Topic: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers

[puddin]

I've stumbled on some info that there may be a kayaking task in the Prague area tomorrow.  Don't want to be too specific because I  TAR and don't want to mess up our race!

SPEC: Could that be in Cesky Krumlov?

If you think its "spec" then why did post it in spoilers? My moving posts around fingers are getting worn out.

[Dånooky]

I've stumbled on some info that there may be a kayaking task in the Prague area tomorrow.  Don't want to be too specific because I  TAR and don't want to mess up our race!

SPEC: Could that be in Cesky Krumlov?

If you think its "spec" then why did post it in spoilers? My moving posts around fingers are getting worn out.

sorry, my bad

[apskip]

Let's imagine that the Prague leg is the penultimate one (next to last for those unfamiliar with that term). Then the final leg would be flights starting in Prague and continuing to the U.S.  I decided that it is useful to see which cities have nonstop service form Prague. Unfortunately, the answer is only JFK and ATL. Here are the flights for Friday Aug. 7:

PRG JFK DL209/OK5054 0930 1230 (but not Thursday or Saturday)

PRG JFK OK050/DL8742 1100 1415 (and Thursday or Saturday; note - some versions have both times 5 minutes later)

PRG ATL none, although on Thursday and Saturday DL063/OK5088  1100 1535

Now, I do not expect a 11 leg race, so I believe the final leg will be no earlier than Sat. Aug. 8.

This lists only the nonstop flights. They are many possibilities for connections in Europe and both JFK and ATL can provide connections to all the major cities in the U.S. However, it is interesting to note the eqrliest possible arrivla time is 1230pm into JFK. Traditionally Amazing Race finales land early morning for minimum sighting potential.

NOTE - changes have been made to DL209 to reflect that Delta Airlines does not think it flies on thursday or Saturday. That's a reasonably authoritative source, one much more likely that my source to know what their international flights are.

[georgiapeach]

Let's imagine that the Prague leg is the penultimate one (next to last for those unfamiliar with that term). Then the final leg would be flights starting in Prague and continuing to the U.S.  I decided that it is useful to see which cities have nonstop service form Prague. Unfortunately, the answer is only JFK and ATL. Here are the flights for Friday Aug. 7:

PRG JFK DL209/OK5054 0930 1230 (and Thursday or Saturday)

PRG JFK OK050/DL8742 1100 1415 (and Thursday or Saturday; note - some versions have both times 5 minutes later)

PRG ATL none, although on Thursday and Saturday DL063/OK5088  1100 1535

Now, I do not expect a 11 leg race, so I believe the final leg will be no earlier than Sat. Aug. 8.

This lists only the nonstop flights. They are many possibilities for connections in Europe and both JFK and ATL can provide connections to all the major cities in the U.S. However, it is interesting to note the eqrliest possible arrivla time is 1230pm into JFK. Traditionally Amazing Race finales land early morning for minimum sighting potential.

I would die of joy if it was Atlanta.

But Apskip, puddin told you the race ends Aug 6, or less possibly 7. Believe it.

We need flights on the 6th!!

[north09]

And I would die of joy if it ended in Philadelphia. I'm actually shocked they haven't yet.

[Belle Book]

And I would die of joy if it ended in Philadelphia. I'm actually shocked they haven't yet.

I'd love for the Race to end in Philadelphia!  I live near there!

Belle Book

[north09]

haha awesome!

[puddin]

That makes 3 of us 

[Chateau d If]

Okay, Peach, as much as I would love to have the race end in your city I have to show (shamelessly borrowing some of Apskip's info) that there is an interesting flight combination that would make for an awesome race to New York City.

For Thursday August 6th

here is your flight to Atlanta:
DL 63 leaving Prague at 11:00am and arriving ATL at 3:35 pm

But!  Instead, consider these flights to New York:

Czech Airlines OK 50 leaving Prague at 11:00 am and arriving JFK at 2:15 pm

And that is the loser flight.  The winners will manage to put this together:

Lufthansa LH 3267 leaving Prague at 6:00 am and arriving in Frankfurt FRA at 7:10 am.
 then
Air India AI 191 leaving Frankfurt at 8:05 am and arriving in Newark NJ EWR at 10:25 am.

I'm not saying it has to be this way but I like it!  

[Moo]

Could a Washington DC finish line be plausible? 

[georgiapeach]

There were some early rumors about NYC as a possible location....

Now...can we have some magic to figure out WHERE?

I can go...can you?    

[gingerman28]

Could a Washington DC finish line be plausible? 

Not a good idea for Washington this time of year.  Hot and Humid Wednesday will be about 89F with thunderstorms in the afternoon.  Besides the city is chuck full of tourists with cell phone cameras this time of year.

I would go camp out at Dulles (15 minutes away) but tomorrow is chemotherapy day for me so I'm not going to be able to do much of anything.  I like the idea of Atlanta though, at least it would be a new ending city, right Peach?

[Kogs]

There were some early rumors about NYC as a possible location....

Now...can we have some magic to figure out WHERE?

I can go...can you?    

if u come to nyc im coming with

[georgiapeach]

Could a Washington DC finish line be plausible? 

Not a good idea for Washington this time of year.  Hot and Humid Wednesday will be about 89F with thunderstorms in the afternoon.  Besides the city is chuck full of tourists with cell phone cameras this time of year.

I would go camp out at Dulles (15 minutes away) but tomorrow is chemotherapy day for me so I'm not going to be able to do much of anything.  I like the idea of Atlanta though, at least it would be a new ending city, right Peach?

I actually love the idea of Atlanta as a START location, there are several places that would be secluded but gorgeous, especially for a spring race.

