Episode Transcript
[00:00:01] Speaker A: Welcome to episode 321. Oh, my gosh. It's three, two, one of the TDR now podcast. We're the first english speaking podcast about asian theme parks, like Tokyo Disneyland, USJ, Shanghai, Hong Kong, all those places. Lots of cool, fun places to visit. You can find that all on TDR Explorer on any website. Like, if you're on TikTok or YouTube or just, like, the main website, teeterexplorer.com dot. You can find it there. I'm one of your hosts, Trish.
I love Halloween, which is what we're gonna be talking about today. You can find me at dreamsweets love on Instagram and on threads. And I participate on something called Discover urayasu, where we try to bring what's happening within the city to an overseas audience. And that chuckling voice you heard behind me was the amazing Chris. Hello. How are you?
[00:01:00] Speaker B: Hello. I'm doing well.
[00:01:02] Speaker A: Happy spooky season.
[00:01:03] Speaker B: Happy spooky season.
[00:01:05] Speaker A: Finally. We can finally feel it. It got chilly today.
[00:01:08] Speaker B: Like, today, actually. Today.
[00:01:10] Speaker A: Yeah, finally. After being 34 degrees last weekend.
[00:01:14] Speaker B: Yeah, it was. Last Friday was horrible because it was overcast, and so it just made it incredibly humid. Yes, humid and hot. And it was just disgusting. I'm glad that we're past that.
Summer lasted very long, I think. Was it longer last year? I don't remember. Last year was hot, too. I just remember that.
[00:01:41] Speaker A: I feel like it's just never ending now.
[00:01:44] Speaker B: Yeah.
This is what September is supposed to be like. You know, a high of 26, 27 in the day and then gets down to, like, 19, 2021 in the evening. No humidity or very little humidity. That's what it's supposed to be like.
[00:01:59] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:02:00] Speaker B: Yeah. We're finally into the fall season, which is nice.
Yeah, I wanted to, before we go, like, get into the main, main topic that I'm really excited to. To talk about, I went and saw the new Castle projection show at Tokyo Disneyland. It just debuted last Friday. The 20 something.
[00:02:25] Speaker A: Yeah, it just debuted. How was it?
[00:02:28] Speaker B: It was fine. It was just fine.
I'll be honest, I kind of forgot about it for a while because they announced it so long ago, and then I kind of forgot it when it was debuting. And I remember thinking a few weeks ago, oh, when is the new reach for the stars show? I had to look it up, and I was like, oh, that's very soon. I completely forgot about it. So, yeah, I. How do I. I don't want to go too spoilery, I guess. I won't say what's in the show exactly. If people want to hear or, like, they're gonna go watch it. But for me, personally, I thought the show was fine.
I really liked the original song in it. Reach for the stars.
[00:03:10] Speaker A: Mm hmm.
[00:03:11] Speaker B: My issue was it was the song was only at the beginning and the end of the. Of the show. There was no. There was basically no story. I felt there was no cohesive story. Like, I kind of saw what they're trying to go for with, like, reach for the stars, like, things going into the sky. So, you know, they had Hercules, which is kind of in all the promos. Uh, they had stuff with Dumbo, Aladdin, things like that. Like, those things kind of make sense. Then they added other ips in there, and I just thought, this just feels like a clip show. A very pretty clip show.
So there was no, like, peaks and valleys when it came to just telling a story, because there really wasn't one.
[00:03:54] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:03:54] Speaker B: Which was a little disappointing, to be honest.
Other than that, though, it was very pretty. It's a very pretty show. Like, we've come a long way with projection mapping, and they take full advantage of all the lasers that they have because they have to make up for the lack of fireworks. Like, there's some fireworks in the show, but we're not known for our fireworks displays. Like, we're never gonna have something to the magnitude of happily ever after in the magic kingdom or momentous at Hong Kong Disneyland. We've never done that, and I don't think it's ever gonna happen. I'm sure we've talked about it before. Isn't something to do with, like, a local law or something like that?
[00:04:33] Speaker A: Or I guess, like, the local, like. Yeah, I think it's a legal issue, and I think also, like, I mean, it's Disney. They could probably, you know, like, get around it, but I think probably the. The people that live nearby would complain. Not me. I wouldn't complain. But, like, probably some people would complain, you know?
[00:04:53] Speaker B: Yeah.
Like, people can see the parks from their homes, right?
[00:04:59] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:05:00] Speaker B: You can see the resorts. So it's. It's pretty close to residential areas.
So I can understand, you know, 20 minutes fireworks display that's going off would.
[00:05:09] Speaker A: Be, like, at bedtime.
[00:05:12] Speaker B: Yeah, because it would happen. It would happen. Well, if they did it twice, it would happen at, like, 630 and then again, like, 840 and I. Yeah, and.
[00:05:23] Speaker A: Also probably the length, like, would, like, interfere with the nighttime parade. You know, it would be hard to schedule it. Right, I guess.
[00:05:31] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm sure. And also, too, like, the residential area is very condensed in terms of residential area.
[00:05:36] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:05:37] Speaker B: It's not like people are spread out here are very condensed. Japan, especially the urban areas, are very condensed. So that's the. I guess the ongoing theory as to why we don't have these gigantic fireworks displays. Because Japan is known for their fireworks displays. We've talked about this before, too, but.
[00:05:55] Speaker A: That'S like a special case, right? Like once in the summer or autumn.
[00:06:01] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:06:02] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:06:03] Speaker B: So it is what it is. The show's fine.
It's nice that we have a show again because it's been, what, five, six years since we've had the projection show. Wasn't the last one celebrate Tokyo Disneyland? That one was good. That was a good one.
[00:06:19] Speaker A: Hello.
[00:06:20] Speaker B: That was a while ago, too.
Like 2018. 2019. I think it was 2019. Something like that. Yeah.
[00:06:28] Speaker A: I lost you.
I lost you. I lost the audio for a moment.
[00:06:33] Speaker B: Oh, no, we're fine.
[00:06:34] Speaker A: Oh, we are? Okay. I'm so sorry.
[00:06:37] Speaker B: Yeah, I was just saying that I think it's nice to have a show again.
