Author Topic: TAR 24 EP 9 "Accidental Alliance" Lucerne, Switzerland (Read 21347 times)

georgiapeach · « **on:** April 13, 2014, 08:53:47 AM »

Location confirmation thanks to Don Task!

Title find thanks to HollywoodCory! Thanks to Alenaveda for the cap!

TEAMS RACE THROUGH SWITZERLAND, WHERE TENSION BETWEEN TWO TEAMS RISES, ON “THE AMAZING RACE,” SUNDAY, APRIL 27

“Accidental Alliance” – With the final finish line getting closer, tension between two teams rises. Meanwhile, three teams make a final three alliance in hopes of making it to the final leg, on the All-Star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

CHEAT TWEET: What would you clean for a million dollars? Tune in Sunday 4/27 for another gr8 ep of #AmazingRace! 8/7c LINK @PhilKeoghan http://bit.ly/1gNUiHr

georgiapeach · « **Reply #1 on:** April 13, 2014, 08:54:06 AM »

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georgiapeach · « **Reply #3 on:** April 13, 2014, 08:54:33 AM »

No posting yet except for Oval please

ovalorange · « **Reply #4 on:** April 13, 2014, 08:54:51 AM »

Leg 9: Orvieto, Italy → Lucerne, Switzerland

FILM DATES:

December 1
AIR DATE:

April 27

ROUTE INFO: Travel via train to Chiasso, Switzerland

ROUTE INFO: Swiss Museum of Transport
! TASK:

Calculate year of Ford Mustang using road signs

ROUTE INFO: Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern
! TASK:

Clean hotel room

ROUTE INFO: Unknown
! TASK:

Transport milk cans

PITSTOP:

Mount Titlis

SAFE:

Unknown

? AT RISK:

X ELIMINATED:

georgiapeach · « **Reply #5 on:** April 13, 2014, 09:02:57 AM »

Saved for MAPS

georgiapeach · « **Reply #6 on:** April 13, 2014, 09:03:05 AM »

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georgiapeach · « **Reply #7 on:** April 13, 2014, 09:03:29 AM »

No posting except for Alenaveda please

Alenaveda · « **Reply #8 on:** April 13, 2014, 09:23:48 AM »

Preview!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/XKUYopCWgJ8?version=3&amp;hl=es_" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/XKUYopCWgJ8?version=3&amp;hl=es_</a>

Alenaveda · « **Reply #9 on:** April 13, 2014, 09:24:14 AM »

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Alenaveda · « **Reply #10 on:** April 13, 2014, 09:24:39 AM »

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Alenaveda · « **Reply #11 on:** April 21, 2014, 08:00:09 AM »

Preview and caps are up!

Bookworm · « **Reply #12 on:** April 21, 2014, 02:12:46 PM »

WHY DO THEY HAVE A CLEANING TASK? THIS IS ALL STARS!!!! CLEANING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SWISS CULTURE!
This is horrible!

kiki · « **Reply #13 on:** April 21, 2014, 02:28:12 PM »

Quote from: Bookworm on April 21, 2014, 02:12:46 PM

WHY DO THEY HAVE A CLEANING TASK? THIS IS ALL STARS!!!! CLEANING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SWISS CULTURE!
This is horrible!

Cleaning a hotel room has everything to do with Swiss culture, since some of the best schools on hotel management are in Switzerland and many Swiss work in the hotel business and they are really sought-after employees worldwide.

Boingo · « **Reply #14 on:** April 21, 2014, 02:54:05 PM »

got it! The cowboys are cleaning up at the Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern

their website says "...since January 2nd, 2014 all available rooms are renovated!", but the carpet, bed, ~~drapes~~, lamps, and chairs match!

runningblind · « **Reply #15 on:** April 21, 2014, 03:17:19 PM »

Nice one, Boingo!

Boingo · « **Reply #16 on:** April 21, 2014, 04:37:18 PM »

~~That's the Frecciarossa train (Italy High Speed Rail) behind the girls.~~

Oooops! I need to get my eyes fixed, as that's really the Frecciabianca train (High Speed Rail between Milan and Venice) behind the girls. That would make this location to be the Milan Central Station. The girls are on a different train, probably going from Milan to Lucerne.

Frecciabianca schedule

Edited to add: Forget what I said before, almost positive now this is Milan Station.

georgiapeach · « **Reply #17 on:** April 21, 2014, 04:44:09 PM »

NICE, Boingo!! Thanks!!

georgiapeach · « **Reply #18 on:** April 21, 2014, 04:48:17 PM »

Bringing this over...

