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Hey Fantastic Friends!!!! Big Mike coming to you LIVE from Copenhagen Denmark!!!! A full day of sightseeing down already Heres some pictures of everyone I met so far, as there are many people still arriving! Hope you enjoy! Peace, Big Mike So far, a great time! Going to be huge group dinner in a little bit, so more people pictures later! Hope you enjoyed! Peace, Big Mike Tom met us in town! Downtown. This poor doggie snores, don't room him with Rich then! Little Mermaid Statue! Random sight seeing pics: We squueze into a taxi to go sight seeing. Massive wall climb outside our hotel! Olev did too! So did Mark! Ryan met us at the hotel! Nice courtyard for a big group hang out later. There is our hotel! Yummy. Hot dog time! Jes met us at the airport. Chucks luggage didn't. We made it to Copenhagen! and fran. All four of us had the same flight! and stacy. My airline partner Chuck! Even the sodas are midgets. My salad, not even as big as my dressing packet! Copenhagen, by way of Finland.

Hello Fantastic Friends!!!!! Today's the day Sure today is also when I leave for Scandinavia, but the real excitement is for the debut of this monumental event called: MIKE'S MASSIVE MIKESTERY MANIA MARATHON!!!!!!!!!! There are a DOZEN Mikestery Treasure Hunt Cards hidden out there right now, and instead of waiting 17 more days before I even have a chance to post them, we are going to have a HUGE unveiling of ALL the hiding places right now!!!! Remember, this IS probably the hardest of the 4 Big Mike Quests to achieve in order to win the Grand Prize of a full week condo stay at the end of the year!! Find one of these and you are just about on easy street!!! Before we make the big announcement, Big Mike Productions has an important announcement: "While Big Mike is away for the next 17 days in Scandinavia chasing down hot Scandinavian babes and out of touch for all business matters, current Public Relations Manager and Head Mascot Lucky Dog will be taking over the job of President of Big Mike Productions in the time being. All important matters concerning Big Mike like upcoming TV interviews, Meet and Greet appearances, Big Mike hotel reservations, date scheduling for hot babes, and anything else important must go through Lucky Dog! Everyone here at Big Mike World Headquarters wishes Big Mike a very happy and fun trip and we are all confident that the Scandinavian crew of The Big Mike Road Show 2009 will produce the same high quality and in depth reports as our American crew. We will miss Big Mike VERY much and anxiously await his return, but in the mean time, will thoroughly enjoy his award winning Scandi edition of *Friends, Family and Loved Ones* that was a monster hit last year on Mainland Europe! Have fun Big Mike, The Valuable Big Mike Readers will be in good hands with Lucky Dog!" NOW, here are the 12 hiding spots to find your very own Mikestery Treasure Hunt Card!!! Remember, once found, please post a picture of you and your Mikestery Card in this thread to inform everyone you found it and they won't go try to find it. Plus we then add your picture to the front page of this thread for everyone to see! Good luck everybody!!! Peace, Big Mike PS - Big Mike can't guarentee they will still be there, but has used twice the protection as before!!! Clue #5 - THERE IT IS!!! Clue #4 Clue #3 Clue #2 Clue #1 - Go Bananas (Harwood Heights) Clue #5 - on the back of the sign, you can see the relection on the wall! - GO FIND IT!!! Clue #4 Clue #3 Clue #2 Clue #1 - Safari Land Clue #5 - inside the mouth! - THERE IT IS!!! Clue #4 Clue #3 Clue #2 Clue #1 - Haunted Trails Clue #5 - THERE IT IS!!! Clue #4 Clue #3 Clue #2 Clue #1 - Kiddie Land Clue #5 - On top of one of the 3 speakers - GO FIND IT!!! Clue #4 Clue #3 Clue #2 Clue #1 - Six Flags Great America Clue #5 - Stuck under the top step of the first flight of stairs - GO FIND IT!!! Clue #4 Clue #3 Clue #2 Clue #1 - Indiana Beach Clue #5 - THERE IT IS!!! Clue #4 Clue #3 Clue #2 Clue #1 - Paiges Crossing Clue #5 - THERE IT IS!!! Clue #4 Clue #3 Clue #2 Clue #1 - Coney Island Clue #5 - THERE IT IS!!! Clue #4 Clue #3 Clue #2 Clue #1 - Kings Island Clue #4 - Bottom Right cubicle, stuck to the top! - GO FIND IT!!! Clue #3 Clue #2 Clue #1 - Beech Bend Clue #5 - THERE IT IS!!! Clue #4 Clue #3 Clue #2 Clue #1 - Holiday World Clue #5, THERE IT IS!!! Clue #4 Clue #3 Clue #2 Clue #1 - Adventurers Amusement Park

