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TAR Wishlist - locations, routes, twists, teams, tasks & dreams!**NO SPOILERS**
Brannockdevice:
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--- Quote from: RachelLeVega on May 15, 2024, 10:31:45 PM ---After tonight's episode, I would like to say that I need or even prefer to see a finale leg that isn't hosted entirely in a large metropolitan area, even a smaller city-town to avoid hometown or transplant advantages as much as possible. I feel like the last time we had some instance of this was TAR27 with Long Island or TAR23 with Juneau. I understand it's not as cost-effective to start somewhere away from an international airport, but it would be awesome to see a city out of left field again or even more frequently.
My hopes:
Santa Fe & Taos, New Mexico
Grand Junction or Aspen, Colorado
Reno, Nevada and Lake Tahoe
Yuma, Arizona to El Centro, California
Monterey, California
Madison, Wisconsin
Panama City Beach, Florida
Dubuque, Iowa
Palm Springs, California (Surprised we haven't had a finale in this area or even Austin or Houston for that matter yet, but I know we've started here.)
El Paso, Texas
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Though they would fly into a metropolitan area, I have been hoping for a Phoenix finale in the self driving finale area where they can drive throughout the desert
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I know people keep throwing around a Phoenix finale but I honestly doubt it. The city itself is quite boring with not much to make a leg out of, and any sort of ‘desert nature’ leg would take teams pretty far out of town
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Also another reason why I would like to see more regional finales over a huge metro. I would appreciate a full and well-thought-out Phoenix finale, but I'm more interested in curveball cities like teams ending up in Tucson (you could make two legs worth of great tasks here honestly) or Sedona since the final 3 teams can be thrown for a loop more easily. Arizona has plenty of places that can host awesomely unique tasks with stellar vibes, the leg just doesn't necessarily need to take place entirely in its most popular area.
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I will say that if they want to use an Arizona finale they could fly into Phoenix and then after a few challenges downtown, pull a Season 27 finale and travel by helicopter or small prop plane to a small airport. Flagstaff would make such a cool finale!
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I would just be cautious that it would end up airing like the Santa Barbara finale in the social media season where they stall way too long in downtown for no reason (why did they choose a senior living condo out of all places :funny:). Much rather have them drive the extra while away in the beginning to do a complete leg in a new city.
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Considering I even forgot the 28 finale went to Santa Barbara (this coming from someone who thoroughly loved Season 28!), I'd hope you're right
QuizMan92:
Potential route for TAR37 (without any NELs and with a 13 team cast)
Start: Somewhere in LA
Leg 1: Jakarta, Indonesia
Leg 2: Banten, Indonesia
Leg 3: Malacca, Malaysia
Leg 4: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Leg 5: Kathmandu, Nepal
Leg 6: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Leg 7: Johannesburg, South Africa
Leg 8: Utrecht, Netherlands (via Amsterdam)
Leg 9: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Leg 10: Rural Catalonia leg in Spain
Leg 11: Barcelona, Spain
Leg 12: Boston, Massachusetts (I want them to go there)
This route might not be realistic but it has two new countries, underused countries, overused countries, and new cities in old countries
Brannockdevice:
I like it, although I doubt we’ll see Ethiopia anytime soon due to the ongoing war in Tigray
QuizMan92:
--- Quote from: Brannockdevice on May 18, 2024, 12:36:14 PM ---I like it, although I doubt we’ll see Ethiopia anytime soon due to the ongoing war in Tigray
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Maybe it should be replaced by another SA leg (perhaps in Pretoria or in a rural area)
QuizMan92:
Another route! Can you guess the theme (besides sports)? (Also there are 14 teams [newbies] and no non-elims, other twists include EP challenges (express passes expire after 3 legs, and teams can’t go for both of them) ala TAR35, a KOR leg with an elimination, and two voting u-turns [teams vote in secret during the pit stop before starting the leg])
Start: Silver Strand State Beach, San Diego, CA (also just like in season 35 there is a starting line roadblock where a team from a previous season [Brenchel] gives out clue that directs teams to first destination)
Leg 1: Guayaquil, Ecuador (via Los Angeles and Bogota) (Pit Stop: Malecon 2000) {final 14}
Leg 2: Chiclayo, Peru (via Lima) (Pit Stop: Huaca) [first EP challenge] {final 13}
Leg 3: Ica/Nazca, Peru (via Lima) (Pit Stop: Nazca Lines) {final 12}
Leg 4: Blackpool, England (via Manchester and London) (Pit Stop: Whale Tail sculpture) {final 11 keep on racing}
Leg 5: Manchester, England (Pit Stop: Old Trafford Cricket Ground) [voting u turn] {final 10}
Leg 6: Gothenburg, Sweden (Pit Stop: New Alvsborg Fortress) [second EP challenge] {final 9}
Leg 7: Rabat, Morocco (via Stockholm and Marrakech) (Pit Stop: Hassan Tower) {final 8}
Leg 8: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (via Marrakech and Dubai) (Pit Stop: Al Noor Island) {final 7}
Leg 9: Jaffna, Sri Lanka (via Dubai and Colombo) (Pit Stop: Sakkotai Cape) {final 6}
Leg 10: Baguio, Philippines (via Colombo and Manila) (Pit Stop: Burnham Park) [second voting u turn] {final 5}
Leg 11: Busan, South Korea (via Manila) (Pit Stop: Haedong Yonggungsa Temple) {final 4}
Leg 12: Pittsburgh, PA (via Los Angeles) [memory challenge at Steelers stadium involves sports in each country{marathon in Ecuador, Incan ballgame in Peru, soccer in the UK, hockey in Sweden, handball in Morocco, camel racing in the UAE, cricket in Sri Lanka, arnis in the Philippines, taekwondo in South Korea, and American football in the US] {final 3}
Finish Line: Tufa Bridge
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