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Very nice! Thanks for the info, I like free lunch. Peace, Big Mike

Dear Valuable Big Mike Readers, The Las Vegasathon special has been temporarily put on hold since Big Mike's laptop has crashed! The good news is that Big Mike backed up all his pictures, so there is no need to panic about the possibility of any lost upcoming trip reports! Please enjoy some of the other entertaining Theme Park Review threads until we fix the problem. Big Mike will continue to use his Blackberry to check the thread to see if anyone is going to hang out with The Big Mike Road Show this weekend in Ohio, Illinios, Kentucky, and Indiana! Peace, Big Mike

I agree with the guys above, I would stay at Hershey! Hit the Chocolate factory, Zoo America, and all the coasters! Peace, Big Mike

Just looking at your trip real quick, I think the highlight is going to be seeing Big Mike lol Actually, we meet up at Dorney on Friday, and after that you have a sightseeing day, an open day, Great Adventure, and then another sight seeing day. Since you are up as far north as you are going to go in Dorney, you "could" conceivably go right down the whole Jersey coast and collect everything, including Moreys Pier and Cape May NJ unless you have them already. They both have 6 coasters each. You are also skimming right around Dutch Wonderland too. Thats just the credit whore in me speaking, sightseeing time is cool too, especially Washington DC. Peace, Big Mike

They check your drivers license to make sure your local to get that discount. So Shawn bought two, one for me. Peace, Big Mike

