Big Mike

I just told the production team to do whatever possible to make sure that they keep that date clear so I can come see you guys!! These guys are cut throat on the production team, I just about had to say I would go on strike so I could go to West Coast Bash and visit friends, they wanted me to do an interview on The View instead. Peace, Big Mike

Nice meeting you Chadster at SFMM. Good job on the Video Trip Report! Peace, Big Mike

I am so happy that I get to see your adventures!! Doing a great job my friend! Of course, also enjoy checking out Kara too I want some blue ice cream now! Peace, Big Mike

Hello Fantastic Friends!!!!!! THE DAY HAS FINALLY COME!!! It's the debut of The Big Mike Road Show's actual show!!! Today is when the old way of doing things around here, the photo trip reports, gets retired and the new cutting edge way, the VTR (Video Trip Report) takes over the World! Just like when CDs took over for tapes, and cell phones took over for pay phones, and 3-D movies enhanced the experience over regular movies, the Video Trip Report is about to make the same impact!! You will never look at another Odd-Venture the same way again Of course, who else would be on the cutting edge and light years ahead of everyone else??? Who does everyone at TPR come to expect the absolute best from?? Who goes the extra mile for all the TPR readers with top notch quality, great contests, and fabulous prizes?? It's your good friend everybody, good ole Big Mike!!! One day in the future when asked if you remember who was the pioneer of fantastic entertainment that actually puts you into the sensation of actually being at the park that is being reviewed, you can answer "It was that crazy guy in the gold shirt over at Theme Park Review"! Best of all, the Big Mike Road Show is not only all about the amusement park that is being reviewed, it is also about getting to know your fellow coaster enthusiasts and seeing their talents too! How many times do you see a TPR hottie and wonder what she is really like personally? What does she like to do other than amusement parks? Actually see and hear from her instead of just looking at her picture! Big Mike takes the time to let everyone get to know a fellow TPR gal a little better every episode!! Big Mike also LOVES giving out free prizes, so of course, the new Big Mike Road Show Videos have a brand new running contest also!!! Actually TWO of them!!!! The 1st one starts with episode #1 with a small cash prize of $50. The 2nd one, WHICH IS SUPER EPIC, starts in episode #2 and can be played by anyone around the World and has a HUGE prize!!! Stay Tuned!! There is lots more to an episode of The Big Mike Road Show, so take the time to sit down and watch it and tell me what you think of it when it is all over We will work to improve on the episodes, cutting them down to about 3 parts to make it easier to watch, and you can watch one and come back to the others another time. This one for now is the full version, about 35 minutes. I don't think the slider works either, so you cant advance and watch your favoite parts over again right now. Soon So here it is, and until the big companies find out about it and come after Big Mike with endorsement deals, this first episode is brought to you with NO commercial interruptions!!!! When you are done watching, tell me what you think, what you liked and didn't like, and how we can improve!! Be Honest! Enjoy! Peace, Big Mike Trouble viewing? DOWNLOAD THE VIDEO! <-CLICK HERE! [coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=bmrs_ep1_4w4l[/coastertube]

Jake buddy, good job on reporting! Proud your a Valuable Big Mike Reader banner supporter Question - How are the restraints? Will The Big Man fit?? Do they staple like El Toro? Thanks buddy, see you in Texas April 22nd dude! Peace, Big Mike

BREAKING NEWS JUST INTO BIG MIKE WORLD HEADQUARTERS!!! Fact - The Big Mike Road Show had a trip planned for Six Flags Over Texas for April 22. Fact - The new Texas Giant was supposed to open Memorial Day weekend. Fact - Big Mike was in communication with Six Flags Over Texas about changing the date to accomidate Big Mike. Fact - Six Flags just announced they moved the opening day up to April 22nd, the EXACT date Big Mike requested!! Now of course no one is going to come out and say publicly that it was moved up a month just so Big Mike could be in attendance with his World famous Road Show, but we can only let the facts speak for themselves! So now the question is..... who else will be at the Grand Opening with The Big Man??? Peace, Big Mike

Thanks for the shout out!! I think the surprise trip each year it an excellent idea Peace, Big Mike

I love The Bebes!! Very interesting trip report, and I too LOVE the last picture! Feels like just yesterday I had my arms around Lady Bebe! I actually liked this so much that I am now going to get out a map and figure out where New Zealand is lol. (Big Mike is not the smartest) Cant wait to see you guys again at WCB! Love Big Mike Oh yes!!!! Best Friends!

