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Hello superb Friends!!!! The Big Mike Road Show 2008 and Big Mike Productions would like to present something new to the thread that has never been done before here, a Mini-Series!!!!! Sure, Big Mike is not above stealing a successful idea from someone else! Big Mike's Motto: If you can't beat them, join them! So that is what we are going to do here, use Shane's bread and butter manuver against him in an effort to catch up to his thread! The Big Mike Road Show Maryland Mini-Marathon Mini-Series!!!! 4 Ocean City Maryland trip reports one after the other!!!!! Also, as a special bonus for all the Valuable Big Mike Readers, a trip report taken last week in NYC at the show Fuerza Bruta, which contains some scantily clad women!!!! Not in bikinis though, because that is illegal here Congrats to the following Big Mike Valuable Readers who advanced to the 4th round of the Find the Ducky Contest: traincrossin pkimanjz topthrilldragster groteslurf teamthriller tunnellover#1 bhartley The next round will be played during the Morey's Pier trip report, which is the 2nd trip report after the mini-series is over! Another great moment in Big Mike history was made today as The Big Mike Road Show just passed the Sexual Orientation thread in replies and now stands in 14th place All-Time on Theme Park Review!!!! Now, the first of a four part Mini-Series of Ocean City Maryland!!! I hope you enjoy! Peace, Big Mike I thoroughly enjoyed this show and I hope you did too! Stay tuned for Part 2 of the Mini-Series! Peace, Big Mike Shot of the day. I actually think this girl was hot for Big Mike! There are soaking wet, half naked women right at your finger tips. The pool actually lowers enough to touch it. The girls get MUCH easier to see the closer it gets! As you watch, the pool starts to lower. The highlight of the show was this huge pool way above your head with girls swimming to colorful lights. An area where it was raining and you could dance and get soaked. Lots of hip hop music playing. There were girls running on the walls too. It was like a tornado was going off in here. Before you knew it, there were more people on the belt. This show was bizarre and had a little bit of everything, like this guy running for his life on a conveyer belt. Her two underwearing daughters were at the show too! The Big Mike Hotel will never be the same! Here she is at the show dancing with The Big Man! Long time Big Mike Readers should remember Hot Bikini Girl from Mexico, she was in town at The Big Mike Hotel and came along! FruezaBruta! As long as I keep getting these rave reviews that The Big Mike Road Show is "Truly Breathtaking" and Big Mike is "Visually Stunning", Big Mike Productions just keeps forking out the cash! Everyone is always asking how Big Mike can afford these roller coaster trips and Broadway shows, and here is the answer: The Big Mike Road Show Corporate Card!!! Well we are off again to NYC to see a show, and the Empire State Building looks a little eeerie tonight. ... when he wants the rest of my Haagan Dazs! What a Lucky Dog he is! There is only one time when I get these puppy dog eyes from him.... I know everyone wants to get straight to the hot babes, but I am including some pictures of Lucky Dog for the ladies just to be fair and balance out the report for everyone! Credit #716 for Big Mike! Watch for Jason in future episodes of the mini-series also!!! Newsworthy - Jason has just become the Official Poet Laureate of the Big Mike Road Show, replacing the Unofficial version! Good job Jason! Merry go round. They also have lots of go-carts here. Now that the scary part is over, Jason is all smiles The drop. Exclusive ramp shot! The lift. I can see why you have to keep your hands down, so you won't hit the track above you. Jason looks worried! The worm in action. The worm itself. Overview. The Wacky Worm! Valuable Big Mike Reader Jason (PrintersDevil78) joins The Big Mike Road Show! Instead of a map, a things to do board. The prices. Baja Amusements in Ocean City, Maryland!

