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Episode 99: Halloween Horror Nights 21
By Erik & Racheal Yates
Tags: behind the thrills, halloween, halloween horror nights, halloween horror nights 21, haunts, hhn, horror night nightmares, horror nights, lady luck, theme parks, universal orlando, universal studios
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This week on Behind the Thrills, we host a special late night edition leading up to the reveal of the details for Halloween Horror Nights 21. Joined by Mark and Jenn from Horror Night Nightmares, we chat about all the rumors and what we think what actually might be happening in the event. We reveal the details at 11:30pm of the houses via Universal and also receive a call from the "famous" HHN fan, Hal Geluk.

Episode 98: Demand Game Nation!
Tags: Demand Game Nation, Game Nation, Video Game theme park
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This week we chat with Daniel Ruke developer of Game Nation theme park, currently in development. Ruke chats with us about the hopes, plans and goals of Game Nation, and of course how you can participate.

Episode 97:101 Things I love about Stan Meyer
By Racheal and Erik Yates
Tags: 101 Things I hate about your house, Disney, One Ocean, Sea World, Stan Meyer, Universal
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This week we talk to Illustrator of the new book 101 Things I Hate About Your House, Stan Meyer. Stan is also an amazing designer who's work includes One Ocean and Blue Horizons at Sea World as well as work at Universal and of course Disney.

Episode 96: Catch Up with Fries
By Racheal and Erik Yates
Tags: behind the thrills, believe, busch gardens, busch gardens tampa, busch gardens williamsburg, cheetah hunt, discovery cove, halloween horror nights, mach tower, one ocean, podcast, seaventure, seaworld, shamu, summer nights, the grand reef, the wizarding world of harry potter, universal orlando, vanish point, wwohp
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It's been almost a year since we've done a show, and we dearly apologize. We've been very busy over the last year, but we're back in full force now with weekly 30 minute segments. In Episode 96, we catch up with all the big things that have happened over the last 11 months.

Episode 96: The Santa Claw
By Racheal and Erik Yates
Tags: believe, bid bird, busch gardens, cookie monster, dawn brancheau, elmo, one ocean, seaworld, sesame, sesame place, shamu, the santa claw, theme parks
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This week we chat live with Patrice from The Santa Claw! The Santa Claw is a virtual claw machine that anyone can play from their computer. As Patrice chats with us, we learn a lot of neat information about the Claw and how they determine what players win, to how the idea of The Santa Claw was born.

Episode 94: 20 Years Of FEAR
By Erik and Racheal Yates
Tags: amusement parks, behind the thrills, theme parks
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This week Erik and Racheal are on location from opening night of Halloween Horror Nights XX: Twenty Years of Fear. Erik and Racheal get the chance to chat with several members of the Universal creative team on how they brought this year's event to life.

Episode 93: Live from VUDU Cinema
By Erik and Racheal Yates
Tags: amusement parks, behind the thrills, theme parks
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This week Erik and Racheal are on location at Sinister's VUDU Cinema where fans of art, Halloween, and Halloween Horror Nights gather for a pre-HHN party. We talk to many artists and even a previous member of a television show.

Episode 92: A New Era of Conference Calls 2 (2010)
By Erik and Racheal Yates
Tags: amusement parks, behind the thrills, theme parks
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The second conference call for Halloween Horror Nights XX: Twenty Years of FEAR.

Episode 89: A New Era of Conference Calls
By Erik and Racheal Yates
Tags: amusement parks, behind the thrills, theme parks
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We are chatting with TJ Mannarino about HHN 20

Episode 91: Spook's Yo Momma Platinum Awards
By Erik and Racheal Yates
Tags: amusement parks, behind the thrills, theme parks
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In honor of the Golden Tickets being announced last week, we have the honor of presenting the "Spook's Yo Momma Platinum Awards".