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Awesome Jayjay! I always love seeing the Theme Park Review shirts on my trip You looked like great friendly people, thanks for waving and saying hello! Peace, Big Mike PS - Ishould have had you check off my T-Shirt

Thanks for the compliment! That is my mission on here, to bring valuable info to the masses, and some good pictures too! Peace, Big Mike

PART 2 Thats better Bye friends. Peace, Big Mike A good way to end the night. Workers line up for a long line of high fives on your way out. Oops, hold on, I did not get my shirt checked off... But by the looks of it, not THAT soon. Well here is the actual credit that I still need here. I willl get you soon Dark Knight!! Batman the Ride No luck at the log flume either. Big Mike's 2nd favorite coaster of the park, Nitro. Off to find some water rides since we missed them all last week. No luck on the rapids ride. Road Runner Railway This sign actually said Big Mike! I am sorry I cut off the "ike" part of it by accident. I thought this was pretty good advertising, plus since it is an indoor coaster, I needed some fillers for this part. Skull Mountain Checked out the new Wiggles World, nice place for the kids. The front car is over the lift hill before the last car evens starts to climb it. Blackbeards Lost Treasure Train It is nice to see that my working out over the winter is finally showing results! My favorite picture of the trip, other than Wonder Woman's boobs. The Runaway Mine Train Hi Rich! No wait at this Panda Express. When you buy a 2008 cup, you get all you can drink that day for free, plus 99 cent refills the rest of the year. I was told my cup is good at ALL Six Flags. Meal $12.99 2008 Refillable cup $12.99 But for some reason I was only charged $1.99 for the cup. VIP has its advantages. Time to eat at one of the Johnny Rockets. Medusa The fun continues!

Hello fellow friends!! The Big Mike Road Show 2008 has returned from a jaunt down south to Tennesee and Georgia and has come to visit opening day at Six Flags Great Adventure! The Big Mike Road Show is really racking up the miles so far and Great Adventure is stop #10. This makes 10% of our goal of 100 trip reports for 2008. I hope you enjoy. Peace, Big Mike Oh Yeah! I think he likes it. Big Mike needs to find himself one of these for the long Big Mike Road Show 2008. (to be continued) This is a male tiger and it must be nice to have a female trainer take care of your built up sexual frustrations. Is there any wonder why you hear of animal maulings every once in a while? Took a picture of the bull because if you can tell there is a puddle of water under his johnson like he took a leak. Now THATS good theming! Big Mike's favorite coaster of the park - El Toro!!! Wonder Woman was all over Big Mike. Notice the stratigically high camera angle! Big Mike knows what he is doing Rolling Thunder That still did not stop Big Mike from bringing you his annual park hat picture of the day. Big Mike was sad that Scott, Shannon, Rick, Gyendolynne, and Rich were not there this week. Kingda Ka The lockers are by every ride now. You need to insert a bill to get a coin, insert the coin to get a reciept, a locker just pops open for you, scan the reciept to open it back up. $1 a pop with a "2 hour time limit". The Great American Scream Machine. Here is the difference. The gold cuts out 75% of your wait. Wow! What I bought at Dollywood last week for $15 is priced $110 here. In between coasters, I will have valuable info or Big Mike highlights I have all the credits, so I will just show everyone the coasters here. Superman - Ultimate Flight. I am glad Great Adventure built a building for such VIP's such as myself. This new ride board is cool. I can't wait to see the closed sign go away from The Dark Knight! Just in case you are in town and want to see a concert. Here are your 2008 ticket prices. Poor bunny seems to have gotton a cold sore on his lips. The elephant skull was the highlight for me. I say to skip this place and go straight to the coasters. I stop at Exploration Station to bring TPR a look at this little safari add on. First stop, The drive thru safari. Big Mike gets REJECTED because the hot rod is a convertible. Stop #10 on The Big Mike Road Show 2008, opening day at Six Flags Great Adventure. As I have said before, when you see The Big Mike Road Show traveling along, you still need to pay attention to the road!