Hello Fantastic Friends!!! ANOTHER tremendous round of Find the Ducky!!! All 3 rounds has had drama and split decisions!!! I would like to thank everyone for playing and making this soooo much fun. Now, please read on to find out the CORRECT ANSWER to Round #3 Find the Ducky!!! Peace, Big Mike .... there IS a duckie in THIS picture. Check the same area in both pictures! Congrats to everyone who has moved on to Round #4 by guessing 7 duckies!!!!! Peace, Big Mike There is no duckie in this Patriot picture either. BUT... If you remember at the start of this round Big Mike said you may have to do some detective work, or as I call it, some Ducktective work, if you match this picture up with the next one I will show you.... There is no duckie in this picture either, sorry Zach! There is no duckie in this picture, just threw it in as a red herring. #6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1

^^ I enjoyed that! Thanks Thanks for the 200 page salute too! The FINAL Find the Ducky answer in 2 hours! 5, 6, 7, or 8??????????? Peace, Big Mike

Hello Friends!!!! The Big Mike Reader of the Year Find the Ducky Contest Round #3 is officially closed!!! Thanks to Rick (Coaster Palooza) and Zach (PKI ManJZ) for helping good ole Big Mike out with his lack of computer skills! Both guys sent what they think is correct, Rick with 6 duckies and Zach with 7 duckies. Now that the round is over, feel free to agree or disagree with them and I will post the FINAL answer very soon! Let the debates begin!!! (Anyone can debate now) Peace, Big Mike #7 #6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1 (Zach's 7 duckies) Rick's 6 duckies.

Thanks Steve! Last day to enter. I will have the correct answer tonight to see who moves on to round #4. If Steve is correct and there is 5 duckies, Steve will aoutmatically be declared the Champion!!! If someone wants to send me a picture of the duckies circled like the past rounds, feel free since I am not that talented lol. mikebetzler@optonline.net Peace, Big Mike

Fantastic results!!! I am happy to be a part of this! Peace, Big Mike

Hi Friends!!!! Just waiting on 3 more duckie competitors to answer! I private messaged them to get a move on, but one has not logged on for two months, and another for one month, so we may just be waiting for Steve! Both though had The Big Mike Road Show as their most active thread, so that was cool to see! The Big Mike Road Show 2008 took another step up Theme Park Review Mountain, climbing another place and becoming the 16th most viewed thread of all time!!! This is still slightly behind our 15th spot of the most replied to threads of all time!!! See for yourself: Rank Views Topic 1 613511 The SFMM Discussion Thread!!! 2 605288 Photo TR: Fantazy Land, Alexandria, Egypt. 3 507353 The Official "TPR In Europe" Ongoing TR Thread. 4 428310 The "Official" TPR Returns To Asia Ongoing TR! 5 371558 The Official TPR Spain & Mini-Europe Trip 2007 Thread 6 361671 The Official "TPR Japan Trip 2007" Thread 7 327614 The "Picture Of Me" Thread 8 271771 Cedar Point's Maverick - Park's 17th Roller Coaster 9 252911 The Official "TPR MidWest USA 2007" Trip Thread! 10 232839 The "Say Something Random" Thread 11 231478 Six Flags Magic Mountain's Tatsu - B&M Flying Coaster! 12 226667 The Official "TPR Europe Trip 2008" Thread! 13 223702 What song are you listening to? 14 216532 Shane's Amusement Attic 15 216171 Photo TR: Robb's Trip Around The World! 16 204408 The BIG MIKE ROAD SHOW 2008 - PTR's of 105 parks! We did it! Rank Replies Topic 1 11622 What song are you listening to? 2 10311 The "Say Something Random" Thread 3 8272 GAME: Yes or No Game 4 6183 The SFMM Discussion Thread!!! 5 4867 Roller Coaster Game 6 3961 What Was the Last Beer You Drank? 7 3813 The "Picture Of Me" Thread 8 3316 What Was The Last Coaster You Rode? 9 3280 Game-The Guy Above Me 10 3126 The "Rant" Thread 11 2589 The Official "Cedar Point 2007 Project" Thread 12 2439 Movies, Movies, Movies..... 13 2193 Cedar Point's Maverick - Park's 17th Roller Coaster 14 2005 Sexual Orientation 15 1953 The BIG MIKE ROAD SHOW 2008 - PTR's of 105 parks! We did it! This is FANTASTIC NEWS !!!!! NOW, for the first time EVER on Theme Park Review..... Drum roll.... We now present.... THE THEME PARK REVIEW BEST OVERALL THREADS OF ALL TIME!!!!! This is done by just taking the threads that have made it in BOTH catagories, thus the "overall" results! All Theme Park Review Readers and especially The Valuable Big Mike Readers, I present to you The Overall Results!!!!! 1. SFMM Discussion Thread (2006) 2. Say Something Random Thread (2005) 3. Picture of Me Thread (2005) 4. What song are you listening to Thread (2005) 5. Cedar Point's Maverick - Park's 17th Roller Coaster Thread (2006) 6. The Big Mike Road Show 2008 Thread (2008)* * Rookie Thread, ONLY 8 MONTHS OLD!!! I don't know what to say friends, I am overcome with astonishment Woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6th best overall thread EVER on Theme Park Review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OK, composing myself now! Anyway Friends, here is where we stand right now in the 3rd round of the Big Mike Reader of the Year Find the Ducky Contest for a Free 2009 Season Pass: 6 duckies: hikaru-chan coasterdad doubled1 alpengeist04 beemerboy coasterpalooza geekgrrl gisco colincoon esvadj 7 duckies: traincrossin pkimanjz topthrilldragster groteslurf teamthriller tunnellover#1 bhartley Still deciding: stevec majorapple omnio55 We will give them until after I get home from the AC/DC concert Wed night to answer! Yay!!!!!!!! AC/DC is back in town! Big Mike's favorite band of all time since we have been talking about "all time" lists in this post! OK, thats all. Thanks once again and forever for all The Valuable Big Mike Readers who made #6 BEST OVERALL thread possible! Peace, Big Mike

