Thrills Chills & Spills Podcast

The TCS crew is back and again complaining about being old, mourning the loss of a certain budget airline, and in our dance mom era! After a weekend with Buzzed Bars in the Smokies, we review the inaugural Run Dollywood Race, check in on the overall Dollywood park experience, and careen on some of the infinite mountain coasters of the area. After some detours through Six Flags over Georgia and an MSC cruise, we finish out with a ranking game of HHN houses while we await further speculation or news on this year's event. #stayspooky

This week Tyler and Joey have some crappy food and Kelli is in her dance mom era! We discuss our excitement for the upcoming Buzzed Bars Coaster Club event at Dollywood and Joey recaps his recent trip to Germany including a fair and Heide and Hansa Park.

This week TCS reviews the weird, wild, and chilling film Bugonia. We've also got a new Easter spec map drop for HHN with some new hints as to the houses this year. Plus, reports on Project Purple construction at Six Flags Great Adventure, movie theatre woes, and more pains of growing old.

Happy spring everyone! Winter weather is winding down and we're back in the parks - Six Flags Over Georgia and Kings Dominion opening weekends, plus a smattering of Florida park visits including Mardi Gras and EPCOT's Flower and Garden events. Plus, we got a big Halloween Horror Nights announcement! Our icon's Jack and Dr. Oddfellow are bringing the first house announcement of the season. Are you hype? Will we see more house announcements soon? Are you tired of our getting old complaints? 🤣

Happy Mardi Gras! We're back with reports from Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Universal Studios Florida Mardi Gras events. Plus, a Universal Orlando Informer event review, a visit to Legoland, and a weird and spooky trip in the southwest. Aliens, ghostly hotels, and closed Tobaggans, oh my!

This week brings an extra episode to get us up to date with Halloween Horror Nights spec season! We're checking in on our predictions from last year and... they weren't perfect that's for sure. Also, the latest possible houses based on the new spec map from Horror Night Nightmares (Gaga, anyone?). Plus spills galore from Traitors to Coaster Madness to The Pitt to Tyler's continued Epic Universe woes.

A special episode brings TCS friends Keith and Ashlie to discuss their recent visit to Six Flags Qiddiya City. Is Falcon's Flight number one in the world? Is there anything else worth riding? How the heck do you even get to this place? We've got answers to all your burning questions plus the ones you didn't think to ask. Enjoy!

Happy Valentine's Day! While we're still waiting for more HHN speculation, TCS brings the love with a V-Day roller coaster draft. Who has your favorite lineup? Also up for discussion, one of our favorite spooky/silly TV shows: The Traitors! Plus the Benito Bowl, Olympic ski jumping, escape rooms. and more!

This week Tyler fills us in on the lakes, roads, and roller coasters of Guatemala from a recent trip! Plus some New Year's goals and our review of the 2025 Oscar nominated film Sinners which is rumored to be an HHN house this upcoming season. Let us know your thoughts on the movie in the comments!

It's a wild ride as TCS covers our adventures in Las Vegas at Meow Wolf, The Golden Tiki, Adventuredome, Big Apple Coaster and more! Plus our review of the new Universal Horror Unleashed experience! We've also got trip recaps galore from Wild Adventure's Christmas event, a cruise in Mexico, and a crazy Disney 4 park challenge. Make it to the end and you'll get the first touch of speculation for HHN 35 with the release of Horror Night Nightmares first map! 

Happy New Year! TCS is back with a special episode all about eerie 80s series Stranger Things following its epic finale. (Spoiler Alert!) Our favorite guest Scott joins us to recap and break down the final season of episodes and answer your questions. Plus, Tyler leads a deep dive into a "Conformity Gate" hole of conspiracies. 

This week: trip recaps from the Krampus Christmas experience in Miami and Hersheypark's Christmas Candylane! Plus, a holiday movie bracket that is sure to enrage our listeners 🤣! Follow us on Instagram @thrillschillsandspills to vote for the final winner! 

It's an all out food fight as special guest Meg joins us in a power ranking of Thanksgiving fare - no vegetables were spared! Plus, our takes on Stranger Things 5 and Wicked: For Good and a dash of spooky with our Halloween Horror Nights wish lists. Happy holidays everyone!

We're starting out the holiday season strong with a visit to Busch Gardens Williamsburg's Christmas Town event! Hear our takes on the shows, the lights, and the hot chocolate. Plus...spooky season is never really over, so our first HHN 35 speculation begins! 

Halloween Horror Nights 34 is officially over and we're wrapping up the season with our final rankings and reviews! Plus  recaps from Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Sea World Orlando Howl-O-Scream and Kings Dominion's Haunt. Listeners sent in tons of great questions and we dive in - including our all time top 10 HHN houses! #stayspooky

TCS's biggest fan is back for a recap of HHN Hollywood from the West Coast! Plus more local haunt coverage from Reaper's Revenge and Netherworld, a hike through the darkness, and park events at Hersheypark and Holiday World. The crew + Scott close out with a spooky season draft competing to create the best Halloween event. Vote for your favorite on Discord / Instagram! #notouching

Kelli is turning into a zombie!!! ...or is it just sickness season? We've got updated house ranking from additional HHN visits plus even more haunt event reports! Enjoy a recap of Buzzed Bars' Wobble in the Woods including Knoebels and the much anticipated Lehigh Valley Scream Park - was it actually good?! Also reports from Dorney Park, Six Flags Over Georgia, and the Orlando parks during spooky season. We had a great time with listener questions this week and we'd love to hear more from you! What are your favorite local haunt events? Which one of the hosts would die first in a horror film? Any special guests you'd like to hear from?  

