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Yes, the leagues are all EST! I spread the times around to make it good for everybody! Long live The Big Mike Road Show Show Stopper Cheerleader! Peace, Big Mike

Hello Friends!!! Here at Big Mike World Headquarters, if you have not heard yet, we are very hard at work constructing the set of the BRAND NEW "BIG MIKE ROAD SHOW" actually show set! We are sparing no expenses and the stage set is really taking shape! The Big Mike Road "Show" will be a monthly video show in which we have a lot of fun stuff planned, including: 1. A video trip report of seldom seen parks each month (PTRs are old news, Big Mike launches to the next level of VTRs) while still showing all the rides, prices, fun, and extra shenanigans! 2. Big Mike's Mailbag - a segment Big Mike answers all questions sent from TPR members. 3. Contest updates and standing on the Big Mike Most Valuable Reader Contest, who will win a 1 week free condo stay! 4. Induction ceremonies into The Big Mike Road Show Hall of Fame. 5. A Behind the Scenes of the Big Mike Road Show segment showing videos of Big Mike bringing the Valuable Big Mike Readers to other very cool places with him. 6. Viewer Videos section, where you can create your own video tribute to Big Mike and have it aired on the show for all of TPR to see your talents. 7. A NEW CONTEST FOR 2011!!! As always, besting the Grand Prize from the year before, the winner will once again get a FREE ONE WEEK CONDO STAY of thier choice, but, this time will ALSO get $100 in spending money to increase the fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8. A TPR Hottie Interview!!! - Big Mike interviews a different TPR Hottie each month so you get to know each of them better and find out more interesting facts about them personally! Hopefully, maybe a few of the interviews will come straight from the Hotties bedroom! (Big Mike's goal of calling it Big Mike in Bed with the TPR Hotties). We need some good sports PLUS MORE content still being worked out!!! So, this is where all The Valuable Big Mike Readers come into play!!!! You can help in a wide variety of ways to get the show off the ground and to make it very enjoyable to watch!!! Big Mike World Headquarters needs and requests the following: Send any and all questions for the Big Mike's Mailbag segment to the below address. You can ask ANYTHING, Big Mike's opinions, personal stuff, behind the scenes info, goals, likes/dislikes, ect. Send really cool videos put together of Big Mike and any other cool tributes to the same address so that Big Mike can display them on the show. Send your favorite 8 X 10 photo of you with Big Mike to the same address as each month, Big Mike would like to display different TPR friends on the main desk of the studio set, I will frame them, and by you sending your favorite picture in, you are saying you want to be on the show and displayed proudly for the camera to see! Big Mike needs Hottie Interviews!!!!! Big Mike is looking for invites to your house so that he can interview you, just fun stuff, not serious stuff. Maybe see some other hobbies and talents you have, answer a few questions, ect. If you want to show your cool side and invite Big Mike over to do an interview on your bed, Big Mike would be GREATLY appreciative (No bed, thats ok too) Big Mike will also bring a few pizzas over too for compensation!!! So if you want to help Big Mike out, especially if you are near Big Mike World Headquarters like Renee, Lena and my Megans/Meghans, shoot Big Mike a message and set it up!!! (Please lol). Big Mike will also set up interviews when on the road too! Thats all we are tipping off for now on the show, but if you have any cool ideas or suggestions for the Big Mike Road Show "Show", feel free to post them too!!!! Many great ideas come from the Valuable Readers!!!! So send all of those questions, videos, photos, gifts, ect to: Big Mike World Headqurters 126 Revere Ct Montville NJ 07045 It is that time of year again!!! The Big Mike Road Show proudly announces the 2nd annual "Big Mike Road Show Fantasy Football Invitational Tournement"!!!!!! Last year was such a success that we are doing it again, mainly because we did not find anyone who could beat The Mighty Big Man!! Big Mike returns as the 2009 defending Champion and has lots of prizes available to whoever steps up and can dethrone The Big Man! The rules are the same as last year: Big Mike has set up 2 fantasy football leagues this year Enter and join the one you want The Winner of each league will advance to the Super Finals during the NFL playoffs Winner of the Super Finals is crowned Champion and wins the prizes! Only main rule - There is no trading allowed. Here are your 2010 league options: (both are online live drafts) 1. ESPN - Steel Coaster League - Wed Sept 8th at 7pm 2. Yahoo - Kiddie Coaster League - Sun Sept 5th at 10am Anyone on TPR can join in on the fun! 9 spots open in each league. First come, first served! Once these are full, you are out of luck. To secure your spot in the 2nd Annual Big Mike Road Show Fantasy Football Invitational 2010, just post that you would like to play and which league and time best fits and I will send out the passwords to the leagues at the end of the night via your private message box here on TPR. You must then log into the corresponding site and sign a team up! Good luck to all!!! As you can see we have been really busy here at the Headquarters. Even though the updates have slowed, we are getting back on track in a big way. The love and support of everyone on TPR has been fantastic, and Big Mike wants to do his best to bring TPR the continuation of all remaining trip reports in our vault, Finish the find the ducky rounds and the Big Mike Reader of the Year Contest, and to bring smiles and laughs once again to all the Valuable Big Mike Readers! We are close! Stay tuned for the dates of the debut of The Big Mike Road Show "Show", the remaining 2009 trip reports, and the new aged, cutting edge way to do trip reports from now on, the Video Trip Report (Mixing video with pictures to give a complete trip report of each park). That is it from The Big Man, send your stuff and sign up for The 2nd Annual Big Mike Road Show Fantasy Football Invitational!!! Peace, Big Mike PS - A special thanks to Megan, the only person from last year to ask if we were playing again and got Big Mike's butt moving! Only girl to play last year, we need more hotties playing! I STILL feel bad eliminating her last year