LOL You definately don't look to happy in that picture Am I the only one reading this???? Come on people, we have to flip to the next page!!! Meep Meep! Peace, Big Mike

There will be 15 Find the Ducky games this year, and everyone can play in every game! You only need to get 3 games correct to get credit for achieving this quest. The one person who finishes 1st overall at the end of the 15 Find the Ducky games gets automatic credit for completing ALL FOUR quests and a free ride to the drawing for the Grand Prize!! Peace, Big Mike

Dear Fantastic Friends!!!!! Thanks to everyone who played the first round of the Find the Ducky Contest!!! Don't be sad if you lost, there are still 14 games to go!!!!! Before I announce the correct amount of duckies, don't forget to tune in tomorrow before noon for the secret locations of a DOZEN Mikestery Treasure Hunt Cards during "MIKE'S MASSIVE MIKESTERY MANIA MARATHON!!!" OK, the moment everybody has been waiting for! All the answers have been locked in, so here we go: The ducky on the bell ringer is CORRECT! (6) The FINAL ANSWER for Round #1 is 6!!!!!!! The winner and SOLE possession of first place after Round #1 is: lenaapple1974!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She went about getting the answer TOTALLY WRONG, but she DID get the correct answer lol! Post which ones you missed! Good luck next time everybody! Peace, Big Mike The ducky in the hub cap is INCORRECT! The ducky in the shadow is INCORRECT! d5.bmp The ducky on the Nutcracker is CORRECT! (5) The ducky on the fence post is CORRECT! (4) The ducky on the guillotine is CORRECT! (3) The ducky on the elephant is CORRECT! (2) The ducky on the fence is CORRECT! (1)

Sung to the childhood song: "Lena and Big Mike sitting in a car K I N G D A KA First comes fear, then comes panic Then comes Lena in a backseat Ka ride" Can't wait till Aug 15th. Peace, Big Mike

What a great opening round! I will post the FINAL answer tonight when I get home from work?? Who won? Seems like everyone is coming up with lots of possibilities! To answer a few questions I saw as I browsed through on my Blackberry from work I will post Mike's Massive Mikestery Mania Madness sometime tomorrow morning between when I wake up and noon the lastest EST! There is a Mikestery Card at every park I have visited except one, which was a little indoor place. So how many duckies were there really?? Peace, Big Mike

This is getting interesting! Anyone admit defeat yet? Anyone find any others? Anyone object to any yet? I can't believe we are going to show all The Valuable Big Mike Readers 12 different Mikestery Treasure Hunt Card locations tomorrow!!! Big Mike Productions is gearing up to bring everyone the much loved, highly praised "Friends, Family, and Loved Ones" reports LIVE from Scandinavia that was such a humongous hit last year in Mainland Europe!!!! So what really was the correct ducky count?? Peace, Big Mike

