Big Mike

See, that's what being the Northern America Leader of Coaster Info is all about. If 2 friends actually FROM Virginia did not know it was there, imagine the rest of TPR and the coaster world! Big Mike gets a special tingle everytime he informs his good friends of hidden places like Dreamland, Gillians, and Central Park!!! The hard work and life on the road is fully worth it then! Peace, Big Mike

Hello Fantastic Friends!!! Well as my new job as North American Leader in Coaster Info, I headed out to Fredericksburg Virginia to go hunt down and find a new for 2009 coaster that many fellow TPR people probably pass right by and are not even aware that it is there. I also notice that the whole park is not even listed on the TPR Park Index, so to live up to my new title, out Big Mike went yet once again to uncover a brand new coaster for The Valuable Big Mike Readers AND for my good friend Richard, who I notice does not have this coaster yet either! You know what they say, us leaders in our respective divisions have to help each other out! Peace, Big Mike Clue #3. THERE IT IS!!!! It's only been there 5 days now, go get it fast!!! Hope you enjoyed! Peace, Big Mike Clue #2 MIKESTERY TREASURE HUNT GAME TIME!!!! Clue #1 Cars. Info. Rookie Karts. Karts. TPR group Panthers approved! Info. Grand Prix Track. Water Wars. Rocky River Golf. Bumper boats. Info. Naskart track. Batting cages. Lots of prizes. 2 player monster air hockey game. Arcade Games. Toddle Land. Pool Tables. Rock Wall. Frog Hopper. Bumper Cars. Himalaya. Soft Play Maze. Lasar Tag. There are lots of other options here, so to help the TPR Park index and all the Valuable Big Mike Readers, here they are: Credit #854 for Big Mike! The train. These kids look to be having a great time, now it is time for The Big Man to ride. Our first EVER 3rd angle overview! If I ever want to get the title of World Wide Leader again, I am going to have to go the extra mile! Reverse overview. Overview. Must be because of all these turbo engines. The first coaster I have ever seen that you need a valid drivers license to ride. 250 pound weight limit, thank goodness for the off season workout program again! Jett Star!!! Deals. Prices. Hours. Looks like the TPR Park Index is going to need everything from today. Central Park Fun Land! 33 miles north of Kings Dominion. The complex is literally a minute from the exit and you can see Central Park Fun Land on the bottom left. ..... you need to look for this sign off 95 if you want to get a new for 2009 coaster credit! Welcome to Virginia Big Mike Valuable Readers! If you are ever traveling down 95 to get to Kings Dominion......

Wow, What a fantastic group get together! I just kept looking from picture to picture saying "hey, look who made it there" and you just kept pulling new and old friends out of the hat. I love that you guys all hung out together, that was awesome! Peace, Big Mike

I am going for #6 for sure, especially since I sent Renee a message on Facebook requesting her to take this exact picture lol. Boobs > Hijinks Peace, Big Mike Nice!

It has its goods and its bads Brad. I have gone to parks that make you pay a general admission and all I want to do is ride the coaster and it costs me $20. Now if they had a general admission at Gillians Funland, there would have been nothing else for me to ride, so the $3 in tickets worked great for me! Peace, Big Mike

Hey Richard!! I did not know you had a TPR account, and even more cool, reading The Big Mike Road Show!!! I made you a friend on Facebook and follow your travels on there! Thanks for the link, I will check it all out when I get some free time! Now, if there is one thing about Big Mike, he always admits when he is wrong or beaten! I will now resign as "World wide" leader in coaster info... .... And my NEW title is now "North America" Leader of Coaster info! Peace, Big Mike

I am sorry Randi, I meant Six Flags Great America! I get the SF America, SF Great America, and Paramount Great America confused all the time. I will post all the Mikestery locations from this past weekends trip in a few days though! Still sad I missed you at Nathans! Peace, Big Mike

Dear Friends, ALL the trip reports will be posted in time! This includes the Memorial day weekend trip and the Scandinavia trip, and all other parks visited along the way! The huge parks take a lot more time to produce with all the Valuable Big Mike Readers attending! I also fast forward a few reports under certain circumstances! Holiday World, Beech Bend, Kings Island, and Six Flags America all will debut very shortly with TONS of friends in them! Please be patient, it is tough being producer, editor, public relations, camera man, The World wide leader in coaster info, TPR ambassador, good samaritan, tour driver, TPR sex symbol, TPR NorthEast Region top notched in depth reporter, the Christopher Columbus of the coaster world, comic genious writer, and the A-List main star of the 2nd most popular thread in Theme Park Review history!! Be safe in knowing my friends, I am trying Peace, Big Mike

