THE BIG MIKE ROAD SHOW - 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PICS ON PG 769

OK Valuable Big Mike Readers, the thread and contest is now open to everybody to guess or post circled pictures of the duckies!!

 

 

Here is where we stand:

 

We are either going to have a Championship matchup between tunnellover#1 and pkimanjz who guessed 3 duckies.

 

OR

 

We are going to have a Semi Finals matchup between topthrilldragster, groteslurf, and bhartley who guessed 4 duckies.

 

OR

 

We are going to have a Championship Matchup between traincrossin and teamthriller who guessed 5 duckies.

 

 

Which one is it everybody???

 

 

Peace, Big Mike

4 Duckies

1

OK, do all the people that guessed 3 admit that you missed one and which one was it or do you disagree with one of his circled duckies???

 

Do the people that guessed 5 duckies have another one to add to his list???

 

Do the people that guessed 4 duckies feel comfortable with thier answer now???

 

 

(Trying to build the drama) LOL and not doing too good a job at it

 

 

Peace, Big Mike

^

I'm stumped. I know I counted 5 duckies, I just forgot where I found the fifth one. I'll keep looking.

 

Big Mike, your doing great building the drama. But lets bring on the answers!

 

--James

I still think there's three. The first picture, if there's a duck in there, I think it's too small to be accounted for.

This will add a little drama...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw

^Funny!

 

This is where I thought #5 was.

#5?

^

I think I got another number #5. I think there is a duck behind the wall at the ducky game.

 

--James

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

The entire crew here at Big Mike Productions, The Big Mike Hotel, The Big Mike Road Crew, and Big Mike World Headquarters wishes you and your family a wonderful holiday season and a terrific 2009!!!!

 

Big Mike himself wishes all the friends that he has met along the way on The Big Mike Road Show and the Super Valuable Big Mike Readers the best holiday season ever and a tremendous 2009 with lots of new coasters and meet ups!!!!

 

 

Love to all, Big Mike

Praying for another successful year of coaster riding and friendship making!

I just wanted to congratulate you on a more than successful year--you set out on a goal, and I strongly believe that you've surpassed it! It has been a pleasure reading this thread from its exciting start to the last update and I look forward to all future updates.

 

Hope you are having a Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas Big Mike.

It has been a great 2008 for you Big Mike. Merry Christmas.

 

Don't forget about Coastermania in June 2009 at CP.

Am still hoping for some of that "Big Mike" charm to rub off on me!

Merry Christmas Big Mike and thanks again for the hard work you do in your thread.

^ Looking at the picture with your girlfriend, you are doing just fine my friend

 

 

Thanks for the Holiday wishes everybody!

 

 

Peace, Big Mike

We got your message at breakfast this morning Big Mike and I sent you a text back. Everybody wished you a Merry Christmas. We had a nice day even though I am sick, thank goodness I have off until after New Year's(vacation time yes!). I am taking the next couple of days easy, just going to sit on the couch and chill out. Hope you had a wonderful day.--Bobbi Jo

^^ Thanks Big Mike, we will have 5 years together this February. But I still wouldn't mind some of your charm B.M. It would come in handy the times when the Mrs. isn't to happy with little old me!

Hi Friends!!!

 

The Official Find The Ducky Quarter Finals Answer will be posted tonight, along with the first stop on the California swing of The Big Mike Road Show 2008!

 

Still waiting for someone to post the correct amount of duckies and thier EXACT locations

 

 

Peace, Big Mike

I think Top Thrill Dragster's right....

 

 

it was fun while it lasted!

Hello Friends!!!!

 

Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season!!

 

Anyone coming in for New Years Eve in Times Square??? Let me know!

 

 

Today we will have the FINAL answer to the Quarter Final round of Find The Ducky and see who advances!

 

We will also have the first stop on the California portion of The Big Mike Road Show 2008, The Oakland Zoo!