Thanks for the picture! Nice seeing you again too! Nice seeing Jordan at the Little League World Series too!

Jay is a great guy, and Big Mike was very impressed by his hard work and friendly nature. Good luck to Jay in the future! Wherever Jay winds up, Big Mike will make a special trip to see him and share another meal together. Peace, Big Mike Cool dudes!

Hey Friends, Big Mike has been asked by a magazine to come up with an article on coasters, and I flew through it until I came upon thier request for the best starter coaster for a kid? I know I have been on MANY, but never really judged it from this angle. Please give me your ideas on the best kids coaster! Thanks, Big Mike

There is also a kids credit here which the operators wont let you ride, but if you go look for the park manager Scott and tell him you are into coasters and an enthusist, he will let you ride it! Peace, Big Mike Ka-Ching! #699! Thanks Scott!

Congrats Laura! Sounds like good logic to me! Your winning prizes will go out in Mondays mail sweetheart! Peace, Big Mike

I know there was a lot of back and forth ideas on trip placement and Club TPR, and I am very happy in the way you have finally decided to do it. If I had to come up with the structure myself, this is exactly how I would have wanted it set up. So, a big thank you for another job well done. Love Big Mike

Thanks very much!!!! The banner looks real cool on your profile Much appreciated! Peace, Big Mike

YAY LAURA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!! You have correctly guessed that The Big Mike Road Show was indeed at The Amusement Park Drive In in Montana to bring all The Valuable Big Mike Readers the sights and sounds of this off the beaten path park! Private message me your address and the prizes will be shipped out when I get home, including a surprise Amusement Park Drive In Mikestery Mystery Card The Big Man is now off to Boondocks in South Dakota to bring everyone a look at the next park. Thanks for playing everybody, and thanks for winning Laura! Peace, Big Mike Yes, that was indeed the Drive In movie screen behind the Big Man!

OK, Who needs a clue???????? What is that behind The Mighty Big Man while riding the new credit?? Peace, Big Mike Can anyone guess now?