Awww, come on!!! That's cheating! I move to ban all mini-series!!! I think there is a rule that says a "MINI" series can't go on for 8 days running!! Peace, Big Mike

Thank goodness the mini series is over!!!!!!!!!!!!! I pulled another Find the Ducky game out of the bag, and add that to the mini series ending and a quick 2000 views is recouped!! Don't look in your rear view mirror, there is a freight train coming to get ya!!! hehe 15 215902 Shane's Amusement Attic 16 203892 The BIG MIKE ROAD SHOW 2008 - PTR's of 105 parks! We did it! Love ya, Big Mike

Wow, can you believe this is happening again??? lol Just like the first two rounds, we just about have an equal split yet once again! I guess this just proves how much fun and a challenge the Find the Ducky game really is! Thanks to Jeff and Brian for quoting and everyone else too! It is GREAT to take a look at the last page on here so far and see FOUR awesome readers who when you look at their profile, The Big Mike Road Show 2008 is their most active topic! Thanks Jeff, Brian, Erin, and Jeffrey! Sure we have a few Mods on the same page too, but they get a free pass since they have to patrol ALL the threads! I guess we will let Rick slide since he shows more love to his Coaster Palooza thread than mine hehe. Well we are in another tight debate on how many duckies there are. Let's let the last 5 people guess and then we can find out who is right and moves on to Round #4!!! Here is where we stand with the locked in answers so far: 6 duckies: hikaru-chan coasterdad doubled1 alpengeist04 beemerboy coasterpalooza geekgrrl gisco colincoon 7 duckies: traincrossin pkimanjz topthrilldragster groteslurf teamthriller tunnellover#1 Still deciding: stevec bhartley majorapple omnio55 esvadj Good luck to all! Peace, Big Mike

Cool, how did you win all the cool stuff? Peace, Big Mike

Here is where we stand with the locked in answers so far: 6 duckies: hikaru-chan coasterdad doubled1 7 duckies: traincrossin pkimanjz topthrilldragster Still deciding: stevec beemerboy bhartley gisco groteslurf geekgrrl majorapple teamthriller coasterpalooza omnio55 tunnellover#1 colincoon alpengeist04 esvadj Thanks for playing SFAfan#1, but please don't post an answer unless you are still remaining in the contest! Good luck to all! Peace, Big Mike