Quote from: amazing1604 on April 16, 2014, 07:53:10 PM

Just got this from twitter recently:

@PhilKeoghan: "Happy 50th!" to #FordMustang50 proud to work with @Ford on #AmazingRace pic.twitter.com/J9ezOE9e5s

Gd Saconnex (Grand Saconnex) is a municipality in Geneva btw. It is shown at the road sign on the right. Where were they going?

Quote from: Neobie on April 21, 2014, 07:58:52 AM

You've been duped!

Swiss Museum of Transport, Lucerne

Bookworm · « **Reply #19 on:** April 21, 2014, 04:51:16 PM »

Quote from: kiki on April 21, 2014, 02:28:12 PM

Quote from: Bookworm on April 21, 2014, 02:12:46 PM
WHY DO THEY HAVE A CLEANING TASK? THIS IS ALL STARS!!!! CLEANING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SWISS CULTURE!
This is horrible!

Cleaning a hotel room has everything to do with Swiss culture, since some of the best schools on hotel management are in Switzerland and many Swiss work in the hotel business and they are really sought-after employees worldwide.

Ahh true. I should have looked that up. I hope that the task is similar to TAR Canada's RCMP challenge.

Alenaveda · « **Reply #20 on:** April 21, 2014, 10:11:10 PM »

New preview!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/HzJsvguAWCs?version=3&amp;hl=es_" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/HzJsvguAWCs?version=3&amp;hl=es_</a>

Marionete · « **Reply #21 on:** April 22, 2014, 09:54:49 AM »

Quote from: Alenaveda on April 21, 2014, 10:11:10 PM

New preview!

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

At 0:22 my jaw dropped.

I really opened my mouth, I really did.
This is starting to get reaaaly sad, though I can't wait to see the episode (which looks to have great & interesting tasks) and read people's reactions.

The casuals on facebook especially, the Brenchel hate should really minimize!

Boingo · « **Reply #22 on:** April 22, 2014, 10:56:50 AM »

Cool preview, Alenaveda. I see an "ice cave" and "gondola". Mt. Titlis has a glacier ice cave, but is in Engelberg, a short train ride from Lucerne. They have gondolas there too. Closer to Lucerne is Mount Pilatus, with gondolas but no ice caves to speak of.

Side Trips in Lucerne

georgiapeach · « **Reply #23 on:** April 22, 2014, 10:57:56 AM »

Press photos are up! You can see the thumbnails here:

http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/photos?q=amazing race

But the captions are where CBS goes spoilery...

"Accidental Alliance"--At the Pit Start, Cousins Leo (left) and Jamal (right) must take the train from Orvieto, Italy to Chiasso, Switzerland on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27

"Accidental Alliance"--Newlyweds Bredon (left) and Rachel (right) take the train from Orvieto, Italy to Chiasso, Switzerland on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27

"Accidental Alliance"--In this Active Route Marker, Cowboy brothers Cord (left) and Jet (right) must change into uniforms and clean a hotel room to meet Swiss standards in order to receive the next clue on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27

"Accidental Alliance"--In this Active Route Marker, Cowboy brothers Jet (left) and Cord (right) must calculate the model year of a Ford Mustang using the corresponding kilometers of two different Swiss cities in order to receive the next clue on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27

"Accidental Alliance"--Cousins Jamal (left) and Leo (right) must drive themselves to Engelberg and take a gondola up to the top of Mount Titlis in a race to the Pit Stop on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27

The new preview shows an ice tunnel. the gondola...

DrRox · « **Reply #24 on:** April 22, 2014, 11:32:01 AM »

Chiasso, Switzerland is the border city on the border of Italy/Suisse. TAR was at that train station in TAR14. Teams have to switch from Italian trains to Suisse trains, then thru the Gotthard Tunnel to get to Lucerne.

Bookworm · « **Reply #25 on:** April 22, 2014, 01:49:18 PM »

The Route Info Task looks cool! I just hope nothing similar to the TAR18 Liechtenstein RB happens.

The Room cleaning looks like a Detour option.

Alenaveda · « **Reply #26 on:** April 22, 2014, 02:49:30 PM »

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Boingo · « **Reply #30 on:** April 22, 2014, 03:51:39 PM »

That's the Rotair gondola, the world's first rotating gondola at Mt. Titlis.

Marionete · « **Reply #31 on:** April 23, 2014, 03:12:04 PM »

Quote from: Bookworm on April 22, 2014, 01:49:18 PM

The Route Info Task looks cool! I just hope nothing similar to the TAR18 Liechtenstein RB happens.

