I took my assistant/JV coach Liz to Cedar Point today and had a great time. We didn't even get there until 4, and her M.O. was just to take it easy and ride whatever we had time for.
I'm always amazed at how much more fun it is going to parks with non-enthusiasts, particularly if it's only a once-a-year thing for them. Maybe it's because of the sites that I run, but it's hard to go to a park and hear people talk shop for six or more hours. It's just not that interesting. I admit I fed Liz some useless information about a few rides, but most of our conversation was just about every day stuff. And God knows Liz has a lot of stories! ;)
I've had other visits like this with Freeze and some other people. Even the CoasterBuzz events tend to be fairly light on the geek factor, and that makes the parks really about the people. That's much more interesting and fun than making it about the rides.