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Hey Beeja Buddy! It is always a pleasure to see your beautiful face and one of your awesome trip reports! I like looking at pictures of places I have been, brings back great memories like Elissa checking off my shirt at the Walibi World globe, and Joe dumping cup fulls of water on kids at the splash battle ride. Best of all, it reminds me of the great fun and fantastic day we spent together, that was really awesome Curious though, it sure does look like you have a wedding band on now, something you forget to tell us?? Also, congrats on being 1st runner up at the Miss Big Mike Road Show 2008 pagent! That deserves a quick photo slide show of our great day together!!! Miss you lots, Big Mike My favorite picture! Be well my buddy, see you again one day!

Congrats Lena on diving into the photo trips reports Thanks for the shout out also, glad I inspired you! hehe Now you know how hard it is to post these trip reports lol, they are wayyyy time consuming for the whole process! I really enjoyed reading your posts, but I already knew how cute you were back in the day from going through your whole Facebook profile too! Your still great looking, your hubby is very lucky The first couple times I went to Orlando, I stayed at the Days Inn Lakeside too!! It was really nice seeing Ameilia's photos from when she was a baby after seeing her pictures in your botanical gardens album. I can't wait to hang out with you soon, I know we will get along great and have a really fun time in the front seat of Kingda Ka!!! Keep up the fantastic work!!! Peace, Big Mike PS - How could you only have been to Central Park once and you live right here??? We need to go together and get you the coaster credit there this Summer!

Sorry my friend, The Big Mike Road Show 2009 crew is back at Big Mike World Headquarters in the great state of New Jersey at the present time! Next time though!! Peace, Big Mike

Yay!!!! I was waiting to see my schedule!!!! Thanks Craig for putting it all together!! OK, who is coming out to meet up now??? Peace, Big Mike

Wow, we may have our first double winner! I was talking to our lawyers here at Big Mike Productions and they recommend opening a 2nd Theme Park Review account, one for each of The Bebes, and using the 2nd Mikestery Card there, thus having two chances at the Grand Prize! Thats up to you though. I am very glad that it was still there after all this time, can't imagine how many tourists passed it during this span! Peace, Big Mike

That is a deal good buddy, (sometime in the 1st week of August), and I already have a stop at Cowabunga planned out Peace, Big Mike

Awesome thread topic!!! I will be making this trip to the same parks in August, so any info I can find here on this thread will be extremely useful!! Do you know what that "fairground" amusement park was called? Peace, Big Mike