The Room cleaning looks like a Detour option.

What do you mean, what happened?

Bookworm · « **Reply #32 on:** April 23, 2014, 08:09:36 PM »

Quote from: Marionete on April 23, 2014, 03:12:04 PM

Quote from: Bookworm on April 22, 2014, 01:49:18 PM
The Route Info Task looks cool! I just hope nothing similar to the TAR18 Liechtenstein RB happens.

The Room cleaning looks like a Detour option.
What do you mean, what happened?

There was a lot of answer-sharing. Some teams apparently can't do math on their own.

paradoxinee · « **Reply #33 on:** April 24, 2014, 06:32:26 AM »

Quote from: Marionete on April 23, 2014, 03:12:04 PM

Quote from: Bookworm on April 22, 2014, 01:49:18 PM
The Route Info Task looks cool! I just hope nothing similar to the TAR18 Liechtenstein RB happens.

The Room cleaning looks like a Detour option.
What do you mean, what happened?

That time, all teams worked together, share the answer to eliminate the Cowboys.

Marionete · « **Reply #34 on:** April 24, 2014, 08:17:08 AM »

Oh, I see. I couldn't remember that

Actually, I believe the globetrotters would have been eliminated in Rome had the Afghanimals not shared the RB answer with them & JJ.

John was much closer to the answer

AND THAT'S WHY I HATE ANSWER SHARING.

Belle Book · « **Reply #35 on:** April 24, 2014, 10:16:35 AM »

Quote from: Marionete on April 24, 2014, 08:17:08 AM

Oh, I see. I couldn't remember that
Actually, I believe the globetrotters would have been eliminated in Rome had the Afghanimals not shared the RB answer with them & JJ. John was much closer to the answer

AND THAT'S WHY I HATE ANSWER SHARING.

True, the Globetrotters would have been eliminated in Rome if the Afghanimals hadn't shared the answer with them and J & J. but we have to remember that they thought that Caroline & Jennifer were behind them. Had they known that they were racing the other two teams for last place I'm sure that the Afghanimals wouldn't have shared the answer.

RealityFreakWill · « **Reply #36 on:** April 24, 2014, 02:02:56 PM »

The Amazing Race - Accidental Alliance (Sneak Peek)

With the final finish line getting closer, tension between two teams rises. Meanwhile, three teams make a final three alliance in hopes of making it to the final leg, on the All-Star edition of The Amazing Race, Sunday, April 27 at 8/7c. Only CBS

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/CKB1S4EGSsg" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/CKB1S4EGSsg</a>

Alenaveda · « **Reply #37 on:** April 24, 2014, 04:28:25 PM »

CBS PRESS PICTURES

"Accidental Alliance" Season 24 Episode 9
In this Active Route Marker, Cowboy brothers Cord (left) and Jet (right) must change into uniforms and clean a hotel room to meet Swiss standards in order to receive the next clue on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Cowboy brothers in Season 24 Episode 9
In this Active Route Marker, Cowboy brothers Jet (left) and Cord (right) must calculate the model year of a Ford Mustang using the corresponding kilometers of two different Swiss cities in order to receive the next clue on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Leo and Jamal in Season 24 Episode 9
At the Pit Start, Cousins Leo (left) and Jamal (right) must take the train from Orvieto, Italy to Chiasso, Switzerland on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Brendon and Rachel in Season 24 Episode 9
Newlyweds Brendon (left) and Rachel (right) take the train from Orvieto, Italy to Chiasso, Switzerland on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Leo and Jamal in Season 24 Episode 9
Cousins Leo (left) and Jamal (right) must make their way to the next location on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Brendon and Rachel in Season 24 Episode 9
In this Active Route Marker, Newlyweds Brendon (left) and Rachel (right) must change into uniforms and clean a hotel room to meet Swiss standards in order to receive the next clue on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Jamal and Leo in Season 24 Episode 9
Cousins Jamal (left) and Leo (right) must drive themselves to Engelberg and take a gondola up to the top of Mount Titlis in a race to the Pit Stop on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Jennifer and Caroline in Season 24 Episode 9
Country singers Jennifer (left) and Caroline (right) must make their way to the next location on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Wearing uniforms in Season 24 Episode 9
In this Active Route Marker, Country singers Caroline (left) and Jennifer (right) must change into uniforms and clean a hotel room to meet Swiss standards in order to receive the next clue on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Pit Start in Season 24 Episode 9
At the Pit Start, Country singers Caroline (left) and Jennifer (right) must take the train from Orvieto, Italy to Chiasso, Switzerland on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Cleaning hotel rooms in Season 24 Episode 9
In this Active Route Marker, Father/son team Connor (left) and David (right) must change into uniforms and clean a hotel room to meet Swiss standards in order to receive the next clue on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Connor and Dave in Season 24 Episode 9
In this Active Route Marker, Father/son team Connor (left) and David (center) must change into uniforms and clean a hotel room to meet Swiss standards in order to receive the next clue on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Heading to Switzerland in Season 24 Episode 9
At the Pit Start, Father/son team David (left) and Connor (right) must take the train from Orvieto, Italy to Chiasso, Switzerland on the all-star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved

