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EP7 airs 12/23 : "This is Forever, Now"
gator27:
I originally wondered how Nick and the Don got the FF when they were last to leave the PitStop. And then someone reminded me of bunching.
Bunching on a FF leg makes more sense, because it gives all teams access to the FF and/or it may create a race for the FF (and the loser would be really up a creek :kayak:).
Zack.:
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But thanks for all the info! And yes, I think another funny pitstop time is the answer. But bunching when we know we have a FF is strange, isn't it? Can't remember if that happens?
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It seems that if the PitStop is 12 hr, Phil says something like this ... Ron and Christina were the first to arrive at 3 pm and will depart at 3 am.
With a non-12hr PitStop, Phil changes to something like this ... Ron and Christina were the first to arrive, and will depart at 7 am.
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Except that this past leg, Phil said that "TK and Rachel, who blahblahblah at 1 pm, will depart at 1 am." which, from what I've gathered from Timelines, is not so much with the Real Truth Flavor (tm Ronald).
I think nonstandard pistops are to throw the spoiler detectives off :lol3: (and for safety/bunching, obviously)
serendipity:
I would say that if it is a non standard pit stop for the next leg, then all teams except Nicolas/Donald are screwed, since N/D probably could not catch up if the pit stop is only 12hrs.
Maybe there is a bunching point in Florence, but I don't think so because at the planning stage the producers should assume all teams can check in in Dubrovnik before 3pm without all those delays, so they don't necessarily make a bunching point in Florence.
Another situation is that the other teams don't take the FF because they know N/D are behind, so N/D taking FF may not mean they are first.
anon1akacolby:
Have you guys tried looking at flights into Bologna? Just a thought.
apskip:
Colby, we haven't and for multiple good reaons. The 730am flight from Dubrovnik to Frankfurt connecting with the 1050am flight to Florence take a total time of 4 hours 50 minutes. Given the start and end cities, we are not going to beat that with any other routing. Bologna is an industrial and educational city that probably does not have as large an airport as Florence. Even if it did, World Race Prductions has traditionally not allowed "fly and drive long distances" approaches to getting to the next clue. This type of argument was old when GMAN tried it weeks ago with Milan. Let it rest in peace! However, if you want to invest your time in investigating the flight options into Bologna, feel free.
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