 

 

But first, with it being the last week of Fantasy Football and the Championship Games, we will update you on Big Mike's success!!

 

Once again, you are looking for The Power Dominators!

 

 

The Big Money League:

 

Standings

 

Team W L T

Brad 14 2 0

Mike K 13 3 0

POWER DOMINATORS 11 5 0

Scott 10 6 0

Insomniac 9 7 0

Artie's Army 8 8 0

Taylor 7 9 0

Carol 7 9 0

Anks & Pease 6 10 0

FITZ HAMMER 5 11 0

Bob 4 12 0

Dave 2 14 0

 

Looks like we need a Big Mike win or a Scott loss to clinch 3rd place money!

 

 

Little Money League ($150)

 

Head to Head against my friend The Zinger, now tied 8 games a piece. Winner this week gets the cash!

 

 

ESPN:

 

WINNER'S BRACKET

 

ROUND 1 (WK 14 - WK 15)

 

#4 Thepuppetmaster 182

#1 Kingston Irie Ites 164

 

#3 berks county redrod 192

#2 PowerDominators 207

 

ROUND 2 (WK 16 - WK 17) Championship

 

#4 Thepuppetmaster

#2 PowerDominators

 

 

 

Sports Illustrated/Facebook

 

Quarterfinal

1 saints are underrated

vs

BYE

 

Quarterfinal

4 Sea-Gals

vs

5 Zillionz Om

 

Quarterfinal

 

3 team Xtreme

vs

6 Power Dominators

 

Quarterfinal

2 D-Lions

vs

BYE

 

Semifinal

1 saints are underrated

vs

5 Zillionz Om

 

Semifinal

6 Power Dominators

vs

2 D-Lions

 

Championship

 

1 saints are underrated

vs

6 Power Dominators

 

 

Lets hope for a good week for The Big Man!

 

 

 

OK, now it is time for the first stop on the California Tour, The Oakland Zoo!

 

 

Hope you enjoy and I hope your ducky guess advanced you!

 

 

Peace, Big Mike

... would have won if only you found the FIFTH ducky hiding in the 2nd bird's mouth!!! FIVE DUCKIES is the correct answer!!!! Congrats to Traincrossing and Team Thriller for making it to the CHAMPIONSHIP round!!!! Hope you enjoyed! Peace, Big Mike PS - Go Power Dominators!!!

This ducky is INCORRECT too! Still at four duckies! SO everyone who guessed FOUR duckies....

This ducky is INCORRECT, still at 4 duckies.

Ducky #4 is correct.

Ducky #3 is correct.

Ducky #2 is correct.

Ducky #1 is correct.

The nice part about this place is that you did not have to pay for a zoo enterance fee to ride the rides, but could still see the giraffes! Could not see any duckies though, but here are a few I saw on the last trip report coming up.

Some other rides at the park:

Credit #725 for Big Mike!

The drop.

I sat on the "larger" side.

It looked so exciting I ran right over to get tickets!

.. and this second spiral.

The ride consists of this first spiral...

The train.

There is the tiger!

Here is a closer look.

Overview of the track. It is hard to see with all the trees in the way, but at least there are no people in the way!

The Tiger Coaster!

The Oakland Zoo!

OMG! I was so nervous the moment I saw that the answers were going to be posted.

Great job everyone for a great game. And traincrossing, good job man, lets play it to the end.

 

Thanks Big Mike for the awesome game. Cannot wait for the Championships.

 

--James

Final 2? NO WAY! Good luck in the final round Team Thriller. Thanks Big Mike for such an awesome game and awesome reports from parks all over the country. I cannot wait for more.

Even though I was out of the Ducky Contest running's a few games back, I still like to play along.

That last ducky that was in the birds mouth totally slipped by me.

 

Congratulations Team Thriller & traincrossin!

Hello Friends!!!!

 

To all The Valuable Big Mike Readers, Have a safe and happy New Year!