Part II of our Halloween Horror Nights 34 review is here! This week we're covering the scare zones, street experiences, shows, food & bev, and the overall experience at HHN. Find out the snacks to avoid and our fried favorites, plus why the Catlady has our heart and whether Nightmare Fuel is actually better this year (?). See you in the fog!

We did it! The entire TCS crew visited Halloween Horror Nights 34 in Orlando together and is here with Part I of our review: the haunted houses! Do our rankings match up with our hype lists? (Spoiler alert - no!) What's the most overrated house and the biggest surprise? All this and more including your questions and a quick recap of follow up Epic Universe visits. Stay tuned next week for Part II discussing the scare zones, shows, food &  bev, and overall event impressions. 

Pour some hateraid - our spills this week are getting sassy! Hold onto your collector's item popcorn bucket as we dive into Deep Dish Stumble: pool parties, pizza casseroles, and the Wrath of a Rakshasa at Six Flags Great America. Plus the full HHN Orlando food and beverage lineup has dropped: Kelli is in mourning (why is the rum gone), we want our PB&J fried, and what's with the eggs? We're so excited HHN is almost here, stay tuned to our Instagram @thrillschillsandspills for our first visit!

We're learning about WWE! Delving a bit into the Wyatt Sicks history, plus HHN updates on Stay & Scream, construction, food booths and more.  Spilling some more sass on Six Flags and some quick reports on Cedar Point, Kennywood, and Morey's Piers vists. And finally - we debut our pre-season HHN hype lists! Share your hype list with us on Instagram @thrillschillsandspills!

Spec season is officially over as HHN has announced the final scare zones, shows, and houses! 👻 Our takes on all the HHN news, plus spilling the tea on Six Flags and our most recent coaster adventures. Can anyone help explain the WWE Wyatt Sicks lore? 🤣

We're back as we finish out Part III of our great EuroTrip recap with special guest Tim! Did we find any joy on Yoy? Plus the woes of Drayton Manor, the highs of Liseberg and Linnanmaki, and a heat wave in Madrid. And too many madhouses - ifykyk. We also wrap up discussion of the original HHN houses dropped during the trip AND new releases including Terrifier (our fave Art the clown) and the first scare zones. As always, we end with some fantastic listener questions on opportunities for spooky events, industry news, and the best coaster manufacturer. Grab some Malort and enjoy this two hour banger 🤣!

The TCS gang is joined by two-named special guest and number one podcast fan ScottDon as we continue with Part II of our Stumble Across the Pond recap. We all get Hyperiayassss'd, Kelli gets Hex'd, and the wind provides a lovely spite across Thorpe Park, Alton Towers, and Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Plus, since HHN spilled the whole bag while we were in Europe, we continue reviewing the original houses that have been released. Stay tuned for Part III soon!

The TCS crew has finished Stumble Across the Pond and is reporting on Part 1 of their overseas adventures including Ireland, Chessington, and Paultons Park! Joined by special guest Shea, we delve into the trauma of the "Bangers" bus, discuss our pre-Stumble travels and our impressions of the first few parks on the official Buzzed Bars trip. We've also got a quick update on a new IP released for HHN and answer your questions. Stay tuned for the next few episodes as we continue our trip breakdown and HHN updates with more special guests!

And you thought you'd seen the last of us for June! The TCS crew is back to cover the first official house announcement for HHN! We "enter the vault" of Fallout to speculate on the details of this house and also "enter the mind" of Joey for his lightning round interview. Plus some spills on Disney World Lightning Lane, the Rip Ride Rockit replacements, and Carowinds' 2026 addition!

Finally - we have our first official word on Halloween Horror Nights! The spooky crew breaks down the latest HHN news and recaps recent trips to Kings Dominion, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, and Holiwood Nights. Kelli gets her moment in the hotseat with a lightning round interview and we throw in a few spills of hot tea and answered your questions. Listen in to find out what happened to the missing leg!

Bonus Pod! With the newest spec map dropping, we HAD to run through it and break it all down. Let us know if you think we're right, wrong, or somewhere in between on our guesses.

The Spooky Squad returns! This past month, we all had the opportunity to check out the previews to Epic Universe, and we will dive into all the details, so FULL SPOILERS AHEAD! Join us as we discuss our favorites, headaches, and much more!

The Spooky Squad is back! They break down the newest HHN speculation, recent trips to Northern California, and a little Epic Universe talk! That, fan questions, and so much more. Check it out, and don't forget to follow on all socials, as well as subscribe so you never miss an episode!

The crew is back as they discuss the newest HHN spec map that just dropped! After visits to EPCOT's Flower and Garden, Busch Garden Williamsburg and Universal's Mardi Gras events, media days for Georgia Gold Rusher and Flash: Vertical Velocity, this is a fully loaded episode! Make sure to subscribe to never miss an episode!

The Spooky Squad is back, and this time, they are talking BGW Mardi Gras, Terrifier, Universal Horror Unleashed, and listener questions! Joined by good friend Meg from the "You're Gonna Die, Bitch" podcast. Grab a listen and get slashin!

Our first official episode as Thrills, Chills & Spills! Join Joey, Kelli, Rafa, and Tyler as they recap recent HHN speculation maps, Busch Gardens Tampa Mardi Gras, and much more!

The spooky spinoff podcast has evolved to cover more theme park special events! This time we're discussing our favorite winter season and Christmas events. The crew recap trips to Phantasialand's Wintertraum, Europa Parks's Winter Magic, and other events that warm the heart. Then we go head to head in a winter event draft to create the best possible one! Merry Christmas!

Our first episode started out as a spinoff from another Buzzed Bars podcast, TDR! Special guest Mike from TDR joins the spookiest sqaud of hosts Kelli, Joey, Tyler, and Rafa as they break down the 2024 haunt season and recap Halloween Horror Nights 33.