Big Mike

I love my Show Stopper Cheerleaders!!!!!! Peace, Big Mike

Hello Fantastic Friends!!!! The next stop on The Big Mike Road Show 2009 was at Go Bananas in Harwood Heights Illinois!! This was the last stop of the Memorial Day weekend trip and my good buddy Craig brought me out to eat after the visit to a wonderful place which I will show you at the end of the report! There is soooooooooo much happening here at Big Mike World Headquarters I don't know where to begin??? OK, lets start with The Big Mike Road Show Fantasy Football Invitational, which is just starting the playoffs this week!!! Did your favorite TPR people make the playoffs??? Did Big Mike make the playoffs??? Lets find out: THE BIG MIKE ROAD SHOW 2009 FANTASY FOOTBALL INVITATIONAL STANDINGS: TPR WOOD COASTER LEAGUE (13 weeks, 4 teams make playoffs) FINAL STANDINGS!! Division #1: BIG MIKE 9-4 Bauton 5-7-1 themeparkguy27 5-8 Hurcules 5-8 packfanlv 4-8-1 Division #2: coreysjunk 8-5 stingrock23 8-5 Crazy4Coasters 8-5 DiSab 7-6 slither37 5-8 *Big Mike TOTALLY dominated his division and got the #1 seed overall going into the playoffs! (Cheer time for The Big Mike Road Show Show Stoppers!) The Playoffs Matchups are: #1 Big Mike vs #4 Crazy4Coasters and #2 coreysjunk vs. #3 stingrock23 This playoff round last for 2 weeks! Go Big Mike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TPR STEEL COASTER LEAGUE (14 weeks, 4 teams make playoffs) Last week of season!!! East Division: Homeboy23 9-4 Jakizle 9-4 BIG MIKE 9-4 Coaster Palooza 5-8 Central Division: Jabronis 10-2-1 bearcut 8-5 sugart 6-7 BeemerBoy 3-9-1 West Division: FeelTheForce 6-6-1 MontuWillOwnYou 4-8-1 JimmyBo 4-9 Satchboogie3 3-10 * Big Mike is in a 3 way tie for first, but loses all tiebreakers! Good fortune has it that Big Mike plays one of the other teams tied for first, so the situation is clear as day, Big Mike wins and he goes to the playoffs, Big Mike loses and he is out of the playoffs. So in essense, this is a regular season playoff game!!! Go Big Mike!!!!!!!!!! TPR POWERED COASTER LEAGUE (14 weeks, 4 teams make playoffs) Last week of the season!! Big Mike 7-6 spaceace12 7-6 Jinx 7-6 bigsteve07 7-6 Ghosts 6-7 Robbie 5-8 * Big Mike has done it, gone from dead last place to the top of the standings!! Big Mike is in a 4 way tie for first with a week left, but has a monsterous lead in total points and has clinched a playoff spot! A win this week gives Big Mike the #1 seed! Go Big Mike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fox Sports Champions League (13 weeks, 6 teams make playoffs) Final Standings!! BIG MIKE 12-1 Airnuts23 9-4 Dem Boiz 9-4 Wasted Time 9-4 Steeltown 8-5 Jstudies 7-6 Bigfattboy 6-7 Soffay 6-7 Dr23 5-8 DrunkenBallers 5-8 Bandits 2-11 KevyKev 0-13 * Big Mike wins the league by 3 games and earns a first round bye, so we cant even root for Big Mike this week! Playoff matchups: #1 Big Mike (Bye) #2 Airnuts23 (Bye) #3 Dem Boiz vs #6 jstudies #4 WASTED TIME vs #5 Steel Town 2010 Big Money League (17 weeks, no play offs, top 2 get money) Fitz Hammer 10-3 BIG MIKE 9-4 Arties Army 7-6 Brad and Bob 7-6 Mike K 6-7 Taylor 6-7 Carol 4-9 Anthony 3-10 * Big Mike has a do or die match this week with the first place team! If Big Mike wins, he moves into 1st place!!! If Big Mike loses, he can kiss first place's top prize money goodbye! GO BIG MIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Little Money League (Head to Head, 17 weeks) Zinger 7-6 BIG MIKE 6-7 * Big Mike has won 2 in a row and is right back in this battle!! A win this week ties up the match!! Go Big Mike!!!!!! OK, enough about football, lets get to something really important!!! I was just strolling down the hall here at Big Mike World Headquarters and I passed the mailroom and the production room and stopped in to say hello to everyone. Great news from the production room..... The Dorney Park with The Bebes Report Featuring Find The Ducky Round #4 has been completed and is now just awaiting the green light from the scheduling team on when to air it!! It has been a long time since Round #3, but it just so happens that after this report, Big Mike was off to Scandinavia and the 2nd report from there is also another Find the Ducky Game! So get ready, 2 of the next 3 reports will help you win the Grand Prize of a Free One Weeks Condo Stay!!!!!!! So, as I said earlier, I walked by the mailroom and what did I see??? A big batch of Big Mike Road Show Holiday Cards that are going out tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I swiped a list of the mailing dates from the wall and will share it with my Valuable Big Mike Readers: The following group is being mailed out tomorrow!!!! 1. Big Mike - Have to save one for the Hall of Fame. 2. Parents - They are proud of thier son. 3. Grandma - She is special. 4. Step Kids - They are awesome. 