Nice job Rick! We sped through the park and looking at your trip report, we missed a ton of stuff. I did not see Dolly Partons house at all. Always nice to see what you guys are up to, plus it was cool seeing you at places I was at days before. Peace, Big Mike

Damn. Big Mike did not know there was a limit to attachments. On to part 2 of the Six Flags over Georgia portion of the Road Show! PS - just in case it was in doubt, Scott, Shannon, Rick, Gyendolynne, and Rich are awesome! Peace, Big Mike I ended the day with an interview. Reporter: Where is the next stop on The Big Mike Roadshow? Big Mike: Opening Day at Six Flags Great Adventure!! Trip report coming soon! Well now that I lost my two hot babes, I had to find two more. Big Mike is lucky to have such awesome friends. You guys are terrific! Thanks for a wonderful day!! Big Mike applauds "his" two coaster buddies today! Rick and Scott are lucky to have such awesome wives. The two power couples check off Georgia on The Official Big Mike Road Show T-shirt! Rich checks off Tennessee on The Big Mike Road Show T-shirt as he was with me in Dollywood! Did I forget to mention the huge storm that rolled in? Got all the credits though!!! No wonder why. Six Flags over Georgia's no bikini policy Sorry folks, this was as close as I got to a bikini picture on the stop. Once again, Thanks for being such awesome people and making this stop on the Road Show the best one yet! Big Mike figured out a way to get more Big Mike into the report. My new friends! Awesome couple! Shannon named her horse, so I named mine too. This is Sandy everybody. Rich not so happy to ride. Scott and Shannon happy to ride! Rick and Gyendolynne happy to ride! Big Mike and his friends. Scott relaxing now that we did not have to hear Rich force us to get all the credits first. Cool! More Big Mike exposure coming soon. Now that we got the credits out of the way, on to more fun rides. I wanted to get my moneys worth Rich must be on a diet. The longest line of the day. Time to eat at the buffet! Time for the last credit, #571, Mindbender. Rich is upset he does not have a Road Show or a Palooza on the site. Woo Hoo!! Big Mike joins in on Coaster Palooza 2008!! Check out his thread in the main forum too! Finally a water ride we could ride! Monster Plantation! Maybe the big boat ride instead. Foiled again. Decided to hit the raft riide. Guess not! Yeah! All fixed! They must have known the severity of the situation as they called some guys over to fix it quickly. Rick is giving this guy the business for getting stuck! "We don't have all the credits yet! Rich is going to go ballistic if I am stuck any longer!" Rick and Gyendolynne. I borrowed this picture since there are not enough pictures of Big Mike so far! Plus I could not let Rich go all day without a ride with Big Mike. I liked the air on this ride. How does Big Mike get so many pictures of empty trains? Coaster #570, The Georgia Cyclone! My 2nd favorite of the park. We hopped on the drop tower as we were walking by too. Big Mike taking a picture of the track which the general public can not see from walking.