Hey there my good friends!!!! Its time once again to move on to another park during The Big Mike Road Show 2009 Las Vegasathon!!! The next park is actually just a coaster located in the Sahara Hotel and Nascar Cafe called Speed! Here is the GPS info: 2535 Las Vegas Blvd South Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 The telephone number is: 702-734-7223 The website is: http://www.nascarcafelasvegas.com There is 1 coaster and adults are allowed to ride. As a special bonus on this trip report, there has been a request to see some more animal pictures on The Big Mike Road Show 2009! Always attempting to please everybody, Big Mike was chatting with two TPR hotties within the last week and both of them love animal and did not know that Big Mike is a huge animal lover also!! Looking back on the last year of the Big Mike Road Show, there has been a huge turnout and following of very Valuable "female" Big Mike Readers!!! This is a trend that I LOVE and want to keep going in the same direction So this report will include the San Diego Wild Animal Park also, and watch out for a "Big Mike Back Then" segment on Discovery Cove coming soon too! Hope you enjoy! Peace, Big Mike Thats a wrap from the San Diego Wild Animal Park, Big Mike's 1st ever trip there. Hope everyone enjoyed, especially the hotties!!! Peace, Big Mike Awwwwww. Just to make sure that Big Mike scored even more brownie points with the TPR Hotties, a few pictures of the brand new baby cheetah should do the trick. The gorilla just fell down in histerics and I knew my job here was done for the day. I called him over because I wanted to cheer him up and make him laugh, but how? Then it hit me! I told him how mad and irate the tiger was at the carousel when I picked the gorilla to ride over him! On the way out I passed the gorilla exhibit and saw that this gorilla seemed to be having a bad day. At the end of the ride, they station a lion there to say goodbye. Long horns. Rhino. Now they try to play it cool and pretend that they dont know each other. Yeah thats right, I caught you. I caught these two giraffes getting kinky Look at the front giraffes expression when he found out I was looking. This tiger wants me to play rub my belly like Lucky Dog does! Lets go see what we can find! It is a ride through the vast wilderness. Time to go on the "Journey into Africa" tour. The balloon goes pretty high and you get a great view of the savanna. Just to make the fellows over at the TPR park index happy, here is a hot air balloon ride at the park. Only $20??? I should have gotton married in this hot air balloon and saved tons of cash instead of going to Vegas! Group photo! If I could read his mind, he would be saying "Go buy more nectar you cheapskate!" Another Big Mike top pick of things to do is feeding the Lorikeets!!! Coming soon - a zip line ride! Big Mike better show another ride to keep the mods off his back, so here is a 4-D ride at the park. ... yep! Another ham for the camera. Petting areas are also cool to do. Now I need to go find an animal that is as crazy and photo happy as Big Mike is! Lets see if I can find one... Big Mike will never pass an opportunity at parks to feed the ducks if available. Big Mike Fact - The 1st word out of Big Mike's mouth when he was a baby was the word "duck". Well "dkkkk", but you get the idea. I saw more cactus here than my trip through the desert to Vegas! Do you ever get the feeling that someone is watching you? The first present my ex wife ever gave me was a stuffed Beanie Baby elephant! Yes I still have it Big Mike has a tender side too ladies. Time to go see the brand new baby elephant, as Big Mike knew that this would really please lots of TPR Hotties! This tiger was really pissed that I did not pick him and turned and bit me on my way out. A gorilla!!! Big Mike kind of noticed a slight resemblance. I was taught last year by Scott's (Beemerboy) beautiful wife Shannon that each one I ride needs a name, so this is Brutus! Big Mike rides since it is included anyway. There was a big commotion between all the animals as they all wanted to be the one to let the legendary Big Mike ride them. What kind of animal did Big Mike ride??? The carousel has all different animals to ride. We will start with the Conservation Carousel since it is a ride, and by putting this in the report, I can get away with putting all the rest of the nature stuff also! Big Mike always knows how to bend the rules! Tours. Options. The prices, which include the carousel and tour. San Diego Wild Animal Park! So again, I was chatting with a TPR Hottie and we were trying to make plans come October for some animal excursions and she did not realize that Big Mike also loved wildlife! Big Mike hits all the zoos and animal places also, but usually just posts coaster stuff. Big Mike figured out that there is a big demand and target market out there for nature stuff too during The Big Mike Road Show! Since the target market seems to consist of TPR Hotties, Big Mike definately wants to please them too. Thanks to Shawn for being my riding partner and getting us in for half price!!! You then do the whole course again backwards. Here is the incline compared to the Stratosphere. What goes up must come down though. When you are at top speed, you get sent up this straight incline. The coaster reaches speeds that rip the banners right off the building when the coaster passes. When you exit the loop, you hit this accelleration pad and really take off! The loop. You come out of the tunnel and right into a loop. A quick turn and then right down into a tunnel. I will now show you the course once you get shot out of the launch pad. First, you exit the building to go outside. The launch pad. The train. The prices. Big Mike Money Saving Tip - If you go with someone who lives in Las Vegas, they can purchase tickets at half price!! Thanks Shawn! Inside the Nascar Cafe is the roller coaster.... Speed the Ride! The next stop on The Big Mike Road Show 2009 was the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada, and inside of the hotel is the Nascar Cafe!

Lena, I will be the 1st to hire your picture taking services!! I was going to ask you to take a picture of my portrait on the Leave a Legacy display at Epcot, but I see you are not going there. So out of the parks you have mentioned, I will choose Six Flags Great Adventure and ask for a lot of pictures of the Public Relations girl Angel Aristone!!! If you hunt her down and get some pics, I will be VERY impressed lol. Its nice seeing your pics from the old days of my home park, brings back good memories!! Your doing a fantastic job Lena! Peace, Big Mike

Six Flags Great America will either be Memorial day Monday or the day after Tuesday, depending on how the previous stops went. Lena, you cancelled this Saturday already?? Peace, Big Mike

I will definately come looking for you Rebecca, I love to get pictures with ALL the TPR girls. Coney Island in NY Lena would be ideal if I can get there July 4th, as I have the Nathans hot dog eating contest still on my list of things to see one day! Peace, Big Mike

I have a strange feeling that this ride on Kingda Ka might be pretty amusing lol. I was going to look for all my Tower of Terror photos and show you all the different poses I have done so far like feet up up the chair, on my blackberry, reading a park map ect. If I can do all these things, it cant be that scary Do I have to come down to Disney with you too???? hehe Peace, Big Mike (Who will look for his Discovery Cove pictures)

I ALWAYS suggest that if you are coming to hang out with The Big Mike Road Show, always wear your TPR shirts as I keep an eagle eye out for them!!! If you guys see me first, just come up and say hi! I don't bite. Peace, Big Mike

