Racing Report
Amazing Race
Season: 12, Episode #6
Title” “Cherry on top of the sundae that’s already melted”, spoken by Nathan
Provided Funds: Possibly $109.00 stated by Kynt
Pit Stop: A very non standard Pit Stop. I would guess between 4-6 hours.
It is the day of July 19th.
Teams leave the Pit Stop at the Aukstaitija Windmill, on the outskirts of Vilnius the Capital of Lithuania since the 14th century in the order they arrive.
1. Tk & Rachel 1:00am*
2. Kynt & Vyxsin 1:01am*
3. Ronald & Christina 1:15am*
4. Azaria & Hendekea 1:20am*
Quote: “Azaria is a bit of a control freak.”
5. Nathan & Jennifer 1:29am*
6. Nicolas & Donald 1:42am*
• These times are inaccurate due to the scenes of the sun setting while the later teams check in at the end of last week’s episode. The Sunset time was 9:43pm. If the minutes are accurate (and that is questionable) then the teams had a very short Pit Stop of 4 hours…… :lies:
Teams must fly 900 miles to Dubrovnik, Croatia. When they land they will travel by taxi to the base of Fort of St. Lawrence*. Where they will find their next clue.
*The Fort of St. Lawrence was constructed in the early 11th Century to guard the harbor, an interesting note is to prevent a despot from assuming military control over the area, the Fort’s walls were designed to allow no meaningful attack from the town.
All teams except Ron & Christian head directly to the airport, which stop at a local hotel and use the phone to reserve tickets on Polish Air that departs Lithuania at 6:25am and arrives in Dubrovnik at 11:20am.
Tk & Rachel and Kynt & Vyxsin arrive at the hotel and use the internet and discover that Czech Air has the earliest flight.
Tk & Rachel camp out at the office for Czech Air*, as the other teams arrive and go get into line behind them. Only Kynt & Vyxsin stay out looking for another flight option.
• The lack of a real Pit Stop might be why the teams don’t immediately try pursuing other flight options.
The Line forms up with Tk & Rachel, Azaria & Hendekea, Ronald & Christina (who have tickets reserved on another airline, but form up here just to check), Nathan & Jennifer and Nicholas & Donald.
Ronald & Christina inform Azaria & Hendekea about the other flight through Polish Air, they proceed to attempt to make a reservation over the phone.
Kynt & Vyxsin are in FLYIAL Travel Agency where they are trying to book tickets.
Nathan & Jennifer leave the line to purse tickets at the same travel agency. Ronald & Christina also leave the line and go to that same travel agency to try and find out when the office for Polish Air opens.
This jumps Nicolas & Donald from 5th in line to 2nd.
Azaria & Hedekea are unable to connect to Polish Air.
As the ticket office opens at 4:30am teams are told there are seats available. Jennifer & Nathan give up on the travel agent and return to the line for Czech Air, once they see that it has opened. Azaria* & Hendekea arrive back to 5th in line as Hendekea says they screwed up by leaving.
• Azaria’s behavior both verbally and how he guides her through the airport in this episode is extremely uncalled for. In my opinion its the worst behavior of the episode.
Ronald & Christina leave the line (again) and make their way to the LOT Office (Polish Airlines) to get their reserved tickets. That office opens at 5:30am.
It is now 5:10am and TK & Rachel are almost finished getting tickets for a flight that departs at 6:00am. Check in closes at 5:30, so teams are running short on time for the Czech Air flight.
Kynt & Vyxsin wisely take the later departing flight that still arrives in Dubrovnik at the same time (11:20am). This is the same flight that Ronald & Christina have reserved tickets on.
At 5:30 Nicholas & Donald are just finishing up getting tickets.
Azaria & Hendekea go to the same travel agency as the Goths and attempt to get tickets. They do request economy and the flight at this time does have seats available.
Nathan & Jennifer are too late to get seats on this flight (though it had seats available, just ran out of time). They run to a different agency and try to get tickets on Polish Airlines.