Hello Fantastic Friends!!!! The 1st round of the Find the Ducky 2009 Contest is now closed!!!! Thanks to everyone who played Here are the FINAL guesses: 1 DUCKIE: silvercrew1 Calicoasters Yeti762 dino 2 DUCKIES: jbarner14 dragsterfan420 3 DUCKIES: hyyyper Hikaru-chan rawrtotheargh X2coasterfreak Crazy4Coasters mmousefan 4 DUCKIES: derek_lentz colincoon disneymoc The Disneylander monkeyoverlord71 emiroo coreysjunk DATman Groteslurf NINCUB The Bebes Froggypheebs STR8FXXXINEDGE Homeboy23 Reon B&Man Jojo19799 robinschroeder creditcrazy mush619 CreativeForce spaceace12 slither37 tigerxeyez Satchboogie3 ajinaz Jerrykoala2112 Coaster Palooza PKI ManJZ ernierocker hansrubens Josh Linn jray21 jamesdillaman crazyrider06 5 DUCKIES: themeparkguy27 traincrossin Yellow Jacket 6 DUCKIES: lenaapple1974 10 DUCKIES: Mr. Wood Here are the Final tallies: 4 people guessed 1 ducky 2 people guessed 2 duckies 6 people guessed 3 duckies 35 people guessed 4 duckies 3 people guessed 5 duckies 1 person guessed 6 duckies 1 person guessed 10 duckies I guess it is clear as day what the correct answer is! Or is it??? The thread is now open for anyone to post pictures with circles around the duckies and to uncover them for everyone to see!!! This is always the fun part of the contest when everyone argues if that is a duck or not lol. Once they have all been found, I will confirm the correct answer! Tomorrow (Friday) will be a special day!!!! Not only is the whole crew of The Big Mike Road Show 2009 leaving for Scandinavia, but we are going to put up a super special going away edition of The Big Mike Road Show 2009!!!!!!!! The going away edition is called: MIKE'S MASSIVE MIKESTERY MANIA MARATHON!!!!! I will post photos of all 12 Mikestery Treasure Hunt Cards that are still out there waiting to be found THIS is the hardest of the 4 quests to achieve!!!! Be ready Friday for the clues and then go out and get your very own Mikestery Card!!!! OK, where were those duckies??? Peace, Big Mike

The Bebes have some top notch comedy!!! So did you think it was going to be easy to do all this traveling and putting trip reports up at the same time??? lol I love the 90 degree shirts actully printed so you have to be 90 degrees to read it, very smart! I just want to tell all the Valuable Bebe Readers out there that even though Lady Bebe looks great in these pictures, she was absoluely gorgeous in person Mr Bebe is one lucky dude! The Bebes were awesome to hang out with!!! Keep up the great work, I love your trip report style! Peace, Big Mike

Don't forget that last time the Ducky contest was posted on the main page of TPR. Those threads get a lot more web traffic. Thats true! I am not getting any front page loving! I feel bad for the rest of the TPR community missing out on a great chance to win a superb prize 18 hours to go until the round closes. Jojo, wait till you see where I hid it, you guys were right next to me! hahaha. I rule!

Hey Fantastic Friends!!! One day is almost complete and you have another full day plus a couple of hours to guess! Here is where we stand so far: 1 DUCKIE: silvercrew1 Calicoasters Yeti762 2 DUCKIES: jbarner14 dragsterfan420 3 DUCKIES: hyyyper Hikaru-chan rawrtotheargh X2coasterfreak 4 DUCKIES: derek_lentz colincoon disneymoc The Disneylander monkeyoverlord71 emiroo coreysjunk DATman Groteslurf NINCUB The Bebes Froggypheebs STR8FXXXINEDGE Homeboy23 Reon B&Man Jojo19799 robinschroeder creditcrazy mush619 CreativeForce spaceace12 slither37 tigerxeyez Satchboogie3 ajinaz Jerrykoala2112 5 DUCKIES: themeparkguy27 traincrossin Yellow Jacket 6 DUCKIES: lenaapple1974 10 DUCKIES: Mr. Wood Not too big of a turn out so far, 41 people. Last year we opened with 83, so it looks like the odds are better for you players this year! When the TPR clock hits Thursday, this round is officially over! I will then wake up Friday morning before I leave to Scandinavia and post the final results...... and then...... since I will be gone for 17 days and we don't want all those Mikestery Treasure Hunt Cards that are now hidden out there to wait any longer..... It will be a Massive Mikestery post on Friday morning!!!!!! EVERY Mikestery Treasure Hunt Card location so far in 2009 will be revealed on Friday morning!!!!!!! So when Big Mike is in the air, Valuable Big Mike Readers will be searching high and low and then posting thier picture with the Mikestery Cards for everyone to see!!!! That will take care of the dead time while I am flying, and then everyone can look forward to LIVE UPDATES from the TPR Scandinavia Trip right here on The Big Mike Road Show 2009 just like last year!! If anyone wants to see the Mikestery Cards found so far, all the pictures are on Page #1 at the bottom of my first post, which is where the Big Mike Reader of the Year Standings will be posted!! Good luck to all! Peace, Big Mike Looks like there is one more grey ducky to go, and here are the other colors!