Hi there good friends!! The Big Mike Road Show keeps rolling along, bringing you as much valuable information, fun times, pictures, and Big Mike as possible. Before we start, I was honored this week by Robb with a link of Big Mike's Road Show 2008 ON THE FRONT PAGE!!!!! When I saw my picture on the front page, I was very joyful My goal to bring everyone that is interested in seeing all the coasters at a certain park and some looney antics must be going over well. My goal has always been to add some important info to this wonderful site, and along the way maybe self promote Big Mike a little. hehe Just in case anyone wants to check out an individual park so far, here they are: 3/15 - Storybook Land - New Jersey - Page 5 3/15 - Steel Pier - New Jersey - Page 6 3/22 - Adventurers - New York - Page 7 3/22 - Astroland - New York - Page 7 3/22 - Deno's - New York - Page 7 3/28 - Nascar Speed Park - Tennessee - Page 8 3/28 - Zuma's - Tennessee - Page 8 3/28 - Sir Goonys - Tennessee - Page 8 3/29 - Dollywood - Tennessee - Page 9 Now we add Six Flags over Georgia to the list. This was a wonderful day as I met a pair of couples from Theme Park Review. Big Mike just wants to go on record to say that Rich (CoasterPalooza) and Scott (Beemerboy) and thier wives are wonderful people. I loved the time we spent together and hope to do it again real soon. Hope you enjoy Six Flags over Georgia everybody: Peace, Big Mike The lift hill, but from a different angle this time. Have to switch things up so the readers won't get bored. Not a bad ride. OK, it was only fair that if I let Scott ride with his wife once in a while, I should let Rick too. Why does it look like Rich is always riding by himself? Thats right, Big Mike opted out early in the day. The train again. Coaster #568, Wile E. Coyote Canyon Blaster! Back to nature. Quick look at the train. Coaster #567, Batman the Ride. Think they knew Big Mike was taking pictures? Rich and Rick having fun anyway. Rick still couldn't ride with his wife yet. Big Mike wasn't feeling THAT generous yet Nice. Just a view of part of the fun. This part was the best. Once again, the lift hill. I guess I had to let Scott ride with his adorable wife once in a while. It was only about a half an hour into the day and this employee had shot his load already. Coaster #566, Superman - Ultimate Flight! The beer mug did not go with the Official Big Mike Road Show T-shirt as well as the Tweety bird hat did. The annual Big Mike wears a stupid hat portion of the report. This was a beer mug. Big Mike is now on Overtime getting paid time and a half. Big Mike is a workaholic for the masses. And working. Still working. Big Mike works hard to bring you all types of pictures of the coasters. Coaster #565, The Great American Scream Machine. I waited until no one was in my picture this time lol. I liked the reflection in the water. Different angle. A few more pictures. Yep! Coaster #564, Ninja! Hey now! Now Scott is looking for face time on The Big Mike Road Show too!!! For all the nature lovers out there. Surprise surprise, another lift hill. Glad Big Mike switched the groups early so he could ride with the hot babes! A layout of the track. Next, #563, The Georgia Scorcher! Hey, Rick is trying to get some face time on the Big Mike Road Show?? Rick was VERY happy after he rode. Lots of air. A LOT of air. Cool element. This was fun! No matter how many times I rode, I never got tired of the drop. Getting ready for the big drop which was awesome. Big Mike seems to really like taking pictures of lift hills. Big Mike LOVES when he can ride when there are no lines!! First coaster of the day and #562 for Big Mike and his favorite of the park, Goliath!!! It's time to check off another place on Big Mike's Road Show, Georgia!! My shirt was a big hit! Rick and Scott was now paired up with Rich. He he he After Big Mike had to do some rearranging, these were the new groups with Big Mike getting the hot babes. Big Mike brought along his beautiful...umm...well... he just brought along Rich (sfne2005). Scott (Beemerboy) brought along his beautiful wife Shannon! Rick (CoasterPalooza) brought along his beautiful wife Gyendolynne! We attended ACE's Spring Fling. How did they know my name was Big Mike for my name tag? Here is your 2008 price list for the park. This is the #1 park on Big Mike's list of most coasters at one park that he has not visited yet! 10 new credits!! The 10th stop on the Big Mike Road Show is Six Flags over Georgia!

I agree, the Q-bot is a must for only $10 more. Peace, Big Mike

Darn! I wanted to see Shannon lol This is not working on my computer, has it worked for anyone else? Peace, Big Mike

^ That is a deal. Thanks for the hospitality This is why I love Theme Park Review, you can always find a friend from here no matter where your travels bring you! Count on a private message when I go there. Peace, Big Mike

Hey Rich! Awesome trip report. Now it gets me excited to do mine! I just hope mine can be half as good as yours Love you guys! Say hi to Gyendolynne for me. Peace, Big Mike

Larry, That was a looooong ass day. Woke up at 4am in New Jersey, flew into Atlanta, drove 4 hours to Dollywood, had 3 side trips to do, and a 4 hour drive back to Atlanta. We wanted to make sure we did the whole park first and when we made a complete curcuit of the park, Thunderhead is on the total opposite side. I agree we failed, but there were reasons for it. I have a condo or two right in that area, and with all the stuff there to do and a few bigger parks within driving distance, I will be back again. Maybe you can come too. Peace, Big Mike

We did? Then there is no hope for it lol. Peace, Big Mike

I only rode once, and in the front seat. I am sure if I go back and ride in the back, I will change my mind. Peace, Big Mike