We haven't had one in a while since, like, celebrate Tokyo Disneyland back in. It was like 2018 or something, wasn't it? It was very short lived. That much so. Yeah. Anyway, I don't think we need to do a full episode on it because it's. It's a 20 minutes show. It's fine. Watch it when you're there. It's on twice a day in the evenings. Check the app. It's all there. I personally don't think you need to spend DPA on it. The DPA is like, in front of the castle where you get to sit down. I don't think you need to do that because you can stand pretty far back. I've watched it from the side, on the left side, kind of just behind the dPA area. And then also further back, um, in front of the vacation package area. That's in front of the partner statue and also behind the partner statue. I've seen it three times. Uh huh. And I kind of find the further back you are, the more you get to see because they actually. To make use of lighting on the trees.
[00:07:40] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:07:41] Speaker B: And stuff. So you kind of get like, it's. It's a lot more. It's more pretty from, from behind.
So.
Yeah, that's it.
And I've done all the Halloween food at Disneyland, but we're not going to talk about that today. We can talk about that another time.
But, yeah, I finally did all the food, Halloween food at Tokyo Disneyland, Disneysea. That's been out for two weeks now. Two and a half weeks.
[00:08:09] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:08:10] Speaker B: Came out so early, but then the, then the merchandise just came out this last week, last Thursday, so, yeah, I was just very staggered in terms of how everything is going with Halloween and whatnot, because then the event itself doesn't start until October 1.
[00:08:38] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. Yeah. For real. It's so late this year. But I mean, like, the weather, the autumn weather has been so late, right?
[00:08:46] Speaker B: Yeah. 35 degrees is not fall weather in the slightest. Yeah, but we're talking about Halloween food at the different hotels around Tokyo Disney resort, and these are non Disney hotels, so we're not talking about the Disney hotels. We're talking about, like, the official hotels.
[00:09:08] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:09:09] Speaker B: And some other hotels in the area. So you've been kind of scouting out a lot of this stuff.
[00:09:14] Speaker A: I have, because I love everything. Spooky. And we were, along with the tourism organization, we were invited to Hilton. So for that one that we didn't pay for. Usually we pay for everything that we do ourselves, but that, so just to disclose the Hilton, we, we didn't, we were invited, but, yeah, everything else I want to do, and I will be paying for and kind of excited. I'm not going to do everything, obviously.
[00:09:50] Speaker B: But that's a lot.
[00:09:52] Speaker A: No, it's a lot.
But I do want. I have some things that I have my eye on.
Um, is there anything that you have been of, like, interested in, like, any of the.
[00:10:03] Speaker B: I've seen. I think I saw, um, yeah, I did see Hilton did, like, some pr thing. So they're like, I saw some social media posts from, like, japanese online creators, so I saw that stuff. So you're probably at the same thing or something, but, yeah, I saw that. So that looks really interesting.
There was another one. Yeah, there was another hotel. It's not in this list here. It's a hotel. It's in Tokyo. Yeah, but they, they're doing this thing where it's, like, this story that kind of goes from your hotel room and then with all the different food. So, like, I'm probably gonna butcher this completely, but based off my understanding, there's, like, some sort of mystery had to solve. So he had, like, black light flashlight, and there was a mural above the beds, and it had, like, these clues for something.
[00:10:58] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh.
[00:11:00] Speaker B: And then the food played into it. So you got, like, one course. Like, I'm not sure if it was a course or what it was, and it, it was like, I think it was like an angel or something. And then I think you either you, like, quote unquote die or something. I'm not sure. But then, like, the next meal, like, the dessert or something they have, like, the next day is something to do with, like, the devil.
[00:11:24] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:11:25] Speaker B: It's very themed. I should have looked this up ahead of time, but, yeah, someone was posting about it, and it looked very interesting.
[00:11:33] Speaker A: That sounds so cool.
[00:11:35] Speaker B: Very. As soon as I saw it, I thought, oh, Patricia would love that.
[00:11:38] Speaker A: Oh, my God. Tokyo is, like, a wonderland for, like, theme. Like, halloween themed, like, menus and, like, activities.
Oh, my gosh. I love it so much.
Yeah, but that sounds so cool.
[00:11:54] Speaker B: Should we. Do you want to talk about the Hilton stuff?
[00:11:57] Speaker A: I think, yeah, we can go down the list. Right?
So, Hilton. I like this story. It's a vampire host invites you to their party, and they like chocolate. Like, they love chocolate. And they also have their entourage of friends who are also invited. So, like, the food is, like, themed to, like, witches and werewolves and ghosts and, of course, lots and lots of chocolate, because that's the vampire's favorite. And I thought it was kind of. They do some really fun stuff with flavors. Like, for example, the witch's broom is like a Montblanc. I know you are not a Mont Blanc fan, but you might like this one, because inside, instead of chestnuthen, it's matcha.
Oh, yeah. So you got, like, a little witchy green color.
You do have a little bit of chestnut on the outside, but I probably, together with the matcha, I think you might like the flavor.
[00:13:04] Speaker B: That sounds nice.
[00:13:06] Speaker A: And, like, they had, like, floating wine glasses and these black macarons with, like, a really bright red filling. I really liked, like, I like black colored food a lot.
I know it's not everybody's cup of tea, but I really do. And I like how, since it's a buffet, you could choose to get all the black themed, all the black colored food and, like, arrange it into, like, a really aesthetic, you know, like, sweets meal.
So I. That was what I was going for personally. But, like, there's a lot of different flavors and textures from, like, orange pumpkin roll cake and, like. Like, every. Like, they have, like, so much that, like, there's something for everybody. Oh, and there's one thing that I really thought was cool. I don't know if you've seen this in Tokyo, but, like, there's, like, this confection, and I'm trying to think what it's called. It's called kohakuto. Do you know what? You know what I'm talking about?
It looks like a crystal. It looks like a gemstone.
[00:14:13] Speaker B: Hmm.
Oh. Is it, like, a gelatin?
It's like a gelatin. It's like a gelatin or something?
[00:14:22] Speaker A: Inside? Yeah, inside, it's like, like, soft. Like a gelatin. Outside is kind of, like, a little crispness to it.
[00:14:28] Speaker B: Okay. Okay. Interesting.
[00:14:30] Speaker A: And they had, like, this panna cotta, and it had, like, the gemstones on top, and it looked really pretty.
[00:14:37] Speaker B: That is cool.
[00:14:38] Speaker A: Yeah. And I'm not generally a buffet person, but I can see how, like, if you get a bunch of friends together and you all have different tastes in what you want, then it could be a fun outing. You know what I mean?
[00:14:56] Speaker B: That does sound fun.
[00:14:57] Speaker A: Yeah, I like that.
