sspaz1000 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 After about 3 months of reading i have finally done it! I have read through the entire Big Mike Road Show thread! Just want to say well done Big Mike and i wish i could do the same one day! Oh wow 3 months. I think I'm up to page 77 right now. I figure I'll get there eventually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mike Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 ^^Wow! That is super fantastic!!! I remember Lena saying she read it from page #1 a few years ago and it took her a month and a half! I guess we are up to 3 months now, which is good to know because I have the urge to re-read the whole thing too! I wonder if I promote this thread as a full page book, if girls would choose this as a nice bedtime novel?? It does have a story line, lots of humor, some interesting facts, photos from around the World, and most of all, a great looking lead character!!! I could be published, go on book reading and signing tours, and be on the Times best seller list!!! Thanks forvreading it, I hope you enjoyed it and got a few chuckles, and hope to meet up one day soon! Thanks for being a Valuable Big Mike Reader and this deserves a Big Mike Prize Pack, complete with the newest Big Mike goody! Private message me your address! Ok, off to see who wants to publish my new book! Peace, Big Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sspaz1000 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 ^ Big Mike, I read a few pages before bed. That way I don't get distracted too much during the day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighRoller Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Finally got around to hunting for duckies. Just with my eyes, don't get nervous! With that said, please lock me in for 3 duckies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esvadj Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 With that said, please lock me in for 3 duckies! Locked IN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I love Sea Lion Caves! Sea lions are such characters. I hope I get a chance to spot some more this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAWKIN_coaster38 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Before I forget to post... lock me in for 3 duckies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollercoaster Rider Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 The 3/16 Update is the Most Anticipated Update EVER for Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sspaz1000 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Before I forget to post... lock me in for 3 duckies! Locked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy524 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 That looks like such a beautiful place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahecht Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 3 final duckies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sspaz1000 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 3 final duckies! Locked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mike Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 Hello Fantastic Friends and Valuable Big Mike Readers!!! Today is the day Big Mike looks forward to every year! Having survived a long off season of no coaster riding, it is time to debut the: Big Mike Road Show 2012 World Tour Schedule AND 2012 Opening Day Scorecard Big Mike Productions puts a lot of effort into making 100% sure that Big Mike's coaster count of 1109 Coasters Ridden and 355 Parks Visited so far in dead on perfect, and they also put the same pin point accuracy in finding every single park and every single coaster out there in the USA that Big Mike still needs to visit and ride! Understandably, Big Mike searches out every kind of coaster, the kiddies, the powered, the mountain, the water, you name it, if it says "coaster", Big Mike is including it in his search because there is no way that Big Mike can be a Certified Coaster Collector unless he hits absolutely everything!!! Big Mike will travel to every inch of the United States, to every little rinky dinky park, all in the name of being the best and to bring it all back for the Valuable Big Mike Readers to see! This year's Big Mike Road Show World Tour Schedule has been 4 months in the planning stages, and like years past (2008 - 105 parks visited, 2009 - 95 parks visited, 2010 - Season