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Thanks for the advice Nicole! I will look for all of that It won't be the same to visit Martin's knowing you are not near there anymore. Peace, Big Mike

^ For sure! Peace, Big Mike

^ I won't! That is good to know about the rain factor! Peace, Big Mike

I know they call Boulder Dash a mountain coaster, but it is nothing like this! Peace, Big Mike

Hey Friends!!! This will be a two part update. The first part will explain where The Big Mike Road Show 2008 will be going this Memorial Day Weekend and hopefully meeting up with some new friends along the way. The second part will be a big blowout of coupons and savings opportunities gathered up by The Big Man. Scaparri has already started an awesome thread in the main forum that can be found here for discounts: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42387&start=0 I will post all of this there in a week after I give my Big Mike readers first dibs at all I have to offer! PART 1: The Big Mike Road Show 2008 is proud to present the details of the Memorial Day weekend trip as follows: Friday May 23rd: Jeepers Albany Jimini Peak Great Escape Sylvan Beach Saturday May 24th: Darien Lake Martins Fantasy Island Marineland Sunday May 25th: Canada's Wonderland Centreville Monday May 26th: Midway Park Some surprises The side stories of this trip: The Rematch - Last year Big Mike visited The Great Escape and was denied going on The Road Runner coaster because they could not get the lap bar down. Some off season working out hopefully will have Big Mike coming out victorious this year! Canada Border Patrol - Big Mike's last two trips to Canada have BOTH resulted in getting pulled over at border patrol and having his car completely ransacked. Once, ok. Two times in a row? Something fishy is going on. Two new for 2008 coasters! - Bohemoth and Orange County Chopper!!! Big Mike will try out his first ever mountain coaster at Jimini Peak! Finally - Big Mike may finally get to obtain the credits at Martins Fantasy Island after 3 seperate trips past this park! That is this weekends update! The Big Mike Road Show 2008 is already set to announce the following 2 weeks after that too! Friday May 30th - Coaster Madness at Dorney Park! Friday June 6 - CoasterMania at Cedar Point including Fun Fore All and Waldemeer! These trips include two new for 2008 coasters, Ravine Flyer 2 and VooDoo! Now on to the coupons and savings section! Please, with these coupons, only request them if you are definately going to use them, I don't want them going to waste if others could have taken advantage of the savings! PM me if you see something you can definately use and I will send them out in the mail These coupons I got out of my Entertainment books: Six Flags Great Adventure - Buy one/Get one free admission mon-fri or $10 off Sat and Sun. (I have 2 of these coupons) Quassy Amusement Park - Buy one/Get one free all day ride pass. (I have one of these) Keansburg Amusement Park - Buy one/get one free large ticket book. (I have one of these) Blackbeards Cave - Buy one/Get one free kiddie ride. (I have one of these) Land of Make Believe - Buy one/Get one free adult admission. (I have one of these) Fun Town Amusement Pier - $10 off a 100 ticket book. (I have 3 of these) Legoland - $7 off up to 6 people. (I have 2 of these) Hurricane Harbor - $4 off. (I have 2 of these) Sesame Place - $5 off up to 6 people. (I have 2 of these) Any Cedar Fair Park - $6 off up to 6 people and $10 off any Maxx Plus Pass. (I have 3 of these) Sea World - $5 off up to 6 people. (I have 3 of these) Universal Orlando - $8 off a 2 day 2 park. OR $5 off a 1 day 1 park OR a free childs meal when you buy an adult meal. (I have 3 of these) These coupons I picked up at my local fast food restaurants: Sesame Place - $6 off a single day admission June 14-Sept 1. Up to 6 people. Not valid Saturdays. OR - $10 off a single day admission May 3 - June 13 and weekends Sept 6 - Oct 25. (I have 14 of these) Six Flags Great Adventure - $5 off Hurricane Harbor up to 4 people. OR Buy one/Get one free weekdays May 15th - Sept 1. OR $15 off that same time period. OR $5 off any retail or photo purchase. (I have 67 of these) Hershey Park - $5 off a 2 day flex ticket up tp 4 admissions. OR $8 off a regular admission sun - fri up to 4 people. OR $4 Off Saturdays up to 4 people. (I have 30 of these) Dutch Wonderland - $2 off a regular admission up to four people. (I have 30 of these) I also have a code for http://www.ticketsatwork.com To use this exclusive, not for the public site, you need to enter the company code "BROWN4". This is a benefit from my work. This site has discounts for: Walt Disney World - Buy a 4 day park hopper, get 3 days free, plus at the corportae rate of $248 instead of $281. Disneyland - Save 10% on 2 & 3 day park hoppers with either early entry ofr 2 days free. Universal Studios Hollywood - 2 day reg $64, now $51. OR Front of the line special reg $109, now $95. Sea World San Diego - Reg $59, now $48. Pacific Park at Santa Monica Pier - Ultimate ride voucher only 12.95 Knotts Berry Farm - Reg $44, now $29. Legoland - Reg $57, now $42. Celebration City - 2 day Reg $52, now $27. Silver Dollar City - 2 day reg $103, now $52. Busch Gardens Williamsburg - Reg $57, now $51. Kings Dominion - Reg $52, now $45. 2nd day only $10. Dutch Wonderland - Reg $30, now $27. Hershey Park - Reg $48, now $38. Dorney Park - Reg $39, now $31. Sea World San Antonio - Reg $58, now $53. Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure - 1day/1 park Reg $71, now $51. Sea World Orlando - Reg $68, now $58. Busch Gardens Tampa - Reg $65, now $58. Cypress Gardens - Reg $35, now $31. Six Flags Magic Mountain - Reg $60, now $35. Californias Great America - Reg $52, now $38. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom - Reg $50, now $32. Six Flags over Georgia - Reg $50, now $34. Six Flags Great America - Reg $55, now $40. Six Flags New England - Reg $50, now $35. Worlds of Fun - Reg $39, now $31. Six Flags Great Adventure - Reg $60, now $36. Carowinds - Reg $46, now $36. Six Flags over Texas - Reg $47, now $35. Six Flags Fiesta Texas - Reg $47, now $32. Six Flags America - Reg $50, now $34. I also found this link from this weeks upcoming trip: Sylvan Beach - http://www.sylvanbeach.org/amusementpark/coupons.html $2 off a ride ticket book. OR 20 fascination games for $2. I will keep checking the web and searching the fast food places for more!! Any questions on anything, let me know! Peace, Big Mike

