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Title: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on August 25, 2005, 10:48:04 AM
Anything I missed ? Please feel free to help  :hapy:
11,000 miles " TAR Family Vacation"
10 teams (http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,6350.0.html)
Starting line N.Y Brooklyn Bridge (http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-08-16-amazing-race_x.htm) (http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/3307/yes0qc.gif)

Thursday July 7 ,
NewYork City  (http://www.tarflies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=34726#34726)(http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/3307/yes0qc.gif)
Friday July 8,
Washington's Crossing PA (http://messages.independenttraveler.com/showthread.php?p=36081#post36081)(http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/3307/yes0qc.gif)
Saturday July 9,
Lincoln Memorial (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5558.topic&start=74&stop=74)( does not fit any team descriptions ? maybe the Bransens ? dad 3 daughters ?)There was a man, a woman, and two young girls (caucasian) followed by a cameraman and a sound guy(http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/3307/yes0qc.gif)
Sunday July 10th,
Dulles airport (outside Washington D.C.),   (http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=2666383&st=3975&p=3217759&#entry3217759)(http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/3307/yes0qc.gif)
Monday July 11th
Charleston, SC   (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1179.shtml)(http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/3307/yes0qc.gif)
Tuesday July 12,
Huntsville  (http://www.al.com/entertainment/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1121246191244210.xml&coll=1)(http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/3307/yes0qc.gif)

 Norfolk International Airport (http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=2666383&view=findpost&p=3225334)(http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/3307/yes0qc.gif)
July 12th
Talladega  (http://www.al.com/entertainment/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1121246191244210.xml&coll=1)(http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/3307/yes0qc.gif)

Friday July 14?
Belize/Guatemala.  (http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=0de7b9e00bab79c81a25b99c0aded0f5&showtopic=2666383&st=4005)
 Sunday July 16 - Panama  (http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=2666383&st=4080) - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Don't know if anybody cares, but I just got word from a friend of mine doing field work in Panama that he was accosted by several Americans in white vans, cameras in tow, looking for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's boat dock. Evidently, CBS invaded Panama with a vengeance. Also, the person asked him if he spoke English, IN FRENCH, which I find VERY amusing. (http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/3307/yes0qc.gif)
 Thursday/Friday July 20-21st Costa Rica  (http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/2246672/) I was in Costa Rica 2 weeks ago at San Jose International and saw the host Phil Koeghan with a female companion. I stopped him and spoke with him and took two photos with him and my brother.
He said he was on "vacation" but that was July 20 or 21. I wonder if the race was in Costa Rica? (Phil seemed to be acting gaurded and sly.)(http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/3307/yes0qc.gif)

Montana (http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,6511.60.html)
 

Montreal on July 30  Toronto  (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1179.shtml#30)
 (arriving at 4:50PM) There are 5 teams of 4 people left. 
Wendsday July 30- (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1190.shtml)
and
posted on July 31 (http://www.tarflies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=536&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90) (Team with four girls sighted)
added Queen's Quay , Toronto, Lady with children
 (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1191.shtml#1)

August 5th Phil Spottings

Monarch of the Seas, RCCL, sailing out of L.A. to Ensenada  (http://www.cruisecal.com/dnn/Default.aspx?tabid=345)
San Francisco  (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10339472)
( according to TAR the race lasted 25 days that would be July 31st)


possible other locations



 New Orleans (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5558.topic&start=21&stop=40) (http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/3307/yes0qc.gif)and

 and Costa Rica (http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/2246672/)  / posted on Aug 2nd,  (http://www.forumsnet.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=TAR5spoilers;action=display;num=1123006787;start=) (http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/3307/yes0qc.gif)


possable finish line Niagara Falls (http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,5916.45.html) ? Boston? (http://www.tarflies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=536&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90)
(The sign said for them to go to boston)
more on Belize (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1208.shtml)

Production ends around Aug 10th (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5688.topic&start=21&stop=40) ?



credits Gman /Pedalar/Slowhatch/ Chateau d if
of course Twops (http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/)  / Sucks (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23) / Met forums (http://www.forumsnet.com/) / Blows/realitytvworld  (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/cgi-bin/dcboard.cgi?az=list&conf=DCConfID13) to name a few .
Title: Re: Putting the Spoilers together
Post by: gingerman28 on August 25, 2005, 12:00:23 PM
My notes show the ten teams leaving Washington DC in the evening of Saturday July 9 and driving to Kitty Hawk, NC (about five hour drive) arriving on Sunday, July 10 between 3 and 6AM. After completing task here, they drive on to Charlesston, SC to complete a task between 11AM and 2PM (possible task sites: Ft. Sumter, Mt. Pleasant, or USS Yorktown - all with historical significance). Two buses then leave for Huntsville, Alabama leaving at 3PM and the second bus at 6PM (about a 9 hour drive)

Monday, July 11 - buses arrive at Huntsville, AL visitors center where teams pick up SUV's to drive to NASA Space and Rocket Center - this is also site of the famous 'SPACE CAMP"  which according to notes opens at 9:00AM (so it looks like all teams will bunch up here waiting for center to open. Teams check in at the PIT STOP  late in the evening.  Report has it that the "Generation Gap team - Grandparents and two grandkits - is eliminated. But this may invalidate all the info because I don't think we have any such team listed iin the team roster.

Further down the road we have sightings in

Belize on July 14

Panama - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute - Saturday July 16.

Next sightings seem to be In Toronto on July 30

Montreal on July 30 (arriving at 4:50PM) and July 31 (Team with four girls sighted)

This leaves a gap of 14 days after the Panama sighting on July 16 and Montreal/Toronto sighting on July 30.

And this only accounts for a little over 6,000 of the total 30,000 miles the teams are supposed to have travelled "around the world".

So this leads me to believe that after Panama, the remaining teams make a swing around "English-speaking" sites in the Pacific which could include:

Wellington, New Zealand
Sydney, Austrailia
Guam
Saipan
Federated States of Micronesia
Hawaii

To the West Coast (San Francisco or Los Angeles)
Jackson, Wyoming

TVoP poster claims to have spotted Phil and Park Ranger on the mat in Grand Teton National Park (Menor's Ferry) on August 4. This may be questionable since we have pretty solid (Canadian Airline roster) evidence that teams were in Toronto and Montreal on July 30 alnd Phil was on RCCL ship on August 5.

Finish after Montreal (not Niagara Falls) could be in Boston.
Title: Re: Putting the Spoilers together
Post by: puddin on August 25, 2005, 12:38:00 PM
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from Met Forums (http://www.forumsnet.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=TAR5spoilers;action=display;num=1123006787)Amazing_Racer
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Amazing_Racer
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  San Jose, Costa Rica Spoiler
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Well, I'm in Costa Rica right now, and I learned something from a travel agency. They told me some teams went to that Travel Agency to book a bus into the jungle. I can't exactly say that I saw the TAR 8 teams, but I did learn that they took that bus into the nearby jungle to perform either a detour or roadblock. Hope this helps, and like I said, I can't verify this, but I hope it's true!!!
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on August 31, 2005, 02:27:46 AM
swiped from and credits to ranethyn @ sucks

Recent projects include the shooting of the season finale for the "Amazing Race" reality television series in Niagara Falls, a one-day effort that netted local production crews and support services a payday topping $250,000.

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050829/1055206.asp
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: gingerman28 on August 31, 2005, 12:17:16 PM
Could be just another misleading decoy event at the Niagara Falls location.  But that seems to be pretty steep price to pay just to setup and film a decoy team.  So, I hate to say it,but it may mean that the sighting of the team at the Niagara Falls location was indeed an actual event. Which means the route marker flags have been changed for TAR8FE as has the opening teaser.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Slowhatch on September 01, 2005, 09:04:22 PM
I'd like to put some stuff out there for everyone's opinion about what is probably the first stop. Here's the quote that Puddin linked to:
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3 families driving down Broadway and stopping outside a place called Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) in Soho, 3 blocks from where he lives. The only other business there is a bank, so he doesn't think they were headed to the bank. There was a cop there who didn't seem to have a problem with them parking on the street.
In addition to EMS and Kenneth Cole (the photo of the Blacks rushing across Broadway), there's the bank the poster mentioned (HSBC), but there's a lot of other businesses besides. Check it out with the street-level photos at A9 maps; here's a link: http://maps.a9.com/?mapMode=m&mapBvr=&ypLoc=591+Broadway%2C+New+York%2C+New+York&mapFrom=&mapTo=
It's also interesting that (if I'm reading it correctly) the poster didn't actually see anybody go inside a building, just park outside EMS.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 01, 2005, 11:32:35 PM
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Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 04, 2005, 03:51:11 PM
 8-)' something like this .. cripes talk about Family Vacation  |(





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Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: cinni on September 05, 2005, 11:40:14 AM
wow and wow! great work everyone. i may actually start to look forward to this version.   {|
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: gingerman28 on September 05, 2005, 04:21:51 PM
Trying like mad to account for the great distance of 11,000 miles, I am pondering the following:

New Yok to Panama City via Huntsville, Alabama and Beliz City, Beliz accounts for only 2252 miles.

Now add on the following:

Panama City to San Francisco 3325 miles

San Frnacisco to Anchorage, Alaska 2010 miles

Anchorage Alaska to Montreal/Toronto via Minneapolis or Chicago 3365 miles

That gives us a total of 10,952 miles!!

I tried to work in Honolulu (just to add  a wee bit of glamour and it is one place they have sky dived before) but the best I could do from Panama City to Honolulu and then back to SFO and on to Montreal/Toronto would end up with a total of 12,500miles so that sort of rules out Hawaii but Alaska is still a possibility.

Adding Alaska to the mix would allow TAR8 to cover North America from the top (Alaska) to the bottom (Panama) and from East (New York or Boston or Both) to the West (San Francisco)
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 05, 2005, 04:28:24 PM
I like that route GMan !! Good Job   :<( ! 
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: BRL on September 10, 2005, 10:34:24 PM
Does anyone know what stops they make in Canada?
As a fellow Canadian it would be nice to know.

Its nice to know that Canadians can't play but our
country can... ^/^
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: gingerman28 on September 10, 2005, 11:03:42 PM
Teams were spotted in Toronto and Montreal on July 30 and 31.  Siightings seem to be valid with four teams accounted for.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: BRL on September 11, 2005, 06:37:52 PM
Thanks Gman.

I'll be watching the show and waiting to see
the CN Tower on television.  {**}
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: cinni on September 12, 2005, 01:48:37 PM
Teams were spotted in Toronto and Montreal on July 30 and 31.  Siightings seem to be valid with four teams accounted for.

wow, i lived in toronto for 17 years. will be fun to see where they go. skydome and cn tower seem like good bets. i haven't read the canadian spoilers. do we have any idea which 4 teams?
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 12, 2005, 11:41:50 PM
 cinni .. From RealityTV world/Blows  (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1191.shtml)
 
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Slowhatch on September 13, 2005, 02:17:00 AM
That's the first time I've seen that spoiler and....I don't know.
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They dropped part of their route info and another person picked it up and asked if they needed it. They said they didn't and had a new clue.
??? Susan TAR 7  has already written over at Sucks about decoys in Dallas where the racers "accidentally" dropped some paperwork (quoted here http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessage?topicID=5612.topic&index=44). And there's some insider video from last season in South Africa which describes how meticulous the production staff is--in the middle of this clip
rtsp://real.cbsig.net:554/g2demand/entertainment/primetime/amazing_race7/insider//phils_travels/behind/behind705_c.rm
So I have some doubts. Is there a link to the Montreal spoiler as well?
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: cinni on September 13, 2005, 10:35:40 AM
thanks, wow, hadn't seen all that yet. much to ponder....
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 13, 2005, 10:38:03 AM
Slowhatch the link above at RealtyTV World have gathered some great info for the Montreal & Toronto Spoilers as well as a new one that I did not know about , Billings Montana.
We knew about the Dalla's decoy run..we had first hand info  ;) .
Also we were told that Gretchen was givin a decoy clue to throw her family off .. it lead them to beleive that she was in the final 3 . Tricky indeed .
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 17, 2005, 04:03:30 PM
Montana !!!!