[00:15:00] Speaker B: It's vampire. Like, it's a vampire that, like, invites you.
[00:15:05] Speaker A: Yeah. And I don't know, you know, maybe the vampires, you know, telling you that they're a chocolate lover to get you off guard so they can drink your blood. But.
But no but there's, like, a lot of good chocolate, so you probably wouldn't mind anyway.
[00:15:23] Speaker B: So it's mostly just chocolate stuff.
[00:15:25] Speaker A: It's, but it's not, like, so, like, the vampire area, there is a lot of chocolate. There's, like, a chocolate chess set cake and, like, chocolate, like, a whole bunch of chocolate. But there's other stuff too. There's, like, something for everybody. There's, like, your typical, kind of, like, sponge cake, but, like, it has, it looks like a ghost and there's pumpkin flavor, and there's, like, a tart, like, a really lovely, like, it looks like a chaboose tart, but I don't think that's what it was. So they have, like, a bit of every flavor, even though chocolate is the theme.
[00:16:00] Speaker B: Yeah, like, I'm not a big chocolate person.
Everything is chocolate. Like, I like things when there's, like, a little bit of chocolate in it, but if it's fully chocolate, it's pretty hit or miss for me.
[00:16:13] Speaker A: Oh, I totally get it. Yeah, but you would, because that's, like, each dish, it's, like, labeled, like, what it is, and not everything is chocolate.
[00:16:22] Speaker B: Mmm. Okay, I might have to check that out.
[00:16:26] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And they got savory stuff too. Like, they got your typical, like, squid ink pasta with, like, a red pomodoro sauce. So you get that black and red contrast again. And they got, like, sandwiches. They got, like, a little bit of everything on the savory side as well, you know?
[00:16:44] Speaker B: And this is, like, is.
What was I gonna say?
Like, what time, do you know what time the stuff is on?
[00:16:55] Speaker A: Like, okay, so this one is on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays only.
[00:17:00] Speaker B: Oh, okay. So it's only happening, like, a couple.
[00:17:05] Speaker A: Times a week, basically, from October. From. Sorry. From September 7 through October 27.
[00:17:13] Speaker B: Okay.
That's not too bad then.
[00:17:17] Speaker A: It's not. It's really nothing. Um, let's see what's next on our list.
Sheraton. Yeah, they have a lot of stuff.
[00:17:28] Speaker B: And Sheraton's two doors down. Three. Three doors down now.
[00:17:32] Speaker A: Yeah, it's like, two doors down. I think they're, like, what? Separated by Toy story hotel in the Okura. And Okura. Yeah.
You could just go on the monorail, like, route and just go to all the different, like, places if you have, like, a big appetite, I guess so. Sheraton has a lot going on, and he has some really cool stuff at the cafe Tostina bakery. They have a lot of ghost and spider themed stuff, and one of the things that I thought was really cute, it's called phantom, and it's a moose tart with a one eyed ghost, and it sounds, like, really adorable. And they have, like, Halloween cream puffs, ghost hamburgers, like, a cream bun, but it's like a spider, like a two colored spider's cream bun.
And then they also have, like, a weekend buffet. So I guess a lot of the Halloween buffet stuff the hotels are doing on the weekend, and that's also a sweets buffet as well.
[00:18:37] Speaker B: I guess it makes sense. That's kind of a. I've noticed that with, like, these special buffets, it's usually on the weekends. Like, weekends and holidays. It's usually when they do it, it's not an everyday thing.
[00:18:47] Speaker A: Mm hmm. I think they're probably also trying to pull in local people, because a lot of people staying at the hotel are probably going to the parks, you know?
[00:18:55] Speaker B: Yeah. And that's not really high on their list of things to do.
[00:18:59] Speaker A: Mm hmm.
[00:19:00] Speaker B: It's kind of. They just want to eat and get to the park.
[00:19:05] Speaker A: Exactly. I guess if you're doing it before check in would probably be a good time. Or maybe on the day you're checking out or something.
[00:19:14] Speaker B: Yeah.
So what else do they have there at that place?
[00:19:20] Speaker A: Just a whole bunch of cute sweets.
Those are the main ones. The main ones, though, are the things at the bakery. At the cafe Tostina bakery.
[00:19:30] Speaker B: Okay. So you can just kind of go up there and just get whatever.
[00:19:33] Speaker A: Yeah. So that one, you don't need to make a reservation or anything, which is awesome.
[00:19:39] Speaker B: You just pop in over there.
[00:19:41] Speaker A: Uh huh. Or, like, let's say you have, like, a room and you want to just, like, have some downtime, like, you're tired or, you know, you have, like, kids. You could take, like, a little break from the parks, go have, like, a tea time in your hotel room, pick up a little cake at the bakery, or, you know, I guess. I guess a ghost hamburger, if you want something savory, and just have, like, a fun little dining time, you know, and get away from the crowds.
[00:20:08] Speaker B: That's fun. I like when hotels do that kind of stuff, you know? Yeah, something fun, you know?
[00:20:14] Speaker A: I do too. I really like the hotel bakeries. Like, I'm kind of, like, obsessed with them, especially, like, around Christmas time and Halloween time. They have, like, so many cute things.
[00:20:23] Speaker B: That's true. I'm gonna have to go to this bakery of hi. That's. That sounds more at my alley. I'm not really, like, a sweets buffet type of person.
[00:20:32] Speaker A: Yeah, that's the thing. It's so much food that it's hard to, like, eat that much. You know?
[00:20:38] Speaker B: Sometimes it's just a lot of sweets. And I guess here, too, things are, like, things are small, smaller, so you can sample a lot of things. I guess. I guess that's kind of the point. You get to sample a lot of little things.
[00:20:55] Speaker A: Or you were, like, a big group of people, and everybody wants something different.
[00:20:58] Speaker B: Yeah. Like, food portions are not very big, so it's easy enough to kind of sample a lot of different things, if.
[00:21:07] Speaker A: You like, but it can be overwhelming as well. So I totally understand that because I'm kind of the same way. Like, buffets are really hard for me, like, to eat, you know, the required food to make the price point, you know?
[00:21:22] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm the same way. Like, was it in expiari? Do we have sweet. Is it sweets paradise, or is it something else? We have a sweets buffet and expiari. I can't remember.
[00:21:31] Speaker A: Oh, is it. Do we have a sweets paradise?
[00:21:34] Speaker B: I don't think it's sweets paradise.
