Big Mike

JACKPOT!!! Big Mike is now OFFICIALLY a WINNER!!! Even better, delivered right to Big Mike World Headquarters!!! Universal must have just decided not to send me a confirmation email figuring that of course Big Mike would win Hope everyone else gets theirs also! Peace, Big Mike

I told everybody to have faith and that somehow someway, tickets would open up!! Maybe Six Flags read my 2009 Mission Statement of not leaving any Big Mike Readers behind!! See everyone on Sunday!! Peace, Big Mike

Hey Friends!! Big Mike has just unveiled some upper tier prizes for The Big Mike Road Show Kick-Off Party Contest at West Coast Bash this Sunday!!! Tomorrow we show you the cream of the crop prizes! Also check out the 1st 21 prizes already announced! Here is the link to see the new prizes just announced: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41995&start=2570 Peace, Big Mike

Hello Great Friends!!! Another day closer to the big Kick-Off Party for The Big Mike Road Show 2009!!! This is Round #4 of the prizes during West Coast Bash Week, getting better every day!! Tomorrow we conclude the prizes, tell you about The Big Mike Reader of the Year 2009 contest and Grand Prize, then its off to the airport for a trip cross country!!!! Wooo Hoooo! Here are prizes 22-28! Stay tuned for tomorrow when Big Mike breaks out the biggies! Peace, Big Mike Theme Park Review Zip Up Hoodie! (All shirts and hoodies on this update are new and unused, except this Zip Up Hoodie, which was seen in many various trip reports.) Cedar Point Coaster Mania Hoodie! UPS Brown Hoodie! World's of Fun Prowler T-Shirt! Theme Park Review T-Shirt! Schlitterbahn Free Admission and Free 1st Ride on Master Blaster! (Says you need to be an ACE member, but last time I used it no one checked) Coaster Expedition 11 DVD!

Jeff, I have a "coaster" count, and if it is called a powered "coaster", then ka-ching!!!! I don't count "fair" coasters, so that evens it up! I cannot pass my mentor, that would just be wrong, so I may come within 1 coaster of you and then retire Peace, Big Mike PS - Wait until I hit Japan, China, Korea ect... Ka-Ching Ka-Ching Ka-Ching

One thing I learned for sure, when Robb sends out a mass email saying "We are almost full, act now!", you better do it!! Just to clarify, by "tickets opening up", I did mean by people cancelling, not adding more to the already 600!! I agree with everyone, I don't want the lunch line to be too long! Peace, Big Mike

Craig, You are getting the Holiday World Free Pass that would have been another prize, so you have to settle with that! lol (I don't have an extra anyway!) Who would have known that a Coney Island sticker would be your favorite prize of them all Big (spreading the DVD love around for others) Mike

Damn! I so should have bought about 20 tickets, I could have made a mint selling these at scalper prices I have just added 7 more prizes to the West Coast Bash Big Mike Road Show Kick-Off Contest, check them out here: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41995&start=2570 Everyone have faith, hopefully some tickets open up! Peace, Big Mike

I can't wait to see the finished product, and especially Shane when The Big Mike Road Show 2009 makes a special visit later in the year!!! Peace, Big Mike

Hello Friends!!! The day is starting to get near, and the excitement is starting to build!! With the excitement building, so is the quality of the prizes The Big Mike Road Show is going to show you today. I hope everyone is picking out a few favorites to win this Sunday!!! I have had 3 requests in the last day for info on how to get your very own Valuable Big Mike Reader Banner!! To show your support and pleasure of The Big Mike Road Show, please follow these instructions: Just copy and paste the code right into the signature box! Good luck! Any problems, let Big Mike know! Here are prizes 15-21!!! See you Sunday Friends!! Peace, Big Mike Universal Studios Hollywood Priority Passes! Two prizes. (Seperate prizes, good for group of 4 to cut the line) Knott's Haunt 2007 T-Shirt! (Never worn) Size 2X Six Flags Great Adventure Drink Mug! (This is the only mug that has been used, but cleaned thoroughly) Cyclone Roller Coaster Hat! Bullet UPS Insulated Mug! Rockin Theme Parks DVD!

