I was able to complete all the levels with one life until 9573, when the game froze on me :(. Lost my candy necklace. I was able to finish the level with no problem after restarting. Wrapped it all up easy peasy. I did use one ufo on level 9547, and one other level I also used another ufo, but I don't remember which.
Am flying out today and was thinking of rushing last minute packing so as to give an hour to the first new episode. But it sounds nightmarish...may just wait for tomorrow then!
Took me about 2 hours to complete the 45 new levels. Not too bad, all done on first try with the aid of a full candy necklace and the treasure's key in the first episode. Only needed to use a few hand switches (just to make two color bombs meet to make the first move) and a few hammers to finish here and there. Although I…
No problems this week, I was able to keep the streak for all three episodes. I was able to earn a key to give me an extra 1/2 hour of CBs and stripes and wrapped candies to work with the streak bonuses. I don't know how I would have done without the bonuses, but I scooted right through all 30 levels with them.