[00:21:36] Speaker A: Something like a sweets paradise.
[00:21:38] Speaker B: Yeah. And I go buy it, and I think, oh, that'd be kind of fun. And then I think, I don't want to spend 90 minutes eating, um.
I don't want to be eating dessert for 90 minutes.
[00:21:49] Speaker A: Like, you have to be in the mood, you know?
[00:21:54] Speaker B: Yeah. Like, usually if I'm hungry, I'm. I'm a. I want something of substance. I suppose.
I'm just looking it up right now because I am intrigued. Okay.
Krispy Kreme. No, that's not it.
I don't see it listed.
[00:22:17] Speaker A: Did it close?
[00:22:20] Speaker B: Unless it closed in the last week. I walked by it.
[00:22:22] Speaker A: Okay. So it was still there because I haven't been up there in a while, and, you know, like, things change out so quickly.
[00:22:29] Speaker B: They changed. I don't. I don't know why I'm on the english website.
[00:22:32] Speaker A: Usually the japanese site's better because probably I'm thinking if it's open, that would also probably be Halloween as well, right?
[00:22:41] Speaker B: Mm hmm.
I don't.
I don't know.
I will keep looking, so I'll bring it up once I find it.
So the Sheraton thing, is it on the same time as the Hilton, or is there, like, a different date for that?
[00:23:02] Speaker A: It's slightly different. It's, like, from October 1 to October 31. The suite's buffet is only on the weekend, but the cafe menu, you can pick up anytime.
[00:23:14] Speaker B: Okay, so I have to wait. I have to wait to go to the bakery.
Okay.
[00:23:21] Speaker A: And then the other one, like, the one another hotel that's right next to that is Hotel Okura.
And I like that they took a very different approach.
They went with magic. And I'm like, okay, yes, we love magic. And they have this magic. It's called the magic of Halloween. And they have this photo display. So, again, this is something that you can enjoy. Um, just hotel hopping. If you want to, like, hop in and get, like, a Halloween vibe. In the photo spot, it seems like it has, like, this effect where it looks like you're casting a spell. There's, like, some kind of lighting effect that they have. And that's, like, in front of, like, this, a backdrop of, like, I guess, like, a witches or a magic laboratory, you know?
And there's even photo props. So if you need, like, a cape or something, you can borrow one.
[00:24:22] Speaker B: That's fun.
[00:24:24] Speaker A: It is really fun.
[00:24:26] Speaker B: And I know ukraa is known for. I think it's okra. It's known for its cream puff. I think it's known for. Is that the hotel? It's known for cream puff?
[00:24:37] Speaker A: I believe so. Okra is, like, one of those old school, like, really classic japanese hotels.
[00:24:43] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:24:43] Speaker A: And I really like the vibe.
[00:24:46] Speaker B: It's very. Would you say it's showa era?
[00:24:49] Speaker A: I. Maybe.
[00:24:50] Speaker B: Or before?
[00:24:51] Speaker A: I'm not 100% sure. I'm so sorry.
[00:24:53] Speaker B: Yeah, I think showa air, like, the.
Like, I kind of think, like, kisa ten kind of vibes. Like, things are kind of, like, glossy.
[00:25:00] Speaker A: And I can see that. Yeah. Kind of classy.
[00:25:03] Speaker B: You know, rounds and yellows, like that kind of.
Or like. Or even, like, pearly white or green. Those kind of colors is kind of what I think of.
[00:25:14] Speaker A: Oh, sure, yeah.
[00:25:16] Speaker B: Very aesthetic.
[00:25:19] Speaker A: I suppose it is kind of like a whole aesthetic.
They also have some food. They have a magic of Halloween seasonal select lunch. And this looks like it's a little bit more on the casual side. So it looks like if you're looking for, like, something fun and halloweeny for lunch, this is what you would do. And then they have, like, a buffet as well, like a Halloween harvest buffet. And this is, like, a bit on the fancier side. They have wagyu and seafood and mats, tuck in mushrooms, so it's got those autumnal flavors and a bit of, like, Halloween vibes as well.
[00:25:59] Speaker B: Well, that's fun.
I want to do all of these.
[00:26:03] Speaker A: So far, it's like, how do you choose?
[00:26:06] Speaker B: I know.
Um. Oh, so I found the place.
[00:26:10] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:26:11] Speaker B: In expier, it's called salon de suites.
[00:26:14] Speaker A: Oh, okay.
[00:26:15] Speaker B: So it wasn't sweets paradise. Sweets paradise is just, I think, strictly sweets, isn't it? Like, it's pretty.
[00:26:22] Speaker A: Like, they do have, I think, curry rice, maybe.
[00:26:27] Speaker B: Maybe they're like, you don't go there for food. Yeah, it's kind of, you kind of, it's kind of like the caesarea of buffets.
[00:26:39] Speaker A: You know? Sweets paradise is known for their collaboration menus.
So a lot of the times you go there because of a collaboration menu, and sometimes with the collaboration menu, they'll have, like, some savory dishes, like, I don't know, like an ochazu care or something like that. That is a different dish from curry rice. And that's, like, specifically, you have to order it. It's not, like, part of the buffet, but, like. Yeah, they're, they do a lot of collaborations.
[00:27:11] Speaker B: Yeah. So the salon de suites is on the fourth floor. It's mostly desserts, but they also have, they also have roast beef and roast pork and salad and corn soup and curry and pasta and fried potato and karaage and pizza. So pretty typical buffet there.
[00:27:29] Speaker A: That's a lot of food.
[00:27:31] Speaker B: That is.
And it looks like they're doing a Halloween thing, too.
[00:27:35] Speaker A: They better be. Yeah. That's awesome.
[00:27:39] Speaker B: Anyway, I just, it was bothering me. I couldn't remember what the name was.
[00:27:42] Speaker A: No, me too. I was like, something sweet. Because we went years ago, like, when it opened.
[00:27:47] Speaker B: Yeah, I walked, I walked by it, like, last week. So there we go. Mystery solved.
[00:27:52] Speaker A: Yeah, it's open if you want sweets. They also have Halloween sweets. So check it out.
What else have we got? Okay, also on the monorail line, Grand Nico, Tokyo Bay, Mihama. We're getting into the hotels where I can never, for the life of me remember their names.
[00:28:14] Speaker B: They're just words slapped together.
It just. It feels like. So I do know the Grand Niko was redone.