LOL I got a big laugh out of you saying that I am posting faster than you are reading, too funny! I am totally going to redo page #1 on my thread that will include: This years schedule Last years links to all park visits Who is planning to meet at what parks Contest rules for 2009 Who guest starred at each visit last year Big Mike coaster stats Current park and coaster totals New logo design New T-shirt design 2009 contest standings and more! Until I update page #1 (probably Friday), here is an answer to the last 2 questions: Kings Island sometime over Memorial day weekend, not sure which day yet! Hershey probably not Orlando in Oct Coney Island for sure during a weekend sometime Great adventure for sure on Aug 15, maybe opening day, whenever friends visit. Peace, Big Mike PS - MORE prizes announced in a few hours!!!

Thanks Shawn!!! Anyone that was told they won still not have one of these yet?? Maybe there is still hope! Peace, Big Mike

Aww Man! I thought they were going to email these tickets, not send it out in the real mail?? The only entry I won out of the 3 I sent was my parents house, and I am sure it would wind up in the garbage thinking it was junk mail My master plan may have been foiled! Can anyone put up a picture so I can investigate if my parents saw the ticket already? Thanks, Big Mike

The 2nd round of prizes for The Big Mike Road Show Kick-Off Contest at West Coast Bash are now posted for your viewing pleasure! http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=716433 Peace, Big Mike

OK, This round of prizes is dedicated to Josh!! Here are the 2nd round of prizes for The Big Mike Road Show 2009 Kick-Off Contest at West Coast Bash!!! Good Luck to everyone who decides to play along! Peace, Big Mike Lastly today, I will call this The "S" Shirt! Robb donated this but I have not figured out where it is from. Anyone know? Universal Studios Hollywood Horror Nights Mug! (Never used) Roller Coaster Magazines! (You get both) Coney Island Fun Pack! UPS Hat! Dorney Park 2009 Calendar Wall Poster! Jiggedy Johnson's Jammin DVD Volume 2!

^ Nope. Any friend of a TPR member is a friend of mine is my motto. Everyone can play. You never know, maybe they will be a TPR member in the future, then they can be put up on the wall at The Big Mike Hotel! Peace, Big Mike