Reality TV races past Fort Benton

By DAN HOLLOW
Tribune Staff Writer

 
FORT BENTON — The local folks helping out were sworn to secrecy, but by the end of the day Friday, it was no secret what had just come up the Missouri River downstream from Fort Benton.

No, it wasn't another batch of adventurers retracing the steps of Lewis and Clark.

The visitors were a film crew and an undetermined number of teams from the CBS hit reality TV show "The Amazing Race," according to Fort Benton resident Colleen Lulf.

Lulf said the only excitement expected this week was the homecoming football game Friday night between the Longhorns and the Malta Mustangs (final score Fort Benton 14, Malta 20).

But midweek, rumors began to swirl.

At the 7th and 8th grade football games Wednesday night, a woman overheard someone talking in a loud voice about a "big secret" of some "doings on the river."

Then, a local restaurant owner was seen in the grocery store buying vast quantities of food for breakfast burritos, and later, the restaurant owner was heard leaving town to deliver the food in his pickup. It was known for being noisy, Lulf said.

"In a small town, it's hard to totally keep a secret," she said. "People are used to a pattern, a set rhythm of life."

Lulf's first encounter with the buzz came when she was getting dropped off at Coal Banks Landing Thursday. She had ferried a Jeep to Judith Landing at the other end of a popular stretch of canoe trip through the White Cliffs area.

Her husband, John, works for a river tour business in the summer but teaches in the winter so Colleen was helping out with a friend.

As they drove down a hill toward the river, "we were amazed to see a fleet of fast moving boats sweep around the bend and race up the river," she said. Then more boats came by, and then some more.

Lulf's first reaction was there must be some bigwigs afloat because there is a "no wake" rule on the Wild and Scenic stretch in the summer, and upstream motorized travel is not allowed.

But the motorized restrictions, which start the weekend prior to Labor Day, are lifted the weekend following Labor Day.

The next morning, a friend told Lulf of "The Amazing Race" rumor. Some young men about town had been hired to drive, but had been sworn to secrecy and had to sign some kind of agreement not to talk.

"So, that's what it was, my friend and I concluded," Lulf said. "They had filmed part of 'The Amazing Race' downstream from our little, usually quiet town."

According to CBS, "The Amazing Race: Family Edition" features teams of four family members and will first air in a two-hour segment Sept. 27. This is the eighth edition of the two-time Emmy Award-winning show, in which contestants race around the globe, encountering challenges at each local stop, in pursuit of a $1 million prize.

This episode reportedly includes segments filmed on the East Coast, in Central America and at Niagara Falls.

"Even though I've only seen the show in passing a few times, I am excited to see the upcoming segment, whenever it might be on," Lulf said. "After all, I'd been witness to part of the actual race."

Lulf's husband John was not as thrilled.

"You think you'll have a nice, quiet canoe trip and a bunch of motor boats come by," he said.

Colleen Lulf contributed to this story.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050917/NEWS01/509170310/1002
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Slowhatch on September 17, 2005, 08:21:42 PM
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No, it wasn't another batch of adventurers retracing the steps of Lewis and Clark
Maybe not, but since "Americana" seems to be the theme (Washingtons Crossing, Space Center, etc.), maybe they'll be doing a "Lewis and Clark" thing at Fort Benton--see here
http://lewisandclark.state.mt.us/sites.asp?IDNumber=6
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 17, 2005, 08:46:33 PM
Slowhatch you have no idea how much i'm contemplating trying to get in touch with John & Colleen Lulf . I've been googling them on-line and think that I found their phone #  </]
I would love to know how many teams they really did see .And What Day they were there !! Is that bad ?
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 17, 2005, 08:59:47 PM
TRANSPORTATION AND SHUTTLE SERVICE ALONG THE WILD AND SCENIC UPPER MISSOURI RIVER AND MARIA'S RIVER
 

 
Our shuttle service is based in Fort Benton, the Gateway to the Wild & Scenic Upper Missouri River and the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument.
Why waste a day shuttling vehicles and equipment up to 300 miles, 7 hours,  round trip, from Fort Benton to landings and take out sites along the Missouri River or Maria's River.  Our responsible adult drivers have years of experience on Montana's country roads and will  shuttle your party or your vehicles for you.
 



http://www.fortbenton.com/johns/index.htm


Montana's
Upper Missouri River Guides
and Canoe Outfitters

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http://www.uppermissouri.com/
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Slowhatch on September 17, 2005, 09:22:25 PM
He's probably teaching by now (Ft. Benton Elementary, I can't get the hyperlink working)
so a call to his business number may or may not go through. But the email on his webpage is probably still good.
What's peculiar is that out of all the people in Ft. Benton he would be the one to go to for this kind of task.
It can be tested if anyone talks to him or emails him; if he gets cagey about the details, that's a good sign he signed an NDA.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 17, 2005, 09:26:53 PM
The phone# didn't work but I'm working on a e-mail right now  {l{
How many teams ?
What days ?

Any ideas Slowhatch as to what I should ask ? I really suck at this  (%#


Hi. I am doing some research for my Amazing Race fan site. We saw an article that you did talking about the Amazing Race, and would like you to answer a few questions.

Can you give us an educated guess as to how teams you saw on the Missouri River?

What day were the teams there?

Thanks so much for taking time out and answering these questions.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Slowhatch on September 17, 2005, 09:56:08 PM
If you have an RFF address you could ask as an "journalist for an online review" and supply the address if he needs to check the bona fides.
More oddities: I did a yahoo search of Ft. Benton and the only river business I could find that doesn't involve canoes is this one:
http://www.mroutfitters.com/boattrips.htm. But if they were poaching Lulf's business, their boats would be immediately recognized. On the other hand, if it was competitors, then Mr. Lulf might be even more talkative.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 17, 2005, 10:12:06 PM
Slowhatch I have an addy here for RFF but I'm not sure that I want Mr Lulf to know that i'm up to no good  8-)' .
Maybe I'll just write to him on a personal level afterall.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: gingerman28 on September 17, 2005, 10:48:58 PM
Please note that the dateline on this article from the Great Falls Tribune is September 17, 2005 and the events described happened in Ft. Benton from Wednesday through Friday of this week.  According to everything we have learned, TAR8FamilyEdition wrapped up between August 1 and 5. CBS has already shown us pix of the teams and unless TAR9 is off and shooting, this is all pretty much a bunch of hogwash!!
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 17, 2005, 10:58:09 PM
GMan this is the part that had me thinking that the Amazing Race was there in the summer .. although the writer of the story makes it seem recent  *(^

Lulf's first reaction was there must be some bigwigs afloat because there is a "no wake" rule on the Wild and Scenic stretch in the summer, and upstream motorized travel is not allowed.
But the motorized restrictions, which start the weekend prior to Labor Day, are lifted the weekend following Labor Day.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Slowhatch on September 17, 2005, 11:12:39 PM
Good eyes. It definitely looks like a deal-killer.
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Colleen Lulf contributed to this story.
As I read it, she was the whole story, all of which reduces Puddin's request to one sentence:
"So, you got any photos?"
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 17, 2005, 11:22:27 PM
I think the writer of the article ,DAN HOLLOW ,has some explaining to do
I'm writing to him now to try to make sense of what hes talking about . {l{

 The White Cliffs Day Trip outside the no wake zone. From Memorial Day thru the Sunday following Labor Day the no wake zone is in effect so this trip then is anytime outside that time frame (mid-September thru mid-May). Yes, we think it is kind of complicated too! Call us if you need a more thorough explanation.


http://www.missouribreaksriverco.com/possible.htm
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 17, 2005, 11:38:52 PM
FWIW I wrote to Dan and asked when "exactly " the supposed teams were spotted on the river as filming for TAR8 ended approximately Aug 10th ..I'll let you know if he replies . The article is confusing to me with the " no wake rule" and all .
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 18, 2005, 01:02:35 AM
well they are talking about this article @ tarflies  (http://www.tarflies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=536&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=180) too ..
Actually I was thinking could they be filming the NBC series   'TreasureHunters'  (http://www.nbc.com/nbc/Treasure_Hunters/)  .. who knows ?
stupid reporter not doing his research before writing this  </]
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 18, 2005, 05:42:56 PM
I spoke to the man John himself . The motorized boats were seen this past week, he really doesn't know if it was the Amazing Race but said there was definitly something going on because of the heavy traffic and all the activity and camara crews soo.. I just  assume it was some other show being filmed .
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: MontanaGirl on September 18, 2005, 06:26:12 PM
I saw crew members with much equipment and startling efficiency this morning (September 18) at the Holiday Inn Great Falls, Montana.  They had groups of equipment boxes marked with the names of at least two other cities.  I have no confirmation that this was in fact The Amazing Race except the story in the Great Falls Tribune about the Fort Benton river activities.  I myself am a big fan. 

Is it possible that this IS Amazing Race #9, and that the application on the website for #9 is just a foil, the application is really for #10?  Or maybe, filming starts earlier than November.  They DID have to have applications turned in in July. 
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 18, 2005, 07:31:14 PM
Welcome MontanaGirl  :cheeky: ! May not be the Amazing Race but now I'm curious ..anyway that you can talk to some of the staff at Holiday Inn ?  </] 
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: MontanaGirl on September 18, 2005, 07:44:53 PM
No, I can't really go back to the hotel.  I have read on another spoiler fan site that TAR#8 was rumored to be going to Pompey's Pillar (a Lewis & Clark site) near Billings, the CM Russell Museum in Great Falls and apparently Havre, MT (close to Canadian border).  Apparently there was something about "purple sidewalk squares" and these are ventilation grates for an underground mall in Havre.  These locations were mentioned back in July.

Perhaps the crew is filming extra footage of areas they already filmed this summer.  Although, that does not explain the boats on the Missouri River in Fort Benton on Friday.  By the way, Fort Benton is between Great Falls and Havre.

I have lived in Montana for a number of years now, and I have to say, if anything happened here this summer, word would have leaked out.  Great Falls, although with almost 60,000 residents is like a small town.  Nothing stays secret.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 18, 2005, 08:22:54 PM
MontanaGirl  ,if you ever get a chance to meet Mr. John Lulf would you please tell him that the Amazing Race fanatic thanks him again for his time   >*& .
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Slowhatch on September 24, 2005, 11:03:58 AM
Another Mandy entry, this one from a specialist in the Louisville area, here
http://www.mandy.com/home.cfm?c=eag006
Most (80-90%) of these entries don't specify a season or episode, so I can only offer it up fwiw.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 25, 2005, 11:06:37 AM
Update on the Fort Benton ,Montana article ..

This Had to be me !!!!!!!!!!! :cheeky: I told you that I left this dude Dan a message !
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And on Monday, an intrepid Web surfer e-mailed the newsroom to say that the Fort Benton teams couldn't be from "The Amazing Race" because it concluded filming last month for its eighth show — dubbed "Family Edition, it premieres Sept. 27 —and filming for Race 9 won't begin until November.

 

Filming remains a mystery

OK, so we're not 100 percent sure the teams spotted racing upstream in boats on the Missouri River below Fort Benton on Sept. 15 were part of some future episode of "The Amazing Race."

Based on informed speculation by numerous folks in the Fort Benton area, the Tribune reported Sept. 17 that the teams were from the hit reality TV show on CBS.

