Six Flags holds a special place for me. I spent so many summer days there. My mom would drop us off in the morning before work and then come pick us up when she got off. We had season passes and the run of the place.
I can’t see as an adult spending a whole lot of time there, but we went with the adult kids five years ago. DIL had never been, and her mom doesn’t like roller coasters so she didn’t do a lot of them as a kid. This was such a treat for her and all of us.
Splash Mountain, the only roller-coaster type ride I went on, triggered shingles for me the last time I was at Disney World (2011). I’ve had 2 series of shingles shots since then but won’t go on any such rides again.
Then you’ll be happy to hear that Splash Mountain is no more. It has been replaced by Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. It is basically the same ride with different theming.
Does Tiana’s Bayou Adventure have a drop at the end? Isn’t the Louisiana bayou flat?
I’ve been to Disneyland once in college and again with toddler son, and DisneyWorld several times as an adult, both before and with our son. Husband and I went to Epcot soon after it opened and it seemed nicely geared towards adults. I thought when we moved to San Diego that we would make it up to DL but that hasn’t happened. And it seems so expensive and so much planning needed that I might wait for a Road Scholar trip 
there.
Not a roller coaster fan at all - I have been to Busch Gardens and Six Flags Great America and look for water rides and carousels. Been to Sea World San Diego three times over 45 years. Also World of Coke in Atlanta! And several other regional amusement parks over the decades. I think I went to Six Flags in Texas about 50 years ago - at least I know where the name Six Flags came from!
We have been to Universal Studios in both Florida and California.
I would like to go to Legoland just to see the creations but they don’t have a senior cheap ticket. There was some kind of half price deal a year or so ago but you had to prebook a specific date and pay $20 parking so I passed.
DH and I went to Epcot only about 8 years ago on a sort of business trip for him. We really had a great time wandering around, sans kids…and had delicious lunch and dinner (dinner was at a French restaurant that was really good).
I’ll probably go to Cedar Point this summer, but mostly to walk around.
Definitely will go to Playland in Ocean City NJ (on the boardwalk) so I can take my annual ferris wheel ride there!
Since the ferris wheel is the only ride I like, I can’t say that amusement parks appeal to me that much.
I’ve been 3 times to WDW when the kids were kids. We loved it. I haven’t been back for 18 years, but would go again now if I was in proximity. I wouldn’t make a special trip to travel to it. I love the attractions. I would skip the magic kingdom.
The only thing is I worry about feeling sad and wistful, as those were such wonderful family memories.
Definitely not my thing but can’t say that at ANY age it was. Don’t love crowds, waiting in line, loudness….
Growing up we made annual visits to Cedar Point - def remember those fries @ChoatieMom ! 
. We are only an hour ish away from it now but we only took our kids a couple times - fun but always glad when it was done. I remember taking my youngest just her and I when she was like 10 and as we were riding the sky ride - she nicely looked at me and said, “it was nice we did this mom, but we don’t have to ever come back again” 
H and I did Epcot one day only because we were visiting his parents who wintered nearby - we enjoyed that.
Did not take our kids to Disney.
I have a friend who is all things Disney. She goes a few times a year - meets people there or with her adult children and grandchildren. As said above that’s her life splurge. Not clothes or primping or foreign travel - just Mickey. 
The fries and lemonade are THE reason I will go to Cedar Point!
Should.not.be.thinking.about.fries.this.early.in.the.morning… 
Until around 15 years ago, we went to Cedar Point every year. With our kids and without, loved to ride roller coasters.
One year, we both decided we were too old and ached too much to ride roller coasters and haven’t been back.
Never had the French fries, I know what was wrong with us?
It’s not too late. From what I understand, they are still as delicious as when I was in college. It’s the vinegar instead of ketchup! Although…they were very good with ketchup too!
Always malt vinegar. Always. Never ketchup.
(For those who haven’t experienced these fries and are wondering what’s so special about them, they are huge and fat with skin on and heavily salted served in a large cup* to hold all the vinegar you can pour on. Just heaven.)
Thanks, @thumper1. You’ve ruined my day.
*From the link I now see that CP is serving fry atrocities and no skin. Order them plain, not in a basket with an ocean of junk atop them.