Dear Friends, Big Mike just got a new credit!! No one has been able to guess where The Big Man is yet, so maybe someone will guess by tomorrow when I ride the 2nd new credit!! I can't wait to spill the beans! Peace, Big Mike

My Great Friends!!! Sorry the last announcement was so short, it was coming from my Droid from the plane and they were telling me to turn it off. The Big Mike Road Show has hit the road once again after taking over a 4 month hiatus after my Dad's death! Hard to believe, these two new coasters I am going to ride will be the FIRST new credit of the year for The Mighty Big Man. Big Mike has been in seclusion with only one park visit this whole year, when two hotties named Renee and Lena asked to hang out with good ole Big Mike, and with a soft spot for super hotties, I made an appearance So, this brings me to this post, now being made on my stop over between flights here in ??????? (hehehe) Big Mike was so proud to see an article on Big Mike in the first ever issue of Club TPR, THAT WAS VERY SPECIAL!!! So, after seeing the love and support from The Valuable Big Mike Readers and the honor and satisfaction I get from bringing everyone on TPR the small and seldom seen parks, Big Mike felt the time was right to head on an adventure and bring back to life The Big Mike Road Show!!!!!!!!! In typical Big Mike fashion, first person to guess where The Mighty Big Man is going wins: A Big Mike Valuable Reader Pin A Big Mike Holiday Card and a new Big Mike Business Card (You will be the 1st person ever to get one). You can name either coaster to win. First person to guess correctly wins! Only ONE guess per person! Good Luck!!!!! Just to let everyone in on a surprise, Big Mike Productions is working on something new and special for TPR! Big Mike has to stay ahead of the curve and always be a step above and on the cutting edge of new ideas here on TPR, because The Big Mike Valuable Readers have come to expect it!! Theme Park Review has exploded in popularity and the boards have been supplied with tons and tons of great trip reports lately, which is fantastic news for TPR indeed, but Big Mike does not want to just blend in with the crowd of course. So....... Big Mike Productions is pleased to announce Theme Park Reviews FIRST EVER....... MONTHLY VIDEO SERIES OF A SPECIAL SHOW SO APTLY NAMED..... THE BIG MIKE ROAD "SHOW" This will be an actual show that you can watch that will be aired on the 1st day of every month in The Big Mike Road Show thread consisting of: A VIDEO REVIEW OF A NOT SO WELL KNOWN OR SMALL PARK VISIT A "HANGING WITH THE HOTTIES" interview with some of your favorite TPR hotties to get to know them better. A BIG MIKE ROAD SHOW MAILBAG where Big Mike answers any and all Valuable Reader questions. A Monthly Big Mike Most Valuable Reader Contest Update on who will win the free one week condo stay. (Still time to join and win!) A "BIG MIKE BACK THEN" SPECIAL VIDEO OF SOMETHING SPECIAL each month. and MORE SECRETS AND SURPRISES to be announced soon. So the monthly video segment, along with twice a week regular Big Mike trip reports to get caught up from last year, will start shortly. Anyone having any ideas for a really cool segment for The Big Mike Road "Show", feel free to offer them!!!! So now it is on to the next stop, who knows where it will be???? Take some guesses and feel free to show your support for TPR's first ever monthly video show....... THE BIG MIKE ROAD "SHOW" Peace, Big Mike PS - I am tossing the idea around in my head of bringing you the TPR hottie interviews live from thier own bedrooms and calling it "Big Mike in Bed with the TPR Hotties"! Think Big Mike can get away with that????

I am back and on my way to bring The Valuable Big Mike Readers a view of 2 seldom seen coasters! If you are happy about this news, let me know.

Hey Danny my Friend!! Love the report, exciting to read and see all the variety you are adding! Seems like just yesterday that we were at Great Adventure lol. Keep up the great work and the high jumps! Peace, Big Mike

The Big Mike group is always accomidating

Elephant tug of war, exclusive otter time, bonus credit runs.... .... Fantastic job by Robb and Elissa yet once again! The absolute best at what they do, hands down, no contest! Kristen is getting so big, wow. Love Big Mike

I miss The Bebes!