There IS one at SFGAM, but for the life of me right now, I cannot remember where I hid it. I will have to look at the pictures. Too many places blurring together lol. Peace, Big Mike

Yep, Tigerxeyez got that one!!! Peace, Big Mike

So is your guess 3 or 4? lol No iffy answers! The Las Vegas Card is "technically" not found yet, but I have a good source that tells me the card has been retrieved but just not posted yet. I am also waiting on the Legoland Card, as my little buddy seems to have disappeared. Plus, the Card in Brooklyn is still unaccounted for so far. Peace, Big Mike

^ Theres a Mikestery Treasure Hunt Card in Brooklyn at Adventurers right now, not too many people are going to be closer than you lol. Recap coming up soon on who picked what! Also, how do you guys quote more than one person at a time??? I cant figure it out for the life of me lol. Peace, Big Mike

Yay, our first entry! Peace, Big Mike

Hello Fantastic Friends!!!! Now we are really going to start to get things rolling here on The Big Mike Road Show 2009!!! This report is from Adventurers Park near Coney Island New York!! This also is the FIRST ROUND OF THE 2009 FIND THE DUCKY GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and ANOTHER MIKESTERY CARD IS HIDDEN HERE!!!! The 2008 Find the Ducky game was a monster hit, so everyone who missed it last year, this is your chance to get in on the action!! EVERYONE is allowed to play all year long this time!!! The game is very simple: 1. Read the trip report and find how many pictures have the hidden rubber ducky in them. 2. Post your guess on how many duckies you found. Thats it!!!!!!! Plus it is absolutely FREE to play and you could win the Grand Prize at the end of the season! Everyone will have 2 full days to guess, which will be all day Tuesday and all day Wednsday. When the TPR clock hits Thursday and your post comes up with a Thursday's date, you are too late! Here is how the game will be run this year, we will take the first 50 guesses of each number and I will try to keep a running total along the way. Once a number has been guessed 50 times, it is full and no one can guess that number again, so that kind of puts a little race into getting your correct guess in. The Find the Ducky Game is also one of the 4 quests to also have the chance at the Grand Prize! You just need to answer correctly 3 times! Here are the full details: THE BIG MIKE ROAD SHOW 2009 MOST VALUABLE READER OF THE YEAR CONTEST Each Valuable Big Mike Reader will have 4 quests to complete in order to be in the running for the Grand Prize! These quests are: 1. Meet up with Big Mike once during the year and have your picture taken with Big Mike for his thread and super wall mural at The Big Mike Hotel! 2. There will be 15 Find the Ducky games this year, each Big Mike Reader will have to correctly guess the number of duckies hidden 3 times! (3 out of 15) 3. Each Big Mike Reader will have to find ONE Mikestery Treasure Hunt Game Card! This new game will have Big Mike hiding a Big Mike Road Show 2009 Logo Card somewhere in each park he visits. When the trip report posts, I will show you a picture of where the Logo Card is hidden and it is your job to find the hidden treasure. 4. The most easiest, post your very own Valuable Big Mike Road Show Banner in your signature. Some of you are already 25% of the way to winning already! The others can wait if you still want to resist the coolest club on TPR until you finish the other 3 quests I guess. That is it!! Finish all 4 quests and you are qualifed to win the Grand Prize! If only one person finishes all 4 quests, that person is crowned Champion! If multiple people finish all 4 quests, there will be a lottery drawing to determine the winner! A SPECIAL RULE - Since The Find the Ducky Game will be a running game throughout the whole