There were some early rumors about NYC as a possible location....

Now...can we have some magic to figure out WHERE?

I can go...can you?   

if u come to nyc im coming with

I would count on it!!

[Moo]

There were some early rumors about NYC as a possible location....

Now...can we have some magic to figure out WHERE?

I can go...can you?    

I won't be surprised if we see them make a final leg similar to TAR8's, Canada - New York, could this be possible again?

[Kogs]

Could a Washington DC finish line be plausible? 

Not a good idea for Washington this time of year.  Hot and Humid Wednesday will be about 89F with thunderstorms in the afternoon.  Besides the city is chuck full of tourists with cell phone cameras this time of year.

I would go camp out at Dulles (15 minutes away) but tomorrow is chemotherapy day for me so I'm not going to be able to do much of anything.  I like the idea of Atlanta though, at least it would be a new ending city, right Peach?

I actually love the idea of Atlanta as a START location, there are several places that would be secluded but gorgeous, especially for a spring race.

There were some early rumors about NYC as a possible location....

Now...can we have some magic to figure out WHERE?

I can go...can you?   

if u come to nyc im coming with

I would count on it!!

[Chateau d If]

I'm getting a timeline result that says the whole thing ends tomorrow!

Are we sure that the Prague activities did not happen already?   

[graytex]

Okay, Peach, as much as I would love to have the race end in your city I have to show that there is an interesting flight combination that would make for an awesome race to New York City.

For Thursday August 6th

here is your flight to Atlanta:
DL 63 leaving Prague at 11:00am and arriving ATL at 3:35 pm

But!  Instead, consider these flights to New York:

Czech Airlines OK 50 leaving Prague at 11:00 am and arriving JFK at 2:15 pm

And that is the loser flight.  The winners will manage to put this together:

Lufthansa LH 3267 leaving Prague at 6:00 am and arriving in Frankfurt FRA at 7:10 am.
 then
Air India AI 191 leaving Frankfurt at 8:05 am and arriving in Newark NJ EWR at 10:25 am.

I'm not saying it has to be this way but I like it!  

As a veteran of Air India, that's not a winning flight.  Loonnnnggggg lines, late departures, and a flight that was probably sold out months ago.   

[georgiapeach]

Production usually prebuys the tickets for the final leg.

I have no idea Chateau, anything is possible at this point. I think it is ready to happen but

[apskip]

Let's imagine that the Prague leg is the penultimate one (next to last for those unfamiliar with that term). Then the final leg would be flights starting in Prague and continuing to the U.S.  I decided that it is useful to see which cities have nonstop service form Prague. Unfortunately, the answer is only JFK and ATL. Here are the flights for Friday Aug. 7:

PRG JFK DL209/OK5054 0930 1230 (and Thursday or Saturday)

PRG JFK OK050/DL8742 1100 1415 (and Thursday or Saturday; note - some versions have both times 5 minutes later)

PRG ATL none, although on Thursday and Saturday DL063/OK5088  1100 1535

Now, I do not expect a 11 leg race, so I believe the final leg will be no earlier than Sat. Aug. 8.

This lists only the nonstop flights. They are many possibilities for connections in Europe and both JFK and ATL can provide connections to all the major cities in the U.S. However, it is interesting to note the eqrliest possible arrivla time is 1230pm into JFK. Traditionally Amazing Race finales land early morning for minimum sighting potential.

NOTE - changes have been made to DL209 to reflect that Delta Airlines does not think it flies on thursday or Saturday. That's a reasonably authoritative source, one much more likely that my source to know what their international flights are.

I would die of joy if it was Atlanta.

But Apskip, puddin told you the race ends Aug 6, or less possibly 7. Believe it.

We need flights on the 6th!!

Peach,
Aug. 6 is a Thursday. Look more carefully and you will see that all 2 nonstop flights Prague to the U.S. on Thursday are mentioned.

[Chateau d If]

The problem is that it is wrong for Thursday August 6th.

[apskip]

There were some early rumors about NYC as a possible location....

Now...can we have some magic to figure out WHERE?

I can go...can you?    

I won't be surprised if we see them make a final leg similar to TAR8's, Canada - New York, could this be possible again?

Mooyou:
There a a lot of things that are possible but unlikely. This is one of them. There is a World Race Productions tradition that final leg flights from Asia or Europe are typically nonstop to a major U.S. city. The only times that has been violated was for AR5 when teams flew to Calgary before finishing up in Dallas/Ft. Worth.I don't really regard AR8 as a violation of that tradition because teams flew to Montreal from Montana, then took a hired plane from Montreal to Toronto before making the run down the lower Niagara River.

AR15 is likely to finish with either a nostop flight from Europe to the U.S., a connection in Europe to a nonstop flight or a conncetion in the U.S. from a nonstop flight to go to another major U.S. city (such as Prague ot JFK, then JFK to Pittsburgh just to pick an example)

[Mister RC]

I don't know what would make me more sick...if it ends in PA, if it ends in Pittsburgh at a spot where have speculated for a while now, or in my backyard.  As in backyard, I actually mean my folks backyard (it is big enough) on a morning where I'm not there.

[mjriches2005]

This may be a speculation, I searched twitter with keywords Amazing Race Kyoto found a post from a user (stephietan).  I don't know if its legit but just to let you know.

-at Kyoto train station I saw video recording of amazing race! the contestants look really flustered!

the date says Aug 1 but what do you guys think of it?

 

[Caelestor]

Kyoto? I always wanted the race to go there!

The city is easily accessible by Shinkansen (2 hrs about) from Tokyo. Plus, it has a whole bunch of UNESCO sites, and it's close to Osaka, which has Kansai and Itami airports.