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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2005, 10:48:00 PM »
just moving all this stuff here ,starting with Pandoras spoiler :
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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.

http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,6511.75.html

posted again ..maybe we can sort this out?

copied from blows as posted by Neobie :t-up:


QUEEN'S QUAY AND REES ROAD, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA
By Romahnator on this board
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; also by ACGuy 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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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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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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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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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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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.

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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2005, 09:05:04 AM »
FIVE teams?

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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2005, 09:52:17 AM »
I know Gman ,{ Bubbles442 got some news from his/her supervisors. } maybe his her boss passed on some wrong info ? since some of what Bubbles posted sounds legit I'll keep it up for good measure .

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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2005, 10:49:11 AM »
Maybe the people on the plane didn't know about TARFE; 3 teams of 4, when spread out in airplane seating, might be mistaken for 5 teams of 2.


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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2005, 10:53:41 AM »
Slowhatch = the voice of reasoning    :smileC:

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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2005, 12:04:00 PM »
Amen tio that.   =]/
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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2005, 10:23:01 PM »
Or, we had three active teams and two eliminated teams coming with them as decoys before the all end up at the final mat in Davis State Park.

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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2005, 01:00:27 AM »
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Apparantly they are travelling AC 418 today YYZ-YUL (Sat July30) Sorry no more details.

This may be of interest. Checking on Airwise, flight 418 is not listed on July 30th although it shows up for the 29th and 31st. Could either be that the date is wrong or TAR chartered the entire plane for the race so it's not showing up.

Anyone that uses other sites to search for flights might want to check and see if they get the same thing.

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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2005, 10:35:18 AM »
It couldn't be a charter flight with that flight no. a charter flight would carry its own flight indicator.  So either information may be wrong, or the flight referred to could have been on July 31.


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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2005, 09:01:42 PM »
where to start ?? :cryC:

glad & sad


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whopping 187 vidcaps :whew:
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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2005, 09:07:15 PM »
I've got a quick clue. When Rolly is swinging on the trapeze the sign says www.trapezium.qc.ca. Here's the address and a map:

Trapezium
2350 Dickson street - Studio 50
Montreal, Quebec



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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2005, 09:10:18 PM »
From another board.

Apparently the stadium they are searching is the Montreal Olimpic Stadium.

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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2005, 09:13:02 PM »
The globe seen might be the Fuller geodesic dome.

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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2005, 09:14:45 PM »
From what I caught in the preview:

Boating - either still in Montana or on the Niagara River below the falls
Airport - Pearson Int'l Toronto
Stadium - The Big O Montreal (Olympic Stadium)

And oh look Rolly does another task for his team.
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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #15 on: December 06, 2005, 09:17:41 PM »
They ride the metro:  Victoria Square
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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #16 on: December 06, 2005, 09:18:45 PM »
I think you're right, it looks a match for the NF jetboats.

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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #17 on: December 06, 2005, 09:19:01 PM »
From another board.

Apparently the stadium they are searching is the Montreal Olimpic Stadium.

Looks good:

Olympic Stadium
4549 Pierre-de-Coubertin Ave.
Montreal, QC H1V 3N7

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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #18 on: December 06, 2005, 09:21:20 PM »
Anybody else happy that the Bransens are still in the race?? Now there are two good teams in the Final 3.

Hopeffuly, the Weasers will be LAST!


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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #19 on: December 06, 2005, 09:28:06 PM »
So "place victoria"  is the french version of "victoria square"? Here's the subway map. Victoria square isn't a hub or intersection, so maybe we can tie together a few tasks.


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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #20 on: December 06, 2005, 09:34:12 PM »
Anybody else happy that the Bransens are still in the race?? Now there are two good teams in the Final 3.

Hopeffuly, the Weasers will be LAST!



I am and i loved the sisters but the Bransons are much more deserving.  The Sisters are by far the strongest all female team, but i think they are also one of the least deserving female teams to do good, i only started to get irritated with them the last two episdoes maybe.  But i was really hoping last minute they would pull ahead of the Weavers but they didnt.  But much happier Bransons made it!

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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #21 on: December 06, 2005, 09:39:27 PM »
I am originally from Billings MT.  We have no jet boats/ jet boat tours in the region.  THere are 4 airlines out of Billings Horizon to Seattle, and Portland OR,  NWA through MSP, United through Denver, and Delta through Salt Lake City.  I was in Billings the entire month of July, but did not see the teams even though I was at the Airport alot due to a reunion.

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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #22 on: December 06, 2005, 09:51:44 PM »
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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #23 on: December 06, 2005, 09:55:20 PM »
Anybody else happy that the Bransens are still in the race?? Now there are two good teams in the Final 3.

Hopeffuly, the Weasers will be LAST!



I am and i loved the sisters but the Bransons are much more deserving.  The Sisters are by far the strongest all female team, but i think they are also one of the least deserving female teams to do good, i only started to get irritated with them the last two episdoes maybe.  But i was really hoping last minute they would pull ahead of the Weavers but they didnt.  But much happier Bransons made it!

I know! The sisters were irritating me in the last legs also, but i'd take them before the weavers any day.


And welcome, Sastene!

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Re: TAR Family Finale Dec.13th ( working title & details )
« Reply #24 on: December 06, 2005, 09:57:43 PM »


You can download the AOL preview for TAR8 episode 12 finale @ mirror 1, mirror 2, or mirror #3.