Hey Everyone!! The Big Mike Road Show traveled to Tennessee to make its 9th stop of 2008 at Dollywood!!! Please enjoy the following: Peace, Big Mike Dollywood was a fun time! Nice park, clean, pretty, and fun. Six Flags over Georgia with my great new friends posting tomorrow!!! Even with NO wait, guess I should have passed anyway. The big splash! Good buds having a great time! How can you pass up a log flume with NO WAIT? I got on some other rides now that all the credits were taken care of. We saw this buzzard squaking "The Big Mike Road Show is in town everybody! Love that gold shirt!" Big Mike rates this 5 out of 5 bikini tops! If the people on land don't get you, some water surprises will! Battles occur with people on the boat and on land. Very interesting concept and a lot of fun. The new ride for 2008 is River Battle! Rich hanging on for dear life! Rich was mad that Big Mike would not share a seat with him. Rich is super excited to ride! Here is a picture of the full course. Odd coaster cars. Got all the credits! Coaster #560, Veggie Tales Sideshow Spin! Last week, hot dog eating contest. This week, pie eating contest! Since it is an indoor coaster with water, this was the only pictures you get from me. Here is a picture of the station with fire warnings. Time for some Blazing Fury action. Credit #559 for the Big Man. See what happens when you are gazing at The Big Mike Road Show and not paying attention to the road. How about that loop? Not a bad coaster. The rest of the train. Front car. Next up, The Tennessee Tornado, coaster #558. I wish I was an oscar meyer wiener. Got a Q-bot. Rode 3 times right after the other. Q-bot is cheap at Dollywood. $10 for 1st person, $5 for each after that. After 3pm, half of that price!! We paid $3.75 each. Cant beat that!!! You finish with a little upside down action. My favorite ride at the park! After going back inside again, with some cool surprises, your back outside into some rolls. After some indoor action, you shoot outside into this turn. You immediately drop right into the mine, which was cool. Here is your seating, 2 rows of 4. Next up, The Mystery Mine. Coaster credit #557 for Big Mike. I enjoyed the coaster, but was not blown away with it. The coaster has a very nice layout. The first ride of the day was Thunderhead, coaster #556 for Big Mike. The word must have gotton out that The Big Mike Road Show was going to be in town! Dollywood amusement park. Big Mike's first trip here. Once again, Rich (sfne2005) came along for the visit.

I noticed that too I guess since I was quoting you and not actually saying it myself, it was ok then hehe. Peace, Big Mike

The Big Mike Road Show took some time off from roller coastering today and pulled the road show into NYC. We were greeted warmly by my good friend The Naked Cowboy! As everyone knows, Big Mike likes to incorperate hot bikini pictures into my trip reports to add a little something extra that others don't include. Big Mike also likes to please everyone else who wants to see hot guys also! So it is my pleasure to induct my good bud, The Naked Cowboy, as an official honorary Big Mike Road Show Roadie!!!! Dollywood and Six Flags over Georgia posting tomorrow! Peace, Big Mike The Naked Cowboy said he was disappointed that I did not wear my Big Mike Road Show T-Shirt. The Naked Cowboy and Big Mike share tips on how to pick up the hot babes.

Jaime, you are correct that I still need to visit Lake Winnie, which in turn, did not make me upset that I missed these kiddie credits as I would have had to come back again anyway. Rich, your welcome for the free tickets! I had bought a ride for myself and the guy never collected my tickets, so the nice guy that I am, I gave them to Rich so he could ride also. Mattty, after I posted everything, I did see that the coaster was also laughing at me again. Thanks for the compliments!! Peace, Big Mike

