What's wrong with being older and enjoying theme parks?

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I saw parts of a come dine with me episode while looking at my phone, I'm not a fan of that show anyway. But while they were eating and talking someone caught sight of some photos on the wall of the host and his partner at theme parks around the world and to the camera, thought it looked unusual and the person said he maybe ought to have done that stuff maybe 20 years ago and not now at his age. He never stated his age.

I was like well does it matter how old you are if you like theme parks and stuff like that? I actually went on a few big rides at Chessington for the first time at 34 and enjoyed it and wanted to do it again. I know my former manager from work is about 50 now I think and still loves Disney world and I don't think that's strange as I've seen alot of adults going there.

I personally don't see anything wrong with it. I'm 34 and I love amusement parks.

Perhaps the host meant he'd get sick on rides now but wouldn't have when he was younger. That is true for some people. Even I can't go on theme park rides any more that are too intense, because I get vertigo even if I take an antisickness pill (though my Emetophobia might have something to do with it too). I didn't seem to get these problems when I was younger, except on spinning rides, which I avoided.

So yeah, theme parks are perfectly acceptable places for adults to enjoy but just some adults feel they don't really enjoy spinning around or going too fast any more. If you can still do all that without getting sick, then that's good, and theme parks are the place for you.

I've seen elderly people at theme parks, queuing up for rides like the Merry-go-round. So there's no social age limit. It's just down to the person.

I play the Sims 2 on my laptop.

Videogames have become quite a socially trendy interest. People who think we're "too old" for these fun things are just snobs I think.

Snobby old lady cries outloud for all to hear,," GROW UP" its time to quit antagonizing your Vertigo ..just kidding!
but found in my 50s after not having been on a roller coaster for Soo very long ... The ride did cause me dizzyness
that I was not able to mask my way Out of ! . But still there I was at a theme park.

oopps .. ..am wondering why if the next generation got to have a Legoland ? Why oh Why ..did they not build a Lincoln logs theme park ? or a erector set theme park ? Is it too much to ask for parity ( equality) or even I wonder if I personally missed a Barbie theme park ? or a Cracker theme park ? (Written in Jest)

If there were a math theme park, I'd love to visit it.

The generational clash of older adults' nostalgia and happenstance of preferences/novelty, and what or how those places are advertised for children in the past and present day.

It's the same logic how or why some said older adults watch cartoons, read comics, etc.

Yet at the same time, associated those things as "for kids" because that's how it's advertised.
And thus some idiots enforced that idea by policing other adults to "gRoW uP".


I myself do not see it weird.
Tho in my case, it's more of a novelty. I do enjoy amusement parks that comes and goes locally.
The bigger ones with bigger rides are rarer, too.


But not a lot can see that pattern...
Some had hidden that in shame, others would proudly share it with their peers.

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In NT society, it seems that anything's acceptable for adults - as long as there is alcohol involved. So say if you rented a bouncy-castle for your 40th birthday, it only becomes age-appropriate if there will be alcohol served.
Or planning a day at a carnival where mostly little kids play and teenagers hang out? It's perfectly acceptable if you stay around the beer tent, even if you do participate in some of the themes and attractions. Or going to play little kids party games like "pass the parcel" at a social gathering? It only becomes less childish if you are passing a wrapped up bottle of alcohol around in a parcel.

So adult life can be a bit hard, and isolating, when you don't drink alcohol at all. To be mature you've got to kinda do things elderly people enjoy, as most elderly people don't base their whole lives around alcohol.

It wasn't until I was in my forties that I got to ride my first roller coaster.
from Wikipedia
Wooden Warrior is a wooden roller coaster located at Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury, Connecticut, United States. The coaster was designed and built by American wooden coaster designer The Gravity Group. Wooden Warrior features a 45-foot (14 m) drop, with a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour (56 km/h) and a total track length of 1,239 feet (378 m). The coaster features Gravitykraft's Timberliner trains, and was the first wooden coaster in the United States to use such trains. Despite the coaster's small size, it has been well received by enthusiasts for its air time and thrilling experience.