Hello Fantastic Friends, Valuable Big Mike Readers, and West Coast Bash Participants!!!! The Big Mike Road Show 2009 World Tour Season begins THIS WEEKEND at West Coast Bash!!! Big Mike Productions, in association with Big Mike World Entertainment Inc. is sponsoring a ginormous Kick-Off Party!!!! Your registration fee for West Coast Bash includes your eligibility to enter the "Big Mike 2009 Kick-Off Contest", featuring 35 awesome prizes!! Everybody here at Big Mike World Headquarters have searched every nook and cranny in the prize vault and loaded everything into The Big Mike Prize Patrol Van for its cross country trip to celebrate with The Valuable Big Mike Readers!! The best part is, to participate, you don't even have to have one of those super cool Big Mike Banners in your signature! Everyone is Big Mike's friend!!! Please pass the info for this contest to Ride World members too! (But why wouldn't they have aTPR account too?) For everyone new to The Big Mike Road Show 2009, Big Mike's MAIN objective of his Mission Statement this year is to meet more Valuable Big Mike Readers than last year! Everybody Big Mike meets gets thier picture in The Big Mike Road Show thread!! So this is the Kick-Off contest rules: *During West Coast Bash, If you spot Big Mike and come up and ask him to have your picture taken with him, you get your picture put up in The Big Mike Road Show thread. That's not all though, you also get a raffle ticket!! The raffle ticket is actually a playing card with a number hand written on it. The playing card of course is divided by Hearts, Diamonds, Spades, and Clubs. The cards will be numbered 1 through 35, for the 35 prizes the Big Mike Prize Patrol is hauling cross country. There will be 35 entry tickets of each suit handed out, for a total of 140 people. The first 140 people to find Big Mike and have a picture taken together enter the contest, but Big Mike would appreciate that EVERYONE still come get your picture taken with Big Mike for his thread and his HUGE COLLAGE OF PICTURES that will hang from the walls at The Big Mike Hotel!!! Everyone that has ever met Big Mike will be displayed at the Big Mike Hotel for future guests to admire! So when all 140 cards run out, there will be a drawing (place and time still yet to be determined) between four cards to find out which "suit" is the winners! Example: If the drawing of four cards is a spade, everyone who has a spade card is a WINNER! Then it will go by the number that is hand written on your card, 1 through 35. The person with the #1 gets to pick his choice of all the prizes, then #2 and so on until the person with card #35 gets the last prize left! So when you come up and ask for your picture to be taken, hopefully you will get a nice low number on your raffle ticket!! The rules are pretty simple, but if anyone has any questions, post them and I will answer them! There is ALSO going to be a Big Mike Reader of the Year Tournement that will require all The Valuable Big Mike Readers to complete 4 quests during the year! The person crowned Champion and bestowed the title "Big Mike Reader of the Year 2009" will also win the GRAND PRIZE!!! The Grand Prize will be announced Friday with full complete rules, but I am going to "leak" a little info a little early to build the excitement!!! One of the 4 quests that you will need to complete in order to win the sensational prize and highly honored title of Big Mike Reader of the Year is .... Have your picture taken with Big Mike once during the year! Here is your chance to be a quarter of the way to qualifying already!!! It's a no brainer, get your picture taken with Big Mike during West Coast Bash to have a chance at a prize now or a HUGE prize later OK, on to the first round of prizes! Like I said, there are 35 prizes and I will show you 7 of them a day for the whole week during "West Coast Bash Week" at The Big Mike Road Show! The 7 prizes I will show you today will start off on the smaller end of the spectrum, with the last 7 prizes shown on Friday will be at the larger end of the spectrum! Good Luck Everybody!!! Peace, Big Mike To see todays prizes as well as the rest of the week, go to The Big Mike Road Show thread or follow this link: http://themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41995&start=2550

