I would like to see everyone else's opinions on this season of the Amazing Race. I have watched the show from the beginning and have always loved it!
This season however i feel like it is very underwhelming. I dont know if it is budget cuts or what but i feel like the challenges have been VERY lame and easy, i feel like they have been taking busses everywhere. Also i feel like it is more of just go here, here, here then pitstop. Idk anyone else have a different opinion? I think the teams are great this time though. Except the father daughter, they have not gotten that much airtime yet.
Yeah I have to disagree. I have no problem with public transportation (though I don't like provided public transport like this leg), but we have already seen more navigation and scrambling for public transportation then we have had since season 11 or 12. And that, that is a huge plus. As for the tasks. Well, episode one, I liked the tasks with both the having to make their own way to the airport (being something they haven't had to do since season 6), the overhead crossing was harder then most 1st episode air tasks (typically zip lines), the painting task wasn't difficult (finding it was apparently). Episode #2 (fairly easy tasks and the only episode I have any real task problem with), This last episode, both tasks caused huge havok with the majority of racers so no real problem and it also included over 60km of self navigating so that s a huge plus in my book.
Compare this to last season.
A first leg, that had a task (that wasn't started until everyone got there, that was primarily decided by the host (not the racer, I hated that). Really the only thing to give any challenge was the brief walk with the crowd.
Episode #2 - Good tasks, no real self navigation.
Episode #3 - All taxi driven, with exceptionally easy tasks.
This season is much, much harder so far.