Hello Fantastic Friends!! Since my great friend Jojo asked for it, here it is! Gillians Funland! The park is new, just opening up a few weeks ago and still does not have a website. The address to the park for your GPS units is 304 JFK Blvd in Sea Isle City. I will also post the other new park that I also visited this weekend, Central Park Fun Land in Fredericksburg VA later tonight. Thats TWO new for 2009 coasters for your viewing pleasure today!!! Hope you enjoy! Peace, Big Mike Finally, a Ferris Wheel. What you see is what you get, they packed this place into a small lot of land and there does not seem to be any chance of expanding on any sides. Hope you enjoyed and go get that credit before it disappears! Peace, Big Mike A Train. A Frog Hopper style ride. Bumper Cars. A carousel. Since the park is new, the rest of the rides did not have ride signs yet. A frog ride. Fly High Raiders Rockin Tug A view of the other rides at Gillian's Funland: Fun Slide It is hard to tell if all these people that packed the park that night came out since the park was new or since Big Mike was in town, but it was crowded. Credit #859 for Big Mike! Smile, you are going to be on the extremely popular Big Mike Road Show! Nor did you get to ride right along the street while it was at Cypress Gardens. New location. New atmosphere. New credit! You didn't get to ride right past a stop sign and street sign while it was at Cypress Gardens, now did you? The lift. Proof that adults can ride! The train with a nice sky in the background done expertly by Big Mike. Front of train. Overview with train. Overview! A zig zag design. 3 tickets to ride = $3 Fiesta Express! The prices. The sign says the park opens at 4pm, but I was told that it opens at 1pm on Saturdays and Sundays. The park is now opened daily, so get out there and get that new credit! A 2nd sign also. ... theres a new amusement park and a new coaster credit in town!!! Gillian's Funland! You do indeed have a reason to smile in Sea Isle City nowadays, and that is because...

Is anyone going to carry the torch and put up some behind the scenes Friends, Family, and Loved One pictures like that guy Big Mike does, those are always awesome to see!

I agree! Everyone is a winner!!! Anyone who helps out The Valuable Big Mike Readers, the rest of TPR, and the rest of the coaster world is OK in my book and is owed a big thank you! Peace, Big Mike

Don't feel bad dude, you are standing up for what you believe in and what is right! I am just a big bafoon who likes to toot his owm horn as much as possible! I didn't do any research if anyone else posted, I just hyped it! Most people know that Big Mike likes and tends to bend the truth once in a while, but would not want to offend any possible future Big Mike Valuable Readers! I hope you are feeling better from being sick! Peace, Big Mike

Hey, no problem dude! I don't care who found it, as long as it was found! It is NOW OFFICIAL, this dude found it 1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was just going by who posted about it first, not sure why you knew about it that long and waited until after I posted about it on Wed to take the credit on Friday or why all the sites you informed about it didn't bothet to post it either until after Wed, but who really cares! Now if you take credit for the Dreamland park I found last week, then we have trouble! I hereby withdraw my Wednesdays post and officially proclaim this dudes Friday post as the first!! Keep up the good work dude! Peace, Big Mike

Hey Craig Buddy!!! Thanks for the shout out dude Those long road trips in your truck are awesome, I KNOW and experienced it first hand Better head out East to ride all these new coasters I am discovering before they disappear! Peace, Big Mike PS - I think the coaster Gods just don't want Gage to catch up to me lol

CURRENT 2009 FIND THE DUCKY STANDINGS: 1ST PLACE WITH ONE WIN: Lenaapple1974 kezrez11 bhartley Brandy524 Emiroo robinschroeder Coaster Palooza The Bebes Reality15 SuperShawn coreysjunk STR8FXXXINEDGE mmousefan lisadancer Yeti762 megamatt hansrubens picknyourseat 2ND PLACE WITH NO WINS: Everyone else on TPR! The contest is still WIDE OPEN to win, 13 games to go!!!!! Good Luck! Peace, Big Mike PS - Don't forget, you need 3 wins to win the ducky quest!

Hello Fantastic Friends!!! Here are The Official Final Results of Find the Ducky Round #2!!! I hope you won!!! Peace, Big Mike 2 DUCKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, this was a ducky look alike too!!!!!! I know, that was horrible of me to do lol. CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS!!!! Updated standings next! Next ducky game in 2 reports, at Beech bend! (Unless we fast track either of these two new credit parks. Peace, Big Mike Thanks for playing! z7.bmp The final ducky guess and this ducky is INCORRECT Another ducky look alike. CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO GUESSED...... z6.bmp This ducky is INCORRECT Still at 3. It is amazing though now looking back through the pictures at how duck look alikes just pop off the page now! This ducky is INCORRECT Still at 3. This ducky is INCORRECT Still at 3. This ducky is CORRECT!!! That is 3! This ducky is CORRECT!!! That is 2! This ducky is CORRECT!!! That is 1!