^ Hmmmm, thats not a bad idea Peace, Big Mike

Hello Fantastic Friends, Valuable Big Mike Readers, and West Coast Bash Participants!!!! The Big Mike Road Show 2009 World Tour Season begins THIS WEEKEND at West Coast Bash!!! Big Mike Productions, in association with Big Mike World Entertainment Inc. is sponsoring a ginormous Kick-Off Party!!!! Your registration fee for West Coast Bash includes your eligibility to enter the "Big Mike 2009 Kick-Off Contest", featuring 35 awesome prizes!! Everybody here at Big Mike World Headquarters have searched every nook and cranny in the prize vault and loaded everything into The Big Mike Prize Patrol Van for its cross country trip to celebrate with The Valuable Big Mike Readers!! The best part is, to participate, you don't even have to have one of those super cool Big Mike Banners in your signature! Everyone is Big Mike's friend!!! Please pass the info for this contest to Ride World members too! (But why wouldn't they have aTPR account too?) For everyone new to The Big Mike Road Show 2009, Big Mike's MAIN objective of his Mission Statement this year is to meet more Valuable Big Mike Readers than last year! Everybody Big Mike meets gets thier picture in The Big Mike Road Show thread!! So this is the Kick-Off contest rules: *During West Coast Bash, If you spot Big Mike and come up and ask him to have your picture taken with him, you get your picture put up in The Big Mike Road Show thread. That's not all though, you also get a raffle ticket!! The raffle ticket is actually a playing card with a number hand written on it. The playing card of course is divided by Hearts, Diamonds, Spades, and Clubs. The cards will be numbered 1 through 35, for the 35 prizes the Big Mike Prize Patrol is hauling cross country. There will be 35 entry tickets of each suit handed out, for a total of 140 people. The first 140 people to find Big Mike and have a picture taken together enter the contest, but Big Mike would appreciate that EVERYONE still come get your picture taken with Big Mike for his thread and his HUGE COLLAGE OF PICTURES that will hang from the walls at The Big Mike Hotel!!! Everyone that has ever met Big Mike will be displayed at the Big Mike Hotel for future guests to admire! So when all 140 cards run out, there will be a drawing (place and time still yet to be determined) between four cards to find out which "suit" is the winners! Example: If the drawing of four cards is a spade, everyone who has a spade card is a WINNER! Then it will go by the number that is hand written on your card, 1 through 35. The person with the #1 gets to pick his choice of all the prizes, then #2 and so on until the person with card #35 gets the last prize left! So when you come up and ask for your picture to be taken, hopefully you will get a nice low number on your raffle ticket!! The rules are pretty simple, but if anyone has any questions, post them and I will answer them! There is ALSO going to be a Big Mike Reader of the Year Tournement that will require all The Valuable Big Mike Readers to complete 4 quests during the year! The person crowned Champion and bestowed the title "Big Mike Reader of the Year 2009" will also win the GRAND PRIZE!!! The Grand Prize will be announced Friday with full complete rules, but I am going to "leak" a little info a little early to build the excitement!!! One of the 4 quests that you will need to complete in order to win the sensational prize and highly honored title of Big Mike Reader of the Year is .... Have your picture taken with Big Mike once during the year! Here is your chance to be a quarter of the way to qualifying already!!! It's a no brainer, get your picture taken with Big Mike during West Coast Bash to have a chance at a prize now or a HUGE prize later OK, on to the first round of prizes! Like I said, there are 35 prizes and I will show you 7 of them a day for the whole week during "West Coast Bash Week" at The Big Mike Road Show! The 7 prizes I will show you today will start off on the smalled end of the spectrum, with the last 7 prizes shown on Friday will be at the larger end of the spectrum! Good Luck Everybody!!! Peace, Big Mike Cedar Fair Pictures! Prowler picture and lay out. Maps and Brochures! New rides like Diamondback and Prowler and old hard to get park maps. Clawshaw newspaper and foam hard hat! (Six Flags promotion of the makeover of Medusa and Ride of Steel) Schlitterbahn Carry Bag! UPS Wool Hat! (Various UPS items thrown in) Knotts Haunt Drink Cup! (Never used) Diamondback Wall Poster! Brand new coaster poster.

Total dedication to the Valuable Big Mike Readers, plus, there is not much else to do when you are laid up in a hospital bed! Peace, Big Mike

Hey Friends!!! Great news! Big Mike has been released from the medical care unit!! Now we can get back to business!! Tonight, The Big Mike Road Show begins it's West Coast Bash Week!!! Every night this week Big Mike will reveal 7 of the 35 prizes to be given away to Valuable Big Mike Readers at West Coast Bash!!! Also, on Friday, complete rules for The Big Mike Reader of the Year 2009 Contest and the unveiling of The Grand Prize!!! Later tonight, find out how you can win a prize from The Big Mike Prize Patrol Van while attending West Coast Bash!! Not signed up for West Coast Bash?? Sign up now!!!!!! Just so not everyone is afraid when they see Big Mike's face at WCB, these pictures below is what happened to me at the riot in NYC. Peace, Big Mike MOD EDIT- Pictures deleted! Too gruesome for family website!