[00:28:23] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:28:24] Speaker B: In 2021 or something. It reopened. Or even 2020.
[00:28:28] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:28:28] Speaker B: It reopened because it was, like, refurbed. It was an existing hotel that they refurbed and changed the name. Was it, like, Tokyo Bay, my home, a hotel first or something?
[00:28:38] Speaker A: No, that's the first hotel that was on the resort line. That one is also on the list.
[00:28:45] Speaker B: Oh.
[00:28:45] Speaker A: So.
And the name, they didn't change it that much. It's, like, Tokyo Bay Mihama Hotel. And I think there is a first at the end of it, but, yeah, because I.
[00:28:57] Speaker B: That hotel and the grand Niko, like, their names were so similar.
[00:29:01] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:29:01] Speaker B: And it was confusing.
[00:29:03] Speaker A: It was so confusing. And I still. I still confuse them. But, like, the niko now stands out more because it's a little bit different from, like, my. I cannot. I forgot what the name was, but they were really, really similar.
[00:29:16] Speaker B: Yeah. So there's a grand Nico, Tokyo Bay mai hama, and the Tokyo Bay Myhama Hotel.
[00:29:21] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:29:23] Speaker B: They share three of the same words. And it's. Yeah, it's still slightly confusing. Yeah. The grand Nico is, like, a bigger. I think it's bleach facade is black, I think.
[00:29:32] Speaker A: Oh, is it?
[00:29:33] Speaker B: I think it's black.
[00:29:34] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:29:35] Speaker B: Something like that.
[00:29:36] Speaker A: Anyway, that's very Halloween.
[00:29:37] Speaker B: What do they got? What do they got for Halloween?
[00:29:39] Speaker A: Okay. They've got another sweets buffet, but it's also really cute.
It's got, like, little goblin cakes and. And that's, like, a motif that I didn't see at the other hotels. So those are kind of, like, really, really cute. Like, I guess like goblin or oni or something like that kind of a motif. They have jack o'lanterns, spiders, and ghosts, and, like, looks like autumnal flavors again, like apple and pumpkin and sweet potato and all of that. So it's got, like, a very cute vibe. Their buffet.
[00:30:14] Speaker B: That actually sounds really fun.
[00:30:16] Speaker A: It does look really fun. Like, I feel like for kids, this would be, like. And for adults too. For me as well, it would be really appealing.
[00:30:23] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. I kind of. I think I kind of want to do this one. I just like the.
[00:30:27] Speaker A: Are you looking at the picture?
[00:30:28] Speaker B: Yeah, I kind of like all the goblins and stuff.
[00:30:30] Speaker A: It's really cute. And, like, it's really vibrant colors.
[00:30:34] Speaker B: Mm hmm.
Oh, I want to do that. Okay. I think that. I think that's making my shortlist.
[00:30:40] Speaker A: Yes. Okay. And I want to hear when you go, because I want to hear all about it?
[00:30:44] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:30:47] Speaker A: Oh, okay. So now we have reached Tokyo Bay Mihama hotel, and this one was, like, the first hotel. Okay.
They're doing something really unique. Like, they really. They. I guess if you want to stand out, they created a menu to stand out, and they have an afternoon tea.
It's Halloween themed, and it's also cheese themed, and it's called it's cheese. And it's the cheese twilight afternoon tea, and it's got sweet and savory cheeses. They've got pumpkin cheesecake, apple blue cheese tart, which it seems like it's, like, one of the standout things that they really recommend. Um, salmon, sour cream, uh, danishes, and. Yes, I'm from Miami. That's why I pronounce the s. I know it's salmon. I know. I know. It's. It's, uh, it's hard for me to control it. Uh, uh, gruyere cheese and ham danishes. Um, and so I really like the concept for this. I think they. They went with something really different from, like, your typical autumnal flavors, and I'm kind of digging it. I like that they. That they went in their own direction, you know?
[00:32:02] Speaker B: I love that it's cheese.
[00:32:04] Speaker A: Me too. I mean, hello. Mickey Mouse is right next door. I'm sure this would be a buffet that would appeal to Mickey and Minnie, for sure, right?
[00:32:15] Speaker B: Oh, 100%.
Oh, yeah. One thing we forgot to mention, is it all these hotels, like the Tokyo official Toki Disney hotels for Halloween, you get a little pouch, like a Halloween pouch.
[00:32:33] Speaker A: Yeah. And it looks really cute.
[00:32:34] Speaker B: I think it's chip and Dale themed, too, if I remember correctly.
[00:32:37] Speaker A: Is it.
[00:32:38] Speaker B: I literally just saw a picture. Let me find it again. I think it's. It's black and black and purple and chip and dale are on it.
[00:32:45] Speaker A: Oh, yes, it is.
[00:32:48] Speaker B: Yes, it is.
[00:32:49] Speaker A: And it's, like, through a package that you have to do with the hotels.
[00:32:52] Speaker B: Oh, cute. Yeah. Special events.
Disney Halloween.
[00:33:00] Speaker A: Mm hmm.
[00:33:01] Speaker B: Yeah. Special.
Yeah. It says you get the special.
It's a little toiletry bag when you.
[00:33:10] Speaker A: Book a plan, but it looks really well made. You know?
[00:33:15] Speaker B: It looks like, I, like. I have the same design type of pouch. I got it from muji, like, four years ago.
So it has, like, a little hanger on it. So you can open it up, and it flaps open, and you can hang it. You know, if you're in a hotel or something, you can hang on the towel rack or on the shower rod or something. So you don't have it. Doesn't have to sit on the counter.
[00:33:38] Speaker A: Oh, really practical.
[00:33:40] Speaker B: Oh, I love that it has Chippendale on it. I want it.
[00:33:44] Speaker A: Mm hmm.
[00:33:47] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm just, I'm looking at all the pictures as we go through all this stuff, and I want the cheese.
[00:33:56] Speaker A: I like the cheese. They also have something really cool at their, I believe it's their cafe, and it's a black heart mascarpone cake with, like, a raspberry jelly and port wine sauce. And it's like, it looks like this, like, pitch black heart. Again, me. And black colored foods. I love it. It's like a pitch black heart, and, like, it's got, like, the little, you know, those little pumpy things where you can put the. You can insert whatever into the cake. It's got that. And it's, like, bright red. You're like, wow. Looks like a bloody black heart.