Damn Elissa, after reading this, I am starving for this food! I think I would go broke at a thing like this. Peace, Big Mike

Woo hoo, I have been on 9 of the 10 worst wooden coasters! I always enjoy reading the polls and seeing how vastly my opinions differ from the rankings. My top two are not even in the top 5, but a few above don't even compare in my opinion. Such is roller coaster riding, everyone enjoys something different. I just wish one day that I could understand The Phoenix. I go year after year after year, listening to people say to sit here or sit there, and every time it comes up disappointing. I just don't get it, and I want to so bad!! Peace, Big Mike

Hi Chrissie! Yay for all my friends coming to WCB!!! Peace, Big Mike

I hear ya on that, can't get here quick enough! Help me out someone, Green Lantern and Road Runner are supposed to be open for WCB or not? Thanks. Peace, Big Mike

AWESOME!!!!! There seems to be a really cool trend starting here Peace, Big Mike

Hey Adam, Just wanted to thank you for all the hard work you do here on TPR! I think this report was awesome and I am consistantly enjoying all the news articles that you always post on here! You are always reliable for a few interesting articles a week, and I just wanted to tell you that I appreciate your efforts! You are a major valuable asset to TPR, keep up the superb work! Peace, Big Mike

Hey Shawn! Can't wait good buddy, it has been too long! Peace, Big Mike

Hey Fantastic Friends!!! Big Mike is keeping his promise and has successfully been adding one trip report a week since he has returned!!! Todays trip report is from Sommerland Syd in Denmark!!! Not much extra info today, just wondering how many of Big Mike's friends will be attending West Coast Bash with The Big Man???? Anyone still also need the "Meet Big Mike" element of the Big Mike Most Valuable Reader of the Year contest that is going to West Coast Bash??? Let me know so I can look out for you at West Coast Bash!!!!!!!!!! I want pictures with everyone who reads The Big Mike Road Show, so if you post that you will be there, I will make a list and find you!!!!! Enjoy everyone! Peace, Big Mike Sommerland Syd in Denmark! Kidtums is Big Mike's official coaster counter and reminds Big Mike that there are 2 credits to get here at the park! Here is the 1st one, Tornado, and credit #804 for Big Mike! Tornado. More Tornado. It was a cold and rainy day, so I did not get many friends pictures, so I will add them in here instead of at the end like usual. Here are some friends enjoying Tornado! Kaemperutschebanen! Credit #805 for Big Mike! Lift. Made it to the top. Overview from the top showing lots of tunnels. Drop. Tunnel. Theming. More theming. Big Mike's official coaster counter gives the two thumbs up for collecting all the credits at the park. Now it is time to see some friends enjoying Kaemperutschebanen! Time to check out the other rides at the park: Piratborgen! Overview. Since it was cold and wet already, there were only a handful of TPR crazies that decided to ride. Here are the crazies. Tunnel action. Since they looked like they had so much fun, a few more crazies decided to give it a try. Crazy boat #2 Behind the scenes of Hanno's great picture taking ability! Here is the TPR group that opted out of this ride. "Don't even think of taking me out of this nice, warm, dry stroller Big Mike and making me ride that!!!" Big Mike made a statigic decision to skip the ride and use the time to flirt some more with the bus driver Lena! Praerie Expressen They are big on tunnels here in Denmark! How about this ride???? The Bike Loop! Actionland Go Carts. Trucker Pitt. Sommerland Syd Slide. Kapt Klo. Eventurland. If the weather was nicer, we would have enjoyed this water area! Kids area. Wave pool. Water slides. Train. Tea cups. Canoes. Play house. Suspended bridge! Big Mike testing his luck, and weight, on the suspended bridge! A jumping area for little kids. A jumping area for big kids. Swing ride. A lot of these blow up activities too. Ferris wheel. Trampolines!!! This had TPR take over and Disaster written all over it! Last ride at the park to show you and Big Mike's personal favorite! Why you ask??? Simple.... ... it is not often that you get to have Lou grab your ass and push you every single time you went around! Hope you enjoyed! Time to post if you are going to be meeting Good Ole Big Mike at West Coast Bash this year so I know how many Big Mike Valuable Readers to look for!!! Peace, Big Mike