Eric - I hired a "special events coordinator for this trip who is in charge of all transportation, lodging, hookers, and park visits! He has told me that Holiday World should be Friday May 22nd at opening, which I am not exactly sure what time that is. The plan has us staying there until 1 or 2pm, with us theh heading to Beech Bend that day for an approximate 4pm arrival. Of course, these planners always throw in the stipulation of "plans subject to change". Keep up on this thread or my Facebook for up to the minute Big Mike Road Show updates on location times as it happens. The only way I see the "plans subject to change" happening is if I run into some super hot Big Mike Road Show roadie girls along the way. Zach - I also found out that if you were an ACE member, you get in an hour early too! That works for me! Its been a long time in planning for this Kings Island visit, the most asked for Big Mike Road Show park visit!! I hope to see a big crew there and we set aside the whole day for a very fun time! (Except the quick visit to Coney Island) I always like to have someone check off the Official Big Mike Road Show T-Shirt somehow supporting the park like Canobie Fan did for Canobie Lake or Joey did for Universal, to name a few. So Zach is the odds on favorite for Kings Island, so now you have to show up. Lol Any other questions from anybody, just let me know... Its a boring day at work. Peace, Big Mike

That's the art of a master storyteller! So I take that as a compliment!! It is also what makes me a powerhouse at the poker table! Peace, Big Mike

Hey Jared! The plan is Diamondback at 9am with the early opening. 10am Kings Island Sometime around lunch time will be a trip to Coney Island. Back to Kings Island for the rest of the day! Hope this helps, see you soon! Peace, Big Mike

Hey there Great Friends!!! The 3rd stop in the Big Mike Road Show 2009 Las Vegasathon is the Adventure Dome in the Circus Circus Hotel! Your GPS info is: 3900 South Las Vegas Blvd. Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 The telephone number is 702-794-3985 The website is: http//www.adventuredome.com There are 2 roller coasters here, in which adults can only ride one of them. I hope you enjoy! Peace, Big Mike Thanks to Shawn for the behind the scenes pictures of Big Mike's attempt to ride the kiddie coaster. Since there were no pictures of Shawn though, here is one from the park before which I almost forgot to post! Thanks for reading and remember that you can be proud of The Big Man for not selling out his body! Peace, Big Mike B C Bus Road Runner. Pikes Pass Mini Golf. Thunderbirds. Sponge Bob Square Pants Ride. Circus Carousel. Drifters. Sling Shot. Disk - O Lasar Runner. Quick Shot. 4-D FX show. Sand Pirate. Canyon Cars. Rim Runner. Chaos. Continuing the tradition of being the most thorough reporter on TPR, here are all the other rides at Adventuredome: The Frog Hopper. Some various pictures of Canyon Blaster: A closer look at the lift. The lift. Here is the train to the other coaster at the park, Canyon Blaster! I did not get a picture of the Canyon Blaster sign, sorry! I think I was still contemplating that "what if the females that I had to do the sexual favors for were super hot?" while I should have been taking that picture for you. Big Mike did not get to ride the Miner Mike, but as you can see, he was still able to hold his head up high with his decision! Now Big Mike could have just left and said enough with this Adventuredome place, they don't deserve a review on The Big Mike Road Show 2009!!! I couldn't do it though, The Valuable Big Mike Readers are counting on me! So on Big Mike goes, gathering all kinds of pictures of the rides at Adventuredome for the TPR Index and for all the great readers of TPR! This decision was so important to everyone involved that they actually had to go straight to the top and had me call the Corporate Office for clearance to ride! Long story short, I was talking to a female on the phone and it became clear that once they found out they were talking to Big Mike, the only way Big Mike was going to get on this coaster was to dish out quite a few sexual favors! This is where I was torn. Should I throw away my morals and values just to ride a kiddie coaster? Bottom line, I felt the Valuable Big Mike Readers would be disappointed in me if I gave in to such pressure, so I passed! Big Mike is lead into the General Manager's office to begin his long spiel about why I wanted to ride the coaster. Big Mike gets escorted to the head honcho, while uncovering valuable information that the guy walking me there has ridden the coaster after park hours and he is above 58 inches. Now here is the problem. You need to be between 33 and 58 inches to ride. Big Mike does not want to go down without a fight, so I ask to talk to the top brass of the place. There is even a bell to ring. The coaster evens has cameras to take video during the ride. Overview. The main reason Big Mike is here, The elusive Miner Mike credit! The only coaster in the state of Nevada that Big Mike does not have. The height chart. The prices. Inside can be found the Adventuredome! The next stop on the tour took Shawn and I to the Circus Circus Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada!