Thanks Ken. The Big Mike Road Show is currently on hiatus as everyone here at Big Mike World Headquarters deals with the passing of Big Mike's Dad, the inspiration and person responsible for getting Little Big Mike interested in amusement parks when he was a little kid on family vacations. Thus, Big Mike Productions also has to announce that the Official Big Mike Road Show 2010 Opening Season Debut visit to West Coast Bash has also been cancelled, and further word on the 2010 season will be announced shortly. Thanks for everyone's support! The Big Mike Road Show

Japan - Yes Trivia - OK Peace, Big Mike

^ Coming up! Big Mike World Headquarters is in overdrive here preparing for Big Mike's 2010 debut at West Coast Bash!! Employees have been taken off the Trip Report production line to help out with the unloading of The Big Mike Prize Vault, where we have to unload, tag, mark, and account for all 100 prizes we are hauling to West Coast Bash for The Valuable Big Mike Readers!!! I will make it my assignment to make sure we get the next DUCKY GAME up before then!! Peace, Big Mike

Bamboozle Tour hits Six Flags Great Adventure Thursday June 24th. Performing: All Time Low Boys Like Girls LMFAO Third Eye Blind Forever the Sickest Kids Good Charlotte Simple Plan Cady Groves Great Big Planes Mercy Mercedes Stereo Skyline The Ready Set Vedera Vita Chambers Exclusive Season Pass Holders Pre Sale on NOW until Friday March 5th at 9am. General Public Presale is Friday March 5th at 10am. Season Passholders password is "88YJ8JQ6G7" Peace, Big Mike

I read the 1st page and just skipped to the 15th page, sorry. I saw that you said that the statistic page is back, on the navigation page. Can you tell me where this is? Peace, Big Mike

Welcome back friends!!! Part 2 of Bon Bon Land coming at you right now with pictures of the rest of the park! Having The Big Mike Road Show ranked as the 2nd best overall thread in Theme Park Review history puts added pressure on Big Mike Productions to crank out top notch trip reports, so I hope you all enjoy the effort we put in here at Big Mike World Headquarters! Enjoy! Peace, Big Mike The first stop after eating was Fort Bison! We needed to work off that huge delicious TPR meal! Good buddy Jason! Kidtums is fearless! New friends! Another new friend! Kenneth aka Ellokin Cute rides and unique theming all over the park. Snurrende Insecker The fly swatter tries to swat you. Hoppe-Pudin Big Mike waits for some boobs to fall out! Grrrr, no boobs. Dragen Kidtums gives it two thumbs up! Hestepaeren Nice ride. Lots of music. Flashing too! Ron approves! Steve too. Ormen Father/Daughter bonding time! Show area with a cowboy theme. Robb and Big Mike do a scene from Brokeback Mountain. Maybe you noticed this totem pole in the previous pictures, it is special! Especially this third block from the bottom! Wonder why??? Well look at that!! One of the STILL UNCLAIMED Big Mike Road Show Mikestery Cards!!! Still time to enter for the free condo stay!!! Still in cowboy territory, Ant shows off his big gun. Delete that incriminating picture of me Big Mike OR DIE!!!! Liz has had enough of Joe! Mageoen Cobratarnet So tall, I couldn't even fit it in the picture. The guys! TPR group having fun as usual. Soloven Water ride fun. Kenneth and The Big Man. The Brit crew causing chaos. Everything is ok. Vandrotten Another water ride. Relaxing ride. Sure, why not? Relaxing indeed! Krage Traeerne There is a nice little surprise to this, but we didn't tell the rookies. Easily seen. Jon = veteran Ron and Dave = rookies Other attractions: Kidtums!!! Klap-torsken Translates to dunce cap. Disk-O ride Swings Sprutten Dillon Good to see the Brit crew was not thrown out for the previous chaos! Ice cream time! Ice cream seems to be very popular. Lots of do it yourself rides here too like Bon Bon Raceway. Leo Farterne Motorized carts. Andedammen Paddle Boats Big Mike's paddle boat! REMINDER - The next round of Find the Ducky comes up in the NEXT report!!! Hey guys, did we ride everything? Nope! Baever Rafting Great theming. Have fun dudes! Our boat. Rough water ahead! Nice element! Surprise squirt at the end. Thanks guys for the info! Thanks for reading The Big Mike Road Show's view of Bon Bon Land! Feel free to comment if you think we did a good job reporting, compliments are always accepted and appreciated! Tivoli Gardens and Find the Ducky is next! Peace, Big Mike