Hello dear friends!!!!! I have managed to sneak away for a little bit while the girls are tanking up on Rick's (Coaster Palooza) extra beer that he abandoned on his visit to The Big Mike Hotel! For what it is worth, Big Mike is now a big fan of light baby blue underwear What a night last night! If you remember the girl that I met in Mexico that checked off Mexico on The Official Big Mike Road Show T-Shirt and took part in The Big Mike Bikini Extravaganza, she checked into The Big Mike Hotel with her two daughters (22 & 24), who happen to both be models. The daughters went to see Wicked while we went to see Fruezabruta! Fruezabruta was totally insane and crazy, what a show! Go see it if you get the chance! Trip report soon! ATTENTION!!!! This IS Round #3 of The Big Mike Reader of the Year Find the Ducky Contest!!!! FINALLY Everyone is invited once again to play along, but please only let the following remaining contestants guess how many duckies there are: 1. hikaru-chan 2. topthrilldragster 3. stevec 4. beemerboy 5. doubled1 6. bhartley 7. pkimanjz 8. gisco 9. groteslurf 10. geekgrrl 11. majorapple 12. traincrossin 13. coasterdad 14. teamthriller 15. coasterpalooza 16. omnio55 17. tunnellover#1 18. colincoon 19. alpengeist04 20. esvadj Once again, in a cheap ploy to get extra posts and also keep the game fair and honest, please "quote" peoples answers so they cannot change them. Take your time and you may have to do some detective work this time to advance! We will only take the first 12 correct answers to advance to the 4th round!!! I am so proud of this following trip report!!!! This is what Theme Park Review and The Big Mike Road Show are all about While visiting World's of Fun, I met a magnificent family that not only joined me at the park, but also invited me back for a swim in their pool, cooked me my favorite Mexican meal for dinner, and then let me sleep over at their house!!! This is the tight knit family atmosphere that I love about Theme Park Review, there is always a great person or family out there that treats Big Mike like one of the family HUGE thanks to Jeffrey, April, and Parker!!! I hope you enjoy this report as much as I did! Peace, Big Mike PS - WARNING AND DISCLAIMER - There IS a bikini picture in this report! If you are afraid to see hotness, please turn back now! This bikini shot has been verified to be of a legal aged super model. Noteworthy that it was NOT taken by Big Mike either, it just "appeared" on my camera when I got home and it has been approved to show by not only the proud photographer, but also the model. PSS- Good luck remaining Ducky participants! Jeffrey, you are one heck of a great guy and a life long friend! I LOVE being on Theme Park Review! This site is the best for meeting some absolutely wonderful people!!!! Hope everyone enjoyed this and good luck on the ducky guessing! Peace, Big Mike Many, many, many thanks to ANOTHER really cool TPR family like Craig's, Ken's, Robb's, and others! Thanks to Parker for being so cool and drawing me the awesome pictures and checking off Kansas!!! Remember me Parker when you are playing in the NFL with that rocket arm of yours! Thanks to Tony for coming out to say hello and checking off his home state of Nebraska!!! I STILL cannot believe they cooked me my favorite meal of all, Mexican!!! A fantastic way to end a totally wonderful day! This is April and her bikini!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bikinis are BACK on The Big Mike Road Show!!! I want to go on record here saying that April has one of the most beautiful smiles I have ever seen! This is Jeffrey and one of his many tattoos! Before dinner, each family member wanted to share one thing with Theme Park Review! This is Parker and one of his many snakes! We changed the name to cool guy in the middle here, but Jeffrey did not stand a chance against Parker's rocket arm and Big Mike's athletic abilities! (You KNOW Big Mike came up with this one handed grab) I got to swim in their pool! Here we are playing Idiot in the middle. I passed Arrowhead Stadium on my way to Jeffrey's house. Your typical boomerang, but extra colorful. Boomerang! Credit #715 for Big Mike! On my way to the last coaster credit I passed all of these prizes they were giving away. Of course, Big Mike was only interested in the Haunt girls! They also talked about their upcoming Haunt! Next up was the World premiere of the new coaster Prowler's logo. Tony and his friends are very happy for Big Mike! WINNER!!! There was a raffle and I used my duckie for some "duck luck". Big Mike's spread. You could also have salads, pickles and fruit. Lunch was beans, hot dogs, chicken, and brisket. I wished the family farewell for now as they were going to go home and set up a magnificent dinner for me and I was going to go hit the lunch buffet! Here is Jeffrey and I on Monsoon! Parker got real wet! The rapids too! We rode some non coaster rides also, like Detonator. Credit #714 for Big Mike! Bunny hops. Double drop. The drop. The lift. Mamba! Credit #713 for Big Mike! PARKER saves the day for Big Mike! Thanks Parker! The Big Apple/Wacky Worm! You needed a kid to ride with on this coaster. Hmmm, who could help Big Mike out? I had this guy in the front seat pose for the Readers. The lift. Timberwolf! Credit #712 for Big Mike! Parker is a great riding partner Back to Patriot!!!! Here they are! The family that took great care of me! Jeffrey, April and Parker!!! Parker wanted to ride his favorite coaster with me, guess which one it is?? It was time to go meet up with Jeffrey, April and Parker! I was a tad late as I had to stop and chat with this hottie. The camera almost flew out of my hands since I was soooo close. Exclusive view. Oh yeah! I LOVE the readers! That's better, lets see if I can get some better shots! Do you know what friends? I am tired of giving you the same overview, car, lift pictures. The Valuable Big Mike Readers DESERVE more!! I am sneaking in this door just for you! The lift. Big Mike has a deep love for ERT! Hey! I got to meet Valuable Big Mike Reader and friend Tony (tonyblackjack)! Overview. Patriot! Coaster #711 for Big Mike! The lift and cars. (Some coaster pictures will be cut short this report to bring you extra awesomeness. Overview. ERT on Spinning Dragons! Credit #710 for Big Mike! Big Mike is attending Coaster Mayhem! Here are the prices. Worlds of Fun in Missouri!