Azaria & Hendekea are ticketed for Business Class on the 6:25 flight and don’t check it before leaving the travel agency to make their way to check in.
Nathan & Jennifer successfully get tickets on the 6:25 flight.
At Check In, Hendekea is told they have Business Class Tickets and they run back to the travel agency in an attempt to get economy, but they have run out of both time and seats in economy.
They must settle for the next available flight. But there is a silver lining. The 6:00 flight is delayed and will not make its connection.
Flight Info provided from aired footage in one case, and the rest is taken from Apskip (Christmas was wonderful, thank you).
The first flight holds Tk & Rachel and Nicholas & Donald. The second flight holds Kynt & Vyxsin, Ronald & Christina, and Nathan & Jennifer. The final flight holds Azaria & Hendekea.
Flight #1
Departs VNO at 600 arrives in PRG (Prague) at 0635 OK871
Departs PRG at 0730 arrives in VIE (Vienna) 0825 OK684
Departs VIE at 1010 arrives in DBV at 1120 OS7059
Flight #2
Departs VNO at 0625 arrives in WAW (Warsaw) 0650 LO774
Departs WAW at 0740 arrives in VIE (Vienna) 0905 LO223
Departs VIE at 1010 arrives at DBV 1120 OS7059
Flight #3
Departs VNO at 0730 arrives in AMS (Amsterdam*) at 0905 TE460
Departs AMS at 1040 arrives in FRA (Frankfurt) at 1150 LH4673
Departs FRA at 1430 arrives in DBV at 1615 OU419
• I bet they are tired of that airport.
OF course, Tk & Rachel and Nicolas & Donald are delayed getting to Prague and miss their connection. So they have to scramble to find new connections.
Connection #1 has Tk & Rachel.
Departs PRA at 0840 arrives in VIE at 0945 OS704
Departs VIE 1315 arrives in DBV at 1440 OS731
Connection #2 has Nicholas & Donald.
Departs PRA at 1200 arrives in ZAG (Zagreb) at 1335 OK818
Departs ZAG at 1445 arrives in DBV at 1540 OU662
Okay the episode now has 12 minutes left. Wasn’t that exciting? Yes, it was.
Teams arrive in Dubrovnik in the following order and get to their cabs:
1. Nathan & Jennifer 11:20am
2. Kynt & Vyxsin
3. Ronald & Christina (who stop and get directions and learn phrases from Tony a tourist director before leaving the airport)
4. Tk & Rachel 2:39pm
5. Nicholas & Donald 3:40pm*
6. Azaria & Hendekea 4:15pm*
• Arrival times are based on scheduled arrival time and not episode footage.
Edit: All the teams baggage (except for their AR Packet, which usually contains their money, passport and clues) are taken into possession of the production team. It is assumed due to the wet nature of today's tasks or perhaps the zip lines.
Teams arrive at the harbor and locate the clue box in the following order:
1. Ronald & Christina
2. Nathan & Jennifer
3. Kynt & Vyxsin
Both teams go considerable out of their way at the harbor before reaching the clue box allowing Ron and Christina to pass them.
4. Tk & Rachel
Who, it really goes without saying, get lost. They find an American bridegroom form Ohio to guide them.
5. Nicholas & Donald
6. Azaria & Hendekea
ROADBLOCK – “Who has a builder’s eye?”
Find Stone: In this roadblock the team member must help out in the renovations of Dubrovnik’s city walls damaged by repeated bombings during Yugoslavia’s Civil War of the 1990’s.
Now team members must search through a pile of 150 stones for one of eight stones that will fit into the wall. When they have successfully completed the task the stone mason will hand them their next clue.
Since rocks that don’t fit must be returned to the pile here are the rough odds that decrease as the correct pieces are placed in the wall.
1. 5.33% chance to pick the correct stone.
2. 4.70% chance to pick the correct stone.
3. 4.05% chance to pick the correct stone.
4. 3.40% chance to pick the correct stone.
5. 2.74% chance to pick the correct stone.
6. 2.07% chance to pick the correct stone.
