Topic: Fantasy Routes for Amazing Race 18.

[Leafsfan]

Hey guys just wanted to know your fantasy routes for the Amazing Race.

Mines is the standard 11 teams and 12 legs.

Start line: Houston.

Leg1 USA- Argentina (Bueons Aires)
Leg2 Argentina- Paraguay (Ascunsion)
Leg3 Paraguay (rural Paraguay)
Leg4 Paraguay-Germany (Frankfurt)
Leg5 Germany-Denmark (Copenhagen)
Leg6 Denmark (Roskilde)
Leg7 Denmark-Gabon (Liberville and surrondings)
Leg8 Gabon-South Africa (Johannesburg)- India (Banglore) (Double length leg)
Leg9 India-Australia (Mareeba, Queensland)
Leg10 Australia (Gold Coast)
Leg11 Australia - China (Yunnan province)
Leg12 China-USA (Hawaii/Los Angeles)

3 New countries visited (Paraguay, Denmark and Gabon)

All 6 inhabited continents visted again.

[Prophet]

I like that route, it covers just about everywhere you would want it to. I would only suggest maybe Japan instead of India and the possibility of doing it backwards (westbound).

[theschnauzers]

I still want Antarctica.

[Prophet]

I still want Antarctica.

It doesn't exactly fit their model of in and out in one or two days. It's also quite expensive to transport that many people down there, if it is even possible. I guess we can dream though.

[Leafsfan]

I hope they visit all new countries!

[Sandra1991]

My fantasy route would have Portugal in it!
Antarctica would be really nice.

[Leafsfan]

My fantasy route would have Portugal in it!
Antarctica would be really nice.

I would hope for Portugal as well, they never really had a full leg there long overdue. What is your entire dream route?

[Zvarri]

Start Line: Phoenix, Arizona

Leg1 USA--->Peru (Machu Picchu)
Leg2 Peru (Lima)
Leg3 Peru--->Australia (Gold Coast)
Leg4 Australia--->Indonesia (Jakarta)
Leg5 Indonesia (Bali)
Leg6 Indonesia--->Laos (Vientiane)
Leg7 Laos--->Maldives
Leg8 Maldives--->Jordan (Petra)
Leg9 Jordan--->Bulgaria (Sofia)
Leg10 Bulgaria--->Libya (Tripoli)
Leg11 Libya--->Portugal (Lisbon)
Leg12 Portugal--->USA (Washington DC)

 

[Leafsfan]

Start Line: Phoenix, Arizona

Leg1 USA--->Peru (Machu Picchu)
Leg2 Peru (Lima)
Leg3 Peru--->Australia (Gold Coast)
Leg4 Australia--->Indonesia (Jakarta)
Leg5 Indonesia (Bali)
Leg6 Indonesia--->Laos (Vientiane)
Leg7 Laos--->Maldives
Leg8 Maldives--->Jordan (Petra)
Leg9 Jordan--->Bulgaria (Sofia)
Leg10 Bulgaria--->Libya (Tripoli)
Leg11 Libya--->Portugal (Lisbon)
Leg12 Portugal--->USA (Washington DC)

 

Good but i doubt they would visit Libya and Indonesia

[mjriches2005]

Indonesia is OK to visit, just the part of Sumatra with the quakes and volcanic activity is unsafe.  I would like to see the race visit Jakarta or Bali.

My Fantasy Route:
Leg 1 (Los Angeles, USA to Vienna, Austria)
Leg 2 (Austria to Bratislava, Slovakia)
Leg 3 (Slovakia to Sofia, Bulgaria)
Leg 4 (Varna, Bulgaria)
Leg 5 (Bulgaria to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
Leg 6 (Central Tanzania)
Leg 7 (Tanzania to  Bhopal, India)
Leg 8 (Jodhpur, India)
Leg 9 (India to Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei)
Leg 10 (Brunei to Harbin, China)
Leg 11 (China to Denver, USA)

[Leafsfan]

Probably need to add one more leg.

[mjriches2005]

Probably need to add one more leg.

Why one more leg?
Here is my other fantasy route for S18.
Leg 1 (New York City, USA to Gaborone, Botswana)
Leg 2 (Botswana to Livingstone, Zambia)
Leg 3 (Zambia to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe)
Leg 4 (Harare, Zimbabwe)
Leg 5 (Zimbabwe to Dubai, UAE)
Leg 6 (UAE to Wuhan, China)
Leg 7 (Hoh'hot, China)
Leg 8 (China to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
Leg 9 (Mongolia to Irkutsk, Russia)
Leg 10 (Moscow, Russia)
Leg 11 (Russia to Helsinki, Finland)
Leg 12 (Rovaniemi, Finland)
Leg 13 (Finland to Maine, USA)

[Leafsfan]

Its usually 12 legs.