Hope you had fun at the concert! Just a running total since the week long mini series started. Before the mini series - Big Mike 9000 behind Right now Big Mike 14000 behind. Ouch! Mini series = ratings gold mine Peace, Big Mike

Good choice of pictures, The Official Babe Magnet Shirt always gets lots of admiration! Peace, Big Mike

Important News - The Big Mike Hotel currently has NO VACANCY this weekend as not one, not two, but THREE hot babes have checked in for the weekend! The girls took Big Mike up on the Personal Tour Guide option of The Big Mike Hotel, so I will be showing them around NYC and seeing a show tonight. The important part about this is that the Find the Ducky Game will be slightly delayed. I have tried to get it up on time, but with the girls walking around the place in their underwear, I am having a hard time concentrating Stay Tuned, Big Mike

I think if the tour takes me in that area in 2009, I can manage to squeeze him in! It is always good to have a President as a Valuable Big Mike Reader, that way he can pardon me if I get in trouble for taking hot babe bikini pictures! Peace, Big Mike

I will donate 2 free movie tickets if you make your goal! Oh wait, that was a different weight loss thread! Best of luck dude!!! You da man! Peace, Big Mike

Woo hoo!!! You are telling me that the soon to be President even knows about The Big Mike Road Show???? That is awesome!!!!! Thanks Jeffrey Here are the twenty Big Mike Readers that are still in the Find the Ducky contest: 1. hikaru-chan 2. topthrilldragster 3. stevec 4. beemerboy 5. doubled1 6. bhartley 7. pkimanjz 8. gisco 9. groteslurf 10. geekgrrl 11. majorapple 12. traincrossin 13. coasterdad 14. teamthriller 15. coasterpalooza 16. omnio55 17. tunnellover#1 18. colincoon 19. alpengeist04 20. esvadj Round #3 will be posted sometime tomorrow or by chance on Friday, be ready and quick as only the first 12 correct answers advance!!!! Good Luck to all!!! Peace, Big Mike