Hello Fantastic Friends!!! The Big Mike Road Show 2009 continues with a fun filled stop in Las Vegas!!! Las Vegas is filled with everything you need to have fun: Food Gambling Sunny days Shows Roller Coasters and Lots of Hot Babes!!! Big Mike did soooooooooooooooo many different things, the producers at Big Mike Productions have decided to treat the Valuable Big Mike Readers to a Las Vegasathon!!! This report that you are reading right now is The Las Vegas Pre Show. This will be followed daily by stops at: Peter Piper Pizza Las Vegas Mini Grand Prix Adventuredome Nascar Cafe New York New York and The Stratosphere! By the time you are done reading, you will have seen EVERY coaster in Las Vegas!!!! We will then wrap up the California Trip with a Las Vegas Post Show! Lots of excitement coming your way, exactly the way you guys want to see it, BIG MIKE STYLE!!! Big Mike Style has been a HUGE hit with his fellow Theme Park Reviewers, and in dedication to a little special occasion we posted a year ago yesterday.... The Big Mike Bikini Bonanza 2008 ... We here at Big Mike Productions would like to treat the Valuable Big Mike Readers to a little more adult version trip report like the good old days before we got bikini banned! lol So this is your warning!!! The following trip report has been produced in Sin City, Las Vegas Nevada! Big Mike tried his hardest to keep any scantily clad women from appearing in this trip report! Just in case an occasional half naked women slipped by post production, we have slapped this Pre Show with an ADULTS ONLY rating! If you are offended by pictures like this: You should turn back now, it will only get worse from here!!! A special thanks goes out to Shawn (packfanlv) for hanging out all day with me and for being such an awesome guy! EDITORS NOTE - Jazmine, Shawn was not around for all the half naked shenanigans On to the report, and remember, what happens in Vegas.... ... shows up on The Big Mike Road Show 2009!!! Peace, Big Mike We now conclude the Las Vegas Pre Show and hope everyone looks forward to seeing all the following reports this week on Big Mike's Las Vegasathon!! Don't forget again, what happens in Vegas on The Big Mike Road Show stays in The Big Mike Road Show! Hope you enjoyed! Peace, Big Mike I was going to save this for the end, but it fits too good right here! Shawn (Packfanlv) checks off Nevada on The Official Big Mike Road Show 2009 T-Shirt!! Thanks Shawn for a great day of coastering! Clue #4 Since Vegas has soooo many places with coasters in the same town, there will only be one Mikestery card hidden, and here it is!!! You guys thought you felt weird bending down under a stroller and a bench, this one you have to bend over and look under the garbage can! Bahahaha GO FIND IT!!! Clue #3 Clue #2 Thats not the reason! lol It is time once again to play The Mikestery Treasure Hunt Game!!! Clue #1 Is it because Big Mike found it so easy to pick up a hot babe the first time when he was there? So before we wrap up this Las Vegas Pre Show, Big Mike heads back to the Las Vegas sign! Why? Big Mike bets $20 on Tony Stewart to be the Nascar Champion this year at 20 to 1 odds! This will be an easy $400 winner Before ending the night and heading back up to the hotel room with a hottie, Big Mike was reminded that he rules and is on one heck of a lucky streak, so it is time to make one bet and cash in once again! As luck would have it, I walk outside after that and there is that fancy car again! I try to take another picture of it and my attempt is foiled again. Knowing that Big Mike was in attendance and disappointed