5. robbalvey/SharkTums 6. Coaster Palooza 7. Zakkster 8. aslinterpreter 9. PrintersDevil78 10. Reality15 11. y2j2003y2j 12. derwood *Above sent a card last year 13. Sue - sent card this year 14. Brandy524 - sent gift 15. TheRapidsNerd - sent gift 16. The Bebes - Won contest The following people have qualified for a free Holiday Card by having a banner or having Big Mike as thier most viewed topic and will be mailed out in order as which it was posted in the thread, but a week behind to let readers who sent cards get fist priority: 17. slither37 - Mails Monday 18. sccoasterfan - Mon if sent address 19. traincrossin - Mon 20. piggy4891 - Mon if sent address 21. STR8FXXINEDGE - Mon 22. Homeboy23 - Mon 23. jamesdillaman - Mon if sent address 24. Pirouettes907 - Mon if sent address 25. Speeddeamon128 - Mon 26. Crazy4Coasters - Mon if sent address 27. spaceace12 - Mon 28. triggernel - Mon 29. B@Man - Mon 30. X2coasterfreak - Mon 31. Chris Benvenuto - Mon 32. Yeti762 - Mon 33. Jayjay719 - Mon 34. SuperShawn - Mon if sent address 35. packfanlv - Mon 36. robinschroder - Wed if sent address ONLY 64 CARDS TO GO!!!!!!!!!! Remember, as soon as a card is sent to Big Mike World Headquarters, you go to the top of the list and your card gets sent out the very next day!!! FACEBOOK FRIENDS are now invited and if you are reading this, there are 2 ways to get a Big Mike Road Show Holiday Card!!!! 1. Join up today to Theme Park Review and just make one post saying hello in this thread and you get a free Holiday Card!!! (Most active topic) OR 2. Mail a Holiday Card to Big Mike at: Big Mike World Headquarters 126 Revere Ct. Montville NJ 07045 Just as a refresher to everyone on Theme Park Review, here is how to get your very own Big Mike Holiday Card: There are 3 possible ways to get on the mailing list!!! Method #1 (The best way, as this way will permanantly put you on the yearly Holiday Card list like the people above)..... Send Big Mike a Holiday Card this year!!!! Send it to: Big Mike World Headquarters 126 Revere Ct. Montville NJ 07045 Method #2 - If you have a Big Mike Banner in your profile, you get a Holiday Card!!!! Method #3 - If you go to your profile and your "Most Active Topic" says its The Big Mike Road Show, you get a Holiday Card!!!! I understand that during the holiday season, time and money is short, so if you choose to take the Step #2 or #3 route... here is what you have to do: Post in this thread that you would like a Big Mike Holiday Card and then state that you either have a banner or that Big Mike is your most active topic!!! That's it!!!! I will then send you a private message for your address after Big Mike World Headquarters confirms your qualifications!!! So now it is up to The Valuable Big Mike Readers to choose: A. The quick and easy method of stating you have a banner or the most active topic is Big Mike, but then you are not put on the yearly distribution list. (* There will be a one week delay in mailing after you post to let the mail arrive at Big Mike World Headquarters and take priority) OR B. The not so quick and not so easy way of sending Big Mike a Holiday Card in the mail, but then you will be on the annual list AND....... ......This just added...... The first 20 people to send a Holiday Card in the mail to Big Mike can get a free Holiday Gift from The Mighty Big Man!!!!!! You can choose either one of the unused remaining Mikestery Treasure Hunt Cards or a Valuable Big Mike Reader Pin!!!! Just write on your Holiday Card you are sending which one you want, a pin or a card! Supplies are limited to 10 pins and 10 cards, and they will be distributed in the order that Big Mike's Holiday Cards are received!! OK, on to Go Bananas!!!!!! Looks like the waitress also wants to get a close up view... of The Mighty Big Man!!! Hope you enjoyed!! Peace, Big Mike A close up view shows Big Mike's Bacon Cheeseburger with a Cheese Dog with Relish on top of it! My food has arrived!! I went the very mellow and safe route! Casey takes a picture of Big Mike. Waiting for our food, Casey experiments with the green drink, not his favorite. Appitizers of all different combinations of Mac and Cheese! The atmosphere and scenery are top notch in Big Mikes Book! This picture just about explains it, anything that they can throw on a burger, thats what they do! KUMAS!!!!!!!!!!! Sears Tower, but that is not where we are eating, we are going to.... We let Casey play around a while and then it was off to one of the best places to eat in Chicago! Play Area! Yak Attack! JJ's Driving School! Jungle Junction! Banana Squadron! Here are some other attractions at Go Bananas: Gameroom. Credit #786 for Big Mike! The tunnel part. The train and my riding partner Casey the Cutie! Overview. Park index. Python Pit! Got my tickets! Prices. Photo for Park Index. Go Bananas!