Dear Mark, I apologize for doing a lackluster job at photo taking this time. I accidently had a kid run into the picture when I was taking a picture of a mom. Sorry if I offended you or anyone else. I walked in that area, took a few quick pictures and left. That is all the material I had to use and should have not used any in retrospect. I will discontinue all bikini pictures from now on in respect to your feelings and concentrate fully on coasters and theme parks. You are right, I don't want that kind of attention. The bikini shots were just a skit anyway resulting from friends on a TPR trip calling me out from a Big Mike self promotion blitz last year with make believe photos of the TPR girls at the water park. The bikini aspect has run its course and now is a done deal. I visited the kids park because I wanted that coaster credit. If you really think I was at these parks to do media events, then you are pretty gullible. It's all make believe dude, just a different kind of trip report compared to the 1000's that are all the same. I checked out all your photos on that mug thing and after viewing them, I think if you put your mind to it, you can probably figure out where I get that 3rd person comedy from. The hint is in your pictures. I hope to see you Mark on one of my stops on The Big Mike Road Show 2008. I will buy you lunch for the stress and grief I have put you through. I am glad though that before I discontinued the bikini shots, I granted your request for the two side boob shots that you requested earlier in the thread. That's what Big Mike does, takes care of his readers requests and feelings! Thanks to everyone else for your support. I agree that sometimes things I do backfire and don't go according to plan, but its a live and learn process and I am man enough to admit when I have done wrong and adjust. Coming tonight, a super coupon and discount update here on The Big Mike Road Show 2008, giving Big Mike readers first dibs before I post it in the appropriate thread in the main forum. Also, the Memorial Day weekend trip is announced tonight! Peace, Big Mike

No offense taken. Thats cool with me. If 3 people thought it was creepy, then you did the right thing. Peace, Big Mike

Just to clear things up, that was a mom. But, just so I don't offend the family of friends that we have built during The Big Mike Road Show 2008, if anyone else has a problem with hot bikinis, just speak up and say so. I have no problems banning all bikini pictures from the updates, its no big deal to me. The 3rd person just is an easier way to tell a story, I am sure you can live with that. Love all the input, keep it coming! Peace, Big Mike

^ Nice! 2 weeks until I get that one! Peace, Big Mike

I just had to add that I missed my Official Riding Partner when I was riding Kingda ka! Peace, Big Mike One day!