cancelled due to Dad's death, 2011- 85 parks visited), Big Mike is shooting to break a new all time Big Mike Road Show record with 115 park visits, which would put a 4 year average of 100 park visits a year!!! Just for a fun experiment, after reading the next two Big Mike parks and coasters needed charts, post which ones that you have already visited and rode and see if anyone can even reach 7 of the parks or 15 of the coasters, Big Mike would be impressed The first order of business today is to show everyone all the parks in the USA that has at least one coaster that Big Mike has never visited yet! There are 34 of these parks now left as Big Mike nailed quite a few last year! Here they are: 2012 - Parks With Coasters Still Needed Left in the USA to Visit: 34 Blackbeards in California Boomers in California Fun Towne at Micke Grove in California Funderland in California Happy Hollow in California Kiwanis Kiddieland in California Rotary Storyland in California Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado Cobra Adventure Park in Florida Sam's Fun City in Florida Grady's Family Fun Park in Illinois Santa's Village AZOOsement Park in Illinois Kiddieland in Kansas Celebration Station in Louisiana Dixie Landing in Louisiana Wisp Resort in Maryland Kokomo's Family Fun Center in Michigan Paul Bunyan Land in Minnesota Spirit Mountain in Minnesota Brookhaven Exchange Club Park in Mississippi Attitash Ski Resort in New Hampshire Cranmore Mountain Resort in New Hampshire Adventure Center in New York Holiday Valley in New York Deadwood in North Carolina Super Slide Amusement Park in North Dakota I-X Indoor Amusement Park in Ohio Jeremy Reid in Oklahoma O.D Pavillion & Amusement Park in South Carolina Galveston Island in Texas Remlinger Farms in Washington Bay Beach Amusement Park in Wisconsin Knuckleheads in Wisconsin Little Amerricka in Wisconsin The 2nd order of business today is every single coaster that is left for Big Mike to ride in the United States! Big Mike had this number down to 57 from 111 last year, but with new additions during the latter half of 2011 and brand new additions in 2012, we start the season needing 84, which is the best starting point ever!!! 2012 - Coasters Still Needed to Ride Left in the USA: 84 X-Coaster at Magic Springs in Arkansas Roller Coaster at Blackbeards in California Miners Mike at Boomers El Cajon in California Roller Coaster at Fun Towne at Micke Grove in California Flying Dragon at Funderland in California Pacific Fruit Express at Happy Hollow in California Go Gator at Kiwanis Kiddieland in California Roller Coaster at Rotary Storyland in California Green Lantern: First Flight at Magic Mountain in California Road Runner Express at Magic Mountain in California Manta at Sea World in California Superman Ultimate Flight at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in California Dragon at Traintown in California Cliffhanger at Glenwood Caverns in Colorado Wild West Express Coaster at Glenwood Caverns in Colorado Cyclone at Lakeside in Colorado Dragon at Lakeside in Colorado Gold Runner Coaster at Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado Dragon Wagon at Cobra Adventure Park in Florida Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Disney's Magic Kingdom in Florida Kiddie Coaster at Fun Spot in Florida Miner Mike at Sam's Fun City in Florida Hangman at Wild Adventures in Georgia Swamp Thing at Wild Adventures in Georgia Viking Voyage at Wild Adventures in Georgia Dragon Wagon at Gradys Family Fun Park in Illinois Dragon Coaster at Santa's Village AZOOsement Park in Illinois Little Dipper at Six Flags Great America in Illinois X-Flight at Six Flags Great America in Illinois Roller Coaster at Kiddieland in Kansas Miner Mike at Celebration Station in Louisiana Galaxi at Dixie Landin in Louisiana Loco Loco at Dixie Landin in Louisiana Ragin Cajun at Dixie Landin in Louisiana Xtreme at Dixie Landin in Louisiana Apocolypse at Six Flags America in Maryland Alpine Coaster at Wisp Resort in Maryland Goliath at Six Flags New England in Massachusetts Serpent at Kokomos in Michigan Thunderhawk at Michigan's Adventure in Michigan Roller Coaster at Paul Bunyan Land in Minnesota Timber Twister at Spirit Mountain in Minnesota Cosmic Coaster at ValleyFair in Minnesota All American Coaster at Brookhaven Exchange in Mississipi Prowler at Worlds of Fun in Missouri Nor'Eastern Mountain Coaster at Attitash Mountain Resort in New Hampshire Cranmore Mountain Coaster