Divv!!! You da Man!!!! Thanks for the video and the very kind words my friend!! Peace, Big Mike

Congrats on finding The Mikestery Treasure Hunt Card!!! You will indeed be put on the front page, and now are 75% of the way to qualifying to be in the Championship Round to win the Free One Week Condo Rental! All you have left is to win 3 Find The Ducky games out of the 12 left! Great odds! Just so happens that the next round of Find the Ducky is coming up in the next major update!!! Be ready! Peace, Big Mike

Hello Fantastic Friends!!!! It is that time of year again, where Big Mike looks in his mailbox at Big Mike World Headquarters and hopes that there are lots of holiday cards in there for him!!!! The season has begun as my first holiday card has arrived in the mail!! THANKS SUE (Sue) AND RICH!!!! Big Mike Productions, in association with The Big Mike Hotel, has an important announcement to make: The Big Mike Road Show 2009 is very proud to present........... THE BIG MIKE ROAD SHOW 2009 LIMITED EDITION AND FIRST EVER.... BIG MIKE ROAD SHOW HOLIDAY CARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There have only been 100 of these must have items printed, and once they are gone, they are history! They are on a first come, first serve basis.... so if you want to add this hot item to your Big Mike collection of shirts, pins, and Mikestery Cards.... here is how to get your very own Big Mike Holiday Card!!!! As promised last holiday season, anyone who sent Big Mike a holiday card would be placed on the list for the debut of the 1st ever Big Mike Holiday Card, and Big Mike is a man of his word!!!!! So to start, these people do not have to do a thing and will be sent a card: Robb and Elissa Alvey (robbalvey) (SharkTums) Rick and Gyendolynne Moore (Coaster Palooza) Zak McCamey (Zakkster) Jeffrey and April Dunlap (aslinterpreter) Jason Rhodes (PrintersDevil78) Jon Roost (Reality15) Jeff McCabe (y2j2003y2j) Daron and Robin Aldrich (derwood) There were also 2 people who sent Big Mike a gift this season, so they too are automatically added to the list as a thank you! They are: Brandy Townsend (Brandy524) Michael Greenway (TheRapidsNerd) Now, here is how to get your very own Big Mike Holiday Card if you were not mentioned above!!!!!! There are 3 possible ways to get on the mailing list!!! Method #1 (The best way, as this way will permanantly put you on the yearly Holiday Card list like the people above)..... Send Big Mike a Holiday Card this year!!!! Send it to: Big Mike World Headquarters 126 Revere Ct. Montville NJ 07045 As soon as it arrives, your card goes out the next day! Since Sue (Sue) just sent one, she is also added onto the list now!!!! Method #2 - If you have a Big Mike Banner in your profile, you get a Holiday Card!!!! Method #3 - If you go to your profile and your "Most Active Topic" says its The Big Mike Road Show, you get a Holiday Card!!!! I understand that during the holiday season, time and money is short, so if you choose to take the Step #2 or #3 route... here is what you have to do: Post in this thread that you would like a Big Mike Holiday Card and then state that you either have a banner or that Big Mike is your most active topic!!! That's it!!!! I will then send you a private message for your address after Big Mike World Headquarters confirms your qualifications!!! So now it is up to The Valuable Big Mike Readers to choose: A. The quick and easy method of stating you have a banner or the most active topic is Big Mike, but then you are not put on the yearly distribution list. (* There will be a one week delay in mailing after you post to let the mail arrive at Big Mike World Headquarters and take priority) OR B. The not so quick and not so easy way of sending Big Mike a Holiday Card in the mail, but then you will be on the annual list AND....... ......This just added...... The first 20 people to send a Holiday Card in the mail to Big Mike can get a free Holiday Gift from The Mighty Big Man!!!!!! You can choose either one of the unused remaining Mikestery Treasure Hunt Cards or a Valuable Big Mike Reader Pin!!!! Just write on your Holiday Card you are sending which one you want, a pin or a card! Supplies are limited to 10 pins and 10 cards, and they will be distributed in the order that Big Mike's Holiday Cards are received!! I will post updates on how many Holiday Cards are left and who got sent one, along with who got pins and Mikestery Cards! Here is the current list: 1. Big Mike - Have to save one for the Hall of Fame. 2. Parents - They are proud of thier son. 3. Grandma - She is special. 4. robbalvey/SharkTums 5. Coaster Palooza 6. Zakkster 7. aslinterpreter 8. PrintersDevil78 9. Reality15 10. y2j2003y2j 11. derwood 12. Sue 13. Brandy524 14. TheRapidsNerd ONLY 86 LEFT!!!!!! Best of all, The Big Mike Road Show Holiday Card design will stay a secret until it arrives in your mailbox!!!!!!! Peace, Big Mike

