Topic: TAR Wishlist - locations, routes, twists, teams, tasks & dreams!**NO SPOILERS**

[Zack.]

I'd actually like a spin-off of TAR in US areas only, but it might not be a success after TAR8.

Meanwhile, I wish TAR is not always having pre-detour U-turns or W-turns. I'd like a mix of it depending where it fits best.

Meh. If they're going to have the U-Turn before the Detour they might as go all the way and make it a Must Vote U-Turn like in international seasons; that way there's guaranteed drama. That said,

Also, not having them announced on any clue would be a great surprise factor in my opinion.

YES.  If they do this I would even be okay with the unlimited U-Turns coming back and there being three or four in a season.

[SamualDude]

So a bit of a wishlist here for an Amazing Race: New Zealand

Leg 1: Auckland, New Zealand - Alice Springs, Australia (I feel that the Northern Territory is underused and Alice Springs is an incredible place. A non-elimination leg to start the race off)

Leg 2: Alice Springs, Australia - Tokyo, Japan (Tokyo is a great place and I feel that with the leg in South Korea, There could be a sort of Pokemon challenge or even Dragon Ball Z as they are both famous franchises in the western world)

Leg 3: Tokyo, Japan - Shenzhen, China (A big city China leg that will have teams scrambling with a zero hour Pit stop where teams race inland)

Leg 4: Shenzhen, China - Xian, China (A leg that will deal with rural China plus have a return to the famous task on Mount Hua with the locks)

Leg 5: Xian, China - Muscat, Oman (A really cool country that deserves another leg. Pull the roadblock from TAR9 and some other tasks for a great leg)

Leg 6: Muscat, Oman - Windhoek, Namibia (I saw a lot of Namibia on The Grand Tour and I'd like to see more of this amazing city)

Leg 7: Windhoek, Namibia - Walvis Bay, Namibia (A coastal leg in Namibia could be incredible)

Leg 8: Walvis Bay, Namibia - Johannesburg, South Africa (A underused city in a undervisited country!)

Leg 9: Johannesburg, South Africa - Buenos Aries, Argentina - Montevideo, Uruguay (First a few tasks like a detour or a couple of ARIs then take a ferry to Uruguay)

Leg 10: Montevideo, Uruguay (Continue with some more tasks in Uruguay for a country that hasn't really been touched)

Leg 11: Montevideo, Uruguay - Puerto Montt, Chile (A region of Chile that I don't think has been used that much at all)

Leg 12: Puerto Montt, Chile to Wellington, New Zealand (A final leg in the capital of New Zealand, with a task at the Weta Workshop, The famous Basin Reserve with a possible finish line on Mount Victoria or at Westpac Stadium)

[BourkieBoy]

The Amazing American Race 1

Starting Line: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, United States

Leg 1: Los Angeles, California (surfing task)
Leg 2: Los Angeles, California-Honolulu, Hawaii (The RoadBlock is the Sandcastle roadblock from S22)
Leg 3: Honolulu, Hawaii-Juneau, Alaska (snow task)
Leg 4: Juneau, Alaska-Las Vegas, Nevada (gambling task)
Leg 5: Las Vegas, Nevada-Chicago, Illionis (sport task)
Leg 6: Chicago, Illionis-New York City, New York (food task)
Leg 7: New York City, New York-Philadelphia, Pennsylavia (tram task)
Leg 8: Philadelphia, Pennsylavia-Washington D.C, Maryland (political task)
Leg 9: Washington D.C, Maryland-Charlotte, North Carolina (Native American task)
Leg 10: Charlotte, North Carolina-Altanta, Georgia (peach-eating task)
Leg 11: Altanta, Georgia-Birmingham, Alabama (redneck task)
Leg 12: Birmingham, Alabama-Orlando, Florida (teams have to spot the finish line, from on top of a ride)

Finish Line: Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, United States

As you can see, I have tried to put a task in each leg, that is unique to the state they are visiting.

As always, your thoughts are welcomed!