gamerfan09 · « **Reply #38 on:** April 24, 2014, 09:53:59 PM »

Thank god the Hotel Cleaning is an ARI (Hooray for ARIs in this season finally!

), but it's still a very very weird task to place in a beautiful country like Switzerland.

NoluckBoston · « **Reply #39 on:** April 24, 2014, 10:49:45 PM »

I am so excited that the Swiss Air Convair 990 will make it on the show. Its one of my fave planes of all time!!!

https://www.verkehrshaus.ch/en/museum/aviation/convair-cv-990-coronado

Air · « **Reply #40 on:** April 25, 2014, 01:55:54 AM »

Convairs in general <3

Bookworm · « **Reply #41 on:** April 25, 2014, 08:42:51 PM »

I'm glad that there are several Route Info Tasks (I think "Active" Route Info sounds dumb, but that's just me.) However, it leads me to believe that, like TAR22's visit to Switzerland, there won't be a Detour.

georgiapeach · « **Reply #42 on:** April 26, 2014, 09:52:04 AM »

Quote

Glacier cave on Mt. TITLIS

The glacier cave is bathed
in a dim turquoise-blue light. On the walls, millions of tiny ice crystals
sparkle and glisten. The air is so cold that tiny white clouds appear when you
breathe.

A magical world of ice awaits you.

This glacier
cave forms the frosty heart of TITLIS. The ice here was frozen long before
prehistoric man discovered how to make fire using pyrite.

The
cave's 150-metre-long walkway branches out in several directions and descends 20
metres below the surface of the glacier. The hazy atmosphere is the result of
tiny air pockets in the ice, and the blue colour is caused by the refraction of
light.
Exploring the glacier cave is a cool experience. The temperature
inside the cave remains a frosty -1.5˚C.

The cave can be easily
accessed via a corridor from the TITLIS ROTAIR Cableways mountain station. Entry
to the glacier cave is free of charge.

http://www.titlis.ch/en/glacier/glacier-cave

georgiapeach · « **Reply #43 on:** April 26, 2014, 10:08:48 AM »

OH my....

THERE WERE WEBCAMS!!!

http://www.titlis.ch/en/ski-resort/webcams

Boingo · « **Reply #44 on:** April 26, 2014, 11:50:00 AM »

Yet more webcams (of Lucerne) at the Titlis Glacier Park website.

I suspect the task of sliding in the snow with milk cans was at one of the snow tubing slopes.

Here's a description of the Glacier Park facilities:
You can try out the latest fashionable sliding equipment such as the Balancer, Snow-Scoot, Airboard, and Snake Gliss on an easy trail. Everyone can master the Snowtube Run where you slide down an easy bob run on an inner tube. Fun and a change of pace are guaranteed!

Bookworm · « **Reply #45 on:** April 26, 2014, 08:03:22 PM »

I think that the Mount Titlis Ice Cave and Milk Can tasks are first,because it looks like teams are together in the cave.

florida · « **Reply #46 on:** April 27, 2014, 02:40:21 PM »

Quote from: Alenaveda on April 22, 2014, 02:50:05 PM

Second part of the caps.

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georgiapeach · « **Reply #47 on:** April 27, 2014, 02:42:52 PM »

Really good eye!!

theschnauzers · « **Reply #48 on:** April 27, 2014, 03:17:02 PM »

Just a reminder that if we don't see a detour on this leg, doesn't mean there wasn't one. The editors are known to re-edit a detour into an active route marker task when all the teams choose the same side of the detour. And the fact that there appears to be two active route markers make me think this is a possibility this time.

TARFansurvivor · « **Reply #49 on:** May 01, 2014, 09:18:16 AM »

I think this was the best leg, so far. A lot of great Places!!!!

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Author Topic: TAR 24 EP 9 "Accidental Alliance" Lucerne, Switzerland (Read 21347 times)

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