And I'm really, really into that one. But they also have, like, a cute ghost and pumpkin if you want something a little less, you know, gothy. But I think I really like, I really like a lot of things that they did. I know I can never remember the name, but. But I actually really like what they're doing, and I kind of want to go check them out. On top of that, they also have a Halloween dinner course menu as well.
[00:35:00] Speaker B: It looks good.
[00:35:02] Speaker A: Yeah, it really does.
I like that they kind of went in a more unique direction.
[00:35:08] Speaker B: Right, right.
I mean, I'm a cheese person, so I'm kind of all for it.
[00:35:15] Speaker A: It's, like, right up your alley.
[00:35:16] Speaker B: Then I'm gonna have to go and do that one now, too.
Why?
Why do I have to do this?
[00:35:24] Speaker A: Because it's Halloween, and you deserve a treat.
[00:35:27] Speaker B: I do?
[00:35:28] Speaker A: Mm hmm.
[00:35:29] Speaker B: Okay.
I just looked it up. So.
So there is the Tokyo Bay Mahama first resort, and there's also the Tokyo Bay Mahama Hotel. So they're both still open. Then what was the.
[00:35:48] Speaker A: No, no.
Tokyo Bay Mihama Hotel is the first Maihama hotel, or was the first Maihama hotel.
And I think it's still. I think they still call it Tokyo Bay Maihama Hotel first resort or something.
[00:36:03] Speaker B: It's two very different websites. I'm looking at it right now.
[00:36:07] Speaker A: What?
[00:36:08] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Even we get confused.
[00:36:11] Speaker A: No.
[00:36:14] Speaker B: Because one of them is, like.
[00:36:15] Speaker A: My hama first resort.
[00:36:18] Speaker B: So Tokyo Bay Myhama Hotel is, like, that weird circular building, the orangish brown, white, and then the other one. The first Myhama hotel first is like a.
[00:36:31] Speaker A: You're right. Shoot, maybe.
[00:36:35] Speaker B: And then the other one. The first resort is, um, just a gray hotel, but they're side by side. They're right beside each other.
[00:36:43] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:36:44] Speaker B: And the first resort is the weird.
[00:36:47] Speaker A: Abbas Hotel, one that's more, like straight and long.
[00:36:51] Speaker B: Yeah, I have a. I have a. I have a spooky story about that hotel, actually.
[00:36:55] Speaker A: Oh, my God. Wait, please share it.
[00:36:57] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, okay, so this is first resort. The.
[00:37:00] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:37:00] Speaker B: Tokyo Bay Mahama Hotel, first resort. I'm trying to get this.
[00:37:04] Speaker A: First resort does not have. Oh, I was wrong. Okay, so. Wait, so they don't have it. So. Okay, okay, okay, okay.
Hold on. Okay, so, okay, so it's Tokyo Bay maihama hotel that has the cheese afternoon tea and dinner set and black heart cake. And the other. Hold on.
The first resort, Tokyo Bay Mihama Hotel. First resort has hotel themed rooms, but I don't think they have food.
[00:37:39] Speaker B: No, they're not doing anything Halloween themed.
[00:37:43] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:37:43] Speaker B: Yeah. So you were right. Everything you said was right.
[00:37:47] Speaker A: I'm so sorry. No, because I could have sworn I thought that it was the first.
It's so confusing. See? Why are those names so close to each other?
[00:37:56] Speaker B: So dumb. Anyway, Tokyo Bay Mahama Hotel has the cheese twilight afternoon tea, which we just talked about. Wonderful. But I have a spooky story from the Tokyo Bay Mahama hotel first resort. This was during the pandemic.
[00:38:11] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:38:12] Speaker B: Kind of like the.
The peak of the pandemic, I guess. This was 2021 when this happened. 2021. And a friend of mine, she was staying at the hotel, and I've never been there, so I kind of just wanted to, like to see it. Right. I just wanted to go and see it. And the hotel, like, the hotel was pretty much vacant. There was, I think her and, like, two other guests were booked in that hotel at the time.
[00:38:46] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh.
[00:38:47] Speaker B: No one was going to these hotels. Right? Again, 2021. We were at the height of everything. Borders were closed. No tourism was happening. So I wanted to go check it out.
So her room was fine and everything. It was like an Alice in Wonderland themed room, but very from wish.com kind of vibes. It was. It was very strange, but that's not the scary part they had. So there's a different.
There's a different. There's a different wing in the hotel.
[00:39:19] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:39:20] Speaker B: And this wing in the hotel is nautical themed, and in the nautical themed.
Nautical themed area was not open.
[00:39:30] Speaker A: Mm hmm.
[00:39:31] Speaker B: And it's like a ship.
[00:39:33] Speaker A: It's like different levels of a ship.
[00:39:35] Speaker B: Yeah. It wasn't. There was no one staying in there, so they didn't turn on any of the. All the lights were off. For whatever reason, we were able to still go over there. Yeah, I don't remember why we were going over there. I think we were just walking around. We didn't realize it was closed.
[00:39:50] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:39:50] Speaker B: Like, the lights were off in there. So we went in there, and we went through, like, to the first floor. The lights were on there. So, like, okay, let's just, like, let's just check out what the floors look like, because, you know, this is all nautical theme. It's really cool. So we went the elevator, and we went up, and elevator doors opened. It was pitch black.
And you just. I walked out of the. The elevator, and I just looked down left and right. It was just dark hallway. There was nobody there. The lights were off, and all you see were, like, these dark portholes that were looking outside. So, like, the faint light that was coming from outdoors.
[00:40:28] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:40:29] Speaker B: Sort of illuminating every. Illuminating everything. But it was just so freaky to see.
[00:40:36] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh.
[00:40:40] Speaker B: Suffice to say, we didn't stay long. Turned around and left because we felt like, oh, we're. I don't think we're supposed to be here.
[00:40:47] Speaker A: Oh, no.
[00:40:48] Speaker B: So, yeah, we left after that.
Yeah. So that's my somewhat creepy story with the first resort hotel.
[00:40:56] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh.
I love it.
So it's got some spookiness there, you know?
[00:41:06] Speaker B: So we're going to be moving on to the hotel that is not on the monorail loop.
[00:41:10] Speaker A: It looks like we're leaving the monorail loop.
[00:41:13] Speaker B: This is the. The Brighton Hotel, Tokyo Bay, which I've stayed at before. I've done that hotel once.
[00:41:19] Speaker A: Yeah, I think that one's owned by oriental land company, actually.