Hey Friends!! Just wanted to update you on Big Mike's condition! No broken bones!!! No life threatening injuries!!! Now we just have to wait for the swelling to go away and I am good to go for West Coast Bash!!!! I added a video here and my report on the previous page of Big Mike getting caught up in the riot in NYC at America's Next Top Model auditions. This time, trying to please The Valuable Big Mike Readers with some super hot model pictures backfired I also posted a before and after picture of my program, didn't want to scare everyone with my face shot just yet! You thought Rihanna looked bad! Peace, Big Mike Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEPN3CehhHE MOD EDIT: Embedded video After Before

Wow, that was truly fun to look at! Thank you very much, fantastic job! Peace, Big Mike

Hey Friends!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for all the great comments and the offers to meet up, I will have to write all these down! Carly, I am curious. How long do you think it took to read all 254 pages?? I think I am going to do that too! Wow, what a day for Big Mike! Big Mike finally got to do one of his dreams, perform on a Broadway stage, singing and dancing!!! More on this in another report though. So, I am minding my own business, just got out of my performance in Hair and going to get something to eat! Then, I saw absolute bedlam!!! I feared for my life!!! It was downright ugly!!! I will have to wait until the swelling goes down to see if I am alright! Here is what happened: Chaos erupts in crowd at NYC 'Top Model' auditions NEW YORK – Three people were arrested and six others hurt Saturday after bedlam broke out while they waited to audition for "America's Next Top Model," police said. Police didn't know what prompted the chaos involving hundreds of people outside the Park Central New York hotel in Manhattan. The panic left the street outside the hotel littered with shoes and clothing, according to news reports. "It was pretty scary," Jessica Paravati told WNYW-TV. She said she was caught up in a stampede after waiting on line overnight, hoping for a shot at stardom on the reality show. Two women and a man were arrested on disorderly conduct charges, police said. Authorities also shut down the audition, saying it wasn't properly organized. Four injured people declined treatment, while two others were taken to a hospital, the fire department said. Their conditions weren't immediately available. The hotel's phone rang unanswered. Representatives for The CW Network, which airs the show, released a statement saying it was working with authorities investigating the incident. The model competition is hosted by supermodel Tyra Banks, who also serves as its executive producer. The current season began March 4. Her agent and publicist didn't immediately return telephone calls. Banks has said she created the show to counter stereotypes about beauty, and Saturday's auditions were open only to women no taller than 5-foot-7, which is shorter than the industry's conventions. Tryouts also were being held this month around the country, including in Dallas, Chicago and Los Angeles. At least one would-be contestant in the New York throng said the tumult wouldn't stop her from trying again. "This is my dream, so I'm not going to give up," Gifty Asika told WNBC-TV. ___ Here is a picture of Big Mike maybe 10 minutes before all the chaos, all happy about his performance. I didn't want to show you an after picture, it is too ugly! If there are no broken bones, I will be at West Coast Bash!!! Peace, Big Mike Since all these potential models were not going to get to audition, I figured I would go to the front and see if any wanted to try out for The Big Mike Road Show 2009. That didn't go over very well and that is when I was jumped by tons of females and assaulted and beaten. People were down who couldn't take all the pushing bodies. Big Mike actually didn't mind all the female bodies pressed all over him though. Police, Fire, and Ambulances stream down the street and around the corner must have been about 20 more stopped because they could not get in. By now, the crowd is huge, pissed off, and rebelling! "Let us in" is being yelled over and over and disorderly conduct begins! This is when all hell broke loose. The police say the audition is being shut down and start waving for the people to leave! Everyone is trying to get in these doors to audition and surge the doors every time they open. I am walking by and see this huge crowd of women! Being Big Mike, I stop to admire all the female bodies.

Dearest Elissa, You are truly a special person! When one thinks about someone who totally deserves to be recognized for all the wonderful things they do, you are right on top of that list! Everyone should share the wonderful qualities that you possess. Kristin is blessed to have such a terrific mom, and Robb is the luckiest guy to be married to such a desirable girl! Then again, I couldn't think of a guy who I would like to see more happy! I am endlessly in debt to you for all the excellent and meticulous planning you put into our overseas trips! I love you more than you know! Have an absolutely wonderful birthday !!! Love Big Mike