with not seeing the sexy girls, they offered Big Mike a private meet and greet. Unfortunately, the show was cancelled due to high winds so I took a picture of the front of the pirate ship. I wanted to see this new pirate battle show because I heard it got a lot sexier. Off to the Treasure Island, the hotel I have stayed at my last 3 visits before this one! I saw this really awesome car driving on the strip that I wanted to take a picture of, but just when I snapped it, this darn advertising truck drove by. I know we have some motorcycle fans as Valuable Readers! Seigfried and Roy. Here are some other things to see on the strip, like the Eiffel Tower! I still can't believe I climbed the real one all the way to the top last year! Mmmmmmmmmmm. Ohhhhh. Ahhhh. Another free show on the strip for your viewing pleasure. Back to more sight seeing with the Fountains at the Bellagio! Just speaking of Kick-off prizes, here is Shawn (Packfanlv) with the UPS Hoodie he won at The Big Mike Road Show 2009 Kick-off party! More pics and fun with Shawn in the upcoming episodes! Well, except for Big Mike! I figure this would be a good prize for the Big Mike Kick-off Contest in 2010! It took forever to find some non naked ones! The rest of that stack is pure nakedness. Seems like a lot of people did not want to keep their free hand outs of naked women. Just in case someone did not have the great looks and majestic frame like Big Mike along with the charisma to charm the ladies... they could run the gauntlet of Porn Peddlers and find a ladie of the evening. Just minding my own business walking down the strip, hot babes were all over The Big Man! Big Mike was like a kid in the candy store. You don't have to be in a short skirt to look sexy either to Big Mike. Did I mention all the short skirts and hot babes that walk the strip? Finale. More fire. Fully erupting now. Every TPR report needs FIRE I have been told. Fire = Yes Bikinis = No Odd. The volcano is starting to bubble. Show Times! Lets start with the free volcano show at The Mirage! Hmmm, what to start with? Hot Babes or Vegas scenery? Its time to head out to the Strip and show all The Valuable Big Mike Readers what there is to do other than riding coasters! Trying to please ALL my Valuable Big Mike Readers, this show was playing at my hotel also. I tried not to look when I passed each time. Every time I had to leave or return to my room, I was subject to this filth!!! Plus my condo did not have this entertainment right outside my door! Big Mike did not want to waste a vacation week at the condo when prices at the Excaliber were too good to pass up! Sun Deck. Again, no bikinis! Big Mike following the rules! How many of you fell for the adults only line??? Bar. Pool! I asked everyone wearing a bikini to exit the pool so I could take the picture without any repercutions. Just a few quick pictures just in case The Big Mike Road Show 2009 Most Valuable Reader of the Year wants to use the Grand Prize here! A little blurry, but you can make out the "VIP" ID card! Very close to the strip with the MGM off in the distance. Before we get into all the fun, Big Mike wants to go check out the brand new condos that were just built that Big Mike belongs to. It must be the Big Mike Charm or the Las Vegas Mystique, because Big Mike is scoring with the ladies as soon as he rolls into town! Big Mike is excited to make his return visit to Las Vegas after almost a 10 year hiatus! The last time Big Mike was in Vegas, he wound up getting married... in a hot air balloon! The Big Mike Road Show 2009 arrives in Las Vegas, Nevada!

