You got it - the golden ticket stuff is just wishfull thinking and a homage to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! But the tapes are awesome!
I am currently taking Gifam's MH classes. I love them! Really - the cost to benefit ratio is excellent. www.gifam.org
Now, the Christopher course is more detailed. However, it also costs 5x as much AND you must fly to Utah for a week of seminars. So throw that in and it is VERY expensive. Now - if time and money are not prohibitive - do it. But, Gifam's package is very well thought out and runs less than 800 dollars I believe.