Hey there my friends!!! The Big Mike Road Show 2008 needed to visit a pair of parks and put in some publicity work for them, so I brought along my camera and I will bring you along on a day of fun, exclusives, and park promotions! First off, I know there have been a few Dark Knight reports already, so The Big Mike Road Show 2008 was promised some exclusive pictures due to the fact that Big Mike was doing Great Adventure a favor later at 2pm. Following that, just so it did not look like I was playing favorites between parks, I had to do some work for Sesame Place also later in the day. I hope you enjoy! Peace, Big Mike PS - Stay tuned for the announcement of the huge Memorial day weekend trip, with lots of stops for The Big Mike Road Show 2008! Oh, and the $13 I saved from parking... Buffet, drinks, dessert, and tip = $12.83! Yeah Baby! Till next time my friends!! Peace, Big Mike Sesame Place wanted me to be their Grand Marshal for the parade. Like Santa at Thanksgiving, I was last to come. Look at the people to the right and left of me, they LOVE me! Again, I ran out of time for more pictures as it was time to do some promotional work for Sesame Place. Scott, tell Shannon that this is Penelope! Big Mike had to try out the brand new carousel. Yep! Hey, that rope climb looks like a lot of fun! Big Mike on the Sesame Street set. Shout out to Big Mike reader ErnieRocker. Actually I don't want to fill the reports up with duckies when everyone wants to see bikinis, so here is enough for the next 50 trip reports! For my friend, Mr Moose again. Credit #584 for Big Mike! Example #2 Example #1 And here is the only thing worse than Big Mike in front of a camera... Big Mike in front of a VIDEO camera!!! Here is the whole train. Here is one of the cars. This coaster is 3 vapor locks. You spin through all three of them. The lift of course too. ... and here is the back of the ride. Here is the front of the ride... Might as well get a coaster credit while I am here helping Sesame Place. Vapor Trail!!! They have the theming going like Six Flags did today too. Here is the back of that sign. There is a traffic light with a mall on the other side. Big Mike saves $13 and uses it later in the day $13 to park?? Not for the Big Man! Here are your prices! Thank goodness I was invited and didn't have to pay $47! Geeez! This is a kids park. After signing and posing for 2 hours, I had another promotional event here at Sesame Place! Thats all the time I had to take pictures before Six Flags had me do this Meet and Greet for them, but it did get me that EXCLUSIVE Dark Knight photo! The weekly stupid hat picture too! The weekly mascot photo, as Marvin the Martian rubs my belly for good luck. Big Mike comes through with the Rolling Thunder request!!! "This is for Rich and Sue" I said as I was going over the bunny hops. Big Mike fails at his first assignment as the giant tortoises have yet to make their 2008 debut yet, according to Big Mike's inside sources. I had a request to honor from a Big Mike reader. Sue from last week asked me to take a picture of the giant tortoises and ride Rolling Thunder for her and Rich. After the big 1/4k race, Big Mike needed a shower to cool down! Here it is! They shut the ride down for a bit, let me get behind the barriers, and get an EXCLUSIVE shot of Big Mike and the rat! Thanks Great Adventure! Pulling a favor as I was doing them a favor later at 2pm, I asked for a behind the scenes exclusive shot. They agreed and took me in the secret door! After I exited, places 56th and lower in the 1/4k race had spilled the line onto the midway. Credit #583 for Big Mike! Being that I raced right by this on the way in, here it is, The Dark Knight!! Got a nice closeup of the seats for you too! Big Mike is da man! People started getting pissed, so I moved on to take a picture of the Gotham City Rail Car for you. Some people say Big Mike has a big head, but this is exagerated! (Wait your turn people behind me!) Practicing the front and back shot for bikini picture taking later! Big Mike loves the camera. I was waiting for this part There is only one worse thing than putting Big Mike in front of a camera! (find out later what that is) Big Mike puts up all these Ha Ha signs in honor of pulling off the master plan un-noticed! And these idiots could not figure out that it was Big Mike who was hacking into the tv signal!! Little do all these dopes know that it was Big Mike turning off the light switch!! Oh No!! The lights have gone out and the tv screens have been hacked and everyone is blaming the Joker!!! Big Mike ran his ass off and came in 55th and making the 1st preshow of the day! I picked up this handy Race Cam last week when I was visiting ESPN, and they allowed me to wear it today. Damn I am getting gray! ... GO!!!! Big Mike quickly got stuck behind a wheel chair and a stroller Here at the starting line... Get ready, get set... I was reading Nay's thread about the 5k race through Disney, so I went and entered the 1/4k race through Great Adventure! Looks like they added some theming since my last visit, pretty cool! The Reason: The Dark Knight is now open! (Plus some publicity work) I'm back!!! The Big Mike Road Show 2008 makes another stop at Six Flags Great Adventure!