NICE CHEER PATRICK!!! I think it helped me go an undefeated 6-0 this week for the 1st time this season Peace, Big Mike

I am glad that I was the example I still remember Moose yelling at me for that picture lol. Peace, Big Mike

Hello Fantastic Friends!!!! The next stop on The Big Mike Road Show 2009 Tour was Safari Land in Illinois! First though, The Big Mike Road Show Fantasy Football Invitational is winding down and coming to a close, and the playoff races are really heating up!! Who will make the playoffs and advance to the Championship Round to win the Grand Prize???? Here are the UPDATED standings as of right now: THE BIG MIKE ROAD SHOW 2009 FANTASY FOOTBALL INVITATIONAL STANDINGS: TPR WOOD COASTER LEAGUE (13 weeks, 4 teams make playoffs) Division #1: BIG MIKE 8-4 (Clinched playoff spot!) Hurcules 5-7 themeparkguy27 5-7 Bauton 4-7-1 packfanlv 4-7-1 Division #2: DiSab 7-5 stingrock23 7-5 coreysjunk 7-5 Crazy4Coasters 7-5 slither37 5-7 *Big Mike is in 1st place and is the only team to clinch a playoff spot so far! This is the last week of the regular season in this league and there is a 4 way tie for first place in the other division!!! TPR STEEL COASTER LEAGUE (14 weeks, 4 teams make playoffs) East Division: Jakizle 9-3 Homeboy23 8-4 BIG MIKE 8-4 Coaster Palooza 5-7 Central Division: Jabronis 9-2-1 bearcut 7-5 sugart 6-6 BeemerBoy 3-8-1 West Division: FeelTheForce 5-6-1 MontuWillOwnYou 4-7-1 JimmyBo 3-9 Satchboogie3 3-9 * Big Mike has the lowest score of the year in ALL of his 6 leagues in the battle for first place and thus is now tied for the wild card, but still controls his own destiny! TPR POWERED COASTER LEAGUE (14 weeks, 4 teams make playoffs) Jinx 7-5 bigsteve07 7-5 Big Mike 6-6 The Ghost 6-6 spaceace12 6-6 Robbie 4-8 * Big Mike finally got the best of Meghan this week and is sneakily climbing up the standings from his dead last position to the top of the standings! Fox Sports Champions League (13 weeks, 6 teams make playoffs) BIG MIKE 11-1 Dem Boiz 9-3 Steeltown 8-4 Airnuts23 8-4 Wasted Time 8-4 Jstudies 7-5 Bigfattboy 6-6 Dr23 5-7 Soffay 5-7 DrunkenBallers 4-8 Bandits 1-11 KevyKev 0-12 * Big Mike has clinched best overall record and a first round bye in the playoffs! Big Money League (17 weeks, no play offs, top 2 get money) Fitz Hammer 9-3 BIG MIKE 8-4 Mike K 6-6 Taylor 6-6 Arties Army 6-6 Brad and Bob 6-6 Carol 4-8 Anthony 3-9 * Big Mike is 2 games ahead of the money spot, but one game out of the top spot! Little Money League (Head to Head, 17 weeks) Zinger 7-5 BIG MIKE 5-7 * Big Mike has mounted a comeback Stay tuned to The Big Mike Road Show this upcoming week for TWO BIG UPDATES!!!! 1. Find the Ducky at Dorney Park with the Bebes 2. Big Mike's Holiday Gift Giveaway!!!!! Now, Safari Land...... Closing out the report, a full bar with all the hard stuff is pretty rare to find when riding coasters! Hope you enjoyed! Peace, Big Mike One of the best prize walls Big Mike has seen in his travels. Bowling! Play Area! Tilt-A-Whirl! Snake Pit! Carousel Lion's Den! Monkey Jump! A look at the other attractions at Safari Land: Go Carts! Credit #785 for Big Mike! You really are high up on this coaster. My riding partner once again, Casey the Cutie! This ride is aptly named Tiger Terror as you can see the kid totally petrified right before the tiger eats him. Overview. Index. Tiger Terror! Big Mike is ready to ride! Specials. Prices. The elephant seems to have a pole sticking out his butt to keep him standing, which looks like he is taking a dump. Nice paintings outside. This place is big. A second sign not on the index. The TPR Park Index actually had this park already, but Big Mike had better pictures! Safari Land!