season, whoever comes in first place in the Ducky Game (the most ducky wins overall) will automatically be credited with completing all 4 quests and advance to the final drawing!!! This gives EVERY Big Mike Reader the opportunity to win the Grand Prize! NOW FOR THE GRAND PRIZE!!!!! The GRAND PRIZE this year for The Big Mike Road Show 2009 Most Valuable Reader of the Year is: A ONE WEEK GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR USE IN BIG MIKE'S CONDO CLUB!!! This gift certificate can be used for ONE FULL WEEKS accomidations to any of the Condos in Big Mike's Condo Club! This is good for a ONE BEDROOM CONDO, and Big Mike is even picking up the processing fee!! You will be sent a vacation voucher and all you have to do is make the reservation whenever you want, there is NO EXPERATION DATE!! Do you have a big family?? You can upgrade to a 2 bedroom condo for a mere $25 more a day. and that option is available for you with this certificate! Warning - There is a "high season" upgrade of $20 a day at certain times, but the certificate can be used for ANY season. So this certificate can be absolutely free if you get a one bedroom condo anytime but high season, or at worst it can be $315 if you upgrade to a 2 bedroom AND go during super high season! NOT BAD AT ALL! Where are The Big Mike Condos at you ask? Here is the list: (Notice they are right smack dab in the middle of coaster country!!!) NJ ME MA VT UT AR MO CA CO ID NV (Las Vegas) WI DE MD PA VA (Williamsburg) SC (Myrtle Beach) NC TN AL FL (Orlando) TX Dont want a coaster vacation and would rather just relax? How about these places: Dominican Republic St. Lucia Virgin Islands Bahamas St. Maartin Aruba Molokai Honolulu Nuevo Vallarta and Cancun!! *Some of the above destinations have a mandatory All Inclusive Package, you will have to check with the resort! How do you check out all the resorts??? Here is the link of all the places, and pictures and details of every place: http://planwithtan.com/Properties/PropertiesbyRegion/tabid/899/Default.aspx CHECK IT OUT!! There are some really nice places I wish everyone the best of luck!!!! Remember, like last year, "quote" other peoples answers so that they cannot go back and change them to avoid shananigans! Once your guess has been "quote posted" by someone else, that is your final answer! Thats it everybody, sit back, relax, and enjoy Adventurers Park courtesy of The Big Mike Road Show 2009! ALSO of note, DO NOT give the answers to where the duckies are hidden please!!! Peace, Big Mike Clue #4. There it is!!! Go find it!!! Hope you enjoyed! Good luck to everyone! How many duckies did you find??? Post your answer now!!! Peace, Big Mike Clue #3. Clue #2. That is the whole park! Now it is time to play The Mikestery Treasure Hunt Game. This is clue #1 as the where the Mikestery Game Card is hidden. Looks like they kept some old things from Nellie Bly. No modern digital game here. Nellie Bly Express. Nellie Bly was the name of the old park before Adventurers. Haunted house. Pink elephants. Boats. Planes. Motorcycles. Kids ride. Helicopters. Carousel. Mini golf. Swings. Scrambler. Bumper Cars. All the other rides at the park coming up for your viewing pleasure and the TPR Park Index. (Some rides did not have signs.) Credit #764 for Big Mike! Even some tunnel action. Hidden Mickey. The train. Got my ticket! One last picture and its time to ride! The lift. Happy people makes this coaster a good fit in this park. Side overview. Overview. More TPR Park Index loving. TL*3 Coaster!!! Hours. Prices. Free Parking!!! Where else in NY do you find that?? TPR Park Index loving. Adventurers Park in Brooklyn NY, only about 5 minutes from Coney Island! Todays ducky that you will be searching for: Kitty Cat Duckie! This picture of the ducky DOES NOT COUNT towards your total! Good Luck!