Teams complete the roadblock in the following order:
1. Ronald & Christina (that will show the Hernia’s who’s boss)
2. Nathan & Jennifer
3. Kynt & Vyxsin
4. Tk & Rachel
5. Nicholas & Donald
6. Azaria & Hendekea (in sight of Nicholas & Donald)
Teams must make their way to the roof of the Fort of St. Lawrence, once up top teams will ride a tandem Zip Line* to the roof of the Fort Bokar** to retrieve their next clue.
• That, Very well might have been the most beautiful Zip line the show has ever had. It was gorgeous and I am jealous as all hell.
• Fort Bokar was built in 1461 from the plans of Renaissance Architect Michelozzo Micholossi.
The actual clue states:
Route Info: Right in front of you id he Fort of St. Lawrence. Make your way to the roof. Then ride a tandem Zip Line to Fort Bokar to retrieve your next clue.
Note: There is only one tandem Zip Line. First come, first served.
Teams arrive at the Zip Line and complete it in the following order:
1. Ronald & Christina
2. Nathan & Jennifer
3. Kynt & Vyxsin
4. Tk & Rachel
5. Nicolas & Donald
6. Azaria & Hendekea
DETOUR – Short & Long? Or Long & Short?
In this detour teams have to choose between 2 ways that foreign armies might have tried to invade Dubrovnik. The choice: Short & Long or Long & Short.
Short & Long: Teams repel down from the roof of the fort the base and follow a marked path to the city wall. Then using a rope ladder, they must scale the wall. Once at the top they’ll make their way on foot through Dubrovnik’s Old Town to this plaza, Tij Oruzja (spelling?), where they will find their next clue.
Long & Short: Teams use a tandem Zip Line down to the water below. Once at the bottom they’ll swim to a floating platform and choose a small fishing boat. Then they’ll row around the city walls to the harbor and run to the same plaza where they will find their next clue.
We get a screen shot that shows us the Route Info for the first Detour Option, it reads:
Detour
Short & Long? Or Long & Short?
Short & Long? Repel down to the base of Fort Bokar. Once at the bottom, choose a rope ladder and finish assembling it. Then, scale the city wall. Once at the top search Dubrovnik’s Old Town on foot for Tig Oruzja (?) to find your next clue.
Note #1: There are 2 repel lines. First come, first served.
Note #2: Only 2 rope ladders may be hoisted at a time. First come, first served.
Team arrive at the Detour in following order:
1. Ronald & Christina (Rowing, and think it will be the physical easier task….Hernia 2, Ronald 0)
2. Nathan & Jennifer (Rowing)
3. Kynt & Vyxsin (Repelling)
4. Tk & Rachel (Repelling)
5. Nicolas & Donald (Rowing)
6. Azaria & Hendekea (Stationary Rowing….)
Several teams have trouble rowing (shades of Season 10). Including the only “Alpha Male”.
Teams finish the Detour in the following order:
1. Nathan & Jennifer (who mange to barely pass Ron & Christina finding the clue box)
2. Ron & Christina
3. Kynt & Vyxsin
4. Tk & Rachel
5. Nicolas & Donald
6. Azaria & Hendekea
Teams must now travel by Taxi through Dubrovnik’s stone streets to the edge of the city and find the Stone Cross Overlook*. This religious landmark is the Pit Stop for this leg of the race.
• Which was erected after the end of the Civil War.
1. Ronald & Christina * (who successfully manage to get a cab to carry them) The win a 12 and ½ ft catamaran (and know what it is!)
Nathan & Jennifer arrive in 2nd, but failed to take the approved transportation, as cab’s refused to take them as they were wet. They must return to the last route marker and proceed by cab.
2. Kynt & Vyxsin
3. Nathan & Jennifer
4. Tk & Rachel
5. Nicolas & Donald
6. Azaria & Hendekea (who are eliminated as called by Chateau weeks ago)
* Ron & Christina are the only parent/ Child team to win a leg of the Amazing Race.
And according to interviews after the show, the penalty for using Business Class tickets is 24 hours (what under almost every case would eliminate a team)