[BritishTARFan]

The Amazing American Race 1

Starting Line: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, United States

Leg 1: Los Angeles, California (surfing task)
Leg 2: Los Angeles, California-Honolulu, Hawaii (The RoadBlock is the Sandcastle roadblock from S22)
Leg 3: Honolulu, Hawaii-Juneau, Alaska (snow task)
Leg 4: Juneau, Alaska-Las Vegas, Nevada (gambling task)
Leg 5: Las Vegas, Nevada-Chicago, Illionis (sport task)
Leg 6: Chicago, Illionis-New York City, New York (food task)
Leg 7: New York City, New York-Philadelphia, Pennsylavia (tram task)
Leg 8: Philadelphia, Pennsylavia-Washington D.C, Maryland (political task)
Leg 9: Washington D.C, Maryland-Charlotte, North Carolina (Native American task)
Leg 10: Charlotte, North Carolina-Altanta, Georgia (peach-eating task)
Leg 11: Altanta, Georgia-Birmingham, Alabama (redneck task)
Leg 12: Birmingham, Alabama-Orlando, Florida (teams have to spot the finish line, from on top of a ride)

Finish Line: Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, United States

As you can see, I have tried to put a task in each leg, that is unique to the state they are visiting.

As always, your thoughts are welcomed!

Just fyi DC isn't in Maryland.

And saying that about Alabama is borderline offensive.

[Zack.]

Also you could honestly do the 'unique tasks' from legs 4 through 12 all within about 100 miles of DC. 

That said Disney to Disney is clever and I like that so yay 

[BourkieBoy]

Also you could honestly do the 'unique tasks' from legs 4 through 12 all within about 100 miles of DC. 

That said Disney to Disney is clever and I like that so yay 

To be honest with you, I NEVER planned to do that! Start at Disney and finish at Disney!

[kaedav]

2 routes... all All-Stars

Cast:
-Bopper & Mark
-James & Jaymes
-Pam & Winnie
-Max & Katie
-Tim & Marie
-Nicky & Kim
-Adam & Bethany
-Kym & Alli
-Tiffany & Krista
-Sheri & Cole
-Brodie & Kurt
-Becca & Floyd

Route 1:
Leg-1 Valparaiso, Chile
Leg-2 Port Vila, Vanuatu
Leg-3 Jakarta, Indonesia
Leg-4 Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Leg-5 Doha, Qatar
Leg-6 Cape Town, South Africa
Leg-7 Zurich & Basel, Switzerland
Leg-8 Riga, Latvia
Leg-9 Stockholm & Are, Sweden
Leg-10 Trondheim, Norway & London, UK (Double Length Leg)
Leg-11 Nassau, Bahams
Leg-12 Orlando, Florida

Route 2:
Leg-1 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Leg-2 Bogota & Medellin, Colombia
Leg-3 Madrid & Granada, Spain
Leg-4 Milan, Italy
Leg-4 Lake Como, Italy
Leg-6 Zurich & Basel, Switzerland
Leg-7 Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Leg-8 Athens & Santorini, Greece
Leg-9 Jaipur, India
Leg-10 Kathmandu, Nepal
Leg-11 Seoul, South Korea
Leg-12 St. Louis, United States

[ghmorello]

TAR UB2

Cast:

25 - Misti and Jim
25 - Kym and Ali
26 - Hayley and Blair
26 - Mike and Rochelle
27 - Justin and Diana
27 - Tiffany and Krista
28 - Sheri and Cole
28 - Burnie and Ashley
29 - Matt and Redmond
29 - Becca and Floyd
Last Spot - Robbie and Brooke, Denise and James Earl, Brodie and Kurt, or Vanck and Ashton

Route:

Leg 1 - LA to Melbourne, Australia
Leg 2 - Melbourne to Shanghai, China
Leg 3 - Shanghai to the Chinese Countryside
Leg 4 - Chinese Countryside to Tunis, Tunisia
Leg 5 - Tunis to the Saharan Desert in Tunisia
Leg 6 - Saharan Desert in Tunisia to Budapest, Hungary
Leg 7 - Budapest to Stockholm, Sweden
Leg 8 - Stockholm to the French Countryside
Leg 9 - French Countryside to Lisbon, Portugal
Leg 10 - Lisbon to Manchester, England
Leg 11 - Manchester to Toronto, Canada
Leg 12 - Toronto to Houston

[ZBC Company]

TAR UB2

Cast:

25 - Misti and Jim
25 - Kym and Ali
26 - Hayley and Blair
26 - Mike and Rochelle
27 - Justin and Diana
27 - Tiffany and Krista
28 - Sheri and Cole
28 - Burnie and Ashley
29 - Matt and Redmond
29 - Becca and Floyd
Last Spot - Robbie and Brooke, Denise and James Earl, Brodie and Kurt, or Vanck and Ashton