Here is my other fantasy route. First time ever no double legs in a country.

Leg1: USA-Slovakia* (Bratislava)
Leg2: Slovakia- Austria(Insbruck, Olympic themed;Pit stop in Vienna)
Leg3: Austria- Serbia* (Belgrade)
Leg4: Serbia-Italy (Bari, Rome)
Leg5: Italy- Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)
Leg7: Ethiopia- Equitorial Guinea* (Malabo)
Leg6: Equitorial Guinea-Gabon* (Liberville)
Leg7: Gabon-South Africa (Johannesburg)
Leg8: South Africa-Singapore
Leg9: Singapore-Malaysia (Johor Bahru)
Leg10: Malaysia-Japan (Kobe)
Leg11: Japan-Canada (Toronto)
Leg12: Canada-USA (Atlanta)

[Caelestor]

Here's one that hits 8 exotic foreign countries over 6 continents in 12 legs.

Leg1 Houston, USA - Guayaquil, Ecuador
Leg2 Ecuador - Castries, St. Lucia
Leg3 St. Lucia - Madrid, Spain
Leg4 Andalusia, Spain
Leg5 Spain - Malta
Leg6 Malta - Alexandria, Egypt
Leg7 Cairo, Egypt
Leg8 Egypt - Jakarta, Indonesia
Leg9 Bali, Indonesia
Leg10 Indonesia - Melbourne, Australia
Leg11 Australia - Vancouver, Canada
Leg12 Canada - Houston, USA

[Mandoli]

I'm not good with the whole leg by leg thing because I'm pretty sure I'd be adding countries that would be unsafe... But someone needs to go to Canada. I know they went there in the family edition, but besides that? Don't remember if they ever went there in a regular/All-Star edition. Anywhere would be fine.

[Leafsfan]

I'm not good with the whole leg by leg thing because I'm pretty sure I'd be adding countries that would be unsafe... But someone needs to go to Canada. I know they went there in the family edition, but besides that? Don't remember if they ever went there in a regular/All-Star edition. Anywhere would be fine.

They went to Calgary for Season 5 for a couple of tasks.

[Mandoli]

I'm not good with the whole leg by leg thing because I'm pretty sure I'd be adding countries that would be unsafe... But someone needs to go to Canada. I know they went there in the family edition, but besides that? Don't remember if they ever went there in a regular/All-Star edition. Anywhere would be fine.

They went to Calgary for Season 5 for a couple of tasks.

Thanks. It's still been quite a while, then.

[DrRox]

My fantasy route would have Portugal in it!
Antarctica would be really nice.

I would hope for Portugal as well, they never really had a full leg there long overdue. What is your entire dream route?

In TAR3, Leg 4, teams left the pit stop at Stonehaven and went to Aberdeen. They flew from Aberdeen to Porto, Portugal for detour and roadblock then a pit stop at the Torre de Belem. This was famous for the elimination of the Harvard lawyers, Heather and Eve, due to their inability to comprehend the clue to "walk" to the pit stop from the roadblock. I do believe that constitutes a full leg in Portugal. The next leg was the infamous "dieselgate" leg where they drove the length of the country into Spain to catch the ferry to Morrocco.

I would still like to see them go to Lisboa for a leg.

[DavidJunior]

Leg 1: Philadelphia, U.S.A. to Madrid, Spain (12th elim)
Leg 2: Madrid to the Basque Region, Spain (11th elim)
Leg 3: Basque, Spain to Belgium (Brussels P.S.) (10th elim)
Leg 4: Brussels, Belgium to Yaounde, Cameroon (9th elim)
Leg 5: Yaounde, Cameroon to Sofia, Bulgaria (8th elim)
Leg 6: Sofia, Bulgaria to Istanbul to Ankara/Cappadocia, Turkey (7th elim/DL leg)
Leg 7: Ankara, Turkey to Bangalore, India (6th elim)
Leg 8: Bangalore, India to Melbourne, Australia (5th elim)
Leg 9: Melbourne, Australia to Chengdu, China (NEL-4th)
Leg 10: Chengdu, China (4th elim)
Leg 11: Chengdu, China to Vancouver, Canada (NEL-3rd)
Leg 12: Vancouver, Canada to Seattle, U.S.A. (Finale)

i put 12 teams, 13 legs (tehcnically), and 3 new countries, because I'm assuming that they'll make the "All Stars" Season bigger than the recent trend
and i've always wanted to see what a final 3 NEL would look like with the most recent penalty...

[Dobby]

Okay, it's a long time they visited Philippines.. i just realized!

And what about Indonesia?? TARA has been there tonnes of times!!!

[Cocoa]

Okay, it's a long time they visited Philippines.. i just realized!

And what about Indonesia?? TARA has been there tonnes of times!!!

Yup. I hope they do a Switchback here.

