Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, Illinois State Redbirds, & Milano Cortina Winter Olympics

My apologies for not doing one of these as soon as I expected; January and February have been quiet in terms of new events or interesting experiences, at least that haven't been mentioned last month by me. There were two things I neglected to mention concerning January until now: how the Chicago Bears lost their playoff game (heartbreaking) and how the Illinois State Redbirds lost the NCAA FCS college football game against Montana State after an improbable run to the title game… it was just brutal and best left forgotten by me.

I have only revisited various spots/restaurants (such as Shake Shack) so nothing new there. I am disappointed to hear that every restaurant in the Bahama Breeze chain will shut down in a matter of days. I always enjoyed hearing there once in a blue moon since moving to Florida oh so many years ago, including not that long ago.

Thus, I’ll mention that I went to Walt Disney World twice, once at Epcot to tackle their annual Festival of the Arts and to Hollywood Studios to ride Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith one last time. It will close at the end of the month as during the summer it’ll be reopen w/ a Muppets theme. Now, while at Hollywood Studios I interacted w/ a rude employee. This is only mentioned in contrast to how much fun I otherwise had. After all, on the Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run ride, one employee (Jo) did a great job in character, going above and beyond as me and the random group I was part of waited to board the ride. A unique experience was waiting in long for Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster… a random couple were by me and I was asked about the ride as the woman was concerned about it. She ended up chickening out but that may be for the best if coasters are really not her thing. They were still nice people.

Finally, I’ll mention that the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics have been a fun time and I’m sad they’ll end after Sunday. Nevermind the politics or how they’re broadcast (even on Peacock), it was still nice to see various sports I’m interested in while not spending as much time on others-bobsled, skeleton, and luge in particular are neat. There were nice stories, along with some wild ones; I was entertained.

I’ll be back tomorrow afternoon to finally catch up on all the theatrical movies I’ve seen this year that haven’t been mentioned yet.