I so would have done this, but I failed the first two requirements: A big smile and Feel comfortable in front of the camera. Darn! Peace, Big Mike

I signed up good buddy and was just listening to some Lady Gaga songs! I love that Poker Face song lol. Peace, Big Mike

Hello Fantastic Friends!!!! That video was funny lol. I am a no go for Termination Day, I am on the wrong coast This next report is the Crazy A$$ rides on top of The Stratosphere in Las Vegas! This was my last stop on my visit to Las Vegas as I wanted to save the best for last. I must admit that I am pretty fearless on going on any kind of coaster, as I usually just walk right on without any hesitation. I have been on top of The Stratosphere once before, riding the Big Shot and also getting the defunct High Roller coaster credit back in the day. These two new rides are pretty messed up, and my palms were actually sweating before I rode them, so you KNOW they must be wacked! Before we get to the report, Big Breaking News to tell everyone! As everyone knows, Big Mike has the hots for Angel Aristone from Great Adventure and I am now proud to report that..... Angel Aristone is now a Valuable Big Mike Reader!!! I am not sure if she signed up for a TPR account, but here is a Facebook message she sent me "lol, I love Lucky dog!!! The photo of all the treats is hysterical. Loved the review and you are correct, Angel does read these!! lol Thanks for coming out...glad you had a good time and enjoyed the ride. I really thought you were super hot too Big Mike! Angel" YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OK, I made up that last line, but it is still exciting news! If anyone wants to put in early reservations to be included in our wedding together, just say so! One last thing before we get to the report: Our great buddy Brian (STR8FXXXINEDGE), a HUGE Big Mike Road Show supporter and extremely Valuable Big Mike Reader needs a favor from the TPR Family! It is another contest like the ones we helped a girl win a trip to Disneyland in her costume contest and like the one we helped the little girl win a postcard contest for her class! Lets make it 3 for 3 for Brain! It's free and only takes a few minutes! Come back and click on his link after you finish reading my report! I will remind you at the end http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50764 Hope you enjoy! Peace, Big Mike "Big Mike! We did it! Wait for us!" I waited and they were true to thier word!! I knew that I was in store for a great time and some fun rides when I came to the Stratosphere, but the real extreme fun happened when those rides were over!! Hope you enjoyed! Peace, Big Mike PS - Now go back and help Brian my friends!! The hot babes went over the edge! These were some wild girls, in more ways than one The hot babes were next and Big Mike got better pictures of them than they did of me! I am THIS close to a date in the hotel room now! You can see Big Mike's arm while his hands are up in the front row! This was exhilirating!! The moment of truth! Big Mike goes first while the hot babes take pictures. View from the front seat. ... to right over the edge of the building! You are actually looking right at the ground with no track in front of you. Once the car is loaded, it is on the bottom of this track. The ride then tilts the track and you car goes from the platform on the roof.... This is the car used for the ride and how it is loaded. TPR Park Index loving again. The ride standing between Big Mike and fun with the hot babes, X-Scream! I beat you Insanity! The hot babes beat you too and we are 2/3rds of the way to having a little fun in thier hotel room!!! My hot babes are now victorious and actually riding with thier hands up. Here is the ride fully extended and going quite fast in circles. Here is what you see when you are on the ride. There are my hot babes as the ride finally extends far enough that you are actually tilted towards the ground. If that is not scary enough, the ride then starts to spin and extend. The ride then moves you out off the roof and you have nothing underneath you but the street below. This is a swing type ride that starts out on the roof on The Stratosphere, but does not stay there for long. TPR Park Index loving. Next up, Insanity! The generous hot babes that made me that great offer! I explained to the hot babes that this is where the High Roller coaster used to be and it was now the spot that we all put our hands in together and confirmed our deal. This is one of those rides that shoot you up. I liked it. I met a pair of hot babes on line for this and I asked for a kiss from them just in case we did not survive it. They countered with "we are staying right here at the Stratosphere, if we survive all 3 rides, we will take you back to our room!" My jaw dropped. Some people are afraid to do these rides when they are on the ground, try starting 1149 feet up already! Since I had done this ride once before already, I figured it would be a good warm up. You thought Kingda Ka was tall? Anyone afraid of heights? The VIP elevator travels 3 floors every second! It still takes a while since this is the tallest building west of the Mississippi! Big Mike is escorted to the VIP elevator! Big Mike goes for the whole package, all 3 rides! The height chart. (A little different than the usual height chart that I show you!) The prices. Here are the 3 rides that are currently on top of The Stratosphere! There is always X-Scream also, which sends you over the side of the building! How about taking a ride on the Big Shot, perched high on top of The Stratosphere? The Stratosphere! Home to 3 really extreme rides!