 

 

Talking about New Years, included in this report is a sneak peak at Times Square setting up for New Years Eve, along with some special events, the two shows I saw this week, a tribute to the friends that have come to visit Big Mike in NYC, and Robb and Elissa's names up in lights on Broadway!!!

 

 

To starts the report off though, the 2nd scheduled stop on the California Tour of Big Mike's Road Show was Train Town.

 

The park was open, yet the coaster was closed. I did not add this to the front page or the total parks visited number due to the fact that I could not supply The Valuable Big Mike Readers with a quality shot of the coaster.

 

Thus, not to short change the readers but to bring as much info as possible, the park did not count but I will post what I saw anyway.

 

 

I hope everyone enjoys!!!

 

 

 

Peace, Big Mike

That's it for now. Just snapped a picture in a totally random place to wish everyone a fun and safe New Year's Eve and a fantastic 2009! Peace, Big Mike

A special EXCLUSIVE picture of the back of the ball drop.

This was in Briant Park and very crowded. I will wait for the holiday crowd to leave and skate at Rockerfeller Center instead.

The Empire State Building was in holiday colors and ice skating was a big hit.

The evening show was My Sinatra, which is an obligation to see if you are from New Jersey like Ol Blue Eyes.

Between shows, it was nice to walk in NYC in late December at 6pm and have it be SIXTY FOUR degrees!

The show was about him and his nightmares about horses. If you look at his body closely, it is actually a horses head. I never noticed it until I saw the show because I was more excited to see the totally naked female lead, which I did from front row center in the orchestra for a GREAT view!!! I admit I did sneak a peak at Harry Potters weiner also.

The matinee show I took in was "Equus" with the Harry Potter dude. I liked it. Can you see anything strange about his body in the picture???

I can still vision Renee standing there with her cute pink hat and scarf. Great memories!

Now that I was in a cheery mood again, I went back to visit the place I now only call "Our Spot"

... and I miss Brian, but I got a pretzel to cheer me up right before taking this picture!!

... and I miss Renee ...

It was not all fun and games though. Every time Big Mike visits NYC now, he remembers the fun times shared with the good friends that have come to visit so far. I miss Rick ...

Of course, Big Mike's name up in lights on Broadway with a picture of two hot babes on his arms was a good touch too.

While in Times Square, Big Mike used some of his pull to thank Robb and Elissa for ANOTHER year of die hard dedication to making this site the BEST THERE IS out there for Theme Park websites and for being GREAT friends!!!

Big news in the Big City for Big Mike! I just wish someone was there to get a wide picture of the swarm of cameras that surrounded Big Mike at that moment! My camera could not get them all!

It was the big moment when Big Mike shredded the Haters and all the cameras converged to cover the event...

As soon as the press heard all about The Big Mike Road Show, they had thier top story of the day! The AP news was one of 4 interviews Big Mike gave!

Big Mike chose to shred all the Big Mike Road Show 2008 Haters that spewed all thier negativity at the hard work and dedication Big Mike made to entertain and inform everybody.

It was a great day to come into NYC, as it was Good Riddance Day, where you could shred your bad memories of 2008!

Your first view of the 2009 sign under the ball.

Back in NYC this week! You can see there are 3 days left until New Years Eve and they already have the speakers up for the celebration and it is almost 12 o'clock!

Only the front of the park was open, so this was as close as a picture I could get of the coaster. Just means another visit to the Coaster Palooza Hotel!!!

Other rides at the park:

Extra locomotives.

I did not ride the train as a form of protest.

The prices.

Boo, the coaster is not! Why?

Yay! Welcome, Train Town is open!

Train Town in California!

oh yeah mike that last picture was %100 random.

 

Great Update

Train Town is roughly 10 minutes away from my parent's house where I am staying during the holiday break. I still do not have the credit there. Too bad I didn't know you were going, and I could have had an excuse to get up there - even though it was closed during your visit.