It's very strange for me to not take trips to theme parks. For most of my life, those trips were always a lot of fun. As we all know, the events of 2020 kept parks closed for most of the year. I only visited Six Flags Magic Mountain (SFMM) twice, which is unusual for me. One visit was in January to attend the media day event for the park's newest coaster, West Coast Racers. The other visit was in November for their first ever Holiday in the Park drive-through experience. I never got out of my car during that event, so of course I got no rides on anything.
Now with so many people receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations, parks are reopening, though with restrictions on number of guests and how close they can be to one another. In fact, as I write this, Diana and Lori are getting set to head to the recently-reopened Disneyland Resort tomorrow to celebrate their birthdays.
SFMM reopened last month and reservations are being taken for guests to visit. As with Disneyland, there will be restrictions in place. Ditto for Knott's Berry Farm, Legoland California, and SeaWorld San Diego. Things are slowly getting back to normal.
But the pandumbic is only part of the problem—for me at least. My own health issues don't help. I need to work with my doctor to get those things under control, resolved, amputated, cured...something. It'll take some time and work, but I'll get there.