Hello Fantastic Friends!!!!! The Mighty Big Man, Big Mike is kicking off his rendition of the TPR Scandinavian Trip of last year! Today we kick off with Bon Bon Land, and in traditional Big Mike fashion, this report is going to be HUGE with lots of TPR friends and personalities! Big Mike likes to share the spotlight with his friends as they co-star in this mega trip report! Before we get to the report, I hope everyone enjoyed the VIP Behind the Scenes Big Mike Tour Video of Speed Monster on the previous page! Videos like this intermingled with my photo trip reports is the direction I want to take The Big Mike Road Show in this year, yet technical difficulties are currently hampering the efforts here at Big Mike World Headquarters! We hope to get everything resolved by opening day at West Coast Bash!! Speaking about West Coast Bash, rumor has it that there are still tickets available and just in case you needed a little push to get your very own WCB tickets, BIG MIKE WILL BE ATTENDING AND ALSO BRINGING CLOSE TO 100 PRIZES WITH HIM!!!! Details coming soon!! Also speaking about videos, if you have not done so already, add Big Mike (Big-Mike Betzler) as a friend on Facebook and check out some of his videos on there until we get everything corrected on here, including some from the TPR cruise and also check out the highly popular and smash hit "Big Mike Hanging with the Hotties"!! A summary of pictures of all the super hotties Big Mike hangs out with!! As if that is not enough, Today, Monday Feb 22 kicks off "Big Mike Month on The Peoples Court"!!!!!! From today until the end of March, catch Big Mike outside the Times Square Information Booth with Harvey Levin giving expert analysis on all the cases! Some shows Big Mike gets interviewed, some shows he is adding good looks to the group, and there will be some shows that Big Mike took off to chat with some hotties. See how many times you can spot Big Mike on The Peoples Court! One last thing, saving the best for last! As we were speaking of hotties just a little bit ago, Big Mike has been very lucky and honored to have met SO MANY TPR HOTTIES along the way on the World Tour of The Big Mike Road Show!! I can't even put a list up since it is soooo long. I must admit that I sometimes feel like I am the Grand Ambassador of Theme Park Review when I travel the globe because it really seems like TPR Hotties LOVE to come out and say hello and even make Big Mike the first ever person they met from Theme Park Review! I know there are a bunch of guys this happened to too, but for this story we are talking about the girls just due to the fact that I was lucky enough to have met another one!!! So heres the story: Big Mike is sitting at ACE's Eastcoaster event earlier this month reporting for TPR like the previous year, waiting to interview Angel Aristone and Chris from GCI and relay all the brand new news to all of TPR. Long story short, big snow storm that day, no Angel, no Chris, and the event was a dud. The event ends and Big Mike is thinking to himself that the weather really ruined things today and was a little glum. Lo and behold, this was going to turn out to be the best Eastcoaster yet. How so you ask? Well Big Mike is ready to get up and go and he looks up and here comes a very gorgeous and sexy girl with a big smile looking in The Big Man's vacinity! Now realize that Big Mike is incognito at this event with no gold t-shirt or anything, just his dashing good looks. The hottie walks right up to me and says "Are you Big Mike?" I say "Yes I am!" She says "I'm Megan, Pirouettes907 on TPR!" I say to myself, "I love being Big Mike!" Megan and I have chatted on TPR and she just so happens to have The Big Mike Road Show as her most active thread, while she was also awesome enough to send Big Mike a Christmas Card this year which included a picture of her dog and a holiday wish to Lucky Dog! Now doing all this already had her on my good side, but I was definately not ready for how cute she was or how great we got along! So, as my civil duty to all The Valuable Big Mike Readers, I am going to World debut another TPR Hottie on The Big Mike Road Show!!!!!!!! So following in the shoes of being able to be the first to meet Beeja, Jo, Angela, Lena, April, Randi, and a host of others that slips my mind at the present time, Big Mike would like to introduce Megan!!!! Peace, Big Mike Big Mike meets