But then last Saturday night, bright floodlights were set up near Tower Rock State Park south of Great Falls where "teams" were seen being filmed. A state film office rep said it was for a reality TV show but not for "The Amazing Race."

And on Monday, an intrepid Web surfer e-mailed the newsroom to say that the Fort Benton teams couldn't be from "The Amazing Race" because it concluded filming last month for its eighth show — dubbed "Family Edition, it premieres Sept. 27 —and filming for Race 9 won't begin until November.

If anyone knows the real identity of those mystery teams, please call 791-1491 on Monday or email tribcity@sofast.net
— Dan Hollow

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050925/NEWS01/509250319/1002
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Slowhatch on September 25, 2005, 11:17:46 AM
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an intrepid Web surfer

Well done! Time for a happy dance! :]
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 25, 2005, 11:36:27 AM
Dan should be embarrassed that he didn't do his homework , little did he know that the RFF Team has great eyes and decipher every nook & cranny , also he could not have known that we are REAL TAR fanatics  |#'
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 25, 2005, 05:49:03 PM
And one more article from Montana  (http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050920/NEWS01/509200307/1002)  only because it has my interest now .

Tower Rock filming was related to reality-television show, state says
Montana is a popular venue for reality television shows this year, Iversen said.

"Five were shot in Montana this summer," he said.

Iversen did say that the filming at Tower Rock State Park was not for the television show "The Amazing Race."
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: gingerman28 on September 25, 2005, 10:19:32 PM
Hey, lets dump Montana stories since they obviously now have been shown that it was not
TAR they were shooting scenes for.(unless they are about Joe Montana)
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 25, 2005, 10:54:08 PM
Hey, lets dump Montana stories since they obviously now have been shown that it was not
TAR they were shooting scenes for.(unless they are about Joe Montana)
Would you beleive me if I told you that I was once married to Joe Montana  ;)  ?
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: gingerman28 on September 26, 2005, 03:18:00 PM
Puddin, dear, I believe anything you tell me.  If you tell me the sun will not come up tomorrow, I will plan to sleep in all day!@
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 26, 2005, 04:55:54 PM
 :cheeky:  You can't do that GMan ..you'll miss TAR  |#'
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 26, 2005, 07:09:40 PM
so i dont lose these

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Bubbles442 2 desperate attention whore postings
DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson"
 07-31-05, 11:52 AM (EST)
     
43. "RE: Season 8 Timings/Locations"
ok one team arrived in montreal from chicago on flight NorthWestern 1792 at 5:00pm on July 30. One producer was with the team....they believed the other teams arrived from Toronto. The last flight the teams could have flown out from was direct from Minneapolis to Montreal - arrival time 22h30. There are 5 teams of 4 people left. 


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romahnator 2 desperate attention whore postings
DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson"
 07-30-05, 05:57 PM (EST)
     
"TAR in TORONTO JULY 30"
LAST EDITED ON 07-30-05 AT 06:08 PM (EST)
LAST EDITED ON 07-30-05 AT 05:58 PM (EST)

My fiancee and I helped a team to the Toronto Harbourfront to find the schooner Kajama. They are racing as a family of four. My fiancee and I watched for a few hours and saw the location crew return to the Kajama twice more, but no other teams arrived while we were there. We overheard the crew mention shooting at the CN Tower (possibly climbing the stairs?).

And we also overheard them mention the trip to Montreal as the next step on the route as mentioned. The crew was also waiting for "Bert" to arrive to make decisions. The man who they called "Bert" looks exactly like the picture of Bertram van Munster (producer and creator of TAR)on the Amazing Race website.
 

http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1179.shtml#30


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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:16 pm


***** SPOILERS FOR TAR8 *****
A friend of mine in NYC just called me to tell me that his friend Ray thinks he saw TAR8 Families in New York City today.

We think it's really odd that families would be in NY and not headed immediately out of the country, and we agree that this COULD be a decoy.

In the event that it's a real spoiler though, here's what he told me his friend saw:

3 families driving down Broadway and stopping outside a place called Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) in Soho. The only other business there is a bank, so he doesn't think they were headed to the bank. There was a cop there who didn't seem to have a problem with them parking on the street.

Of the three families he saw, two were white and one was African-American. One of the families (don't know which one) had a really little kid who he thought was about 7 years old (I think he said it was a "he", and the kid must be at least 8, since that's the cut-off). The kid was yelling out the window (to traffic?) to "let them over."

They were driving cars (SUV's? I don't know.) and there were cameramen. The cars were fairly new and had different license plates (one was Michigan, one was New Jersey, the other was ??). That could just mean they were rentals we agreed that cars/SUVs would be likely (over cabs) because of the sheer number of people that have to be in each vehicle.

Anyway, we don't know if this is for real, or a decoy, or what, but my friend wanted me to post it on TARflies first so that we can check against any other spoilers that might come in!

http://www.tarflies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=34726#34726
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Mandoli on September 28, 2005, 01:49:49 PM
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:16 pm


***** SPOILERS FOR TAR8 *****
A friend of mine in NYC just called me to tell me that his friend Ray thinks he saw TAR8 Families in New York City today.

We think it's really odd that families would be in NY and not headed immediately out of the country, and we agree that this COULD be a decoy.

In the event that it's a real spoiler though, here's what he told me his friend saw:

3 families driving down Broadway and stopping outside a place called Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) in Soho. The only other business there is a bank, so he doesn't think they were headed to the bank. There was a cop there who didn't seem to have a problem with them parking on the street.

Of the three families he saw, two were white and one was African-American. One of the families (don't know which one) had a really little kid who he thought was about 7 years old (I think he said it was a "he", and the kid must be at least 8, since that's the cut-off). The kid was yelling out the window (to traffic?) to "let them over."

They were driving cars (SUV's? I don't know.) and there were cameramen. The cars were fairly new and had different license plates (one was Michigan, one was New Jersey, the other was ??). That could just mean they were rentals we agreed that cars/SUVs would be likely (over cabs) because of the sheer number of people that have to be in each vehicle.

Anyway, we don't know if this is for real, or a decoy, or what, but my friend wanted me to post it on TARflies first so that we can check against any other spoilers that might come in!

http://www.tarflies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=34726#34726

Well...that wasn't a decoy. We saw teams walk into the EMS to get gear for the race.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on September 28, 2005, 09:48:29 PM
More on Niagra Falls ..posted today Sucks (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5558.topic&start=301&stop=314)
DrEmphy
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 I am the original Niagara Falls spoiler...and i assure you - they were here. I did not see the actual teams though.

The general feeling of Park workers is the later run at Terrapin point was decoys. The feeling is they did either a) an earlier run or b) a different area of the falls while throwing the decoy at Terrapin.

THE RACE DID have a Pitstop or Challenge (and most likely finish) at Joseph Davis State Park right outside of Niagara Falls.

Mark my words.

A wide open field. Only half of which was open to the public. HUNDREDS of security personnel.

I was hazy about what i Saw, but it only makes sense, and the higher ups arent talking. Now that I saw the cluebox...it's definite. 
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Pedaler on September 30, 2005, 09:19:34 AM
From http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2005/09/30/1242622-sun.html

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RACE STOP IN T.O.?: Apparently those feudin' Race families were scrambling all over our fair city last July. A reader says he ran into two groups down by Union station looking for clues from a hot dog vendor which led to the Docks. Keep your eyes peeled for some CN Tower scenery.

Could the hot dog vendor(s) be another former team?
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 02, 2005, 12:01:49 AM
just for a reference ..

Phil said 7 Pitstops will be elimination
articles confirm 13 episodes
The show was filmed in July, but the winner will not be revealed until the end of the 13-episode series.
CBS /TAR website shows 11 Episodes?
also the articles state that we will have " Fewer NEL "
Initially, "it was great to see how well these people got along with each other" and offered help, even as they "finessed finding ways to mislead the other teams." Later, as the race got harder, teams became more "bitter" and clearly labeled certain rivals as enemies.

The kid-friendly contest, which includes fewer non-elimination episodes, did require certain concessions: Over the 30-day race, filmed mostly in July, teams traveled 30,000 miles  :roll:, far less than the 72,000 traversed by teams on the sixth season. And more family-friendly, less-crowded locales were chosen.

Sept 27th Week 1 ~Blacks eliminated
October 4th week 2
October 11th week 3
October 18th week 4
October 25th week 5
November1st week 6
November 8th week 7
November 15th week 8
November 22cnd week 9
November 29th week 10
December 5th  week 11
December 12th week 12
December 19th week 13 Finale

http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,6350.0.htm


(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/rawalsh/TAR_8/e5e8ece2.jpg)

Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: banzai on October 03, 2005, 03:21:33 PM
from a Taiwan fansite (http://amazingrace.myweb.hinet.net/)
I don't know who took these photos.
(http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2392/tar8cluebox15fo.th.jpg) (http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8cluebox15fo.jpg) (http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7940/tar8cluebox28wz.th.jpg) (http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8cluebox28wz.jpg) (http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9328/tar8cluebox38ky.th.jpg) (http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8cluebox38ky.jpg)

(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1630/tar8cluebox48fs.th.jpg) (http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8cluebox48fs.jpg) (http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4537/tar8cluebox50yq.th.jpg) (http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8cluebox50yq.jpg)

edit: found the original photographer at
http://buffalopundit.wnymedia.net/archives/635
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 03, 2005, 03:45:31 PM
those were the pictures posted by Buffalo NY dude around Niagara Falls area ..

Thanks banzai , I never thought the Taiwan site would update  |#' !!

http://amazingrace.myweb.hinet.net/tar_gallery.htm
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: gingerman28 on October 03, 2005, 07:28:11 PM
Something does not add up right.

First, we now know that the race only covers 11,000  miles not 30,000. And the filming started on July 7 and ended we believe on July 31 which is only 25 days.

Second, Phil says that 7 stops are elimination stops. If there are fewer NELs than normal (three or four) then there can only be one or two NELs. This adds up to only 9 legs or ten legs if the final leg is a double wammy.

Third, this would make the final telecast on November 22 which is during the important Nielson Ratings sweeps month.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 03, 2005, 07:32:08 PM
I know Gman ..all the info is screwy .. first 30,000 miles now 10,000 miles . Then 11 teams now 10 teams . 13 episodes now 11 episodes  |( ! race covers 30 days now 25 days !!
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: banzai on October 07, 2005, 02:32:10 AM
Did anyone post this yet? I can't find this article here.
came from http://www.forumsnet.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=TAR5spoilers;action=display;num=1122931186

The Niagara Gazette newspaper

REALITY SHOW RACES THROUGH THE FALLS
 
"The Amazing Race" makes a stop at Terrapin Point
By: Paul Lane
 
Brendan Cataldo came to Terrapin Point on Sunday to get his first good look at Niagara Falls. What he also got was a sneak preview of a CBS reality series. "The Amazing Race" came through the Falls filming for the coming season of the reality show. In "Race" teams travel from chec to chec with limited budgets, having to complete challenges and avoid being the last group to arrive at a given destination or else face elimination. Cataldo a Niagara University student returning home to Albany after the summer, was at the park with friend Ian Tweedie about 2:15 pm Sunday. The two were watching over Terrapin Point when they saw a wooden box on a post in the middle of a field. Cataldo was curious about the box but Tweedie's thoughts immediately turned to the reality television show. "We saw the box and we were ...guessing that it was the amazing race" said Tweedie a self professed "Race" fan. The woman standing guard to the box added to the mystery Tweedie said. "She seemed to be protecting the box." Knowledge of the show's filming portions of the upcoming season across the united states added to the speculation Tweedie said. The two continued to watch the box for a while shooting video of the falls when a group of four people --two adults -- two children-- ran down the stairs leading to the box and removed an envelope. All well and good, Cataldo said except for the cameraman following them at full speed. "They ripped it open and read it pretty quick," Tweedie said. "They seemed to be excited about it." In describing a similar race visit in Alabama, The huntsville times reported on July 13, that the upcoming installment of the show its eigth will be a one time family edition with four people per team. The race began in early July with 11 teams in an undisclosed location the newspaper reported. Officials at the Niagara Falls State Park Visitor Center declined to comment. The huntsville times reported that officials in that city were asked to sign $10 million confidentiality agreements but declined. Several internet discussion groups report seeing "Race" families in Toronto on Saturday. The winning team gets $1 million, The next season is expected to air on tuesday nights beginning in the fall.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Slowhatch on October 07, 2005, 09:27:43 AM
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I can't find this article here.
Do you mean the original article? I found the stub here (http://www.tonawanda-news.com/story.asp?id=3194). There's also a reader comment from somebody who claims to have snagged a clue envelope, which seems unlikely.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 07, 2005, 11:01:37 AM
Heres where some of the Niagara Falls stuff is ,I havent read through it in awhile so your info maybe new Banzai  :t-up: There was alot of iffy stuff to the Niagara falls spoiler like maybe decoy teams 
http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,5916.45.html

tarflies (http://www.tarflies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=536&start=105)



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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:12 pm


haha I might know those people quoted in the article.

