Wow that was a pricey seat if I recall. Did you get another shot afterwards?
A SNAFU that happened after we boarded but was actually quite enjoyable was that one of the Fighters that was taking part in the air show at Republic that day had some kind of engine malfunction on landing and had to use an arresting wire to get down. This resulted in a very pleasant and informative extra half hour aboard talking with the crew while the airport cleaned up the runway.
No...never rescheduled. They weren’t returning to my part of the country. Maybe someday...
Interesting that you got to watch the arrested landing...it is good to have the gear on a plane to do that if needed.
On the aircraft carrier, we used to practice “rigging the barricade” to catch a plane with a malfunctioning (or missing) tail hook...