Sorry Jake! Got the leagues switched around, Too many leagues lol. Peace, Big Mike

YES!!! A post in my thread! Woo hoo!!! Thanks, and feel free to visit often Peace, Big Mike

Hello Fantastic Friends!!! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!! The next tour stop on The Big Mike Road Show 2009 was Haunted Trails in Illinois!!! Making a return guest appearance after a smashing debut success last year is Craig's (IggyACE) son Casey the Cutie! Also on this update, a quick look at The Big Mike Road Show Fantasy Football Invitational standings, since we have not updated them in over a month. Also, a look back at what Big Mike was doing exactly a year ago today and which super hottie he was doing it with!!! Lastly, a picture from Big Mike's Thanksgiving 2009! THE BIG MIKE ROAD SHOW 2009 FANTASY FOOTBALL INVITATIONAL STANDINGS: TPR WOOD COASTER LEAGUE (13 weeks, 4 teams make playoffs) Division #1: BIG MIKE 7-4 Hurcules 5-6 themeparkguy27 5-6 Bauton 4-6-1 packfanlv 3-7-1 Division #2: DiSab 7-4 stingrock23 6-5 coreysjunk 6-5 Crazy4Coasters 6-5 slither37 5-6 *Big Mike is in 1st place and has a 2 game lead in the standings with 2 weeks to go! 1 win away from locking up a playoff spot! TPR STEEL COASTER LEAGUE (14 weeks, 4 teams make playoffs) East Division: BIG MIKE 8-3 Jakizle 8-3 Homeboy23 7-4 Coaster Palooza 5-6 Central Division: Jabronis 9-1-1 bearcut 6-5 sugart 5-6 BeemerBoy 3-7-1 West Division: FeelTheForce 4-6-1 MontuWillOwnYou 4-6-1 JimmyBo 3-8 Satchboogie3 2-9 * Big Mike is in first place and also has a game lead on the wild card with 3 to go! Big game vs. DiSab this week for sole possesion of the division! TPR POWERED COASTER LEAGUE (14 weeks, 4 teams make playoffs) Jinx 7-4 bigsteve07 7-4 The Ghost 6-5 Big Mike 5-6 spaceace12 5-6 Robbie 3-8 * Big Mike is holding on to that last playoff spot, even though has has the most points in the league by far. Big Mike lost 3 games already by less than a point in this league. Big Mike's last regular season chance this week to beat Meghan, as she has dominated Big Mike twice already! Fox Sports Champions League (13 weeks, 6 teams make playoffs) BIG MIKE 10-1 Dem Boiz 8-3 Steeltown 8-3 Airnuts23 7-4 Wasted Time 7-4 Bigfattboy 6-5 Jstudies 6-5 Dr23 5-6 Soffay 5-6 DrunkenBallers 3-8 Bandits 1-10 KevyKev 0-11 * Big Mike is in first place and clinched a playoff spot already, one win away from clinching best overall record and a first round bye in the playoffs! Big Money League (17 weeks, no play offs, top 2 get money) Fitz Hammer 9-2 BIG MIKE 8-3 Mike K 6-5 Taylor 5-6 Arties Army 5-6 Brad and Bob 5-6 Anthony 3-8 Carol 3-8 * Big Mike is 2 games ahead of the money spot, but one game out of the top spot! Little Money League (Head to Head, 17 weeks) Zinger 7-4 BIG MIKE 4-7 * Big Mike needs to get going! OK, now on to Haunted Trails!!!!! Big Mike and Grandma! Grandma is 99 years old and I was her first grand child 62 days until she turns 100!!! The next round of Find the Ducky will be up next week in the Dorney Park with The Bebes report!! Hope you enjoyed! Peace, Big Mike Best friends! Now, one last picture from this year's Thanksgiving! Great view of the performances. Prime seats. VIP passes! Big Mike enjoyed the event with his dear Super Hottie friend Renee (Nay)! Big Mike was at The Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade! Do you remember which TPR Super Hottie he was with? Closing out, looks like Frankenstein was not happy just getting a picture of pop! Hope you enjoyed! Now, what was Big Mike doing a year ago today??? Mini Golf! Tornado! Batting Cages! Jr. Speedway! Monsters Tomb Game Room! Now to see the other attractions at Haunted Trails: Trail Raceway! Coaster #784 for Big Mike! Casey and Big Mike coming right through your computer screen! Casey: "Hey, did you see anyone hit me in the head?" Big Mike: "Nope" Big Mike goofing with Casey during the ride. Drop. Lift. Miner Mike himself. Overview. Index. Miner Mike! Tickets for me and my kiddie coaster riding partner, Casey! Specials. Prices. Back by popular demand!!! Casey the Cutie! Double index loving! TPR Park Index! No one has been here yet?? lol Haunted Trails!!! The only place you can get pizza and be taunted with only a "picture" of pop instead of the real stuff!!