Its definitely true.

The teams? The first two are VERY vague. Just average white american families, I was told...at least four kids, possibly five, and possibly one team with three kids. One of the women was very large...around 6 foot and 250lbs.

The team I SAW was a couple with two kids. Both kids were girls. The dad was rather plain and his older daughter (16?) was much more athletic and pretty with dark hair. The wife was a bit out of shape and looked like a normal american housewife a bit frumpy - no outstanding good or bad features while the other daughter was about 11 or 12 with lighter hair and also a bit out of shape.
This was not a typical Final 3 team.

I saw them carrying one of the Route Info cards (blue in color) and the older daughter was very happy to have read it.

They didnt respond to my "good lucks".
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 07, 2005, 11:24:36 AM
I'm not saying its not possable that the finish line was Niagara Falls I'm just thinking the teams descriptions are so fishy~~

According to an EZBoard poster who alleges to have recorded the last team's arrival at the Terrapin Point clue box, the last family -- which trailed the other two final teams by about an hour -- was a Caucasian family comprised of an "average looking" father who was wearing a shirt stating "Festival Party," his "out of shape, light haired wife," and their two daughters. One of the daughters was described as bring a "fairly good looking" dark haired girl in her late teens while the second daughter was about 12 or 13 years of age and wore eyeglasses. Based on his conversations with other folks at both Terrapin Point and Joseph Davis State Park, both of the other two earlier teams are also said to be comprised of "fairly average" white families with children, with one park ranger telling him that although the two teams were jumbled together when they ran by, one team appeared to comprised of three children and only one parent. ( this could be the Weavers ? maybe the Bransens ?)
http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,5916.60.html
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 10, 2005, 01:15:38 AM
Don't beat me up ..just leaving this here so I don't have to go looking for it later  </]

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Amazing Race makes stop in Billings

 
 BILLINGS -- The latest season of one of TV's most popular reality shows begins Tuesday night on KTVQ. And part of this year's "The Amazing Race" will look very familiar to viewers in the Billings area.

Q2 has learned that the contestants and crew of "The Amazing Race: Family Edition" stayed in Billings for several days.

CBS won't say where the production crew spent time, or how far along in the series the Billings stop was.

In the Emmy-winning reality show, teams follow clues and race each other around the world on a limited budget.

For the Family Edition, instead of couples, nine families of four are competing for a $1 million grand prize.

The season premiere of "The Amazing Race: Family Edition" airs every Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. on KTVQ.

http://www.kpax.com/Global/story.asp?S=3907496&nav=menu227_2





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The Amazing Race: A Rumor
Now that the Amazing Race has started, the rumor mill is grinding. I heard a rumor a month or so ago that the Amazing Race contestants had been in Montana. And in Billings no less. But today I heard another rumor from a pretty reliable source. Not only were the Amazing Race contestants in Montana but the pit stop for that particular point in the race was a ranch not more than 45 miles from where I live! Whether this is all true or not remains to be seen. But this is the way I heard it. The Race leaves Cody, WY and heads for Fishtail, Montana through Red Lodge. They camp at the ranch for their mandatory rest period and then head off to the airport in Billings. Which means they had to pass by the town I live it! This is all too exciting! This is all speculation, however, but it sure makes the race fun to watch.

http://www.terrestrialball.com/offerings/2005/09/the_amazing_rac.html




Cody Wyoming (http://www.codywyomingnet.com/)

Red Lodge ,MT (http://www.redlodge.com/)Welcome to Red Lodge, Montana - Gateway to Yellowstone Park via the beautiful Beartooth Highway. Come and experience true western hospitality in this quaint, historic, mountain town.
101 Things to do in Red Lodge (http://www.eredlodge.com/fun.htm)

from Blows/RealityTV World

POMP'S PILLAR, BILLINGS, MONTANA, USA
By FlamingCactusIT on this page
Time: Unknown (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1179.shtml#)

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FlamingCactusIT
 
 07-19-05, 00:25 AM (EST)
     
30. "Don't know how credible..."
I read on a site, don't know where, that there was something about going to Montana for a visit to Pomp's Pillar (The place that Lewis and Clark engraved their signatures on the expedition), that's outside Billings. The C.M. Russell art museum, that's outside Great Falls, and lastly something about purple sidewalk squares. Don't know what's significant about it, or where that is in Montana.
 


(http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/4777/pomp19zu.th.jpg) (http://img447.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pomp19zu.jpg)Pomp's Pillar (http://www.trailsandgrasslands.org/pompey.html)

C.M. Russell art museum (http://www.cmrussell.org/)

( thanks to Neobie)
Havre Montana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havre,_Montana)Walking around the streets of Havre one may see a few small grids of purple colored squares on the sidewalk. These are from a sort of underground "mall" built in the city at least a hundred years ago (the squares let in sunlight). 



Start address: Cody, WY 82414
End address: Fishtail, MT 59028
Distance: 93.1 mi (about 2 hours 50 mins)
(http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/2230/105uu.th.jpg) (http://img447.imageshack.us/my.php?image=105uu.jpg)
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 10, 2005, 02:14:33 AM
maybe something maybe nothing .. relative to Talladega
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  09-30-2005, 11:17 AM 
CLCindy 
Registered User   Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Posts: 38 
 
A friend of a friend does freelance filming around town (Birmingham, AL), and a few months ago, he hinted that he did a two-day shoot that was "Amazing," had something to do with a reality show, and that he had to sign something swearing him to secrecy. So maybe they are sticking to the U.S.(I missed the first hour). I can't imagine the logistics of flying those big teams all over the world!

I love this show, and I hope the family aspect doesn't get annoying...it definitely seems like it could be unbalanced at times. 

http://community.cookinglight.com/showthread.php?t=80081
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 10, 2005, 12:04:50 PM
just for a reference ..

Phil said 7 Pitstops will be elimination
articles confirm 13 episodes
The show was filmed in July, but the winner will not be revealed until the end of the 13-episode series.
CBS /TAR website shows 11 Episodes?
also the articles state that we will have " Fewer NEL "
Initially, "it was great to see how well these people got along with each other" and offered help, even as they "finessed finding ways to mislead the other teams." Later, as the race got harder, teams became more "bitter" and clearly labeled certain rivals as enemies.

The kid-friendly contest, which includes fewer non-elimination episodes, did require certain concessions: Over the 30-day race, filmed mostly in July, teams traveled 30,000 miles  :roll:, far less than the 72,000 traversed by teams on the sixth season. And more family-friendly, less-crowded locales were chosen.

Sept 27th Week 1 ~Blacks eliminated
October 4th week 2
October 11th week 3
October 18th week 4
October 25th week 5
November1st week 6
November 8th week 7
November 15th week 8
November 22cnd week 9
November 29th week 10
December 5th  week 11
December 12th week 12
December 20th week 13 Finale ??

http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,6350.0.htm


(http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/1303/e5e8ece27oe.th.jpg) (http://img436.imageshack.us/my.php?image=e5e8ece27oe.jpg)



Hasbrouck  (http://hasbrouck.org/amazingrace8/index2.html) has 12 episodes listed ~
(http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/4964/1003ab.th.jpg) (http://img436.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1003ab.jpg)


Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: rmax on October 10, 2005, 01:07:26 PM
There's a discrepancy in those schedules, Hasbrouk has it ending 12/13, the other 12/19 (which is a Monday).  I would guess the Hasbrouk one is correct as it has a 2 hour finale on 12/13 (still with 13 legs, unless there's a recap thrown in somewhere).
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 10, 2005, 01:38:32 PM
There's a discrepancy in those schedules, Hasbrouk has it ending 12/13, the other 12/19 (which is a Monday). I would guess the Hasbrouk one is correct as it has a 2 hour finale on 12/13 (still with 13 legs, unless there's a recap thrown in somewhere).
oops  :)* that was me .. I'll fix it .
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 10, 2005, 01:59:02 PM
fwiw~

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sk8er982002 
Junior Member   Join Date: Oct Tue 2005
Posts: 1 
 
 Re: Amazing Race 8 Spotted!

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it has been reported from our local news station last week that the amazing race comes to billings, montana for something (im guess they will do something with the Lewis & Clark events that were happening over the summer. We also heard that they will go to seattle from here....

http://boards.independenttraveler.com/showthread.php?t=5154&highlight=amazing+race

Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: banzai on October 10, 2005, 02:18:35 PM
http://boards.independenttraveler.com/showthread.php?t=5154&highlight=amazing+race

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it has been reported from our local news station last week that the amazing race comes to billings, montana for something (im guess they will do something with the Lewis & Clark events that were happening over the summer. We also heard that they will go to seattle from here....


(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6869/puddin000210820055px.th.jpg) (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=puddin000210820055px.jpg)  <-- free cbs spoiler? Seattle, Washington. In that case, we have to take these flash into consideration.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 10, 2005, 02:30:48 PM
I agree banzai  |#'
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: banzai on October 10, 2005, 10:09:39 PM
speculation based on the new flash:

Leg 1:
Thurs, July 7: Brooklyn, New York (NY), USA --> SOHO, NY --> Trenton, New Jersey (NJ) --> Philadelphia, NJ
July 8: Philadelphia, NJ --> Mount Joy, Pennsylvania (PA) --> Lancaster, PA

Leg 2:
Sat, July 9: Lancaster, PA --> York, PA --> Washington, D.C. --> Middleburg, Virginia (VA)

Leg 3:
Sun, July 10: Middleburg, VA --> Charleston (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1179.shtml), South Carolina (SC)
July 11, Huntsville  (http://www.al.com/entertainment/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1121246191244210.xml&coll=1), Alabama (AL)

Leg 4:
Tues, July 12: Huntsville, AL --> Talladega  (http://www.al.com/entertainment/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1121246191244210.xml&coll=1), AL --> Tennessee
July 13: Tennessee --> New (http://img359.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar921orleans4nl.jpg) Orleans (http://img11.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar920jazz3xz.jpg), Louisiana (LA) --> Houston, Texas (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=puddin001210820056li.jpg) (TX)

Leg 5:
Thurs, July 14: Houston, Texas, USA --> Belize  (http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=0de7b9e00bab79c81a25b99c0aded0f5&showtopic=2666383&st=4005), Central America
July 15: Belize (http://img11.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar912parrot5qt.jpg)

Leg 6:
Sat, July 16: Belize --> Panama (http://img238.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar9013wv.jpg)
July 17: Panama
July 18: Panama

Leg 7:
July 19: Panama --> Costa Rica (http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/2246672/)
July 20-21: Costa Rica