at Cranmore Mountain Resort in New Hampshire Wacky Worm at Gillian's Funland in New Jersey Fiesta Express at Gillian's Wonderland Pier in New Jersey Nor'Easter Mountain Coaster at Adventure Center in New York Mountain Coaster at Hidden Valley in New York Soaring Eagle at Scream Zone in New York Dinosaur Canyon at Deadwood in North Carolina Runaway Train at Super Slide Amusement Park in North Dakota Crazy Mouse at I-X Indoor Amusement Park in Ohio Dragon Wagon at I-X Indoor Amusement Park in Ohio Orient Express at I-X Indoor Amusement Park in Ohio Wacky Worm at I-X Indoor Amusement Park in Ohio Little Fire Ball at Kiddie Park in Oklahoma Steel Lasso at Frontier City in Oklahoma Oklahoma Land Run at Jeremy Reid in Oklahoma Go Gator at Conneaut Lake Park in Pennsylvania Stinger at Dorney Park in Pennsylvania Sky Rush at Hershey Park in Pennsylvania Sky Rocket at Kennywood in Pennsylvania Flying Turns at Knoebels in Pennsylvania Black Diamond at Knoebels in Pennsylvania American Flyer at O.D Pavillion & Amusement Park in South Carolina Wild Eagle at Dollywood in Tennessee Choo Choo Express at Sir Gooneys in Tennessee Iron Shark at Galveston Island in Texas Miner Mike at Zuma Fun Center in Texas Bombora at Lagoon in Utah Verbolton at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Virginia Mine Twister at Remlinger Farms in Washington Dragon at Riverfront Park in Washington Zippin Pippin at Bay Beach Amusement Park in Wisconsin Miner Mike at Knuckleheads in Wisconsin Little Dipper at Little Americka in Wisconsin Mad Mouse at Little Americka in Wisconsin Meteor at Little Americka in Wisconsin Wild & Wooly Tobaggon at Little Americka in Wisconsin Hades at Mount Olympus in Wisconsin Opa at Mount Olympus in Wisconsin Coasters Denied to Ride: Wildcat at Funland in Arkansas Cactus Coaster at Elitch Gardens in Colorado Kiddie Coaster at Lakeside in Colorado Blue Flash at John Ivers in Indiana Sooper Jet at Trimper's Rides in Maryland Go Gator at Rt 66 Carousel Park in Missouri Go Gator at Fun Plex in Nebraska Miner Mike at Adventuredome in Nevada Brain Teaser at Darien Lake in New York Little Dipper at Conneaut Lake Park in Pennsylvania Speedy Gonzalez at Family Kingdom in South Carolina Go Gator at Noah's Ark in Wisconsin Now, the moment everyone has been waiting for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE OFFICIAL BIG MIKE ROAD SHOW 2012 WORLD TOUR SCHEDULE: * All public appearances are subject to change. All cancellations will be announced as soon as possible. Check back to the Big Mike Road Show thread, Big Mike's Facebook page (Big-Mike Betzler), or Big Mike's Twitter account (bigmikeroadshow) for up to the minute park arrival times and schedule changes. Although Big Mike's sole purpose is to collect coasters and produce trip reports, Big Mike welcomes visits and meet ups, photo ops and autographs are free of charge and encouraged, and a coaster ride together can always be accommodated! Feb 4-11 = Cancun Mexico to search for unknown coasters March 30th - I-X Indoor Amusement Park in Cleveland Ohio April 20-28 - Southern California (Many parks, exact schedule coming soon) May 5th - Wooden Warrior Day at Quassy Amusement Park May 18-19 - Cedar Point Spring Conference May 25-28 - Wisconsin Dells, Green Bay, Chicago area coasters June 8th - Coaster Madness at Dorney Park June 9th - ACE Dives at Busch Gardens Williamsburg June 30th - Rush to the Sky at Hershey Park July 4-14 - Northern California (Many parks, exact schedule coming soon) July 27-29 - TPR Leviathon Meet Up Bash at Canada's Wonderland Month of August open for all coasters needed locally (See bottom of schedule) Aug 31-Sept 3 - Michigan area coasters Sept 7-22 - TPR China Trip (Many parks, exact schedule coming soon) Oct 6th - Phoenix Phall Phunfest at Knoebels Nov 3-10 - Dominican Republic to search for unknown coasters Jan 11-19 2013 - Orlando Florida (Many Parks, exact schedule coming soon) Local parks for month of August or with any free time that are a must hit in 2012: Weekend trip down the whole Jersey coast for Megan collecting time Six Flags America Wisp Mountain Six Flags New England Attitash Mountain Resort Cranmore Mountain Resort Adventure Center Hidden Valley Coney Island Kennywood That is everything folks! Big Mike plans to move this schedule to the front page on The Big Mike Road Show thread as soon as we give away the free 1 week condo stay in the Big Mike Reader of the Year Contest so that everyone can find it