You have some really great pictures there Beeja! I am glad you had a lot of fun I enjoyed the comments too! I was waiting for this trip report, and you did not disappoint. You do need more pictures of yourself though, your such a cutie It is awesome having an Official Cute Riding Partner Peace, Big Mike

Thank you very much my friend! I had not heard that but was planning my trip as I write this and was wondering what was going on. This update is a big help. Now all plans can go full steam ahead THANKS!!! Peace, Big Mike

I will do both Sue! ^^ Having done Knoebels the night before, you should be fine now! Peace, Big Mike

The Big Mike Road Show 2008 made an executive decision that instead of going to Great Adventure in the rain and temps in the 50's, to instead wait until tomorrow and go to Great Adventure in the sun and temps in the 70's! See you all there tomorrow at opening on line for The Dark Knight!! Peace, Big Mike

This creepy dark boat ride? Peace, Big Mike

Rye, Quassy, and Lake Compounce are all within an hour of each other, so that is not a problem. Knoebels on the other hand is not that close at all, and according to Mapquest, it says 3 1/2 hours. I will give it 4 hours. Of course it could be done, just depends on how much time you need to spend at each park, checking to see the park's hours of operations, and such. I do not know if you are waking up in the Knoebels area and then driving or you want to hit all 4 parks in one day? I would give a rough estimate that if you are just into coasters and a little more, than you can get these parks done in: Quassy - 1/2 an hour Rye - 1 hour Lake Compounce - 1 1/2 hours Knoebels - 1 1/2 hours Thats just coasters and very little else. You could spend more time at Knoebels or Lake Compounce. So using Big Mike logic, which isn't always 100%: Knoebels always usually opens at 11am, so you are there until 12:30pm 4 hour drive to Rye Rye from 4:30pm - 5:30pm Half hour drive to Quassy Quassy 6pm to 6:30pm Half hour drive to Lake Compounce Arrive at 7pm. Lake Compounce is open to 10pm usually Friday - Sunday. 8pm OR 9pm during the week. Check when you are going. Could be done, but that trip from Knoebels is what is the hassle. Fill me in when you go and what the results were! Peace, Big Mike

Just finishing up with Krazy City! See everyone tomorrow riding The Dark Knight at Six Flags Great Adventure!!! Peace! Your pal, Big Mike One last picture of the coaster with some theming in the background. Time for The Big Mike Road Show to go hit the food court! Take Care Everyone, Thanks for reading! Peace, Big Mike Some of the effects. A picture of the train. I never saw a coaster quite like this! Midnight Express! The Prices for Krazy City. The Big Mike Road Show arrives at Krazy City! Palisades Park Mall is the place to be if you want to visit Krazy City. This mall is fantastic, maybe the best I have ever been to.