Now I am excited knowing that Scott is excited for October!!! Peace, Big Mike

Enjoyed looking through all the pictures Robb, thanks for taking the time to show us! Peace, Big Mike PS- More pics of Elissa's Mom please

Fireball at Cliffs Peace, Big Mike

Hey Larry! Just in case Megan did not get a picture, I have some junky ones at night just in case you need them! Peace, Big Mike

Megan!!! Loved the trip report! You have some good comedy lines in there Thoroughly enjoyed it! Most importantly, was that Hampton in the 1st picture??? I am lucky enough to know how adorable you are, but the readers deserve at least one picture of you in your report! Can't wait for the next episode to see if you got your chicken noodle soup or if you have a picture of the Montville sign on your way back home! Mrs. Big Mike rules!!!!

Hello Friends!! It's Hansa Park Friends and Family time!! Big Mike not only takes pics of the parks for everyone to see, he also takes pics of his friends so they have a litttle extra footage of themselves having a great time, thanks to good ole Big Mike! It also gives the Valuable Big Mike Readers a sneak peek behind the scenes too! Hope you enjoy! Peace, Big Mike Just a quick poll before you leave the thread friends! Tell me if you think the main trip reports are too long including footage of all the rides or not, and tell me if including Friends and Family is worth it or not? I like to keep pulse on what The Valuable Big Mike Readers like and don't like, so be truthful! Thanks! Peace, Big Mike