We just had a special screening of your movie here at Big Mike World Headquarters, and let me inform you that there was a standing ovation at the end! You guys are much more talented than people I have working for me here at Big Mike Productions!! I'd like to shake your guys hands for a job fantastically done when The Big Mike Road Show 2009 visits Arizona in August Peace, Big Mike

That ticket is going to be exchanged for 4 different currencies and turn into my spending money on the TPR Scandinavia trip!! Wow, it is just a couple days from a month away already!! Thanks for all the congrats everybody! Peace, Big Mike

Hello Fantastic Friends!!!! What a day for The Mighty Big Man!!!!! So the forcast is for rain all weekend long, and The Big Mike Road Show 2009 decides to take a week off from touring. Big Mike spends Friday sprucing up The Big Mike Hotel for future guests and wakes up on Saturday to sunshine! Great job on the forcast again! Big Mike contemplates on what to do while relaxing at Big Mike World Headquarters. This is Bank of America free Museums on us weekend, but I pass on it. There is always NYC to see another Broadway show, but I pass on that too. A late run to an amusement park?? Pass again. There are no hot babes to go out with this weekend either. An idea pops into my head! Lets go over to the Meadowlands Sports Complex and go to the huge flea market, have not done that in a long time! Also I can see the construction on the new Giants Stadium and the new mega shopping mall, plus I can head over to the horse track and bet on the Kentucky Derby! The plan sounded entertaining and I could get quite a few things done at the same time. As soon as I pull into the Complex I can tell something is not right, the place is jam packed. I see a sign that the Flea Market is closed today because of The Bamboozle Festival??? I debate on turning around and going home, but I head in anyway figuring I can get some pictures for my Valuable Big Mike Readers and show them this massive Sports Complex we have here in the Great State of New Jersey! I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GLAD I DID!!! The following pictures will show you everything in the complex but the best part of the day was right at the end when I strolled over to make a bet on The Kentucky Derby! I have not been to the horse track in at least 10 years, and I wondered if I still had the magic touch to pick winners at will? A quick TRUE story from long ago first!! My parents took me to Finger Lakes Race Track one day while on vacation in upstate NY when I was a kid for a "lesson on gambling". The lesson backfired when I won 8 of the 9 races and had people asking ME for winners as my sock was getting filled up with winning tickets. The gift started at an early age and I was curious if I still had it. Using my patented system that never fails me, I research the 19 horse field to find my favorite horse. After intense studying, my system comes up with the #16 horse, "Pioneerof The Nile"! Usually when I used to go to the track, and not being a big betting guy, I would bet $2 to show on every race except the last and then make the big bet. This time I was only interested in the Derby, so I skipped right to the big bet which is always an exacta wheel bet! An exacta wheel is taking my favorite horse, the #16 and betting an exacta with him winning and every other horse to come in 2nd, and also flipping it and having every other horse to win and my #16 to come in 2nd. This way if my #16 comes in first or second, I am a winner!! If he comes in 3rd through 19th, I lose every bet, which in actuality in 36 bets. My #16 was 6 to 1 in odds as I never take the favorite, as there is no money to win usually. The IDEAL PERFECT SITUATION is to have a BIG longshot win the race and my horse to come in 2nd, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The 2nd longest shot in the 135 year history of The Kentucky Derby, and BIG MIKE NAILED IT!!! I only played a $1 exacta wheel costing $36, if I would have played a $2 exacta, I would have won double, but I am OK with half of it as that is the system! Here are the results of the Kentucky Derby so you don't have to go looking for it: # Horse Win Place Show 8 Mine That Bird 103.20 54.00 25.80 16 Pioneerof The Nile 8.40 6.40 2 Musket Man 12.00 Finish Time: 2:02.66 Scratched: I Want Revenge $2 Exacta (8-16) Paid $2,074.80 $2 Trifecta (8-16-2) Paid $41,500.60 $2 Superfecta (8-16-2-7) Paid $557,006.40 So I bet $36, and won half of the exacta!!! Won - $1,037.40 Spent - $36 bet Spent - $1 admission PROFIT $1000.40!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Life is good Plus, If I knew that the flea market was closed, I would never have gone I hope everyone jumped on board with me when I posted my pick on Facebook well before the race!!! I hope you enjoy the trip report! Peace, Big Mike The results: #16 Pioneerof The Nile!!! Both tickets, one with #16 to win with all, and the second ticket on the right with all to win with the #16 (the ticket on the right is now worth $1000!) Hope you enjoyed! Peace, Big Mike After narrowing down the good horses and deleting the bad horses, it is time for Big Mike to get into the zone and do some intense evaluations, which can only be done in the peace and quiet of the VIP room! Outside I go to narrow down the horses using The Big Mike Stratigic System. I will keep this in mind for a free Friday with nothing to do, Big Mike's easy way to the final table. ... but in this "Big Mike Back Then" segment, been there and done that with my beautiful ex wife. Today is Kentucky Derby Day!! I know it is not as exciting as actually being at Churchill Downs.... The horse track and The Kentucky Derby won out over the unfamiliar bands. I listen to a few bands and mingle with a few interested hotties but find out that the good bands like Fall Out Boy, 3rd Eye Blind, and New Found Glory don't come on to much later and No Doubt, Sum 41, and Taking Back Sunday don't play until tomorrow. The place was packed with no where to sit except the parking lot, a big difference from the VIP suites. A good thing about NJ concerts is Big Mike can easily pull back stage passes. Big main stages for the bigger bands and smaller ones like this for the unknown bands. There are different stages set up all over the place in the parking lot. I decide to check it out and see if any good bands are playing and if there are any hot babes. The Bamboozle Festival, a 2 day event. 100 bands. There is a huge parking area in the complex, which is also where the NJ Fair takes place in June and July, but today it is the sight of a big music festival. The Izod Arena is still here even though the Devils moved out, I think the nets still play there though. Also being built at the same time is this huge mall and entertainment venue named Xanadu, which includes an indoor ski slope as seen here. This is how close they are being built next to each other, with the old on the left and the new on the right. You can barely make out the field inside. There is still a lot of work to be done. Here is the new Giants Stadium being built right next door. The Meadowlands Sports Complex has many venues, such as the old Giants Stadium.