Hello Friends!! The 2nd stop in Vegas was at Peter Piper Pizza! Your GPS info is: 560 South Decatur Blvd. Las Vegas, Nevada 89107 The telephone number is 702-877-8873 The website is: http://www.peterpiperpizza.com There is one coaster and adults are allowed to ride and also take pictures. Hope you enjoy! Peace, Big Mike Did I forget to mention they looked like this?? The game was good, but the after party was better Hope you enjoyed! Peace, Big Mike Big Mike uses his VIP status and goes down to hang out in the penalty box and wait for two friends that he met earlier that wanted to go out with Big Mike. Since the Titans go on the road for the League Championship Game, they salute the crowd for the last time in 2009. The traditional handshake, or as I called it, the shuffle off to Buffalo. Big Mike continues his streak of bringing the home team good luck and victories. 9-3 rout. It was a fun and entertaining game and the crowd went home happy in the end. NJ has some weird mascots. The Titans mascot. In typical NY/NJ fashion, these kids berated the opposing players in the penalty box. There were even a few altercations that broke out. I did enjoy everything else, including rock music playing throughout the game, players slashing thier opponents like crazy, and a total game of cheap shots and bad blood. Since this was my 1st time seeing a lacrosse game, I was a little surprised at how small the goal was. Ready to go. I think there were more people at West Coast Bash than at this game. Of course Big Mike has prime seats. Big Mike is here to root on the NY Titans Indoor Lacrosse team in the Conference Championship Game. A few Stanley Cup Championships too, but not as many as my Red Wings! Retired Jerseys too, or sweaters as Scott calls them. Maybe there is a Devils fan out there that will enjoy thier division and Conference banners. A huge mural of the winningest goalie in the history of the game, Martin Broduer. Bon Jovi opened the Prudential Center. The old arena was the Izod center I showed you a few reports back. This is the new home of the NJ Devils. The following day I head on over to the new Prudential Center in Newark New Jersey. I have never seen it before. Next, it was time to go try to win the poker tournement! The night went very well and Big Mike made it to the final two tables. The ending unfortunately happened like this: The guy ranked #1 in the tourney goes all in. Big Mike calls him. The guy behind Big Mike with more chips also goes all in, which in turn puts Big Mike all in also. The #1 player shows a Jack and Ace, non suited. The guy behind me shows a pair of 10s. Big Mike flips over a pair of aces! Big Mike is totally in the drivers seat with a monster pot on the table with just about no chance of losing unless one of the last two 10s in the deck pop up... ... and of course it did Oh well, guess I cant win EVERYTHING! I thought it looked a little bland by itself, so when I got home I put a nice expensive frame around it. They gave me this nice momento as a keepsake to compensate for my loss of my dearly departed winning ticket. Guess I made the big time since I had to show them my ID. You can also make out the magic number of $1037.40! Looks like I will have my ticket a little longer, as I need to go to an IRS window instead! I won too much money to cash in here with the locals. Had some time to spare before the poker tourney started, so off I went to cash in my masterful bet. Goodbye my precious ticket, it was great having you! Big Mike signs up and everyone is afraid. While doing that, Big Mike also enters the poker tournement to get a free seat to the real poker tournement! So this past weekend Big Mike heads back to the Meadowlands horse track to cash in his winning $1000 Kentucky Derby ticket! A special thanks to Shawn once again for hanging out! Credit #763 for Big Mike! Bunny hops. The lift. Shawn is ready to go! The train. Since I rarely see that, I thought it was picture worthy. The enterance goes right under the track, which is odd for a kiddie coaster. Reverse overview. Overview of Dragon. There is really nothing else here but an arcade. The height chart. The prices. Peter Piper Pizza!