Megan for the first time! Part of the perks of being Big Mike is that you get to hold super hotties like Megan! Big Mike is blessed! If Big Mike was 20 years younger, with how well we got along and how adorable she is, she would be Mrs. Big Mike! We will meet again we promised each other! Big Mike and Harvey Levin! Harvey said that having Big Mike on TV would increase his ratings in the female 18-55 target audience! Watch for Big Mike on The Peoples Court for the next month starting today! Bon Bon Land! Nice sign! Prices. The Big Mike Road Show welcomes you to Bon Bon Land in Denmark! Park Map A huge TPR gang follows me along with my best buddy Robb! First stop by popular demand, Hundeprutterutchebane! That is too long a name, so The Dog Fart coaster it is! Henry! Notice Denmark spares no expense in theming! There is not too much to the coaster but it was still tons of fun. Tunnel. Fran and Jon enjoying The Dog Fart. Credit #787 for Big Mike with riding partner The Chuckster! ERT made the TPR crew very happy. Usually when Big Mike visits a park, he is the main attraction, but not today! The World Famous, and even more popular than Big Mike, Legendary Ice Bat was here! Big Mike bows to Ice Bat's greatness! Han-Katten! To be fair, since they had a dog coaster, they needed a cat coaster too! Overview. Reverse overview. Lots of sharp turns. Happy TPR people! More happiness on the lift. Jon and Ben! My great friend Dave waving to me! Michael spotted me too! OK, I switched Jon out for a new rider, who could it be? Is that cat taking a leak? My Lovely Little Louie! Now do you believe me about the sharp turns??? Credit # 788 for Big Mike! Vild-Svinet! Is there reason to be afraid of this coaster? Only if you are afraid of straight up lift hills! Loop! The car. Happy people! More happy people! TPR trips seem to cement a smile on your face! "What a Joe" Craig looks a little afraid to me. I didn't get to ride with Sweet Little Lou this time, so who did I get to ride with?? Lift. The back row was afraid to open thier eyes, but not The Mighty Big Man! Credit #789 for Big Mike! Drop. Over 90 degrees! Who guessed my great buddy Robb??? Mid Loop Exclusive! Victor Vandorm! This is a hard overview to get since this track is huge! Look how long the train is! Ben and I are ready! The front of the train has already climbed the lift hill and gone down the drop and we are still in the station. Close to Lou again! Theres not a chance I will show up in Robb's video way back here. Big Mike's favorite part as the coaster seems to dip down into the lake. Your below the water level and can't even tell! That's cool! Theming! Bill likes it! Credit #790 for Big Mike! Since this coaster entwined with Rejen, that was the next logical choice! A water race ride! A look from the top and notice the cameras to catch all the tomfoolery! Fran and Dave! Jon and Ron! Exclusive Mid Ride Photo Shot! What Big Mike goes through to please his Valuable Big Mike Readers! Don't worry, Big Mike left time for some fun too! Actually, lots of time! Good ole Steve C! Some times you have to COOL down when you are a HOT fuzz! I know it is hard to believe, but Bon Bon Land actually has an indoor amusement park inside of the regular park called Fantasy World! It is so big, it actually has its own park map! Lots of kid stuff to do in here for Kristen! The best part is that big kids can also play in here! That is all we needed to hear!!! Brad on the slide. Santa Claus is also in here! There are some actual kid rides in here too. Kristen seemed to like being able to ride by herself. The signature ride in Fantasy World was the train ride! The little train was able to hold some big dudes like Steve, Erik and I in the same car! TPR train takeover! * May be my favorite unintention picture I took all year! Here we see Elissa proudly pushing out her chest with all smiles for my picture while The Chuckster and his devilish grin non chalantly snaps away with his camera! Only on The Big Mike Road Show! Big Mike heard it was time to go eat something! Amazing what peer pressure can make you do! Here is the real food we get to eat! You can always count on TPR trips to take care of you when it is time to eat! Even Rich is happy!! So as you admire Big Mike's meal of Ziti, Meatballs, Pizza, Fries, Salad and more, make sure you come back for the 2nd half of this report coming right up!! Peace, Big Mike