Wow, sounds awfully familiar to the Big Mike Road Show Mikestery Treasure Hunt Game! Mr Six should come up with his own ideas!!! lol Peace, Big Mike

Congrats Mike!!! Now I know why you did not come on the trip with us! Good for you dude! A future shuffleboard champion in the making Looking forward to pictures! Peace, Big Mike

Hello Fantastic Friends!! I am trying to close out the Las Vegas portion of The Big Mike Road Show 2009 before I leave for the Theme Park Review Scandinavia Trip on Friday! Having the computer crash has caused some problems with the last 2 Vegas reports as they were on the old computer! I have the problem fixed though, so here is The New York New York Hotel and The Manhatten Express! Also at the end of this report, ANOTHER sandwich dedication like the Big Mike sandwich dedication at Yankee Stadium!!! Hope you enjoy! Peace, Big Mike Big Mike and his very own Roller Coaster Hero Sandwich! Thanks Big Al! * A quick side note - A local restaurant here in Big Mike's home town is also going to name a sandwich after The Mighty Big Man next month!! The sandwich dedication will be covered for all Valuable Big Mike Readers to enjoy next month! The CRAZY rides at The Stratosphere are next!!! Hope you enjoyed! Peace, Big Mike "The Roller Coaster Hero"!!! I was very honored and extremely appreciative that Big Al memorialized Big Mike like that, and he said that I was indeed a true hero for bringing everyone roller coaster trip reports from around the world! I especially liked how MY sandwich was listed at the very top of the board!! (Not like my sandwich at Yankee Stadium) and that it was my favorite kind, turkey! So I make a little excursion to my good friend Big Al's place. A lot of people don't know, but when you put the word "BIG" in front of your name like Big Al and Big Mike does, you actually join a secret fraternity of fellow Biggers. I met Big Al this way and have known him for years, and he is always in awe of my roller coaster adventures and is always asking me to stop by his place the next time I am in town! Big Al said that he had named a sandwich after me and I could have one on the house! Just a few random street shots to end the report. Come on, how many of you can say you have seen this view of the ending to Manhatten Express?? Big Mike comes through again for the Park Index! Don't ask what I had to do to get these super shots, you don't want to know! Just enjoy them! There we go! Now THIS is an overview! Second overview. Now these are your usual overview shots that everyone shows you on reports, but being Valuable Big Mike Readers, you have come to expect more from The Mighty Big Man! Lets see what I can do to continue my high standards of best trip reports! Overview. Coaster facts. Prices. Photo for the Park Index. Manhatten Express!

Hey Patrick! No I did not know I got mentioned on ScreamScape! Thanks for tipping me off good buddy That is kind of cool! Seems the Big Mike Road Show is starting to reach the masses outside of Theme Park Review lol. As long as Theme Park Review got mentioned also and I brought some more traffic and possible people to sign up, I am happy! Peace, Big Mike