Ummm....nevermind. I really do appreciate when The Valuable Big Mike Readers stand up and voice their displeasure at the haters, but Shane is not one of them. Since you didn't know, I thank you anyway! Shane, that was very excellent and funny while also being very complimentary! You are a very cool dude!!! Scott, until you show me proof like I showed you, it is a JERSEY. I will post the remaining contestants when I get home from work late tonight! Peace, Big Mike PS- I know I don't help my chances of passing Shane when I keep viewing his mini series. But they are so awesome!

It's OK, Shane is a really good friend of mine and I do my fair share of teasing him in his thread also Even with an appearance of Leno, throwing some bikinis in the thread, the Friends, Family, and Loved Ones LIVE from Mainland Europe, The Find the Ducky Game, ect... I still can't compete with all these special mini series, the super fancy Shanes Amusement Attic logo, and he obviously has someone on the inside here bribed because as soon as he Shane posts ANYTHING, he gets a spot on the front page lol. Can Shane's Amusement Attic Season #2 end anytime soon??? Well Shane and ALL the Valuable Big Mike Readers, WE DO HAVE GREAT NEWS ANYWAY!!!! THE BIG MIKE ROAD SHOW 2008 THREAD HAS HIT 200,000 VIEWS!!!!!! This is fantastic news and I owe it all to the super, incredible, fantastic, great, tremendous, and also loving and caring Valuable Big Mike Readers, which have grown in numbers and all joined together to form one HUGE tight solid family here on Theme Park Review!!! We have had Valuable Big Mike Readers in the past few months post thier own first trip reports, find brand new never seen before coasters, make thier first posts ever on TPR, AND MUCH MORE... all while thanking The Big Mike Road Show for being the inspiration!!!!! This is the absolute best feeling in the world when I get response like that, because I know I am making a difference and contributing to this wonderful website for Robb and Ellissa, which is my ultimate goal So, with all this being said, it is a great time right now for The Big Mike Road Show and all the readers, not only for being in the TOP 20, not only for just hitting the 200,000 view blockbuster barrier, but also for it being time for THE 4TH ROUND OF THE BIG MIKE READER OF THE YEAR FIND THE DUCK CONTEST!!!!!!!! TOMMOROW, Round #4 of the Find the Ducky Contest will be posted!!! There are 20 Valuable Big Mike Readers left in the contest for a free 2009 season pass and Round #5 will only accept 12 of them, so 8 more readers will be eliminated this weekend!!! Be ready Remaining Readers, The World's of Fun Trip Report posts tomorrow, and I MUST say, you don't want to miss this report even if you are not in the contest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This next trip report is where The Big Mike Road Show turned the corner of being just another thread in the masses of TPR to becoming a legitimate FAMILY of Friends and Loved Ones as this was the first time EVER that a fellow Theme Park Reviewer took Big Mike in and let me swim in thier pool, cooked me my favorite meal, and let me sleep over !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This got the ball rolling for 4 more awesome people to also let Big Mike into thier homes for the rest of the year which is beyond what words could say to thank them! Not that this whole rambling is enough, but we do have one extra special treat coming your way in the next report too!!! There has been a MASSIVE show of displeasure aimed at the ban of bikinis in The Big Mike Road Show and I feel really bad that I cannot bring The Valuable Big Mike Readers the joys and happiness they fully deserve, BUT...... Not only did they put me up in thier house, let me swim, cook me dinner, ride with me at the park, and be super cool, Jeffrey actually snuck away with my camera and took a picture of April in her bikini and has given his blessing to share it with all of the Valuable Big Mike Readers!!!! I told you they were super cool!!!! Jeffrey even certifies that she is old enough to be in the picture just in case there is ANY question about her age like last time's debacle So please, Don't miss the next trip report everybody and I will even throw in the brand new coaster PROWLER announcement while I was there! THANKS to everyone who has helped the Big Mike Road Show reach 200,000 views and make it into the Top 20 threads!!! We will make the Top 15 to join Shane one day soon, but always remember, Shane's Amusement Attic has been around since wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy back in 2007 while The Big Mike Road Show is the fresh new face and rookie thread of the year just started almost yesterday here in 2008 Love to all of The Big Mike Family of Readers!!! Peace, Big Mike