The Big Mike Road Show stopped at Uncle Bernies last month, but it won't be posted for quite a bit as I am behind! I liked the fact it was in a large flea market that I could walk around in, and also a huge drive in movie complex! The park is pretty run down and almost all kiddie rides, with the exception of a ferris wheel, a small log flume, bumpe boats, and a ride I have pictured below. To me, it was worth the trip! Peace, Big Mike My opinion, only adult ride. I have pictures of all the rides if you really want to see them. Peace, Big Mike Coaster 2 Coaster 1 Prices and ride list of 18 rides on the right. Uncle Bernies

YO GABBA GABBA with DJ Lance marching in the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC today!!! Peace, Big Mike

It is like my good ole friend Hot Fuzz Rich always says to me..... Same Coaster.....New Location..... New Credit!!!!! Peace, Big Mike

Woo Hoo!!! That is awesome!!! You rule dude! Congrats on getting Married, still trying to make my way through the Honeymoon report, it is huge! Peace Pal, Big Mike

That looks great and so does your friend! Good luck with sweeping her off her feet!!! Peace, Big Mike

Hello Friends!!! The answer has been guessed, but over on my Facebook! Since the answer was guessed by a TPR member, Coreys Junk, he is declared the winner! Good job Corey! Peace, Big Mike Big Mike is not quite as big yet, but still always loves to represent The Big Mike Road Show up in lights in Times Square in NYC! Big Mike was hanging out with Acadamy Award Winner for Best Actor, Star of Big Mike's favorite TV Show 24, and Angelina Jolie's Dad.... Jon Voight!

Hello Friends!!! Non one here on Theme Park Review or Facebook has guessed the correct answer so far!!! Time for Clue #1 on "What star did Big Mike hang out with this weekend!!! This person (he/she) has a daughter that is pretty hot, hense why Big Mike was hanging out trying to win some brownie points! Who did Big Mike hang out with this weekend??? Everyone can guess again! Good luck! Peace, Big Mike

No correct answers so far!!! Peace, Big Mike

Hello Friends!!! Its time once again to play the fun and exciting game: WHICH FAMOUS PERSON DID BIG MIKE HANG OUT WITH THIS WEEKEND??? Defending Champion - Printersdevil78 Prize - 1st person to answer correctly gets a Valuable Big Mike Reader Pin, an unofficial Mikestery Treasure Hunt Card, and is automatically put on The Big Mike Road Show Holiday Card List!!! Start your guessing NOW with no clues, 1 guess per person, every time a clue is revealed you can guess again!! Good luck! Peace, Big Mike

Hi Shawn!!! Thanks for the milestone post The next Find the Ducky game is right around the corner in the Dorney Park update with The Bebes!!! There may be a few tiny updates before it at some kiddie coaster places though. Peace, Big Mike