Even as a kid I wasn’t a fan of rides other than the merry-go-round (although I went along with the group on milder ones as a teen in order to fit in). I don’t like crowds, lines, and overwhelming noises for very long.
We did do the obligatory kids WDW trip once, and my adult kids would like to do Harry Potter World, so we might take a family trip there. I’ll be the one holding people’s bags by the exit to the ride.
I think they still have plain fries too…but maybe not with skins. But if they have the good vinegar…
Dh and ds took a road trip together to go to Cedar Point. Can’t remember how old he was - probably 12? We were still homeschooling, so they were able to go in early May when there weren’t large crowds.
Ds has been to Disney Paris, Disneyland (multiple times), and WDW. Trying to remember if he went to the one in Tokyo as a young adult. I’ll have to ask him. We’ve done Universal Parks in both Orlando and CA. Busch Gardens in Williamsburg and Tampa. Sea World in San Antonio. Dollywood in Pigeon Forge.
To say ds is an amusement park/theme park enthusiast would be a huge understatement. He spent many an hour playing Roller Coaster Tycoon on the old home computer as a kid.
And, he still likes them as young adult.
I guess I’m just more surprised by folks my age who are fans. I do agree Epcot is unique.
Back when Coke did reward points, my Diet Coke addiction paid for a few free trips to kings dominion and Carowinds. But I wanted to make sure we made it out to cedar point at least once. I went once as a kid when we lived somewhat nearby. I don’t recall us getting fries. It’s all about the rides for me, though we always eat in the fest house at Busch gardens Williamsburg.
I wonder if any of us were ever at a park at the same time. When I was a teen I went to a music camp for the summer. When I got home, I was looking through my photo album and she and her friends were in the background of one of my pictures with my friends! We were all there for a band competition, so maybe not the hugest of coincidences, but it was still neat.
At our local amusement park I get less into the rides as time goes on- I used to be able to stomach wild rides better. I did go on a crazy roller coaster with my niece last year because no one else wanted to.
Disney is a different matter. We are Disney people. DH loves a vacation where he doesn’t have to rent a car and drive. The rides aren’t that crazy. And we kind of treat it as a series of achievements, like to be Family of the Day or first on Mine Train, etc. DH totally wants to do WDW on our own but our kids would be sad lol. We’ve kind of decided future all-of-us trips might mostly be WDW because groups can come and go on the busses as desired, and we don’t have to rent multiple cars.
This September, I have a short term promotional companion pass on SW so we want to go somewhere just us two. DD suggested that we do Disneyland again, because of Cars Land, and she wouldn’t feel as left out. So we might.
@ClassicMom98 if you ever need a partner to go with you, let me know!
Like you, I’m not a fan of theme parks but I love roller coasters. When my kids were in middle school, they had an overnight field trip to Williamsburg with a day at Busch Gardens. There was one roller coaster my daughter was too afraid of so I went on it with all her friends!
We used to go to Hershey Park every summer b/c my sons had a lacrosse tournament there every year. My younger two, who are still in college, still go at the end of every summer just the two of them and sometimes with a couple of friends.
We went to Disneyland and California Adventure when our kids were pretty young. We were visiting my BIL whose company built some of the rides there and he had free tix. The day we went to CA, I wanted to go on California Screamin’ but my kids were too young so Dh stayed with the kids while I rode by myself. Being a solo rider I got to bypass the long line and sit with someone who was part of an odd group of riders. It was so exhilarating that Dh decided to go after me.
Unfortunately dh can’t go on them anymore due to his back, but I would definitely go if I had the opportunity.
I think this is one of the reasons why people love certain types of vacations. I’m not saying that there are those who love nothing more than a road trip and a plan that is really thought out.
But there’s also a comfort in going to a place you’ve either been before and don’t have to do the whole planning to get on every ride. But go and soak up the experience and not worry.
After years of saying he did not want to go on a cruise, I persuaded my husband to go on a river cruise. He really liked it. No thinking involved once you got on the boat. Before we talked about what to do and I booked the tours but once we got there the tickets magically appeared on our bed for the next day. We didn’t have to drive, we didn’t even need to handle our bags.
I know this is a bit off topic but my husband thought that cruising was about drinking, gambling, dining and sun. I needed to find a cruise that was none of the above and we decided it was for us.
I think the same is about parks, theme and amusement. It’s about finding what you like and where you want to be.