Hi there Big Mike readers!! Thanks for your continued support It is always nice to hear everyone likes my reports!! The Big Mike Road Show 2008 left Lake Compounce and traveled to Quassy Amusement Park, Rye Playland, and Krazy City! I hope you enjoy taking a look at these parks! Peace, Big Mike I sooooo could have fit in that thing! Krazy City in a few minutes! Peace, Big Mike A view of the cars. I knew this ahead of time too. Too Tall! I thought maybe I could use the Big Mike charm on a female operator! Not today. This battle is not over!!! The track circles around the kiddie area of the park. Here is why I am here, The Kiddie Coaster! I am so not paying attention to the lift in this shot Here is a picture of the course. The Family Flyer! It's a mouse, this is all the pictures you get The lift has this fancy decoration on it. Nice mouse cars. The Crazy Mouse! Don't worry. You escape out his butt and continue to enjoy the rest of the ride! Hello Mr. smoke blowing, red eyed, coaster eating Dragon. Hello Mr smoke blowing, red eyed Dragon. Hello Mr. smoke blowing Dragon. Hello Mr. Dragon! Everyone is happy climbing the hill and going down the first drop, but they don't know what is waiting around the corner. The Dragon Coaster from high above. The original cars. A lot different than is what is running today! The Dragon Coaster! Some mid ride upside down action. A different view of how you get to the top. A cool lift. You lay down to ride this ride. An overhead view of Super Flight. Super Flight! I have my fun card, let's go have some fun! The park map for Rye Playland. Just in case you forget and or need to check, you can find your remaining balance on these. Here are the prices and different options at Rye Playland. I got a free bumper sticker when I paid for parking! I like these extras. The next stop on The Big Mike Road Show 2008, Rye Playland in Rye New York. Quassy Amusement Park, thanks for the memories! Caught up in the massive celebration, Boo Boo Bear gets a little too frisky staring at and licking his lips at Big Mike's package! The sound of "ka-ching" can be heard as Big Mike collects credit #582! Following that, a bunch of balloons fall from the sky and streamers fly through the air as Big Mike completes Connecticut 100%. A look at the upcoming excitement. Another stratigically placed lift hill. It is time to ride and raise the coaster count! The lift hill shot. The second coaster at the park, The Little Dipper! Just in case you were craving another Big Mike head shot. A few other rides at the park. By the look of the Pink Panther's stomach, he needs to stay away from the pizza place. Count it! Credit #581 for Big Mike. Thanks kid! A picture from the top level. The view from the top of the mouse lift hill. Temporary honorary member of The Big Mike Road Show 2008! The kid later passed on checking off my shirt It is time to wander the park and do some recruiting! I asked again if they were strict on the single rider rule, the result, more pictures for the Big Mike readers! Still looking and still taking pictures for the Big Mike readers. I figured I would take some more pictures until I could find a volunteer to ride with the Big Man. I knew this was coming. No single riders! I figured I could sweet talk a female operator with my charm, but there were 2 guys running it today Here is the layout. The ride was a little rusty. Time to raise the coaster count! The first coaster, the Mad Mouse! I thought this was cool. You can take your parking receipt and use it as a half off coupon at the souvenier stands. Now if it was half off at the food stands, that would be Ultra Big Mike Approved! Here is what you can do at Quassy. The prices for Quassy. This is not a really big place, but it is on the water and it does have 2 coasters! The Big Mike Road Show arrives at Quassy Amusement Park.

Thanks Adam! I am going tomorrow, do you think it will open with the park or have a delayed opening? Peace, Big Mike

Woo Hoo! Peace, Big Mike

Thanks for the update on Bohemoth!!! That would definately mess things up. Please keep me posted as I may have to switch plans then. Still leaning on going to Great Adventure of Friday to ride The Dark Knight, but the weather should be lousy. Sue, Quassy, Rye, and Krazy City should be up tonight! Thanks to everyone who tried to get Big Mike nominated for the photoshop contest! We lost but that won't slow down the momentum that The Big Mike Road Show 2008 is building Peace, Big Mike

Sounds good to me! Weatherman is calling for Thunderstorms again for Friday here lol. Every weekend I plan a trip, they call for rain! Peace, Big Mike

^ That would be great. It is looking like Memorial day weekend for that. Can you list your dump list? That should be fun to see! Peace, Big Mike

If you look at the picture of the sky ride, once it goes over the ledge, that is only about half way up, it goes higher once it is out of sight from the ground. Peace, Big Mike