Hey Everyone, Big Mike here! I went down to Tennessee and Georgia this weekend as The Big Mike Road Show packed up all our gear and headed out on a plane. This part of the country was virgin territory, which means lots more new credits for the Big Man My friend Rich, also known as SFNE2005 on TPR, or also known as Hot Fuzz, was my side kick for the trip. This trip report is a few of the smaller parks we visited before I post a great time at Dollywood and and even better time at Six Flags over Georgia with a pair of wonderful couples that met us there! So please enjoy this Southern edition of The Big Mike Road Show and look for the big updates of Dollywood and Six Flags over Georgia coming soon! Peace, Big Mike Everyone leaves happy Up next... A big Dollywood trip report and a fantastic time at SFOG with Coaster Palooza and Beemer Boy! Awwwwww, look how happy Rich looks to be riding The Speedway Draft! Hmmm, It kind of looks like you might be enjoying yourself afterall Rich. Well look at this! Somebody actually gave in and decided to ride after all, but said he would not enjoy it! Rich starts getting jealous that Big Mike is having all the fun! Rich watches on as Big Mike is having a fantastic time on Speedway Draft! Big Mike hops right on with a whole train full of other coaster enthusiasts. "$3 a ticket times 2 tickets equals 6 bucks. Fuck you, I am not paying $6 for a kiddie coaster" Rich says. Big Mike said "OK, see ya!" The theming just makes Big Mike so excited to ride it. Rich too right? Here is a view of the whole layout for your viewing pleasure. The reason we are here... Speedway Draft! Now this is some hardcore dedication to bring all of you the most info available on any trip report on TPR 2 tickets!! Big Mike goes out of his way to bring you the most important info everytime he visits a park. We check out the prices to go on the coaster, $3 a ticket. But, how many tickets would we need? Big Mike has you covered folks. This place has a little of everything, Go carts, rides, and a coaster!!! Right near Dollywood, we finally have success at The Nascar Speed Park!! #20 Tony Stewart = Big Mike's favorite driver too. I could not get close enough this time to see if this coaster was laughing at me too. Again, Big Mike does not want to let the faithful down, so out he goes in the rain to snap some shots for TPR. Of course, we get there as a storm is rolling in. We walk in the front door with no rain, we walk out the back door to a downpour Zuma would be the next stop on the way from Sir Goonys to Dollywood. Here is a quick look at the rest of the park. Time to go hunting for another credit. It seems that whenever I have missed a credit this year, it seems that the coaster is laughing at me. This is 3 times now already. I figured you would want to see the coaster too! I am pretty sure I would have fit in them. Most people would just leave, but NOT Big Mike. I had an obligation to show all my TPR friends the coaster layout. What is this?? The park is open 7 days a week, but the coaster is only open Saturday nights??? Grrr. Guess I will see Jaime and Bubba next time. Awesome! Open 7 days a week. Lets run in and get our credit! Our first stop is Sir Goonys in Chatanooga TN. We were going to meet our friend Jamie there, but it did not work out timewise. So Rich and I are off to find fun, credits, and hot babes! We are having a blast on the ride! This is the back. Please note that Holland should have been Belgium. I don't think it will lessen the babe magnetism though. The Big Mike Road Show T-shirt finally makes it's debut!!! This is the front.

Thanks Jay The bandwagon still has room for plenty more! Peace, Big Mike

This was a FANTASTIC trip report!!! One of the best I have ever seen You and Shannon are awesome!! Rick and Gwen too!! Love you guys! You guys made a rainy day sooooooooo much fun. Hope to see you again soon. Peace, Big Mike

Damn, that was supposed to be Belgium, not Holland! Peace, Big Mike

Sure! I am waiting for the new coaster at Kings Dominion to open, then I will hit it pretty early in the spring as most parks up by me are still not open. Ocean City sounds like a summer trip! Peace, Big Mike

UPDATED 3/27 The Big Mike Road Show travels to Dollywood tomorrow (Friday March 28th) and will roll in around 1pm and partake in the festivities until closing at 7pm. The Road Show then moves on to the Nascar Speed Park at 7:30pm and then to Zuma's Fun Center after that. Sir Gooneys is still up in the air as to if we will be able to visit there when it is open. The plans have us passing it too early in the morning or too late in the evening. Saturday March 29th, The Big Mike Road Show will set camp at Six Flags over Georgia for the whole day, with a side trip to Dixieland in the late afternoon. We will combine with The Coaster Palooza Tour for a big get together! Hope to see everyone this weekend Peace, Big Mike

I am answering these questions without looking at the first 3 pages of responses so my answers wont be swayed. 1. What do you find most useful about the front page? The link to hit to get to the forum. 2. What do you find least useful about the front page? nothing 3. Is anything on the front page confusing? no 4. How far do you scroll down the front page looking for updates? I have never scrolled down until today, and I was like WOW, this page is long. 5. How often do you look at the front page? Every day just to get to the forum or if there is a cool update I want to see 6. How often do you click on the "whatsnew" link? never 7. What would you like to see added to the front page to make your visits to TPR better? I would like to see somewhere just an update on when the new 2008 coasters open. Like a current open/still closed thingy. I am always searching TR to see if they opened yet 8. Anything else you would like to mention? Like any thing else you would like to see us add/change/leave alone/etc? I wouldlike to see a coaster counter. Peace, Big Mike