[00:41:23] Speaker B: Is it that one or was it the. Is it the other one? The Oriental?
[00:41:26] Speaker A: I think it's Brighton. Oriental is not. Yeah.
[00:41:29] Speaker B: Okay. Yeah, because that's right across from it. But, yeah, the Brighton Hotel is right at Shin Ureyasu station. So it's not on property at Tokyo Disney, but it's still. It's considered a partner hotel, right? Yeah, yeah, it's a partner hotel. It's nice. It's. It's very much of its era.
[00:41:47] Speaker A: It's kind of fancy. I kind of like it. They have, like, a piano downstairs, and I really like their lounge area.
They don't have too much going on for Halloween.
Again, more like autumnal flavors. But what they have is Halloween themed rooms, and you can order a black cat cake.
[00:42:10] Speaker B: Oh, that's fun.
[00:42:12] Speaker A: And so you could either have it, I guess, at the hotel or you can take it home if you're not staying at the hotel, which is really nice, but you do have to order it from their website.
[00:42:23] Speaker B: That's cute, though.
[00:42:25] Speaker A: Mm hmm. It's super cute. I love it.
But not too much Halloween stuff, though.
[00:42:32] Speaker B: And then the new Hoshino resort that just opened is doing something for Halloween, it looks like, too.
[00:42:42] Speaker A: Yeah. And I almost forgot to check them. And I'm like, oh, they just opened, so probably they're not doing anything. But then I went to go look, and, man, it looks really, really fun. So they have all kinds of decorations, including Jack o lanterns wearing 1950s fashion. And all the second rooms are decorated to Halloween. And they also have a themed menu, again, which I wasn't expecting.
And that has three items at their restaurant, which is a pumpkin pie sundae, which is limited to 20 guests per day. A pumpkin cream chocolate, which is. Looks like you can order as many people can order as they like. And a pumpkin spice tea, which is also limited to 20 per day. And then. And this is, like, the coolest thing. They have a live jazz.
Live jazz music on the weekend.
[00:43:40] Speaker B: Oh, interesting.
Not something I would associate with Halloween.
[00:43:45] Speaker A: But sure, yeah, I guess. Yeah.
I don't know. It's like, maybe they play some, like, spooky tunes, maybe, but it's part of, like, the whole thing that they're doing.
[00:43:58] Speaker B: Yeah. So this is the Hoshino resort, 1955 Tokyo Bay Hotel.
It opened in what, July, June?
[00:44:05] Speaker A: It opened fairly recently. So I was really surprised that they were doing anything at all for the first year. But, yeah, they're the. They're on it. So probably also for Christmas, they're going to do something really pretty.
[00:44:19] Speaker B: Oh, that. Oh, that's. That'll be nice. That's another fun time of the year at the different hotels, I think.
[00:44:24] Speaker A: Yeah. Uh huh.
[00:44:27] Speaker B: Oh, I did my first Hoshino resort hotel two weeks ago.
[00:44:32] Speaker A: How was it?
[00:44:33] Speaker B: Yeah, I went to the one. I went to one in Osaka. The omo seven.
[00:44:38] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:44:39] Speaker B: Which is in the Shinsekai area, which is by the Shin Imamiya train station on the Osaka loop line. So I had to go back for hello horror nights at Universal. And I want to stay somewhere different for a change because usually I just stay at the art hotel, which is at Benten Cho. I usually just stay there because it's relatively affordable.
[00:45:06] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:45:06] Speaker B: It's usually about ¥10,000 per night, and it can sleep, like, up to three people.
[00:45:13] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:45:14] Speaker B: But I thought, well, I'm going to try something different. So I did the almost seven. It's a little bit further from Universal. It's about 20 minutes on the train, 2025 minutes.
But it's more kind of in the city area, I suppose, than staying out near universal. But anyway, the Hoshino resort, I guess, like, this one wasn't. It's not one of their value hotels. It's.
I don't. I don't even know what they classify it as. Anyway, it was a nice hotel. I was very happy with it. The beds were incredibly comfy, and the pillows were very comfy, because you know how pillows and beds in Japan can be very hit or miss?
[00:45:50] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:45:51] Speaker B: They can be rock hard sometimes.
Sometimes the pillows are terrible. In some hotels.
Um, I will say the art hotel that I stay at, I don't like their pillows, so I bring my own.
[00:46:04] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh.
[00:46:05] Speaker B: But it's affordable, so I don't complain. Um, but the. The almost seven. The pillows were perfect for me, and the bed was firm, but not too firm. It was.
I feel like Goldilocks. It was just right for me. Like, I prefer a firmer bed because I'm someone who sleeps on their side, so I much prefer that. It was a very, like, trendy kind of hotel.
So it's very.
Everything was themed to stuff from Osaka, so it's all Osaka themed, which I thought was really cool.
They even had, like, this gigantic mural in the. In the lobby that was a map of. Of Osaka, and it had, I think, local and local artists did it. It was a very stylized map that showed, like, the train lines and just, like, all the tourist spots.
[00:47:00] Speaker A: Oh, nice.
[00:47:01] Speaker B: And there was even, like, a huge globe that says universal on it because it's like a universal partner hotel as well, because they have a shuttle that goes to and from the universal if you want.
And, yeah, there was a lot of lounging space, which I guess they're known for. Yeah, resorts are known for lounging spaces.
[00:47:27] Speaker A: I think they just want to create, like, a really comfortable environment, you know?
[00:47:31] Speaker B: Yeah. There was like, this. There was a, like, in the lobby area. There was so many places to just to lounge. There was chairs, there was couches and lots of, like, tables and, like, counters and stuff that you can sit at.
[00:47:46] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:47:46] Speaker B: Whatnot. And it was all very modern looking as well. And then outside, they had. I didn't go outside. It was too bloody hot. But outside it was all, like, greenery. So, like, in the. In. In the summertime, they have a thing where you can get, like, a summer lantern and, like, walk around with it, and they have, like, a barbecue that you could do. And they also do a sauce barred.
[00:48:11] Speaker A: What's that?
[00:48:12] Speaker B: So instead of, like, a wine bar, they have a sauce bar. And you get to do, like, sauce tastings. So you can taste, like, different, like, locally made japanese sauces that are paired with, obviously, for different types of food. So you get to sample those kind of things. Obviously, you need to pay for it, but, you know, it's kind of, you know, when you pay for, like, a wine sampler or wine.