I liked the quick cut to Kid Tums!!! Peace, Big Mike

Hi Friends!! The weekend is here!! The weather is not quite up to par though Despite it being season passholders night at Great Adventure tonight, I think I am going to pass on the ride down there. There are a lot of options for NYC too, but alas, I think this weekend The Big Mike Road Show crew will tend to something more important: Getting The Big Mike Hotel ready for even more VIP TPR guests!!! The demand to stay at The Big Mike Hotel has been high, and now that we are starting to get into prime high time season, a weekend to update and refirbish is in order! The reservation department at The Big Mike Hotel already has two confirmed guest visits already!!! Rick (Coaster Palooza) Joey (Jew) In other news from Big Mike World Headquarters, It's May 1st, which means the mailroom at Big Mike Productions sneds out its bulk mail!! Today, out for delivery went: Robb and Elissa - Complete full payment for the Scandi Trip including every extra add on and expense. Every aspect of the trip is now paid in full. Rick - The Big Mike Road Show 2008 Official T-Shirt that you won in the photo contest trivia game, plus maybe a few goodies for letting me stay at the Coaster Palooza Hotel! Colin - The maximum check amount for being declared Big Mike Road Show 2008 Reader of the Year! Henriette - The goody box promised to you filled with special treats and fun stuff for those long Army nights! Chris - A replacement Big Mike Road Show Mikestery Treasure Hunt Card for your hard work in trying to locate it at Legoland! We need a picture of you with it now. Also being worked on this weekend will be a week long VEGAS trip report, covering every coaster in Las Vegas and Big Mike's fun time there, plus I will try my best to try and put up the exact schedule for OH, IN, IL, and KY which is 3 weeks from today!!!!! Don't get me wrong, if any TPR hot babes want to hang out, you would over rule these plans! (it is Bank of America FREE museums and Zoo weekend after all) From the hot tub at The Big Mike Hotel, Peace, Big Mike

Ice Bat keeps getting better looking every time I see him! I love his tan out there in the Vegas sun. Tell me, how many Ice Babes did Ice Bat score with?? Long live Ice Bat! Peace, Big Mike

I guess I can cross this park off the list for car pooling Peace, Big Mike

I know the dates for sure are May 22-26!! Let me PM Craig and see how the plans are shaping up! Hang in there! Peace, Big Mike

April, the roll call is awesome!! Damon even did a little dance with it! Hope to see you at a park someday soon! Peace, Big Mike

I went back and watched your video of us singing NY NY just yesterday!! I tried to put the video in my thread, but had no success! Hope to see an update on The Coaster Palooza tour soon!! Peace, Big Mike

Now to the game highlights and to see if Big Mike's good luck as being undefeated at Yankee games continues!! Victoria! This concludes the report and gets everyone up to date on the Broadway Shows, the Yanks, and the Hotties! Peace, Big Mike Rock of Ages! Back into NYC on Saturday night with another hottie named Victoria, who I shared my good luck with and she won the lottery for the new Broadway show Rock of Ages! Once again, I am blessed to be in the company of Renee (Nay), who is getting hotter and hotter every time I see her! The evening show on Friday was the new Broadway Show 9 to 5! Big Mike walks through the doors just like his Dad did back in the day. Also around the corner was Baruch College, where my Dad went a long time ago! Actually that was the building that Big Mike's first ever crush on a girl works at! All through elementary school, she was "the one" Some NY architecture for the Valuable Big Mike Readers! Sessions - a matinee show on Friday. Big Mike does a little Off Broadway show first. Unfortunately, everyone elses favorite too! See the shake Shack way off in the distance, and Big Mike is 166th in line! One of Big Mike's favorite places to eat, The Shake Shack!!! A nice beautiful day at the park. Just to catch everyone up on the Broadway Shows, this was this past weekend starting at Madison Square Park in NYC. Big Mike with the lead actress, who obviously had the hots for Big Mike! Just like on coasters, not too many places let you take pictures while riding or inside a show, but this one did and that was cool! In The Heights! Big Mike in the winners line, I am hot! On a run of good luck now, Big Mike tries the "In The Heights" lottery for tickets. Leavng the game to see another Broadway show, Times Square already had the good news of Jeter's blast! Final score. ... and the BIG finale... New "Yooooooooooooork"!!!!! Now the best time of the day, singing New York New York at the end of a Yankee victory! Here is Big Mike in mid line of "It's" up to you..... Just a FYI as the Yanks congratulate each other, the Yanks got spanked by double digit runs the game before this and after this, I AM GOOD LUCK!! Big Mike is STILL UNDEFEATED!!! Theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Yankees Win! This scenerio only means one thing, the Yankees win! The Yanks up 1 run into the ninth. Enter Sandman by Metallica starts to play... which means its time for Mariano Rivera. Captain Clutch comes through again. No need to worry!!! Jeter delivers the 5th Yankee Home Run of the game to put the Yanks ahead! The 7th inning strecth, tie game! The good luck charm streak is in jeopardy!!! The grounds crew singing YMCA. Yankees Home Run #4 Yankees Home Run #3 Yankees Home Run #2 Yankees Home Run #1 A nice new collectors commemorative cup for the Big Man!