It seems like just yesterday that you guys set me up to taste that Beverly stuff Good times! Peace, Big Mike PS - Thanks for the shout out as always!

Don't worry Erik, you didn't burst my bubble! Here is what I posted Wednesday afternoon! I knew it was open already, but instead of holding out on The Valuable Big Mike Readers, I posted it early so that they could all go ride it THIS weekend if they wanted! I could have held off, but my readers come first so I let the cat out of the bag early for them. I am 100% guarenteed that no other site had it open, as I checked them all. It is becoming OBVIOUS that those sites are all checking in on The Big Mike Road Show for thier info, as they should be since I am nailing these new parks at an alarming rate lately! Posting from the road on my Blackberry prevented me from seeing someone posted it yesterday. Thats cool. I could have done a reverse loop and hit Gillians first, but I did the loop the other way and hit Central Park first. Either way was starting off with a brand new coaster for TPR to see. So the bubble and the status of Worldwide Leader in Coaster Info is still intact, I just wanted to mention that I mentioned it way back on Wednesday! To answer another question, The Ducky Final Results will be tomorrow morning! Also, Ben (ElToroAddiict), since you were the magical post that made The Big Mike Road Show now 400 pages long, I will make a deal with you! I found one of the VERY RARE, Super Cool, Brand New, Big Mike Road Show Valuable Reader Pins still stuck to one of my Official Big Mike Road Show T-Shirts that I wore in Scandinavia!! I will wear it once again and If you find me at the NJ State Fair Sunday night, you will get the last one of the inaugural pins!!! Good Luck! Peace, Big Mike

Don't be alarmed Chris, I already posted about the new park last Wednesday and tipped everybody off! Peace, Big Mike

Hello Friends!! Your good buddy, Big Mike, has done it once again! Your #1 source for coasters has struck gold yet once again! Coming off last week when Big Mike went out and hunted down a whole park and coaster that none of the other coaster websites even knew existed yet, he has unbelievable done it again in back to back weeks! Sure the other sites new about this brand new park, but they ALL have the coaster listed as under construction. Let your main man for coaster info let you in on a little secret that only TPR will know.... Big Mike is coming to you LIVE from Gillians Fun Land and CAN CONFIRM the park and coaster are both open!!! Big Mike has already KaChinged this coaster tonight! Just another day at the office for The Worldwide Leader in Coaster Info, TPR and Big Mike! Peace, Big Mike

Big Mike coming to you LIVE from Motor World in Viginia Beach! The Motor World Express coaster has been conquered by The Mighty Big Man!! Nice place, huge complex. Big Mike will next travel the Cheasapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel, stop at Chincoteague to witness the wild free horses, then take the Cape May/Lewes Ferry Ride (since Big Mike loved them so much on the Scandi trip), and finally conclude hopefully with the brand new coaster at Gillian's Fun World whichevery other coaster website has as "under construction". Big Mike thrives to make TPR and the Big Mike Road Show the cream of the crop for new coaster news and openings and your overall "Worldwide Leader in Coasters"!! Peace, Big Mike

Big Mike and the Chuckster coming to you LIVE from Trappers Smokehouse at BGW! Tomorrow is Motor World at opening! See you there!! Peace. Big Mike

When I saw CFC, I thought you were cancelling too. LOL Thank goodness! See everyone at the bottom of Big Ben in the England section at 5pm! Peace, Big Mike

Yes, Grover was my new credit and I took a picture of him for you, as well as a few shots of me where Lady and Mr Bebe took some pictures... It felt special following in your footsteps! DarKastle was very cool and there was a sign for single riders to tell the line op, and she just opened a door behind her and I was 1st in line and got put right on! What a nice and peaceful, relaxed day so far, I am enjoying it! Peace, Big Mike

Wow, bum deal! We got to meet yesterdat though. Already met Benin (Nemesis Inferno) and his momand dad and hung out for a while! They came all the way from England to see Big Mike! Right now having some lunch after blowing through every major ride alread!! Beautiful day to come out and meet The Big Man and Chuck (CFC) today! The ducky has found lots of hiding places already!!! Peace, Big Mike