Leg 8:
July 22: Costa Rica --> Dallas, Texas
July 23: Dallas, Texas --> Oklahoma (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=puddin000110820055yr.jpg) --> New Mexico

Leg 9:
July 24: New Mexico --> Sedona red rock (http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/Scenery/scenery1.htm), Arizona
July 25: Arizona --> Nevada --> Park City (http://pcballoonadventures.com/gallery/), Utah

Leg 10:
July 26: Utah --> Grand Teton (http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar905a1np.jpg), Wyoming --> Jackson Hole (http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar902a8nn.jpg), Wyoming
July 27: Wyoming --> Yellowstone (http://img11.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar9183dy.jpg), Montana

Leg 11 finale:
July 28: Montana --> Seattle (http://boards.independenttraveler.com/showthread.php?t=5154&highlight=amazing+race), Washington state (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=puddin000210820055px.jpg) --> Oregon
July 29-30: Oregon --> Toronto, Canada --> Montreal (http://www.pjcci.ca/English/champlain/INTRO.HTM), Canada
July 31: Montreal, Canada --> New Hampshire (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=puddin000010820050sj.jpg), USA -->
Aug. 1: Boston (http://www.tarflies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=536&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90), Massachusett --> Cincinnati, Ohio (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=puddin001110820058jo.jpg)

(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9117/puddin000110820055yr.th.jpg) (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=puddin000110820055yr.jpg) (http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/516/puddin001210820056li.th.jpg) (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=puddin001210820056li.jpg) (http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6869/puddin000210820055px.th.jpg) (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=puddin000210820055px.jpg) 

(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7987/puddin000010820050sj.th.jpg) (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=puddin000010820050sj.jpg) (http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3206/puddin001110820058jo.th.jpg) (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=puddin001110820058jo.jpg)
(http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1262/tar8map056qx.th.jpg) (http://img381.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8map056qx.jpg) (http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/7164/tar8map015fy.th.jpg) (http://img300.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8map015fy.jpg) (http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/8079/tar8map022mr.th.jpg) (http://img300.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8map022mr.jpg)

(http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/5282/tar8map068rl.th.jpg) (http://img381.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8map068rl.jpg) (http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/2128/tar8map037lg.th.jpg) (http://img295.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8map037lg.jpg)

credits Gman/Pedaler/Slowhatch/Chateau_d_If/puddin
of course Twops (http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/)  / Sucks (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23) / Met forums (http://www.forumsnet.com/) / Blows/realitytvworld  (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/cgi-bin/dcboard.cgi?az=list&conf=DCConfID13) to name a few.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 10, 2005, 10:44:36 PM
 :cheer: Thank you banzai !!! ..and the TV guide article stated 50 cities !!
We need a new map .. whos up for it ??

My lame attempt   8-)'
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/rawalsh/misc/map.jpg)
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: banzai on October 10, 2005, 10:55:29 PM
now that's around USA  ^/^
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: supsandalee on October 10, 2005, 10:58:01 PM
I think the schedule looks great! I never could see them flying from N.O. to Belize since the flights are horrible. Houston to Belize makes a lot of sense especially with Continentals hub there. What kills me is that I was hanging out in N.O. Friday July 15 for a friends birthday bash. I would have called in sick for work and staked out the place if I would have known my favorite show was filiming a couple days earlier there.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 10, 2005, 11:30:43 PM
oops I missed Nevada  ^/^ ..I'll leave it as is and hope that someone else can revise it .

supsandalee ..they were practically in my backyard in Lancaster Pa . ,so I know how you feel ..if only we had a clue ..I'd do anything to meet Phil  {|
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: banzai on October 11, 2005, 03:26:06 AM
 |#' I got it!

(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8813/tar8map042ln.th.jpg) (http://img404.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8map042ln.jpg) (http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1262/tar8map056qx.th.jpg) (http://img381.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8map056qx.jpg) (http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/7164/tar8map015fy.th.jpg) (http://img300.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8map015fy.jpg) (http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/8079/tar8map022mr.th.jpg) (http://img300.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8map022mr.jpg)

(http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/5282/tar8map068rl.th.jpg) (http://img381.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8map068rl.jpg) (http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/2128/tar8map037lg.th.jpg) (http://img295.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8map037lg.jpg)

In between, these maps were superimposed. I don't know what's going on?


(http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/337/tar8map071jo.th.jpg) (http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8map071jo.jpg) North Carolina
(http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1627/tar8map089yl.th.jpg) (http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8map089yl.jpg) Rhode Island
(http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/8954/tar8map095wz.th.jpg) (http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar8map095wz.jpg) Vermont
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: gingerman28 on October 11, 2005, 10:37:45 AM
Not only did you miss Nevada, you also missed Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and West Virginia.

I do believe the old-style 30s maps (as were found on post cards in the good ole days) is just fancy wall paper and had nothing to do with where the teams are travelling.  And you should notice that the maps are in ALPHABETICAL order and not in any CHRONICALOGICAL order.

Nice maps but I do believe has nothing to do with where they are going.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 11, 2005, 12:35:34 PM
Good job capturing the pictures banzai  {**}
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 14, 2005, 04:12:10 PM
posted again ..maybe we can sort this out?

copied from  blows  (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1191.shtml) as posted by Neobie :t-up:


QUEEN'S QUAY AND REES ROAD, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA
By Romahnator on this board (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1190.shtml)
Time: 11.30am, Saturday 30 July 2005
1. Team escorted by Romahnator to the Toronto Harbourfront to find the schooner Kajama.
2. Crew was around and Bertram appeared later.
3. No other team arrived for the next few hours.
4. CN Tower and Montreal overheard as later destinations.
5. Kids spotted.
6. Kajama cruises were affected by the race.


MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA
By Bubbles442 on this board (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1189.shtml); also by ACGuy (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1179.shtml#44) on Thread #1
Time: Afternoon, Saturday 30 July 2005
1. Crew sighted.
2. Teams rumoured to be around for the weekend.
3. Bubbles442 got some news from his/her supervisors.
4. There are five teams left at this point.
5. A team flew in from Chicago on NW1792, departing 9.00am and arriving in St. Paul at 10.34am, then departing again at 1.32pm and arriving 4.58pm in Montreal.
6. Other teams flew in through Toronto, on AC418 departing 4.00pm, arriving 5.10pm in Montreal. Not much difference there.
7. Flight from Toronto urged to leave on time as "crew was on board".


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Accargo  From Canada (http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/2246672/), joined Sep 2004, 331 posts, RR: 3
Posted Sat Jul 30 2005 21:46:59 UTC+2 and read 4933 times: 

Apparantly they are travelling AC 418 today YYZ-YUL (Sat July30) Sorry no more details.

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acguy 1 desperate attention whore postings
DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson"
 07-31-05, 04:31 PM (EST)
     
44. "RE: Season 8 Timings/Locations"
I'm not sure how many, but some teams flew from Toronto to Montreal on AC418 at 4:15 pm. We were informed that this flight "must" depart on time because Amazing Race films crews were going to be aboard filming the contestants. 


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Bubbles442 2 desperate attention whore postings
DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson"
 07-31-05, 11:52 AM (EST)
     
43. "RE: Season 8 Timings/Locations"
ok one team arrived in montreal from chicago on flight NorthWestern 1792 at 5:00pm on July 30. One producer was with the team....they believed the other teams arrived from Toronto. The last flight the teams could have flown out from was direct from Minneapolis to Montreal - arrival time 22h30. There are 5 teams of 4 people left. 
 

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romahnator 3 desperate attention whore postings
DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson"
 07-30-05, 06:04 PM (EST)
     
41. "RE: Season 8 Timings/Locations"
LAST EDITED ON 07-30-05 AT 06:06 PM (EST)
Toronto, July 30 10AM-4:30PM

- teams getting clues from schooner Kajama
- driving SUVs with New York licence plates
- mention of CN Tower (stairs?)
- mention of Montreal by crew as next location
- Bertram van Munster was on sight
 

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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 4:57 pm


we were in toronto downtown and we saw two of the groups getting a route info from a ice cream stand, there were 2 groups that went by both groups of 4. One four hot girls and the other a familly. The sign said for them to go to boston
http://www.tarflies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=536&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90
 


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Another sighting
Thanks to Paul for this note:

“Amazing Race 8 contestants travelled on Air Canada flt AC418 on Sat. July 30 enroute to Montreal. departing at 1613 hrs”

http://too-manic.net/race/2005/07/31/another-sighting/

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romahnator 4 desperate attention whore postings
DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson"
 07-31-05, 08:55 AM (EST)
     
1. "RE: Season 8 Timings/Locations Thread #2"
The Toronto sighting was very much fun. We had tickets to cruise on the Kajama for 11:30. People are supposed to be checked in a half hour before sailing time. As we were walking along Lakeshore/ Queen's Quay at the intersection of Rees road a SUV stopped for the red light and a woman asked "where are the tall ships?" She had an Amazing Race clue folder in her hand. We told her it was up one block and to the right. We wished her good luck.
We ran to try and catch up to them. They were coming back around the power generating station at Harbourfront. My fiancee exclaimed "My god, they are racing with kids." They dropped part of their route info and another person picked it up and asked if they needed it. They said they didn't and had a new clue. I again yelled out good luck and the woman said "Look, it's our friend from before." (yes, I am kicking myself for not trying to buy the route info from the guy on the spot)

My fiancee and I went to board the Kajama and the officer said that only "people on the movie crew" were allowed on for awhile and said we would be delayed sailing. There were several people milling around, all with cell phones and binders they were hiding. We sailed out late.

When we returned to dock at 1:30, the same crew was waiting, but no teams. The ship headed back out for its 2:00 cruise. We hung around and heard them talking about needing shots of the CN Tower and needing to plan travel to Montreal. They went to the cell phones and were asking where the next team was and said it would be cutting it close because they had to board the ship for the next clue. Bert appeared 15mins later and they all left.

We were supposed to go the Jays game at 4, but instead got a camera and waited at the dock. The crew was back at 3:30, as was the Kajama. The crew boarded and climbed the foremast and put a remote camera up there. They were holding the boat. The cell phones rang and someone said "code red, code red" and ran off down the dock. The boat was delayed sailing for 20mins, but no other team showed up. The camera crew left and Kajama sailed.

We took several pictures of the activity, including Bert. As we were waiting after the boat sailed, the head of the crew came close by us and laughed at us. Thats why i am posting the spoiler. I would have not said anything and made this a nice private memory to enjoy while watching the show with my fiancee, but after sitting in the sun for 3 hours and missing a ball game to try and watch the show in action, only to be laughed at, I thought a spoiler was in order.

The Kajama was not due to dock again till 5:30, so whichever team was next was a full six hours behind.
The driving of cars with New York plates in Toronto makes me wonder alot. I think alot of the delay was due to the holding of Caribanna because when we left Toronto the Gardiner and 403 (the freeways into Toronto's downtown area from NY and or the airport) were jammed into parking lots.

Thats all the details I have. Looking forward to the end. I overheard the crew discussing a pit stop, but I could not make out if it was in Toronto or Montreal. But I heard the words climbing and CN tower, so I think a roadblock was close.

Discuss amongst yourselves and ttyl.

 http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1191.shtml#1
 
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Mandoli on October 14, 2005, 05:09:15 PM
So by the looks of things, the Desperate Housewives are cleared to be in the final three?
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 14, 2005, 06:37:18 PM
Or final 5 Mandy ..I'm confused too  :)*
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: banzai on October 16, 2005, 10:48:30 AM
I'm trying to figure out why there are 5 teams in Montreal. Phil said there are 7 eliminations.