Big Mike gives Gary a standing ovation for such an outstanding trip report!!! Big Mike bows down to Gary for finding a brand new coaster to go check out!!! Big Mike salutes Gary for being cool and dedicating it to Big Mike LOL. Awesome job my friend! I love how Izzy was having so much fun, that was really nice to see! Looks like another stop for The Big Mike Road Show to hit soon Thanks again for the very nice shout out, but you definately outdid my Road Show since I have never found a totally out of the blue coaster yet!!! I commend, congratulate, and thank you all at once as you made all The Valuable Big Mike Readers proud indeed!!! It is a wonderful thing to see the love for the Road Show, it makes the off season much easier to live through lol. See you in 2009 hopefully Gary! Peace, Big Mike

To be or Not to be was enjoyable to watch, but not exactly "Broadway" caliber, even though it is considered a Broadway show. I did laugh a lot, so it was entertaining enough to make me happy. I thought Fault Lines was one of the best shows I have seen in a long time, extremely well done with its twist and turns and acting. It is also in a beautiful neighborhood! It is only a matter of time until we bump into each other since we belong to the same club for tickets Thanks for the compliments! Peace, Big Mike

Hello Friends!!!!! The next stop on The Big Mike Road Show 2008 was Adventureland in Iowa!!! Traveling down from Minnesota got us in late, and Big Mike had a Very Valuable Big Mike Female Reader awaiting his arrival at the hotel, so we also scooted out early. We did have time to ride all 4 coasters and take some pictures for you to enjoy! DUCKY GAME UPDATE - The next trip report will be ROUND #4 in the Big Mike Reader of the Year Find the Ducky Contest Hope you enjoy! Peace, Big Mike Just in case you wanted another view! Well we do have a picture of her checking off Iowa on The Official Big Mike Road Show T-Shirt, but she insisted on doing it topless, so that picture is safely stored in the vault at Big Mike World Headquarters! Hope you enjoyed! Peace, Big Mike Next morning. Long time Big Mike Reader Miss XXX, TPR screen name when she joins "Hot for Big Mike". Another example of Big Mike going out of his way for his valuable readers! Time to leave and have a special meet and greet with a valuable Big Mike Reader at the hotel! A few rare night shots on The Big Mike Road Show. One of the coaster lifts. The ferris wheel. The drop tower beyond the midway. A few other rides were lit up for me to take pictures of like this carousel. Lots of fun! A pot of gold during the journey. We went so far underground that we needed a 2nd lift to get back to the surface! Looks like they are still building in here. The lift. Seconds before we go underground! The train. The queve has a show to watch. An extra picture without Big Mike in it for the Theme Park Review Index. Notice the full moon as an added effect. The Underground! Credit #709 for Big Mike! The Train. This was about the time I got a call from the hottie at the hotel telling me that she was waiting for me, so this is the only picture of Outlaw! Sorry The Outlaw! Credit #708 for Big Mike! The drop is so steep, you can't even see the bottom! I will remain seated for this, it was fun. Now if it was The Dragon again, I would hop out. The lift. When the Big Mike Road Show rolls into town, everyone wants to be in the picture, including the next 3 rows. The train. Tornado! Credit #707 for Big Mike! The train. This ride hurt like crazy, so this is the only picture displayed in protest of my distaste for it. The Dragon! Credit #706 for Big Mike! Park map! Prices! Adventureland in Iowa!!!