Hey Friends and Very Valuable Big Mike Readers!!!! The Big Mike Road Show 2009 took a little side trip to the NEW Yankee Stadium to see a ball game and to bring to all the Valuable Big Mike Readers the ins and outs of the new stadium! Not only does Big Mike bring to TPR the most in depth and coolest trip reports of amusement parks, but why not some other cool things too??? I know a lot of people do not live anywhere near Yankee Stadium, so when the top brass at the Yankee Organization contacted Big Mike Productions about scheduling an appearance at the new stadium, I had to say yes for all my valuable readers!! The Steinbrenners really wanted the Big Man at opening day, but due to a previous scheduled appearance, Game #2 would have to surfice for them. The Yanks and Big Mike go way back and I appreciate everything that the Yanks upper management does to make me feel at home in Yankee Stadium! I guess it doesn't hurt to be undefeated when going to Yankee games either! They treat me well and I bring them good luck Remember last year when Big Mike got into the last game ever at Yankee Stadium, without tickets, and bringing 3 friends with him through the VIP area, and meeting up with Derek Jeter and Joba Chamberlein??? (Just in case you missed it, that will be the first picture of this report) Now thats the kind of strings that Big Mike can pull at Yankee Stadium, and I know my great friend Rick (Coaster Palooza) still can't believe I pulled it off! This year the Yanks promised Big Mike something even more special, but it was a surprise and I was excited to see what they had in store for me! They just clued me in that they just wanted to "Showcase the BIG MIKE brand name somewhere in the new Stadium! I will be honest, I figured maybe a quick flash of Big Mike up on the Jumbotron or something like that, but I was way wrong! The Big Mike brand name will be up for the entire season for everyone to enjoy if you visit!!! I hope you enjoy my thorough report of Yankee Stadium as I try to bring to all my Valuable Big Mike Readers every cool thing to see at the BRAND NEW STADIUM!!! Peace, Big Mike This is more like it, hanging with the real fans! Thats YOUR tour of the NEW Yankee Stadium my Friends, next up is the game! Peace, Big Mike ... well, with the exception of the super high priced seats, which stayed empty and an eye sore the whole game long. Big Mike Note - The Yanks just lowered the prices TODAY as I write this. Now you can see why Big Mike passed on these seats. Who would want to sit all alone in the VIP section??? Every seat in every level is jammed pack with die hard Yankee fans.... The bleachers are even packed as we listen to Rick's favorite song once again, The National Anthem. Wow, so much for the wide corridors lol. Its time for the game to start!! The bull pen. Monument Park is in center field. Big Mike Time Saver Tip - You can now go on line and reserve a spot for Monument Park for only $5. Today, 2 hours early for the game was not early enough. ... and a seat from the 2009 stadium. Here is a seat from the 1923 stadium... Here is a model of the new stadium. An empty locker dedicated to the one and only Big Mike! An empty locker dedicated for Yankee Captain Thurman Munson. A section dedicated to Babe Ruth. Now to the rest of the museum. You can take a glimpse of some of the Yanks Championship trophies. The other side of the wall has signed baseballs. Yogi. The other end of the wall has a Yogi Berra statue catching for him, with Big Mike being the umpire! You can see Don Larson at the far end and this wall of autographs is to represent the path of the baseball he throws. This is to dedicate the perfect game he threw in the World Series. The center piece of the museum is this Don Larson statue. Time to make a visit to The New York Yankee Museum! Slowly but surely, everything is coming down. I feel bad for the old stadium A lot of those Championships took place right next door at the old Yankee Stadium. Here are all the Championship years! All 26 of them Here are all the retired uniform numbers. I found the seal on the original Yankee Stadium. Just like the prices on the sandwiches, even the penny machine is double priced Rick! What a beautiful sight to see! My own sandwich named after me NOW i was impressed!! Thanks Yanks!!!! This is!!! Read the menu Big Mike Fans! Wait for it... wait for it... The top brass bring me to a food stand called MIKES! I pretend to be honored, but I am "BIG MIKE" goes through my head. They inform me that this is not the honor they want to bestow on me. The only thing I would miss about these seats is that they take your food order right at your seat! No problem though, the NY Yankee surprise for Big Mike was up next!!! This is where the Yanks wanted to sit Big Mike, in the $2500 seats! While that would be cool and all, Big Mike has always been a man of the people and for the people, so I politely declined and asked to hang with the real fans. I am glad that they kept the facade the same. Johnny Damon comes over and hangs with Big Mike. Big Mike takes a trip down to field level to chat with some of his Yankee friends while the security guard makes sure that the hot babes don't make a mad rush for Big Mike. For all the warning track fans out there. The seats are not the only thing very padded, the home run fence is too. The traditional Big Mike and the foul pole picture. Every row in the stadium has a Yankee emblem, and these high priced seats have comfortable cushions. It didn't take long being in the stadium before Mariano Rivera called out "Big Mike!" Time to walk around the new stadium and see what it has to offer the fans. Nice food carriers, 26 championships and counting! It's these extra touches that makes the Yanks special. Huge wide concourse with ALL kinds of different foods! Big Mike's first view of the new Yankee Stadium field. A neat touch, elevators to all levels. Throughout the Great Hall are huge murals of great Yankee moments. Great Hall overview. As soon as you enter the building, you enter The Great Hall! Today was Yankee Calendar Magnet Day. Inside the new Yankee Stadium! Over 2 hours early to get pictures of everything for all the Valuable Big Mike Readers. Todays game is against the Cleveland Indians. The new Yankee Stadium! Last year - Last game ever at the Stadium! No tickets Big Mike? No problem! You have 3 friends too Big Mike? No problem! Just use the VIP enterance right over there were Derek Jeter is walking in! "Come on Rick, I am not kidding, just follow me!" LOL