10 teams; Sept 27th Week 1 ~ Blacks eliminated
9 teams; October 4th week 2 ~ Rogers eliminated
8 teams; October 11th week 3 ~ Aiellos eliminated
7 teams; October 18th week 4 ~ ? eliminated
6 teams; October 25th week 5 ~ NEL
6 teams; November 1st week 6 ~ ? eliminated
5 teams; November 8th week 7 ~ NEL
5 teams; November 15th week 8 ~ ? eliminated
 (:;) Thanksgiving recrap; November 22nd week 9 ~ recrap; Thanksgiving   (:;)

4 teams; November 29th week 10 ~ NEL
4 teams; December 5th  week 11 ~ ? eliminated
3 teams; December 12th week 12 finale

something like that  *(^
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 16, 2005, 11:08:20 AM
 |#' |#' ..the gal or guy Pandora responded through my e-mail from this site
http://www.terrestrialball.com/offerings/2005/09/the_amazing_rac.html


Hi Rose,
 
Here is the scoop the way I heard it. I know ________ that
own a ranch near the Fishtail/Absarokee area in Montana. He told us a week
after the Race had started that one of the pit stops would be at this ranch.
I guess they filmed it sometime during July but he didn't pinpoint exactly
when. He also never told us how many teams were left at that time. He has
never watched Amazing Race so I don't think he would be making it up. He
told us that they wanted a "real" cowboy to greet the contestants so it must
be a pit stop. He also told us that the winners of that leg of the race win
a car because they had to bring it out to the ranch. He said some of the
teams had to leave in the middle of the night to drive to the airport in
Billings which also leads me to believe it is a pit stop. So unless the
Amazing Race films fake footage to throw people off I am pretty sure this
happens.
 
I can't see the Race going through Yellowstone Park because of the terrible
road conditions and traffic. The road between Cody and Red
Lodge/Fishtail/Absarokee area is two lane and not great but the traffic
isn't too bad. If they do drive it, they will have to watch out for
wildlife, deer, etc. because they are always in the road. If they are going
into Yellowstone Park, they could have been planning to go to Red Lodge via
the Beartooth Highway, which would have been awesome, but we had landslides
this spring and the road has been closed all summer. Maybe they had to make
a detour through Cody to get to Red Lodge. Kind of a round about way but it
would be one of the only ways to get to Red Lodge from Yellowstone Park
because of the road closure. This is all just speculation.
 
I absolutely love The Amazing Race. It is a great show!
 
PZ

Ha! Chateau, those locations may look close together, but a lot of driving on two lane roads is required. Plus, you add in all of the summer traffic (RVs, etc.) and one can become a very frustrated driver.

There's also a great change in elevation. Cody's only at 5000 feet. Yellowstone's roads are mostly at 7500 to 8500 feet.

If they visit Old Faithful, they'll have to make a loop in Yellowstome to get to Cody. You have to take a left at the T coming up from the Tetons.

Yellowstone is one of the greatest places I have ever visited but the driving sucked. Oh, I forgot to add all of the vehicles slowing down and stopping to view the elk, buffalo, moose, and other animals..

I don't expect an auto race in Yellowstone.



Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Slowhatch on October 16, 2005, 12:36:01 PM
So, just guessing, Fishtail is where #14 and #15 show up, right after the bear and Old Faithful (#11, #18). I can't find any direct flights to Canada out of Billings airport (http://www.airport-data.com/airport/BIL/stats.html); flights would have to connect through Salt Lake City or Denver.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: banzai on October 16, 2005, 12:48:01 PM
http://boards.independenttraveler.com/showthread.php?t=5154&highlight=amazing+race

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it has been reported from our local news station last week that the amazing race comes to billings, montana for something (im guess they will do something with the Lewis & Clark events that were happening over the summer. We also heard that they will go to seattle from here....


(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6869/puddin000210820055px.th.jpg) (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=puddin000210820055px.jpg)

There was a spoiler that they'll go to Seattle, Washington. Maybe that was a connection to Canada.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Slowhatch on October 16, 2005, 01:05:49 PM
Thanks, I forgot all about that. I just checked Airwise for BIL-SEA; it looks like DEN and SLC are still the throughpoints.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: gingerman28 on October 16, 2005, 05:46:45 PM
The picture of the mountains at the top of that insert looks exactly like the mountains in frame #5 of the introflashcaps. The Grand Tetons>??


http://www.terrestrialball.com/offerings/2005/09/the_amazing_rac.html


But don't put too much trust in those maps meaning anything, they are just nice wallpaper for the Trip Around America.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 22, 2005, 02:01:59 AM
just for a reference ..

Phil said 7 Pitstops will be elimination
articles confirm 13 episodes
The show was filmed in July, but the winner will not be revealed until the end of the 13-episode series.
CBS /TAR website shows 11 Episodes?
also the articles state that we will have " Fewer NEL "
Initially, "it was great to see how well these people got along with each other" and offered help, even as they "finessed finding ways to mislead the other teams." Later, as the race got harder, teams became more "bitter" and clearly labeled certain rivals as enemies.

The kid-friendly contest, which includes fewer non-elimination episodes, did require certain concessions: Over the 30-day race, filmed mostly in July, teams traveled 30,000 miles  :roll:, far less than the 72,000 traversed by teams on the sixth season. And more family-friendly, less-crowded locales were chosen.

Sept 27th Week 1 ~Blacks eliminated
October 4th week 2 ~Rodgers
October 11th week 3~Aiellos
October 18th week 4~Schroeders
October 25th week 5
November1st week 6
November 8th week 7
November 15th week 8
November 22cnd week 9
November 29th week 10
December 5th  week 11
December 12th week 12
December 19th week 13 Finale ??

http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,6350.0.htm


(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/rawalsh/TAR_8/e5e8ece2.jpg)




Just found this , TAR pre-empted on 11/15

11/15/2005 (tuesday)
8:00 PM - 39th annual cma awards, the (cbs)
three-hour special presentation


http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/calendar.cgi?month=11&year=2005
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Slowhatch on October 28, 2005, 10:10:32 AM
I'm not sure what thread would be best; since it involves locations, I'll mention it here. A poster in the Keyhole GoogleEarth forums has been keeping track (http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/133300/an//page//vc/1) of TAR8. Each stop is annotated; I haven't checked the accuracy of all the pushpins, but it looks like a timesaver.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Slowhatch on October 29, 2005, 12:56:40 AM
Some Utah stuff: I don't visit IMDB very often because of its "wiki" element. But I just noticed a location manager credit for a Jennifer Miller (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0588590/maindetails), who lives and works out of Salt Lake City (bio here (http://ldsfilm.com/bio/bioM3.html)).
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on October 29, 2005, 10:31:33 AM
Your really something Slowhatch  :cheer: !
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on November 04, 2005, 08:32:18 PM
Arizona to (http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/53/tar904a3ak.th.jpg) (http://[url=http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar904a3ak.jpg) Park City, Utah (http://pcballoonadventures.com/gallery/)
Utah to Wyoming (http://www.terrestrialball.com/offerings/2005/09/the_amazing_rac.html)

Wyoming  (http://www.kpax.com/Global/story.asp?S=3907496&nav=menu227_2) to Montana  (http://www.terrestrialball.com/offerings/2005/09/the_amazing_rac.html) and here (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1179.shtml#)


Montana to Washington? (http://boards.independenttraveler.com/showthread.php?t=5154&highlight=amazing+race)

Washington to
Flights/Chicago to Montreal

and

Flights/Minneapolis to Montreal   (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1179.shtml#30)

Toronto  (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1179.shtml#30)

Niagra Falls   (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5558.topic&start=301&stop=314)


Boston (http://www.tarflies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=536&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90)

another possability Nashville (http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,5916.90.html) ?

Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: gingerman28 on November 04, 2005, 09:51:23 PM
Not enough days left to do all those places if the teams are finishing at Niagara Falls on July 30/31; and not enough eps left either.

EP 7 - Costa Rica to Phoenix, Arizona

EP 8 - Phoenix (Mesa) to Page (Glen Canyon and Lake Powell)

EP 9 - Utah

EP 10 - Wyoming/Montana

EP 11 - Toronto, Montreal and Niagara Falls
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on November 06, 2005, 07:57:44 PM
looks right Gman
Phil said 7 legs would be Elimination legs


EP1 Extended leg Blacks Eliminated
EP2 Rodgers Eliminated
EP3 Aiello's Eliminated
EP4 Schroeders Eliminated
Ep 5 NON-Elim Godlewskis saved by the Philiminator
Ep 6 Gaghans Eliminated
(Ep 7&8 combined 2 hour )
EP 7 Non-Elim Costa Rica to Arizona
Ep 8 Elim Arizona
Ep 9 Utah Elim Leg  ( teams taken to new heights )
Ep 10 Wyoming/Montana (http://www.terrestrialball.com/offerings/2005/09/the_amazing_rac.html) TBC ( teams are caught off guard by a surprise ending when they arrive at the mat ) also a team wins a car  (http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,6511.75.html)
Ep 11 finale  Toronto, Montreal  (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1179.shtml#30) and  Niagara Falls (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5558.topic&start=301&stop=314)
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Pedaler on November 07, 2005, 08:10:39 AM
Could it be possible that the race doesn't go to Park City, Utah?  The Balloon Adventures link says that they also give tours in Southern Utah.

The mountains in the vid caps don't look like ski resort (Park City) mountains.  They're too smooth at the top.  Kind of like the mountains you'd find above the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in the Kaibab National Forest.


Ha!  I still don't know about the balloons but I sure was wrong about Park City!!
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on November 09, 2005, 11:41:36 PM
Gman  :<(

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Bubbles442 2 desperate attention whore postings
DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson"
 07-29-05, 06:25 PM (EST)
     
"TAR 9 in montreal!!"
Hello! I heard some rumors saying TAR 9 was only taking place in North America....well, i cannot tell you where I work but i came across the crew (sound, production, etc) and it seems the cast will be coming tomorow to Montreal for the weekend! They were being very hush hush about their presence in Montreal but I was able to get some info from my supervisors....so its 100% believable! 
http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1189.shtml
 

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Bubbles442 2 desperate attention whore postings
DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson"
 07-31-05, 11:52 AM (EST)
     
43. "RE: Season 8 Timings/Locations"
ok one team arrived in montreal from chicago on flight NorthWestern 1792 at 5:00pm on July 30. One producer was with the team....they believed the other teams arrived from Toronto. The last flight the teams could have flown out from was direct from Minneapolis to Montreal - arrival time 22h30. There are 5 teams of 4 people left. 
 
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romahnator 4 desperate attention whore postings
DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson"
 07-31-05, 08:55 AM (EST)
     
1. "RE: Season 8 Timings/Locations Thread #2"
The Toronto sighting was very much fun. We had tickets to cruise on the Kajama for 11:30. People are supposed to be checked in a half hour before sailing time. As we were walking along Lakeshore/ Queen's Quay at the intersection of Rees road a SUV stopped for the red light and a woman asked "where are the tall ships?" She had an Amazing Race clue folder in her hand. We told her it was up one block and to the right. We wished her good luck.
We ran to try and catch up to them. They were coming back around the power generating station at Harbourfront. My fiancee exclaimed "My god, they are racing with kids." They dropped part of their route info and another person picked it up and asked if they needed it. They said they didn't and had a new clue. I again yelled out good luck and the woman said "Look, it's our friend from before." (yes, I am kicking myself for not trying to buy the route info from the guy on the spot)

My fiancee and I went to board the Kajama and the officer said that only "people on the movie crew" were allowed on for awhile and said we would be delayed sailing. There were several people milling around, all with cell phones and binders they were hiding. We sailed out late.

When we returned to dock at 1:30, the same crew was waiting, but no teams. The ship headed back out for its 2:00 cruise. We hung around and heard them talking about needing shots of the CN Tower and needing to plan travel to Montreal. They went to the cell phones and were asking where the next team was and said it would be cutting it close because they had to board the ship for the next clue. Bert appeared 15mins later and they all left.