Route:

Leg 1 - LA to Melbourne, Australia
Leg 2 - Melbourne to Shanghai, China
Leg 3 - Shanghai to the Chinese Countryside
Leg 4 - Chinese Countryside to Tunis, Tunisia
Leg 5 - Tunis to the Saharan Desert in Tunisia
Leg 6 - Saharan Desert in Tunisia to Budapest, Hungary
Leg 7 - Budapest to Stockholm, Sweden
Leg 8 - Stockholm to the French Countryside
Leg 9 - French Countryside to Lisbon, Portugal
Leg 10 - Lisbon to Manchester, England
Leg 11 - Manchester to Toronto, Canada
Leg 12 - Toronto to Houston

why will bring back this teams

[Zack.]

Also here's a fun theme season that will possibly upset most of the active users of this thread 

TAR 30: Brought To You By Wonderful Taiwan and Fiji (and some other countries that could use the help)

START: Mt. Orizaba, Catalina Is., CA
LEG 1: to Havana, Cuba (liiiiike....there are legitimately and legally far less auspicious reasons people have managed to get to Cuba so here we are)
LEG 2: to Kingston and the Blue Mountains, Jamaica
LEG 3: to Stockholm, Sweden*
LEG 4: to the Aland Is., Finland
LEG 5: to Lefkara, Cyprus
LEG 6: to Antananarivo, Madagascar
LEG 7: to Tsingy National Park, Madagascar
LEG 8: to Taichung and Nantou County, Taiwan*
LEG 9: to Xiamen, China (sue me, it's a new city in China)
LEG 10: to the Yasawa Islands, Fiji
LEG 11: to San Francisco, CA
FINISH: Treasure Island, San Francisco

* indicates a leg followed by no rest period; the first still results in an elimination (like TARLA) while second is a standard NEL with penalty.

Also there's assuredly a Switchback to the container task of TAR 25  (sadly no Australia, UK, Indonesia, NZ, or Philippines I hope you can forgive me )

[ghmorello]

TAR UB2

Cast:

25 - Misti and Jim
25 - Kym and Ali
26 - Hayley and Blair
26 - Mike and Rochelle
27 - Justin and Diana
27 - Tiffany and Krista
28 - Sheri and Cole
28 - Burnie and Ashley
29 - Matt and Redmond
29 - Becca and Floyd
Last Spot - Robbie and Brooke, Denise and James Earl, Brodie and Kurt, or Vanck and Ashton

Route:

Leg 1 - LA to Melbourne, Australia
Leg 2 - Melbourne to Shanghai, China
Leg 3 - Shanghai to the Chinese Countryside
Leg 4 - Chinese Countryside to Tunis, Tunisia
Leg 5 - Tunis to the Saharan Desert in Tunisia
Leg 6 - Saharan Desert in Tunisia to Budapest, Hungary
Leg 7 - Budapest to Stockholm, Sweden
Leg 8 - Stockholm to the French Countryside
Leg 9 - French Countryside to Lisbon, Portugal
Leg 10 - Lisbon to Manchester, England
Leg 11 - Manchester to Toronto, Canada
Leg 12 - Toronto to Houston

why will bring back this teams

Why not?

[weihen]

My route for TAR30:
LEG1:LA,USA-Barcelona,Spain
LEG2:Barcelona,Spain-Nigeria
LEG3:Nigeria
LEG4:Nigeria-Hamburg,Germany
LEG5:Hamburg,Germany-Helsinki,Finland
LEG6:Helsinki,Finland-Toshkent,Uzbekistan
LEG7:Toshkent,Uzbekistan-Xi'an,China
LEG8:Xi'an,China-Chengdu,China
LEG9:Chengdu,China-Kathmandu,Nepal
LEG10:Nepal
LEG11:Nepal-Auckland,New Zealand
LEG12:New Zealand-Seattle,USA

3 new countries...