Hello Fantastic Friends!!!!! The wait is over The Big Mike Road Show 2009 made a visit to Six Flags Great America in Illinois for one of the absolute best stops so far on the two year tour around the World! The Big Mike Road Show 2009 Mission Statement located on page one of this thread said this year was going to be all about going out and hanging out with some awesome and tremendous friends, and this stop on the tour has got to be a perfect model for what I was wishing for at the start of the year! I was met by old friends, I was met by new friends, I was met by family and friends of these friends, and we all had a wondeful day together..... and thats what it is really all about, isn't it?? Now all of this was an extreme highlight for Big Mike, who loves to meet brand new people as he criss crosses the globe, but the fun and loving times that occur when we all get together took on a new meaning when I got home and received a VERY TOUCHING thank you note from Jo!!! The Big Mike Road Show Tour is such a whirlwind of activity from moving from park to park, that I don't think I ever realized just what an impact one tiny little visit... on one day of the year... at one park ...really accomplishes!! So, in the letter you are about to read that made Big Mike really stand back and think.... I REALLY AM making a difference here on Theme Park Review in a positive way and helping Robb and Elissa continue to expand this wonderful website!! This aspect was always goal #1 stated right from the first post ever as I feel I am indebted to them for all the wonderful things they have done for me and the platform they have given The Big Mike Road Show!! I hope I make them proud! So on that note, I happily and triumphantly present to all The Valuable Big Mike Readers and the rest of Theme Park Review.... THE BIG MIKE ROAD SHOW 2009 SUPER SPECIAL SIX FLAGS CHICAGO FRIENDS FIESTA EXTRAVAGANZA!!! I hope you enjoy, but first, please take the time to read my very humbling thank you letter Hey Mike, I've been meaning to send you a big "thank you". If it wasn't for you going to SFGAm that Memorial Day weekend, I would not have met you, Craig, Cameron, Matt, Abra, Griffin, Larry and Patrick. Because of YOU Big Mike, I have made some of the greatest friends EVER! (Of course this includes you too!!) Since that wonderful trip, I have gone to the park with Cameron, Matt, Griffin and Patrick a few times. I was also able to spend a day at the park with Mel and Renee as well. So THANK YOU for coming out that day and letting me spend the day with you. You are such a wonderful person. I am so glad that we met. Love, Jo ... and thanks to everyone in group 2! We close wondering if Cameron actually grew fond of Craig afterall or just wanted to strangle him! Hope you enjoyed and see you out there on the road hopefully! Peace, Big Mike Well we come to a close of another edition of the Big Mike Road Show and since there were so many people attending this visit, I needed 2 group pictures to get everyone in. Thanks to everyone in group 1.... I would like to thank Cameron, Craig, and Matt for coming out and saying hello, all of which I already knew were cool dudes! I would also like to thank Griffin, Jo, and Patrick for coming to hang out too! These 3 new friends took it on thier own to visit a scheduled Big Mike Road Show visit, and I am so glad they did! This does lead me to a very important and curious question though..... I am wondering how many people actually did make The Big Mike Road Show the first opportunity to meet someone from Theme Park Review??? Also, if you did know someone from TPR already, how many people came to visit a park on a day just because they knew The Big Mike Road Show was going to be there! PLEASE respond after you finish reading the report because if Robb and Elissa see what a great good will ambassador I am to Theme Park Review, it will help me get a bigger raise at the end of the year and a better chance of being renewed for 2010! There was also another special award to be given out too! Craig was extremely cool enough not only to let me make fun of him in this report, but also picked me up and dropped me off at the airport, drove me around the whole weekend, let me sleep over his house, cooked me breakfast, and let me borrow his son Casey for a few credits that you will see in the upcoming trip reports! Craig also saw a lot of the Mikestery hiding spots, so in order to keep the game on the up and up and to thank him for everything he did for Big Mike that long weekend, Craig was also awarded an Official Mikestery Treasure Hunt Card so that he also has a chance at The Big Mike Reader of the Year Grand Prize of a Free One Week Condo Stay!!! Anyone else interested in a free one week condo, it is not too late to check out page #1 for the rules on how to win! There is a "special" award to present today also! Back in 2008 on a Big Mike Road Show Mall of America visit in Minnesota, Big Mike hid a dollar bill under the "C" in the Mall of America sign and asked the Valuable Big Mike Readers to go find it. I did not know if anyone would be interested in playing, but Jo was the one who went and found it and can take credit for being the person who gave me the idea for getting The Mikestery Treasure Hunt Game off the ground in 2009! For that, and for also being a Big Mike Road Show "Show Stopper", AND for being an awesome friend.... Jo was awarded her very own and Official Mikestery Treasure Hunt Card and will be added to the standings which everyone can find on page #1 of this