I love to see all the Valuable Big Mike Reader Banners in this thread even though Flip Dude gave Big Mike the cold shoulder Best of luck with this and all your future projects. Peace, Big Mike

Elissa, Kristen, and Janice are all beautiful! "I'll bet Big Mike wishes he was KidTums right about now! " You had me pegged exactly! After I blurted out a "Mmmmmmm" after looking at Janice's picture, I scrolled down and read that! Too funny! Have a great rest of the trip! Peace, Big Mike

It is now OFFICIAL! The 1st round of the 2009 Find the Ducky Game will debut on the Adventurers Amusement Park update, which will follow all the Vegas updates! Peace, Big Mike

The new Yankee Stadium update is almost complete! Tomorrow, Saturday, The Big Mike Road Show 2009 will be making a stop at Adventuers Amusement Park at noon in Brooklyn NY to get a new credit!! TL-3!! Being that this is right near Coney Island, I will also check that out too to see how much it has changed since Astroland left. The ducky will make the trip as well, and it should be the debut game of Find The Ducky!! So it is Adventuers and Coney Island if you are still in search of completing the Meet Big Mike Quest!!! Peace, Big Mike

Hey Lena! I am sooooo excited to meet up with you sooner rather than later!! I thought for sure we were meeting at the bar event, too bad it got cancelled! For everyone wondering about the ducky games, they are coming soon!!! I had a ducky in my pocket the whole day I was at Sea World, and forgot all about him I was also waiting for last years overtime ducky round to end. So the next park I go to will definately have a ducky game since I do not have one coming up in any of the Vegas reports! Thanks for hanging in there everybody! Peace, Big Mike