[Platrium]

Also here's a fun theme season that will possibly upset most of the active users of this thread 

TAR 30: Brought To You By Wonderful Taiwan and Fiji (and some other countries that could use the help)

START: Mt. Orizaba, Catalina Is., CA
LEG 1: to Havana, Cuba (liiiiike....there are legitimately and legally far less auspicious reasons people have managed to get to Cuba so here we are)
LEG 2: to Kingston and the Blue Mountains, Jamaica
LEG 3: to Stockholm, Sweden*
LEG 4: to the Aland Is., Finland
LEG 5: to Lefkara, Cyprus
LEG 6: to Antananarivo, Madagascar
LEG 7: to Tsingy National Park, Madagascar
LEG 8: to Taichung and Nantou County, Taiwan*
LEG 9: to Xiamen, China (sue me, it's a new city in China)
LEG 10: to the Yasawa Islands, Fiji
LEG 11: to San Francisco, CA
FINISH: Treasure Island, San Francisco

* indicates a leg followed by no rest period; the first still results in an elimination (like TARLA) while second is a standard NEL with penalty.

Also there's assuredly a Switchback to the container task of TAR 25  (sadly no Australia, UK, Indonesia, NZ, or Philippines I hope you can forgive me )

It's not that bad. Unless you mean there's no Philippines here, but I'm fine with that.

[Platrium]

For TAR30, I want a route that will surprise me. If they can't do that, we're overdue for an East-to-West route.

[SamualDude]

Also here's a fun theme season that will possibly upset most of the active users of this thread 

TAR 30: Brought To You By Wonderful Taiwan and Fiji (and some other countries that could use the help)

START: Mt. Orizaba, Catalina Is., CA
LEG 1: to Havana, Cuba (liiiiike....there are legitimately and legally far less auspicious reasons people have managed to get to Cuba so here we are)
LEG 2: to Kingston and the Blue Mountains, Jamaica
LEG 3: to Stockholm, Sweden*
LEG 4: to the Aland Is., Finland
LEG 5: to Lefkara, Cyprus
LEG 6: to Antananarivo, Madagascar
LEG 7: to Tsingy National Park, Madagascar
LEG 8: to Taichung and Nantou County, Taiwan*
LEG 9: to Xiamen, China (sue me, it's a new city in China)
LEG 10: to the Yasawa Islands, Fiji
LEG 11: to San Francisco, CA
FINISH: Treasure Island, San Francisco

* indicates a leg followed by no rest period; the first still results in an elimination (like TARLA) while second is a standard NEL with penalty.

Also there's assuredly a Switchback to the container task of TAR 25  (sadly no Australia, UK, Indonesia, NZ, or Philippines I hope you can forgive me )

Brilliant route but I'm not sure about the San Francisco final city. Feels kind of overused to me.

[gamerfan09]

Just fyi DC isn't in Maryland.

And saying that about Alabama is borderline offensive.

[Platrium]

With the existence of the F4F in the past, I'd actually want to see an F5 penultimate leg. The final leg will then have 4 teams, but a checkpoint will take one team out before they can finish the race.

[dryedmangoez]

Brilliant route but I'm not sure about the San Francisco final city. Feels kind of overused to me.

San Francisco needs to be a Starting Line for a Westward route/Asia/Oceania first Leg and/or visited by an international TAR for a full Leg 

[BourkieBoy]

With the existence of the F4F in the past, I'd actually want to see an F5 penultimate leg. The final leg will then have 4 teams, but a checkpoint will take one team out before they can finish the race.

Didn't they do this in S25 and 26?

[Platrium]

With the existence of the F4F in the past, I'd actually want to see an F5 penultimate leg. The final leg will then have 4 teams, but a checkpoint will take one team out before they can finish the race.

Did they do this in S25 and 26?

2nd sentence, yes.

[AmazedArrow]

My route for TAR30:
LEG1:LA,USA-Barcelona,Spain
LEG2:Barcelona,Spain-Nigeria
LEG3:Nigeria
LEG4:Nigeria-Hamburg,Germany
LEG5:Hamburg,Germany-Helsinki,Finland
LEG6:Helsinki,Finland-Toshkent,Uzbekistan
LEG7:Toshkent,Uzbekistan-Xi'an,China
LEG8:Xi'an,China-Chengdu,China
LEG9:Chengdu,China-Kathmandu,Nepal
LEG10:Nepal
LEG11:Nepal-Auckland,New Zealand
LEG12:New Zealand-Seattle,USA

3 new countries...