thread! Picking someone to check off the shirt for today was too tough for Big Mike to decide, so I left it up to a group vote and... Griffin checks off Illinois on The Official Big Mike Road Show 2009 T-Shirt! Cameron was with us at our previous stop at Indiana Beach, so Cameron checks off Indiana on The Official Big Mike Road Show 2009 T-Shirt! The best view to see from up here though was the "Have a Great Day" sign! This was a perfect motto for our group that day! Before we say our goodbyes, we still have some business to take care of though.... It was also a good chance to get to see the water park and go cart track. We also rode the Sky Trek Tower because Big Mike had to go hide a Mikestery Treasure Hunt Card up there completely undetected by the whole group! This will also be the last of the ride pictures for this report since I am running out of room and just noticed that I now have to upload all my own ride pics to the TPR Park Index! Ugh, more work! ... but good for others! Craig is all smiles while you can just see Cameron saying "What was I thinking?" It's bad for some.... A lot of force squashes you into the person. Patrick! Griffin and his Dad. Well look who got paired up once again! Maybe it will be a molestion free ride? Big Mike and Jo sat out the spinny ride Fiddler's Fling! I lined all the suspects up and tried to figure out which one looked guilty! It was time to go check out the rest of the park and find some other rides and it seemed like we were playing follow the leader around the park.... until.... someone pinched Big Mike in the butt!!! ... and this is a shot of Demon. We didn't get to ride two coasters. This is an overview of Whizzer..... Big Mike and Jo!!! Six Flags Chicago or the TPR China trip? I don't care how much fun everyone makes of The Official Gold Big Mike Road Show T-Shirt, admit it, you spotted me in no more than a tenth of a second!!! Father/Son bonding time, nice! Overview. Viper! Yep! I knew it! I think this may be the first ever 5 thumbs up across picture in Big Mike Road Show history! Big Mike actually had a chance to pry Cameron away from Craig for a ride, but this means Craig must be up to no good again! Tunnel. Big Mike's favorite restraints! Drop. Overview. Raging Bull! (Big Mike's Favorite) Bonus Pic #3 - By this time of the day, the whole group felt like one big family. Iron Wolf! Cameron seems to be baffled trying to figure out what animal this is? Finally, a picture of Craig and Cameron apart! Wonder where Cameron is? Lift. Spacely's Sprocket Rockets! Bonus pic #2! Patrick and Griffin! Patrick actually made it to the Finals of the 2008 Big Mike Road Show Find the Ducky Championships last year! Patrick is also a Big Mike Road Show "Show Stopper"! Big Mike likes Patrick and hopes to see him soon again! A HA! Poor Cameron is locked in and defenseless to Craig's sexual advances! Double seat belts! I wonder why? Who could benefit from this? Train. Overview. Going artsy for the index. Vertical Velocity! Overview. There are SO many Batman the Ride signs all over, I thought that we could skip the TPR Park Index shot this time for a nice group picture! Big Mike is going to throw in a few bonus pictures in this episode!! Bonus Pic #1 - Griffin! Griffin is 13 years old, going on 14 next month. Griffin fit right in with all of us, held an in depth conversation, and for sure knew more coaster info than Big Mike did! Big Mike thought Griffin was very cool and would hang out with Griffin any chance he gets! Overview. Now that Big Mike is complete, time to hit some other coasters! Superman - Ultimate Flight! Lift. American Eagle! Credit #782 for Big Mike! I know, this is two credits for two tracks, but I had ridden it before I started counting and was not sure which side I rode, so I only counted it as one until I could ride both sides again! Big Mike wants his coaster count to be official! Not a couple! Hmmm, Craig and Cameron together again. A single rider line just in case you were not with a huge group of friends like I was!! Overview. Since I try to help the TPR Park Index as much as I can, a different ride sign. Ragin Cajun! Credit #781 for Big Mike! Finishing The Dark Knight, Matt and Abra look happy, yet Craig looks like he just got caught doing something! Well he was in the back seat in the dark with Cameron, and there was some flirtatious advances documented between the two in a previous trip report here, so I will keep an eye on them from here on out! Credit #780 for Big Mike! That is everybody, so now it is time to go get the 3 credits that Big Mike still needed! Dark Knight! Another Valuable Big Mike Reader found us too! We also ran into Nolan who spotted us as we strolled the park. Matt's wife Abra, who you have to give props to for also enjoying theme parks with Matt! Griffin's Dad, who I admire for letting his son have so much fun! Patrick's friends, who when I asked both quickly said they were not a couple but were like this all day long! Craig (IggyACE) Cameron (Cameron) Matt (mcjaco) Patrick (traincrossin) Jo (Jojo19799) The special guests stars of this report and my good friends: Griffin (B&Man) The prices. Six Flags Great America in Gurnee Illinois!

Thanks Brandy!!!!!!! Fantasy Football IS still going on, I just did not want to bore The Valuable Big Mike Readers with it each week I will put up an up to date standings later in the week after I put up the really super special Six Flags Chicago report TONIGHT!!!! Peace, Big Mike

Thats gold right there dude!!!

I just checked.... ALL 3 SHOWS IN NYC..... ARE SOLD OUT!