nice and easy! Lastly, Big Mike could not, no matter how hard he tried, put his excel spreadsheet of every coaster ridden into this post. Every time it came up all mixed up. Any Valuable Big Mike Reader that would like to have Big Mike's OFFICIAL COASTER SUPER STAT SHEET can post your email in this thread and Big Mike will email you the whole file which includes, all parks visited, the date of each last visit to that park, all the coasters ridden and needed for that park, ect ect. It is a must have for the die hard Big Mike fan! SUPER EXCITING BIG BONUS BONANZA NEWS!!! - Big Mike has quietly been mass producing large amounts of Official Big Mike Road Show goodies, and in 2012, Big Mike will carry in 5 of "Big Mike's Big Bonus Bonanza Bags" into each park visit and the first 5 people to spot Big Mike and come up and take a picture with him will get the bags!!! Big Mike would like to have a picture of every Valuable Big Mike Reader he met in 2012 for a special year end super update! Hope everyone enjoyed the stat sheets, the schedule, and the new surprise, and I hope to see everyone out there on the road sometime during 2012 with the beautiful Megan by my side! Peace, Big Mike PS - Don't forget, follow the whole 2012 Big Mike Road Show season with this nice and neat Episode Guide and enter the 2012 SUPER EPIC CONTEST to win a FREE 2013 SEASON PASS!!! The contest is SOOOOOOO EASY and all of it can be found at this very important link: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1138984#p1138984 mag19.bmp The Mighty Big Man, Big Mike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sspaz1000 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Ohh looks like I have a couple chances to meet the big man this year. I had the opportunity last year (at the NE trip dinner at the hotel) but I was shy then. This year not so shy. Hopefully when you take Megan down the Jersey shore, I'll be able to meet up with you As well. I've been wanting to do that for ages. Email is nlforst at yahoo dot com I can't wait to see this spreadsheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahecht Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Just for a fun experiment, after reading the next two Big Mike parks and coasters needed charts, post which ones that you have already visited and rode and see if anyone can even reach 7 of the parks or 15 of the coasters, Big Mike would be impressed I can claim none of your missing parks and only five of your missing coasters (unless you count Goliath at SFNE and DejaVu at SFMM as the same). Green Lantern: First Flight at Magic Mountain in California Road Runner Express at Magic Mountain in California Cyclone at Lakeside in Colorado Dragon at Lakeside in Colorado Kiddie Coaster at Lakeside in Colorado How did you manage to get on Wild Chipmunk at Lakeside and miss the other coasters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mike Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 ^ Everything was closed down the day I visited, worst park day ever lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Hey Big Mike, If you plan on getting the two coasters in Fresno on either of your California trips let me know. I will take you around and buy you lunch. I still need the one at Rotary Playland by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sspaz1000 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I can also claim Black Diamond at Knoebels and Sooper Jet at Trimpers as rides ridden that big mike hasn't ridden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSchwitek Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Hey Big Mike! As you saw on my Mikey's Mini thread, I am defintiely on the same track as you are! So here's my list of parks/coasters that i have that you haven't yet: Parks: 1) Cobra Adventure Park - 2006 2) Sam's Fun City - 2010 3) Grady's Family Fun Park - 2009 4) Celebration Station - 2010 5) Dixie Landing - 2010 6) Kokomo's Family Fun Center - 2011 7) Brookhaven Exchange Club Park - 2011 8) O.D. Pavillion - 2011 9) Knucklehead's -2009 10) Little Amerricka - 2009 Coasters: 1) X- Coaster 2) Dragon Wagon (Cobra) 3) Miner Mike (Sam's) 4) Hangman 5) Swamp Thing 6) Viking Voyage 7) Dragon Wagon (Grady's) - This one took some convincing. 