Kingdom the first year it was open (1971) called a Gold Pass for $100. This pass was said to be good for a lifetime and for any additional parks that they may add in the future.
Temp: 75Â°. Here's a look at how much the cost of a one-day, one-park ticket to a Walt Disney World theme park has increased over the last 43 years, from $3.50 in 1971 (not including individual attraction ticket books), to $15 in 1982, to $99 for a ticket to the Magic Kingdom in 2014.