I have the same surprise for S6. I feel like I was already getting whiplash from the plot acceleration, bored of Dany's character and sick of the "we are vErY rEaLiStIc also Jon Snow survived a solo charge towards thousands of archers without a scratch"

I think there was a lot of wanting to see it to the end, so being willing to look at and enjoy the good parts. Also, I think a lot of what people enjoyed (specific characters' development, great, grand battle scenes, dragons!, nudity :P) was still there.