We were supposed to go the Jays game at 4, but instead got a camera and waited at the dock. The crew was back at 3:30, as was the Kajama. The crew boarded and climbed the foremast and put a remote camera up there. They were holding the boat. The cell phones rang and someone said "code red, code red" and ran off down the dock. The boat was delayed sailing for 20mins, but no other team showed up. The camera crew left and Kajama sailed.

We took several pictures of the activity, including Bert. As we were waiting after the boat sailed, the head of the crew came close by us and laughed at us. Thats why i am posting the spoiler. I would have not said anything and made this a nice private memory to enjoy while watching the show with my fiancee, but after sitting in the sun for 3 hours and missing a ball game to try and watch the show in action, only to be laughed at, I thought a spoiler was in order.

The Kajama was not due to dock again till 5:30, so whichever team was next was a full six hours behind. The driving of cars with New York plates in Toronto makes me wonder alot. I think alot of the delay was due to the holding of Caribanna because when we left Toronto the Gardiner and 403 (the freeways into Toronto's downtown area from NY and or the airport) were jammed into parking lots.

Thats all the details I have. Looking forward to the end. I overheard the crew discussing a pit stop, but I could not make out if it was in Toronto or Montreal. But I heard the words climbing and CN tower, so I think a roadblock was close.

Discuss amongst yourselves and ttyl.

 http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1191.shtml#1
 
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romahnator 2 desperate attention whore postings
DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson"
 07-30-05, 05:57 PM (EST)
     
"TAR in TORONTO JULY 30"


My fiancee and I helped a team to the Toronto Harbourfront to find the schooner Kajama. They are racing as a family of four. My fiancee and I watched for a few hours and saw the location crew return to the Kajama twice more, but no other teams arrived while we were there. We overheard the crew mention shooting at the CN Tower (possibly climbing the stairs?).

And we also overheard them mention the trip to Montreal as the next step on the route as mentioned. The crew was also waiting for "Bert" to arrive to make decisions. The man who they called "Bert" looks exactly like the picture of Bertram van Munster (producer and creator of TAR)on the Amazing Race website.
 http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1190.shtml

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romahnator 3 desperate attention whore postings
DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson"
 07-30-05, 06:04 PM (EST)
     
41. "RE: Season 8 Timings/Locations"
LAST EDITED ON 07-30-05 AT 06:06 PM (EST)
Toronto, July 30 10AM-4:30PM

- teams getting clues from schooner Kajama
- driving SUVs with New York licence plates
- mention of CN Tower (stairs?)
- mention of Montreal by crew as next location
- Bertram van Munster was on sight

 http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1179.shtml#30
 
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: mcalpine9 on November 10, 2005, 07:03:02 AM
This was posted on Sucks

I have a complete itinerary for leg 9 of the AR-8 which will be aired on T.V. the upcoming week.

I've been wanting to post this for awhile, but I decided to wait till the week before this episode aired.

Here's how I got this information:

My mother-in-law works at a local diner in Moab, UT. In came Phil and the AR crew to eat lunch while they were shooting this leg. She's a big fan of the show, so she introduced herself to Phil. He wanted to keep things quiet, but he wrote her an autographed picture of himself. What's funny is he call's himself the "Philminator". Anyway, as the crew was leaving one of the crew members accidently left the entire itinerary on the table. I think you'll find that this will completely coincide with the show. So those who'd like to know what's coming up this week, please read ahead.

The pitstop of course starts at Lake Powell, and the race date is July 24, 2005.

Pit Start - Lake Powell
Drive yourselves to Monument Valley, Utah. Once there search John Ford's Point for your next clue.

At John Ford's Point
Take a helicopter ride to the summit of Elephant Butte to retrieve your next clue.

Note: Only two members of your team may ride the helicopter.

First come, First serve.

At Elephant Butte
Make your way towards Moab, Utah and find Gemini Bridges

At top of Gemini Bridges:
Detour:
Drop Down or Ride Down

Drop Down: Complete a two-stage rappel 270 feet down Bull Canyon.

Ride Down: Bike down a 6-mile trail to Bull Canyon.

End of Detour - Bull Canyon
Drive yourselves to Green River State Park where you'll be spending the night.

Hurry! First team to arrive will receive the first out time for the morning.

At Green River State Park on Windshield
Drive to Heber City, Utah. Find Bart to receive your next clue.

At Bart the Bear
Make your way to Utah Olympic Park and find your next clue.

CAUTION: YIELD AHEAD!!!!!!


Roadblock - at Ski Jump
Outside Clue:
Who's ready to jump into the unknown?

Important! Only one of you may perform this task. Choose a person before opening the clue.

Inside clue:
Ski down a 60-foot ramp and perform a freestyle ski jump into a pool.

After Roadblock

Drive yourselves to the Next Pit stop:
The Rooftop of the City Library in Salt Lake City.

Warning: The last team to check in may be eliminated.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: kraziladi on November 10, 2005, 08:42:29 AM
Wowza....Wowza!  Gman is going to love writing this episode out.   {**}
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: mcalpine9 on November 10, 2005, 12:07:52 PM
Have a look at these images on Sucks: (I am not sure how to post pictures here). These photos show the final pitstop location. maybe we can figure out exactly where it is.

http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=6096.topic&start=1&stop=20
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on November 10, 2005, 12:59:06 PM
here you go mcalpine9  :hapy:
just to compare
(http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/3082/myspacephoto7qk.th.jpg) (http://img480.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myspacephoto7qk.jpg)(http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/4403/myspace23hk.th.jpg) (http://img480.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myspace23hk.jpg)
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: never0102 on November 11, 2005, 12:15:46 PM
here you go mcalpine9  :hapy:
just to compare
(http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/3082/myspacephoto7qk.th.jpg) (http://img480.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myspacephoto7qk.jpg)(http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/4403/myspace23hk.th.jpg) (http://img480.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myspace23hk.jpg)

i think that girl has to be a Godlewski in the corner becuase the Bransons have gotten the nicknem "Powdered Blue team" so i would think they would wear blue togehter.  The only other person i could be is Mrs. Rogers.


And one other thing the Toronto spoiler it says two teams came together and one was a group of 4 hot girls.  Christina and Michelle Godlewski are not hot, meanwhile Megan LINZ, Beth, Lauren, and Lindsay Branson are all HOT.  So maybe the Bransons and Linz were together and someone mixed up teh separation of the two teams.  The only thing it why wouldnt the person had said a team of males and another team of all females so thats the only thing that could make this threory wrong.

So Godlewskis in the final mat pciture = Forth Place
Branson: The Mother/Father with two daughters third place can easily be mistaken as the Bransons because Beth does look older than the other two.
WEavers: Mother with kids seen in Canada and fix the villian second place
Lina: Winners via betting scandal.   

Now i dont know but just putting this out there.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on November 12, 2005, 10:44:06 PM
:bump: for EP10/11 spec



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Amazing Race makes stop in Billings

 
 BILLINGS -- The latest season of one of TV's most popular reality shows begins Tuesday night on KTVQ. And part of this year's "The Amazing Race" will look very familiar to viewers in the Billings area.

Q2 has learned that the contestants and crew of "The Amazing Race: Family Edition" stayed in Billings for several days.

CBS won't say where the production crew spent time, or how far along in the series the Billings stop was.

In the Emmy-winning reality show, teams follow clues and race each other around the world on a limited budget.

For the Family Edition, instead of couples, nine families of four are competing for a $1 million grand prize.

The season premiere of "The Amazing Race: Family Edition" airs every Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. on KTVQ.

http://www.kpax.com/Global/story.asp?S=3907496&nav=menu227_2





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The Amazing Race: A Rumor
Now that the Amazing Race has started, the rumor mill is grinding. I heard a rumor a month or so ago that the Amazing Race contestants had been in Montana. And in Billings no less. But today I heard another rumor from a pretty reliable source. Not only were the Amazing Race contestants in Montana but the pit stop for that particular point in the race was a ranch not more than 45 miles from where I live! Whether this is all true or not remains to be seen. But this is the way I heard it. The Race leaves Cody, WY and heads for Fishtail, Montana through Red Lodge. They camp at the ranch for their mandatory rest period and then head off to the airport in Billings. Which means they had to pass by the town I live it! This is all too exciting! This is all speculation, however, but it sure makes the race fun to watch.

http://www.terrestrialball.com/offerings/2005/09/the_amazing_rac.html




Cody Wyoming (http://www.codywyomingnet.com/)

Red Lodge ,MT (http://www.redlodge.com/)Welcome to Red Lodge, Montana - Gateway to Yellowstone Park via the beautiful Beartooth Highway. Come and experience true western hospitality in this quaint, historic, mountain town.
101 Things to do in Red Lodge (http://www.eredlodge.com/fun.htm)

from Blows/RealityTV World

POMP'S PILLAR, BILLINGS, MONTANA, USA
By FlamingCactusIT on this page
Time: Unknown (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1179.shtml#)

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FlamingCactusIT
 
 07-19-05, 00:25 AM (EST)
     
30. "Don't know how credible..."
I read on a site, don't know where, that there was something about going to Montana for a visit to Pomp's Pillar (The place that Lewis and Clark engraved their signatures on the expedition), that's outside Billings. The C.M. Russell art museum, that's outside Great Falls, and lastly something about purple sidewalk squares. Don't know what's significant about it, or where that is in Montana.
 


(http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/4777/pomp19zu.th.jpg) (http://img447.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pomp19zu.jpg)Pomp's Pillar (http://www.trailsandgrasslands.org/pompey.html)

C.M. Russell art museum (http://www.cmrussell.org/)

( thanks to Neobie)
Havre Montana (http://en.wiana)Walking around the streets of Havre one may see a few small grids of purple colored squares on the sidewalk. These are from a sort of underground "mall" built in the city at least a hundred years ago (the squares let in sunlight). 



Start address: Cody, WY 82414
End address: Fishtail, MT 59028
Distance: 93.1 mi (about 2 hours 50 mins)
(http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/2230/105uu.th.jpg) (http://img447.imageshack.us/my.php?image=105uu.jpg)

..the gal or guy Pandora responded through my e-mail from this site
http://www.terrestrialball.com/offerings/2005/09/the_amazing_rac.html


Hi Rose,
 
Here is the scoop the way I heard it. I know ________ that
own a ranch near the Fishtail/Absarokee area in Montana. He told us a week
after the Race had started that one of the pit stops would be at this ranch.
I guess they filmed it sometime during July but he didn't pinpoint exactly
when. He also never told us how many teams were left at that time. He has
never watched Amazing Race so I don't think he would be making it up. He
told us that they wanted a "real" cowboy to greet the contestants so it must
be a pit stop. He also told us that the winners of that leg of the race win
a car because they had to bring it out to the ranch. He said some of the
teams had to leave in the middle of the night to drive to the airport in
Billings which also leads me to believe it is a pit stop. So unless the
Amazing Race films fake footage to throw people off I am pretty sure this
happens.
 
I can't see the Race going through Yellowstone Park because of the terrible
road conditions and traffic. The road between Cody and Red
Lodge/Fishtail/Absarokee area is two lane and not great but the traffic
isn't too bad. If they do drive it, they will have to watch out for
wildlife, deer, etc. because they are always in the road. If they are going
into Yellowstone Park, they could have been planning to go to Red Lodge via
the Beartooth Highway, which would have been awesome, but we had landslides
this spring and the road has been closed all summer. Maybe they had to make
a detour through Cody to get to Red Lodge. Kind of a round about way but it
would be one of the only ways to get to Red Lodge from Yellowstone Park
because of the road closure. This is all just speculation.
 
I absolutely love The Amazing Race. It is a great show!
 