Thanks Patrick!! The contests are my way of saying thanks to all the great Valuable Big Mike Readers!!! It is always my absolute pleasure, and I can't wait to award the free one week condo stay to someone!! That will be awesome!!!!!! To answer your question, Big Mike and The Big Mike Road Show will be hitting BOTH bashes this year, West Coast Bash AND East Coast Bash!!! Big Mike will also be hitting Japan Bash too, along with Caribbean Bash! Speaking of the free 1 week condo stay and the bashes, since Big Mike is still getting caught up on trip reports, anyone who meets Big Mike in 2011 will STILL QUALIFY for the "Meet Big Mike" requirement of the contest!!! That is some pretty spectacular news!!! I will see you in my neck of the woods at East Coast Bash, as I am trying to plan a small "Welcome Back Big Mike/Congrats on Coaster 1000 Party" at Great Adventure, which of course will clean out the Big Mike World Headquarters prize vault of over 200 prizes!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, that is still pretty far away, so for now, lets check out The Big Mike Road Show's visit to Hansa Park in Germany, where Big Mike hit the 800th coaster milestone Enjoy!!! Peace, Big Mike Hansa Park in Germany!!! Park map. Hansa Park put out the welcome sign for TPR! We even got a big welcome from the head honcho! The big highlight of the day was going to be the new coaster, unless you count Big Mike's 800th coaster ridden as a bigger event? Big Mike did not want to overshadow the new coaster, so Big Mike ingeniously made the new coaster FLUCH VON NOVGORAD #800!!!!! The coaster basically just opened, so the theming had not even been completed yet, but there were a lot of crows and scarecrows to be seen! Big Mike gave props to Hansa Park for the maze you had to go through just to get to the coaster. Which way to go?? I think the wrong way brings you to the Frog Hopper, so better pick the right way! (kidding) Big Mike is an absolute master at mazes, and probably one of his favorite non coaster things to do at parks. Big Mike made quick work of this maze! Big Mike actually found his way through so fast that he offended the scarecrow, which in turn, gave Big Mike the finger! Here is a picture of the car you will take the journey in. As soon as your ride starts, you disappear into darkness! Look at the nice little surprise they have waiting for you in the dark, only lit up with Big Mike's flash so he can show you the exclusive shot! More theming on the ride. Vertical lift! Big Mike staring straight up, but up at what? The top of the lift's ceiling had special effects showing! Nice! After the vertical lift and the drop, you come flying out of the building! Here is a better view for everyone of the outside portion of the ride, as Big Mike always loves to go indepth on his reports. Next it is onto a few bunny hills. What is coming up next! This is a pretty drastic flip left before you flipflop back to the right! Two big wide turns are manuevered next. The coaster also goes upside down! You finish up the ride going back into the darkness. Yes everyone, Fluch Von Novgorad was coaster credit #800 for The Mighty Big Man!!! Next coaster, Rassender Roland, coaster #801 for Big Mike! Train. 2 coasters, twice through the loop, twice around the light house! Lift. Nice trip scenery. Good thrills too. Nessie! Coaster #802 for Big Mike Train. Lift. Loop. Of course at the end, you get eaten by a fish! Crazy Mine! Coaster #803 for Big Mike! Overview. Lift. Zig zags. A drop through a house. Tunnel. Very nicely done coaster! I know, everyone is saying to themselves, "it's a regular mouse coaster Big Mike, whats the big deal?" Big Mike just wants to tell you it scared the crap out of a lot of people!!!! For example, look at Lou and Dave in the back seat. Lou is terrified, and Dave looks like his life is going to end! Remember, these are seasoned coaster riders too! Another, look at Brad with his eyes closed in fear and Erik looks like he is going to have a heart attack!! Erik even works on coasters and he looks this way! Amazingly, every person that rode this coaster looked like this, terrified and life threatening..... ..... well except for Good Ole Big Mike! Fearless, amazing, and The Man! I am your leader members of TPR, follow me into coaster battle!! Kidtums called me over and said "Hey Big Mike, can you take this map and show everyone from TPR all the rest of the rides from Hansa Park?" You all know that KidTums eventually will take over the TPR Leadership roll, so Big Mike is getting on her good side early! Starting with a rare sight for Americans, The Big Bubble Jump! It is like a Moon Walk on steroids for adults! Big Mike is awesomely athletic, in part thanks to his late night escapades with his hotties! Kidtums of course wanted me to show you La Torre Rapida first. Check out the girl on the right trying to figure out what is wrong with Craig! Rio Dorado! Rio Dorado is a huge raft ride. Indoor lift. Look at that crazy Big Mike almost dunking his head in the water behind him! Drops and tunnels ahead! Here is a ride even Big Mike had never seen before! I assume you sit at the bottom of the bell in these seats and it swings back and forth like a bell, but I never saw it open to check it out. Drop tower. Sky tower. Blumenmeer Bootsfahrt. Nice scenery on this ride. 4-D Theater. "What a Joe" was Big Mike's favorite saying on the trip since Joe messed up a lot of pictures! Torre del Mar. It's a Star Flyer. Oh yes, I am indeed your leader! Coaster credit or not??? Barracuda Slide. Space Race. Kiddie Camp. This is just not going to cut it anymore with Kidtums nowadays! Super Splash. Overview. Hansa Park Express. Log flume. Carousel. Big Mike was checking out places to hide a Mikestery Treasure Hunt Card and came across a camp fire place! You know what that means, right? TPR CAMP FIRE!!! This hut right past the camp fire STILL has an unclaimed Mikestery Treasure Hunt Card!!! Just like meeting Big Mike in 2011, you can still redeem your found Mikestery cards too! I hope I am not missing roasting marshmellows at the camp fire while I hide this! Right behind the board is the Mikestery Treasure Hunt Card!!! Go find it!!! That brings us to a close for this trip report with the exception of a little business to be taken care of! Since we are in Germany, Big Mike thought it was only fair to have German Tom check off Germany on the Official Big Mike Road Show T-Shirt! Thanks to Hansa Park for a great time and thanks to all the Valuable Big Mike Readers for checking this out! Friends and Family pictures from Hansa Park coming up next! Peace, Big Mike

Hi! I don't quite understand your question my friend? You were assigned 4,2 and 3,9 and the winning number was 1,5. Please explain, don't want any unhappy Big Mike Valuable Readers! Peace, Big Mike

^ That is a great idea!!!! Ugh I should have thought of that!