It's the one-year anniversary of "Cartoons to Castles" and we're having a party! Special guests Tiff Mink, Sarah Sterling, Erika Kurzawa, and Tiffany Lanae Sutton join the fun for this 2-hour extravaganza!

In the first hour of the episode, Tiff and Sarah dish with Jessica and Melanie about rare characters found in Disney Parks all over the world. Tune in to hear about the wacky and wonderfully weird characters that have been featured at the parks throughout their history, as well as the ladies' ultimate dream meet-and-greets.

During hour two, Melanie and Erika talk about the spooktacular history of Halloween Time decor and events at Disneyland, plus share some fun facts about the Haunted Mansion Holiday ride overlay. Then Jessica and Tiffany celebrate Christmas in July by chatting about the history of Disneyland's holiday celebrations, from the first parades in the 1950s up to the recent Festival of Holidays.

NOTE FROM THE CO-HOSTS: Wow, did we encounter a lot of technical issues this time around! We apologize for the occasional dip in sound quality in portions of the episode. We were also planning to include a video of our recording session to post on YouTube, but we've run into more issues with this than we can count, so TBD on if/when the video will be available. If we can make it work, it will be posted on our new YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrYg894HuNuy2A0BOsL-VQ.
We'll post updates about the video status on our social channels at https://www.instagram.com/cartoonstocastles/ and https://twitter.com/CartoonsCastles!

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Theme music is “Taste of the French Quarter” by Rob Khurana via Storyblocks.com.

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https://mickeyblog.com/2019/10/26/a-history-of-halloween-at-the-disney-theme-parks/

https://www.mouseplanet.com/12784/History_of_Disneyland_Halloween

https://tdrplans.com/tdl/characters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFa_n3k3N2Y

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