PZ

Ha! Chateau, those locations may look close together, but a lot of driving on two lane roads is required. Plus, you add in all of the summer traffic (RVs, etc.) and one can become a very frustrated driver.

There's also a great change in elevation. Cody's only at 5000 feet. Yellowstone's roads are mostly at 7500 to 8500 feet.

If they visit Old Faithful, they'll have to make a loop in Yellowstome to get to Cody. You have to take a left at the T coming up from the Tetons.

Yellowstone is one of the greatest places I have ever visited but the driving sucked. Oh, I forgot to add all of the vehicles slowing down and stopping to view the elk, buffalo, moose, and other animals..

I don't expect an auto race in Yellowstone.





Beartooth Highway  (http://www.codywyomingnet.com/attractions/beartooth_highway.php)

Havre Beneath the Streets  (http://www.havremt.com/attractions/beneath_the_streets.htm)

Havre Beneath the Streets

Daily Tours from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Sunday-Saturday) first tour at 9:30 and last tour at 3:30
Winter Hours Monday - Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm
Special evening or group tours available upon request For more information call (406) 265-8888.
Location: Ticket office is located on 3rd Avenue, south of Norman’s Ranch Wear. *
See the history of the Great West come alive Beneath the Streets of Havre. See first hand the commerce of early days on the wild and wooly frontier. Tour the Sporting Eagle, Wah Sing Laundry, Shorty Young's Office, Gourley Bothers Bakery and more. Tours daily and reservations are needed.
Prices: Adults $10.00; Seniors $9.00; and Students $7.00.  A group of 15 or more is $7.00/person.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on November 12, 2005, 11:43:22 PM
So i'm checking out Cody Wyoming & Montana ..hey you never know ? It may not be Kristy Mensik but it could be another Miss Rodeo winner  (http://www.missrodeomontana.com/mrm-2005.htm) in the intro cap ..just looking around , my sig warns you that I'm weird .



Miss Red Lodge Home of Champions 2000,
And  Miss Rodeo Montana 2001 (http://sargethepoet.com/kristy/)


(http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/6681/kristymensikwdcfashiondesigner.th.jpg) (http://img484.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kristymensikwdcfashiondesigner.jpg)(http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/8036/kristinamensikblueoutfitfiftyp.th.jpg) (http://img484.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kristinamensikblueoutfitfiftyp.jpg)

15. (http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8127/tar915cowgirl0vg.th.jpg) (http://img11.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tar915cowgirl0vg.jpg)
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Chateau d If on November 17, 2005, 11:57:28 AM
An understanding is that the race ends at Joseph Davis State Park (http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkID=108) near Niagara Falls.  And we have that Stassi picture with Britney (and Carrisa) in it on the final mat.  I used Google Earth to check out the park looking for where this shot could have been taken.

There is not a lot of options.  I thought there would a bazillion places.  Not much.  I'm not even too convinced with what is circled below.  Maybe someone can find something better.  I selected the location based on the wall of trees with open brightness beyond them.  Like a river bank.  And the wall has to going in a direction somehere between north and north east with a grassy area on the east to southeast of it.  That comes from seeing the shadow on Britney's left arm.  This assumes a typical TAR finish in the morning.

The spoiler that indicated this park also spoke of its Frisbee Golf course being under high security.  But I have no idea where the course is.  I also picked the spot because of the tunnel that the team would be required to pass through while running to the finish.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Pedaler on November 17, 2005, 12:26:06 PM
Chateau,  The disc golf course is on the east side of River Road.   http://nrdg.net/jd/jdspmap1.gif (http://nrdg.net/jd/jdspmap1.gif)
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: supsandalee on November 17, 2005, 01:11:01 PM
It's interesting that now on Stassi's website the mystery girl in pink T and black shorts to the right has now been cropped from the picture.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Chateau d If on November 17, 2005, 01:43:51 PM
Sups, do you have link?

Thanks for finding that map Pedaler.  I put it here to show.

Maybe this is a better spot?
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: supsandalee on November 17, 2005, 02:09:42 PM
Sups, do you have link?

Sure:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=16107893&Mytoken=4fa16481-0257-41bd-9fd7-6f7b614250fb
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Pedaler on November 17, 2005, 05:26:31 PM
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Maybe this is a better spot?

That looks like a good place.  It's at the end of the horseshoe road.  It's also at the southwest corner of that part of the park.  Police could fairly easily block it off.

The poster at Sucks said that the back nine area of the park was closed.  I don't know what consists of the back nine on a 27 hole course, but that area you highlighted includes holes 12 through 15 which are considered the back nine on most courses.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on November 21, 2005, 11:18:18 AM
Nice work as always with the Park location you guys  |#'

bringing this over from Blows  (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1261.shtml) ,thanks to Flamingcactus and Montanagirl.


Well, many months ago I found a site mentioning Three Locations: Pomp's Pillar in Billings, Underground Mall in Havre, and Charles Marion Russell Art Museum in Great Falls.
We also have reasonable suspiscions that the race goes to Yellowstone National Park, and I also found a site a few weeks ago that the first location in the leg after leaving the previous Pit-Stop is Ted Maczynski's Cabin (http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/terrorists/kaczynski/10.html).
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Pedaler on November 21, 2005, 11:57:37 AM
Quote
Well, many months ago I found a site mentioning Three Locations: Pomp's Pillar in Billings, Underground Mall in Havre, and Charles Marion Russell Art Museum in Great Falls.
We also have reasonable suspiscions that the race goes to Yellowstone National Park, and I also found a site a few weeks ago that the first location in the leg after leaving the previous Pit-Stop is Ted Maczynski's Cabin.

Puddin, I think that other site has a wise ass on it.  I just can't see any way that the Amazing Race would visit a murderer's (the Unabomber) cabin.

Also, it's Pompey's Pillar, not Pomp.  Pompey was a name of a baby on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.  I also doubt that the race would go there.  The only things to see there are Lewis and Clark's signatures carved into the rock.  You have to climb some stairs to see the signatures which are covered over by glass.  There's not much room to view the signatures so it's not an ideal place to put a clue box.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on November 21, 2005, 01:05:57 PM
 {l{  Just bringing it over from another board  Pedaler ..
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: NiagaraFalls on November 28, 2005, 08:53:28 PM
Draw a line down the center of that map and everything ot the right of it was closed.  We followed the course from holes 1-3 and then started getting suspicious.  We had never played there before.  There was a lot of security everywhere we went.  All we were able to see was peeking through the trees about...six tractor trailers.

No picture there does justice to the number of trees at Joe Davis...we went pecking through a maple forest.  We basically have 29308219302 maple trees in the greater Niagara region, which is the exact picture in Stassi's myspace.

There is a parking lot NOT shown there, AND the trucks were using the service road.  We could not see the stage, but you can see, there are so many trees, we thought we were going to be sniped if someone saw us.

We could only peek through the forest.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Chateau d If on November 28, 2005, 09:20:17 PM
Hey Niagara!  Welcome.  Speak more!

What time was it when you saw this?

Was it July 31st?
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Pedaler on November 28, 2005, 09:46:31 PM
Welcome, Niagara Falls.  Thanks for the info.

All:  I had some free time this long holiday weekend and rewatched some episodes.  I noticed that only the middle Bransen sister and Michelle G. wore black shorts with a white stripe down the side. The youngest Bransen sister at times wore long black pants with white stripes.  It appears that the woman in Stassi's picture is wearing black pants with a white stripe down the side.  My initial impression was that the woman was a Godlewski.  I now think it's a Bransen (middle sister).  What do you think?
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: NiagaraFalls on November 29, 2005, 01:40:06 AM
Thanks guys.  There really isnt much more to tell.  I had heard word from a few friends that TAR was coming through the area - to one of the State Parks.  I went to NIagara Falls, I actually SAW a TAR like thing there.  It turned out to be major decoy as the team I saw was not on the race.  A red flag went up when people were talking to them and they ignored them.  I went with my gut anyway as my source was positive that they were here....then I heard I was at the wrong park...it was Joe Davis in Lewiston...so we jet down to Joe Davis....and we get let it, and we pay our parking (one of three cars who were there to hang out).  We are told that it was only half the Frisbee Golf holes (that is what most poeple go there for).  A cop comes up on an ATV and tells us it stinks that we could only see half the park, and we of course ask why...and he just shrugs and winks and tells us he couldnt say.

We begin to snoop.  We encounted a fat lady in a yellow security outfit, she tells us not to walk any further.  We move position and walk around another way...again new fat lady.  We sneak through the forest to the edge...this is very hazy, and i saw nothing other than the trucks and the people...there was no teams that I saw, and stupid me, didnt bring binoculars. We leave the park and go down River Rd and sure enough they have a security detail big enough to hold of Al Qaeda.  All YOUNG people (with a few old) dressed in security outfits - but most of them looked like they could bench press a semi.  We walked down the road three times, before a cop stopped us.  He called our descriptions in, someone said we were in the park...we were caught on to, and he said to "leave just to save everyone the headache".  We left, waited up near the baseball diamonds and senior center on River Rd to see for any passing TAR cars for a while, and it was too hard...so we left.

 I have a video, like I said from Terrapin Point, I sent it to someone on TARflies, but never heard back...either they didnt like the video or something happened.  I did not film Joe Davis simply because, we didnt want to get kicked out for sure...

Later I heard joe davis is where the show ended.  Same source.  BIG payday for the area.  They kept the whole State Park Police
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: puddin on November 29, 2005, 01:46:13 AM
Just dropping in to say thank you NiagaraFalls , i've been following your posts closely  :thankyou:
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: supsandalee on November 29, 2005, 09:25:33 AM
All:  I had some free time this long holiday weekend and rewatched some episodes.  I noticed that only the middle Bransen sister and Michelle G. wore black shorts with a white stripe down the side. The youngest Bransen sister at times wore long black pants with white stripes.  It appears that the woman in Stassi's picture is wearing black pants with a white stripe down the side.  My initial impression was that the woman was a Godlewski.  I now think it's a Bransen (middle sister).  What do you think?

Sorry to contradict but here are some pics. All the Bransen girls have black shorts with white stripe as well as all the Godlewskis (except Chris). Now onto the pink shirt. Both Lauren and Lindsey Bransen have a short sleeve medium pink shirt. Sharon, Chris and Tricia have one as well.

The short/shirt combination leaves us 2 Bransens and 2 Godlewskis. 50/50 odds!! Not too good. I wonder if anyone can figure the height of girl?

The only thing that might lead to a better chance of it being a Godlewski is that the teams know they are heading to the final pitstop and change back into their matching (signature color) clothes that they started the race with????



Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Pedaler on November 29, 2005, 12:25:36 PM
Thanks, Sups.

 
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I wonder if anyone can figure the height of girl?

 :)* :)*  :)*   Over at Sucks, Chateau used water bottles to estimate the height of the girl (Carissa).   :)* :)* :)*


My gut says it's a Godlewski.  My head says it's the middle Bransen girl.

Off topic.  Over at TarFlies, the Guidos posted some photos of them with the Paolos.  Mama Paolo lost a little weight and is looking pretty good.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: Chateau d If on November 29, 2005, 03:06:10 PM
Since we already know
This is all we have left to speculate about:   Who is the girl in Stassi's Picture?


I still say Carissa.
Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: supsandalee on December 01, 2005, 04:13:11 PM
I thought the importance of finding this out is that the girl in Stassi's picture would be one of the final three teams. She is wearing her race clothes. At all other finales the eliminated teams don't usually show up in their race clothes.

FWIW and after close examination, I say it is Tricia Godlewski. She is the only one who's shorts have a thin white stripe running down.

Title: Re: TAR8 Location /Speculation
Post by: never0102 on December 01, 2005, 05:46:23 PM
I'd put money its Sharon Godlewski.