Why Barcelona again? Spain has a lot more to offer, not just Barcelona or the islands...

[claude_24hrs]

Brilliant route but I'm not sure about the San Francisco final city. Feels kind of overused to me.

San Francisco needs to be a Starting Line for a Westward route/Asia/Oceania first Leg and/or visited by an international TAR for a full Leg 

San Francisco hasn't had a summer finale if the race goes Westward route from Los Angeles start. It would be great for San Fran on TAR 30 finale city.

[kaedav]

Orlando is WAYYY overdue for a finish line! An entire Disney Finish!

[claude_24hrs]

With justmjlayson's wishlist route suggestion for season 30 on page 150 (as the show has recently renewed for that season), here's the (newly) revised route with slight changes.

Similar leg wishlist design in my old post: http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,15213.msg1189014.html#msg1189014

START: Pasadena, California, USA
Leg 1: Melbourne, Australia (2 flights, arriving 30 minutes apart in the morning)
Leg 2: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (fishing task, mountain bike riding task, snow task if filmed in like July, SELF-DRIVING)*
Leg 3: Nagoya, Japan (search ninjas in Nagoya Castle, find a clue at either Tsuruma Park or Kosho-ji and pit stop at Port of Nagoya)
Leg 4: Siem Reap, Cambodia (eat tarantulas at Psah Chas Night Market, search a pendant onto a monks in Angkor Wat, Pit Stop at Pre Rup)
Leg 5: Phnom Penh, Cambodia (visit Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum to observe silence for Khmer Rouge victims, becoming tuk tuk driver task)
Leg 6: Paarl and Stellenbosch, South Africa (winery tasks)
Leg 7: Cape Town, South Africa (bungee jump roadblock; searching gems task)
Leg 8: Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland (visit Santa Claus' house, dog sledding task in summer, take a sauna, SELF-DRIVING)**
Leg 9: Gothenburg, Sweden
Leg 10: Madrid, Spain
Leg 11: Dublin, Ireland (Irish beer, camogie/hurling)
Leg 12: San Francisco, California, USA

*At the immediate start of Leg 2, teams must book a overnight ferry from Melbourne to Devonport, Tasmania. Upon arrival,
 they would choose a marked car to drive to Cradle Mountain for a Detour, then Roadblock and Active Route Marker task in Hobart just like TAR 29 Leg 8.
**Prior to arrive in Rovaniemi, teams must take a flight to Helsinki and catch a overnight train ride to Rovaniemi.

Australia (18) + Japan (26) + Cambodia (15) + South Africa (7) + Finland (10) + Sweden (25) + Spain (24) + Ireland (12) = Total combination would be 137.

Route Map



Leg 1: NEL/TBC/KOR
Leg 2: F11 elimination
Leg 3: F10 elimination
Leg 4: F9 elimination
Leg 5: F8 elimination
Leg 6: F7 NEL
Leg 7: F7 elimination
Leg 8: F6 elimination
Leg 9: F5 NEL
Leg 10: F5 elimination
Leg 11: F4 elimination
Leg 12: F3

Bourkie would be proud if TAR 30 will get its Tasmania visit ever in the franchise, thus three recent TAR seasons did traverse the eastward route, so let's get the westward route that is a way overdue.

[RealityFan11]

If TAR30 was Second Chances, like im thinking, this would make for a great season
Cast:
Kym/Alli
Adam/Bethany
Hayley/Blair
Justin/Diana
Tiff/Krista
Ernest/Jin
Burnie/Ashley
Tyler/Korey
Erin/Joslyn
Matt/Redmond
Becca/Floyd

Route:
Leg 1: United States -> Jamaica [E-11]
Leg 2: Jamaica -> Chile [E-10]
Leg 3: Chile -> Argentina [NE]
Leg 4: Argentina [E-9]
Leg 5: Argentina -> South Africa [E-8]
Leg 6: South Africa -> United Kingdom (England) [E-7]
Leg 7: United Kingdom (Scotland) [NE]
Leg 8: United Kingdom -> Germany -> Denmark [E-6]
Leg 9: Denmark -> Philippines [NE]
Leg 10: Philippines [E-5]
Leg 11: Philippines -> China [E-4]
Leg 12: China -> United States

Cities: Brooklyn, Kingston, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Johannesburg, London, Oxford, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Manila, Tianjin, Los Angeles