Wine flight, I suppose. I don't know, like, wine. You know, we get to try a bunch of different wines or different types of alcohol.
[00:48:41] Speaker A: Mm hmm.
[00:48:42] Speaker B: Instead it's sauces.
[00:48:44] Speaker A: Sounds so fun.
[00:48:45] Speaker B: Which I thought was pretty cool. Um, it wasn't on when I was there. Otherwise I probably would have tried it.
[00:48:50] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:48:50] Speaker B: Um, yeah, the hotel is, uh, very trendy. Very, um, a little more spacious than most japanese type hotels. Like, this is definitely not a business hotel because business hotels are like little closets. This, like, it wasn't. It's still smaller by western standards, but it was very wide open. There was still plenty of space to put your luggage. And for me, I thought it was quite nice. It had, like, the room had two beds and a couch. It was just me. So I've had more space, couch and everything. And it had, like, the sliding doors, like the paper doors.
[00:49:28] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:49:29] Speaker B: And stuff. And the window went from one wall to the other, so lots of natural light, which is really nice.
Yeah. It was overall, a very positive experience. And I am now a Hoshino resort person.
[00:49:43] Speaker A: I'm gonna try and say a different one.
[00:49:45] Speaker B: Yeah. I really, really enjoyed it.
[00:49:47] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:49:48] Speaker B: I'm surprised I never stayed at one before, because I know you've mentioned it, and I've just never done it.
[00:49:54] Speaker A: Yeah. I want to stay at more of them as well. It's a really nice experience.
[00:50:00] Speaker B: I feel the only thing I don't care for, because I'm just kind of used to it with, like, the Disney hotels and the universal hotels is they charge per person, and I know that's common for a lot of other japanese hotels. It's not unique to Hoshino.
[00:50:17] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:50:17] Speaker B: That's just how a lot of places do it. They don't charge per room. They charge per person in the room.
[00:50:22] Speaker A: Yeah. Usually in Japan, that's how they. They do it.
[00:50:27] Speaker B: Yeah. But for whatever reason, like, a lot of the Disney hotels, universal hotels, and even a lot of the part, like, the official hotels, they don't charge per room.
[00:50:37] Speaker A: Sure.
[00:50:37] Speaker B: Sorry, sorry, sorry. They charge per room.
[00:50:40] Speaker A: Per room. Yeah, definitely.
[00:50:44] Speaker B: I know that, like, that confuses a lot of people. And sometimes it still confuses me sometimes when I. When I. When I see that, because also, too, I know on the Disney website, when you start booking a hotel room, it'll tell you the cost per person, but what they're doing on that is they're taking the price of the room and just dividing it by the number of people in the room.
[00:51:09] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah.
[00:51:10] Speaker B: But the room is still going to cost that much no matter how they're staying in it.
[00:51:15] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah.
[00:51:16] Speaker B: It's just. They're just breaking it down for whatever reason they decide to do that for.
[00:51:21] Speaker A: That's, I think, probably because people are used to seeing the per person price, and so probably that's why.
[00:51:28] Speaker B: Yeah.
Very interesting.
[00:51:31] Speaker A: Yeah, it is super interesting.
[00:51:34] Speaker B: Oh, man. So there's a lot of Halloween food stuff to check out. Oh, my God. I'm not gonna be able to do all this. I know that.
[00:51:44] Speaker A: I mean, that's just, at the hotels, if you go to other places, there's even more stuff. So it's really hard to choose what to do, you know?
[00:51:55] Speaker B: Well, even at the, like, the Disney.
[00:51:57] Speaker A: Hotels, I think it's like a whole world. Like, that's like a whole episode is just the Disney hotels and the parks, right.
[00:52:06] Speaker B: Yeah, it's a whole other ballgame.
But it's nice to focus on non, like, the non Disney stuff because they deserve love, too.
[00:52:15] Speaker A: I think they do. And I also think that people sometimes forget about them, and sometimes it's easier to get a reservation at these hotels. And the quality is also really high. And, you know, if you want, like, a Halloween thing, but you get. Oh, you're like, ah. Oh, my God. Ambassador hotel sold out, and I couldn't get anything. Even though you reserve months in advance. Hey, you have other options, you know, 100%.
[00:52:43] Speaker B: Well, before we go.
Oh, wait, was there anything else? I don't think that.
[00:52:48] Speaker A: I think that's it, right?
[00:52:49] Speaker B: I mean, yeah, we kind of. We went through the entire list.
[00:52:53] Speaker A: Yeah.
If you see more, let me know. But I think. I think I found all of them.
[00:53:02] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:53:02] Speaker A: I don't know. I didn't do Emion, but I'm not sure if Emion has anything happening. But you can check their website.
[00:53:12] Speaker B: After this. I'm actually heading off to Singapore because I'm doing their Halloween horror night stuff.
[00:53:16] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. Okay, so you have to let us know about. About that and also about any Singapore Halloween menus that you find.
[00:53:24] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, I'm excited for that.
[00:53:26] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh.
[00:53:28] Speaker B: Well, before we go, though, we want to thank some wonderful explorers that are supporting the show over on Patreon. So if you want to support the show, head on over to patreon.com tdrnow where you can get early access to the episodes. And also we do a monthly bonus episode and everything so you can check it out again. Tdx four.com or no patreon.com tdr now. Goodness. A big thank you to acro Disney girl Adam, Amanda C Amy b Amy C. Mama explorer Benjamin, Brent m. Carrie Crispy, Claire Claudia, Dave, David, Baker, Kevin, Harry, Marina, Beth, Eli, Abby, Robinson, and.
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[00:54:17] Speaker B: And if you haven't already, make sure you hit that subscribe or follow button on your podcast app of choice, though, so that way you don't miss any of our newest episodes. You can stay up to date with everything happening on this side of the world. I'm one of your hosts, Chris. I am the one that is not sitting still and doing all the Halloween stuff everywhere.
And joining us always is the wonderful Patricia.
[00:54:41] Speaker A: Oh my gosh. Every day is Halloween for me. Even in the other seasons, I'm the one looking forward to Halloween. Wagashi tomorrow with my tea time, you guys. Let us know about your Halloween adventures and what you want to see and do when you travel and also what's going on in your hometowns. And let us know if anything cool and spooky is happening. And thank you for listening and keep exploring.
[00:55:05] Speaker B: All right, explorers, we'll see you in the next one.
[00:55:08] Speaker A: Bye.