8) Little Dipper (SFGAM) 9) Miner Mike (CS) 10) Galaxi 11) Loco Loco 12) Ragin Cajun 13) Xtreme 14) Cosmic Coaster 15) All American Coaster 16) Wack Worm (Gillians) 17) Fiesta Express (GIllians) 18) Soaring Eagle 19) Dinosaur Canyon 20) Steel Lasso 21) Sky Rocket 22) American Flyer 23) Miner Mike (Zuma) 24) Miner MIke (Knuckle) 25) Little Dipper (Little Am) 26) Mad Mouse 27) Meteor 28) Wild and Wooly Toboggan 29) Hades 30) Opa 31) Wildcat (Funland) - took 3 visits 32) Cactus Coaster 33) Sooper Jet - rode with a kid i did not know 34) Miner Mike (Adventuredome) - got this only because I knew the manager 35) Brain Teaser 36) Little Dipper (Conneaut) 37) Speedy Gonzalez - took 2 visits and a talk with management 38) Go Gator (NA) - talked to a supervisor Wow, I must be your younger brother from another mother . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCBoilermaker14 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Hey Big Mike! As you saw on my Mikey's Mini thread, I am defintiely on the same track as you are! So here's my list of parks/coasters that i have that you haven't yet: Parks: 1) Cobra Adventure Park - 2006 2) Sam's Fun City - 2010 3) Grady's Family Fun Park - 2009 4) Celebration Station - 2010 5) Dixie Landing - 2010 6) Kokomo's Family Fun Center - 2011 7) Brookhaven Exchange Club Park - 2011 8) O.D. Pavillion - 2011 9) Knucklehead's -2009 10) Little Amerricka - 2009 Coasters: 1) X- Coaster 2) Dragon Wagon (Cobra) 3) Miner Mike (Sam's) 4) Hangman 5) Swamp Thing 6) Viking Voyage 7) Dragon Wagon (Grady's) - This one took some convincing. 8) Little Dipper (SFGAM) 9) Miner Mike (CS) 10) Galaxi 11) Loco Loco 12) Ragin Cajun 13) Xtreme 14) Cosmic Coaster 15) All American Coaster 16) Wack Worm (Gillians) 17) Fiesta Express (GIllians) 18) Soaring Eagle 19) Dinosaur Canyon 20) Steel Lasso 21) Sky Rocket 22) American Flyer 23) Miner Mike (Zuma) 24) Miner MIke (Knuckle) 25) Little Dipper (Little Am) 26) Mad Mouse 27) Meteor 28) Wild and Wooly Toboggan 29) Hades 30) Opa 31) Wildcat (Funland) - took 3 visits 32) Cactus Coaster 33) Sooper Jet - rode with a kid i did not know 34) Miner Mike (Adventuredome) - got this only because I knew the manager 35) Brain Teaser 36) Little Dipper (Conneaut) 37) Speedy Gonzalez - took 2 visits and a talk with management 38) Go Gator (NA) - talked to a supervisor Wow, I must be your younger brother from another mother . My list is small since I don`t go to very many amusment parks except Dollywood: Parks:2 1.Magic Kingdom(I went here when I was 2 or 3 so I couldn`t ride any of the roller coasters.) 2.Dollywood Roller Coasters: 1.Blazing Fury 2.Veggietales Sideshow Spin 3.Thunderhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAWKIN_coaster38 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Roller Coaster at Fun Towne at Micke Grove in California Flying Dragon at Funderland in California I can't remember for sure if I've gotten these coasters, but I know I've been to these parks when I was like, 5! July 4-14 - Northern California (Many parks, exact schedule coming soon) If I could, I'd totally want to meet the big man at the above parks or one of the others! Since I can't remember if I got the above credits ever, I want to hit them up at some point just to make sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality15 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Hold up... is the big man finally coming all the way out to the middle of nowhere and getting that last credit at Michigan's Adventure? Color me excited! Once you have your schedule set-in-stone for that trip, let me know. I'm able to take a weekend day off that weekend, and the wife and I might be able to spend the day at the park with you. If not, well, I'll be there working anyway, so I can at least catch up with you and say hi. -Jon "Big Mike's finally coming to my slice of paradise " Roost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeti762 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I have the Black Diamond credit, and I'm sure everyone wants the Flying turns credit. (LOL!) Kennywood is our home park, so we have the Sky Rocket credit. Would love to meet up with you when you come to PIttsburgh if possible! Maybe even go to Dels' restaurant (?) Oh and lock me in for 2 duckies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sspaz1000 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Oh and lock me in for 2 duckies. Locked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arosania Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Final guess: 3 duckies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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