I should've waited for this instead of going on the 17th. A ton of students were there and a bunch of rides(Grizzly, Endeavor, Woodstock, Rapids, WWF, etc.) were closed. A major bummer.
Gold Striker was killer. I had to ride that multiple times. I took my mom who has never been to an amusement park and last year she told me she wanted to ride at least one roller coaster before she dies(she's 61). She rode Patriot first (we were 2nd row)and she screamed bloody murder the whole ride. I didn't record anything but would love to see that ride pop up on someones video.
She almost had a panic attack when we were in line for Gold Striker due to hearing it shake as it passes near the queue. She also rode Psycho Mouse, screamed a few times, and she said she wasn't riding anymore roller coasters and had her fill. She initially wanted to ride Flight Deck and I wish I had took her on that first. The line was long so we went to Patriot instead.
I plan on going again later this year. I chickened out on Revolution/Endeavor in my youth and I really wanted to ride that but of course it was closed. I also didn't ride Flight Deck but I had rode that eons ago when it was Top Gun.
I was in shock that bottles of Coke in vending machines were 5 bucks. I should've bought those bottles but we didn't want to carry them around since we were gonna be on rides and I wasn't gonna risk leaving those unattended. I spent 60 bucks just on Coke. I bet parks love people like me. All she wanted was pretzels and those were reasonable and I don't eat at fairs/parks if I'm riding any rides. Been a lifelong tradition since getting sick once as a kid.