Join Racheal and Erik this week as The Beast brings his friends to the dinner table with the family. Racheal and Erik also talk nerdy gifts, the muppets, and what they're thankful for.

This week on BTT we talk with Kathy from Hershey Park all about Christmas Candy Lane. She'll talk about the venerable Winter Wonderland and all the new changes for the 2009 Holiday Season. Also we get our West Coast Correspondent Noel Wong to chime in after spending all week at IAAPA. He tells us about the latest and greatest coaster nerd things that are happening with the huge EXPO this year as well as some inside information direct from the coaster makers.All this and more when you Get Ready to Ride.

The interview with Kyle and Stacey was just crappy last week because of all the technical difficulties that happened, so we rescheduled an interview with them! Join Racheal and Erik as they chat with Kyle and Stacey about their 67 day adventure in Orlando. Visit www.67daysofsmiles.com for more information on their journey.

Happy Halloween from Erik and Racheal at Behind the Thrills. Join Racheal and Erik for their 2009 halloween special.

This week Behind the Thrills, Racheal and Erik chat about icons used for Halloween Events at theme parks. They chat about parks that change their icon every year and how it ties into their event and parks that reuse the same icon every year.

This week on Behind the Thrills, join Racheal and Erik as they chat with Scott, the Vice President of the Entertainment Department of Busch Gardens Williamsburg about Howl-o-Scream. Racheal and Erik had the chance to visit Busch Gardens Williamsburg last weekend and will be chatting about their experiences in the park, and the Dine with Elmo experience as well. *Show is 30 mins tonight, thank you for your patience*

This week Behind the Thrills, Racheal and Erik will talk a bit about Universal's Halloween Horror Nights and Busch Gardens Tampa's Howl-o-Scream. Also, they will be bringing news and other random tid-bits of information to your computer.

It's the eve of the kick off to Haunt Season. And you thought the only cool haunt events are at theme parks? We have Pete from Spooky Empire, the Haunt Worlds premiere Horror Convention on to talk about the event, take your calls and answer your questions.

In our final edition of 'Ripped from the Conference Call', we had the opportunity to chat with JMichael Roddy, Creative Director for Halloween Horror Nights, about The Universal Palace Theater and Julian (The Usher).

There's no better way to get excited about Halloween Horror Nights than to check out the 'Ripped from the Conference Call' series.

This week in the ongoing series of Conference calls, we talk to TJ Mannarino and Susan Moore about bringing the classics Frankenstein, and Dracula to life and making them scary again. We had to sift through over 900 six second clips to bring this to you, so you better enjoy it.

It's our 50th episode!!!! The anticipation is building up so much, that it's gotta be killing all you haunt freaks! Just one more week and Haunt Season is upon us. To get us worked up into a frenzy we have Scott Swenson, Creative Director of Howl O Scream at Busch Gardens Tampa to tell us all about Ms. Vayne, and ten years of HOS! He'll also answer your calls and take your questions. Who knows what else Scott may have up his sleeve?

This week we take your calls and talk about Amusement Today's Golden Ticket awards, and we also nominate our winners for the "Spooks Platinum Your Mama" awards. You dont want to miss it.

This week we get to sit in yet again with Michael Roddy from Universal and talk all kinds of fun HHN stuff. We talk more in depth about the houses, the scare zones...and some hidden stuff. You dont want to miss it.

Join Racheal and Erik as we talk to Kelly Heckinger from Busch Gardens Tampa about everything they have going on for the rest of this year, and for 2010. We'll take your calls and questions for Kelly about anything including Howl O Scream, and yes Sesame Street! Make sure you check out our live chat 30 minutes before the show.Plus we announce our contest and how you can win tickets to your favorite park! Don't miss it!

Join Racheal and Erik this week on Behind the Thrills as they discuss the official announcement of Carowinds coaster for 2010 with Carowinds PR manager, Danielle Swords. If you have any questions regarding the announcement, you may call into the show or e-mail your questions to staff@behindthethrills.com.