I kind of wish I could be a little afraid like some of these people, but I have turned fearless See you on Saturday May 23rd when The Big Mike Road Show 2009 rolls into Kings Island! Peace, Big Mike

If you very important Valuable Big Mike Readers BOTH have the exact same coaster count, I would suggest that you ride Lightning Racer against each other in seperate trains, that way one of you can have bragging rights forever on who made it to #100 first See you at Dorney! Peace, Big Mike

I still need one half of that Speedy Bob Coaster too! I know who should have been sitting next to you on that coaster you rode alone! Peace, Big Mike

Lol Great comment! Peace, Big Mike

No need to apologize my friend, at least you posted this time! If it wasn't for you and Shawn, a whole day with a brand new report would have went by and Big Mike would have got no praise at all for his hard work So I thank you! Peace, Big Mike

Hey Lena! Very nice reports. Reading your reports bring back great memories of when I was married with my 3 step kids and we did all the same stuff you guys did! I have to go find my Discovery Cove pictures and swimming with the dolphins!! I totally gave up on resizing, so I just take all my pictures in the lowest form so it is easy to upload to TPR. Hope to see more updates, they are a pleasure to read! Peace, Big Mike (your riding buddy)

Hello Fantastic Friends!!! It is now time to kick off Las Vegasathon week at The Big Mike Road Show 2009!!! Our first stop is a little place called the Las Vegas Mini Gran Prix! Your GPS information is 1401 North Rainbow Boulevard in Las Vegas Nevada 89108! The telephone number is 888-259-RACE The website is http://www.lvmgp.com They have 1 coaster and adults are allowed to ride and take pictures on it! In attendance today is my good friend Shawn (packfanlv) who guided me all around town and even had coupons in hand! Shawn also contributed a few pictures for this report so that the Valuable Big Mike Readers could have even better pictures of good ole Big Mike to look at! Thanks good buddy! Hope you enjoy! Peace, Big Mike Thanks Shawn for a great time! Hope everyone enjoyed! Peace, Big Mike Thats it from the Las Vegas Mini Gran Prix! Stay tuned all week for a different trip report every night during The Big Mike Road Show 2009 Las Vegasathon!!! This was just a tune up race until the HUGE TPR GRAN PRIX in Scandinavia! What Shawn did not know is that Big Mike is the absolute master of go carts. Big Mike is seen here with an insurmountable lead. Big Mike then let Shawn pass him and the race was on again! Big Mike won again Shawn was very polite and let Big Mike take the pole position. Here is how the conversation went lol Shawn - You can have the lead car Big Mike. Big Mike - That is a BIG mistake. Uh Oh! Looks like we have a challenge race coming up Go Carts. Arcade. A lot of maintenance it seems. Dive Bombers (closed due to maintenance) Fun Slide. Tornado. Other rides at the Las Vegas Gran Prix: Credit #762 for Big Mike! Framed perfectly while in motion by yours truly, The Big Man! The lift. Now that they are done vacuuming, Shawn is ready to go! We had to wait until they finished vacuuming. They wanted it to look just right for The Big Mike Road Show trip report. The dragon. Train. Overview. The Dragon Coaster! The height chart for the families. Some rides are a 1/4 and a 1/2 of a ticket. The Prices. $6.50 seems high, but they have a weird ticket system. Big Mike and his good friend Shawn (packfanlv). Las Vegas Mini Gran Prix!

THIS DAY IN BIG MIKE ROAD SHOW HISTORY! MAY 10TH, 2008 It was exactly one year ago today that I had the pleasure to meet Sue (Sue) and Rich at Lake Compounce in Connecticut! Thanks for a great time guys Peace, Big Mike

Very Very nice!! Much appreciated Peace, Big Mike