Indonesia, it's long overdue. Seriously, TAR needs to go there too.

[Leafsfan]

Okay, it's a long time they visited Philippines.. i just realized!

And what about Indonesia?? TARA has been there tonnes of times!!!

Both countries have travel advisories.

[Cocoa]

I have played up the theme of rigorous journey in this route I made. I also put up legs that are set in different terrains: snow, forest, high-altitude, bustling city, desert, and tropical.

Assuming 11 All-Star teams in a race of 12 legs.

NOTE: I have set the NELs at the early part of the race. Remember: these are All-Star teams (or former teams), and more screentime will redeem them from rotting.

Leg 1 (USA -> Russia)
Teams will have to fly to Vladivostok, Russia. I chose Vladivostok because it's like a secret haven inside Russia. And it's also good to see the Eastern side of the Russian country.
Elimination Leg

Leg 2 (Russia -> China)
Teams will have to ride the Trans-Siberian railway and then another train to a city in China. I would like to see a forested or nature-y place in China, not like the cities such as Shanghai and Beijing. I want to see like Guilin. China = Love.
Non-Elimination Leg

Leg 3 (China)
Teams will have to ride another train, and a bus to the roof of the world: Lhasa, Tibet. A pitstop in the gorgeous Potala Palace would be a major plus. If the race can't go to Nepal, Tibet is the alternate and the altitude problems will definitely be a problem for our All-Star teams.
HD filming will capture the amazing sceneries here in Tibet.
Elimination Leg

Leg 4 (China -> India)
Teams will have to fly to any part of India, but I'd love to see the Taj Mahal, so I'm taking the teams to Agra. Enough said, it's indeed Incredible India.
Elimination Leg

Leg 5 (India -> Gabon)
Teams now fly to the Gabonese capital city: Libreville. African cities == Chaos to the teams.
Non-Elimination Leg

Leg 6 (Gabon -> Sao Tome and Principe)
Teams must then ride a ferry to the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe. I enjoyed Seychelles in Season 16, so another island nation would be awesome! What also makes this nation magical is that it can be found lying by the equator!
Elimination Leg

Leg 7 (Sao Tome and Principe -> Europe)
Time for a big city action. I don't know specifically where at this moment, but I want to see a bustling city in the European continent.
Elimination Leg

Leg 8 (Europe)
The all-star teams will then have to drive hundreds of kilometers to another location. I am still awestrucked in the infamous Dieselgate episode, so another long drive will definitely test the best of the best. I'd love this leg to be the countryside-theme-inspired, a big contrast to the bustling city we had during the previous leg
Non-Elimination Leg

Leg 9 (Europe -> Africa)
The teams will have to make their way by any means to a city located at the edge of the Sahara Desert. I think seeing different locations set in different terrains will define how amazing a race route is. And when the sun shines bright, it may be hot enough to set angry minds and exhausted bodies.

NOTE: A desert location in South America too will rock. So it's between Africa or South America with this one.
Elimination Leg

Leg 10 (South America -> Guatemala)
Teams will then fly to the Central American part of the world. A leg in the ruins of Tikal in Guatemala would be awesome.
Elimination Leg

Leg 11 (Guatemala -> Mexico)
Teams will then take a torturing bus ride to Mexico. We have seen Mexico in past, but it's way too overdue! I know, Mexico is still under the travel ban of US, but Mexico is way to big. I would like to see dancing people with maracas as greeters.
Elimination Leg

Leg 12 (Mexico -> USA)
Teams will have to fly to USA. You can send them in any part of USA, I don't care.

[mjriches2005]

Sorry to tell you that some things on your fantasty route for the race sounds too off.  First, they visited Guilin on TAR14 and Agra on TAR1.  Also there is no travel ban on Mexico from the USA, it only advises people to avoid cities like Cuidad Juarez and other northern Mexican cities. Cities like Mazatlan, Guadalajara, Cabos San Lucas, and Puerto Vallerta are safe to visit.  Also traveling by bus to Lhasa sounds too risky, taking a plane would be easier and I don't think there are any ferries from Gabon to Sao Tome.

 

[mjriches2005]

I have another fantasy route here:
Leg 1 (Portland, Oregon, USA to Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Leg 2 (Netherlands to Dresden, Germany)
Leg 3 (Frankfurt, Germany)
Leg 4 (Germany to Venice, Italy)
Leg 5 (Italy to Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Leg 6 (Slovenia to Abu Dhabi, UAE)
Leg 7 (UAE to Melbourne, Australia)
Leg 8 (Tasmania, Australia)
Leg 9 (Australia to Da Nang, Vietnam)
Leg 10 (Hai Phong, Vietnam)
Leg 11 (Vietnam to Vancouver, Canada)
Leg 12 (Yellowknife, Canada)
Leg 13 (Canada to Washington, DC, USA)