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TAR 30: Pre-Race Speculation
ovalorange:
They're all going to be from TAR 30 :)
cbacbacba1:
I speculate (and hope that) they will visit the following countries in a westard route
Total : 9 Countries, 4 Continents (2 New countries)
Leg 1 : Melbourne, Australia
Leg 2 : Rural place in Australia (Cairns / Darwin)
Australia is way overdue to be visited (12 seasons gap since TAR 18). Usually the first leg will be in a place where air travel is more convenient from the US.
Therefore, I think they will choose a big city to host Leg 1, before going to a rural place to show the adventurous Australia.
In this case, Melbourne is probably the first choice.
Leg 3 : Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
The new country for this season. A good showcase of Huli culture, alike the New Zealand native culture in TAR 13
Leg 4 : Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Leg 5 : Vientiane, Laos
Cambodia is way overdue again (season 15), plus the canceled visit to Laos from season 19, forming the tropic Asia legs for this season
Leg 6 : Mumbai, India
Leg 7 : Rural India
India is always great place to host chaotic legs, especially in the big city of Mumbai, which itself is not visited for a long long period of time (last was season 12)
Rural India is only visited in TAR 4 where Tian & Jaree broke their record. This leg could also be the Emmy - winning episode which provides "inspirational message" for the audience
Leg 8 : Helsinki, Finland
Icy scenery to replace the commonly-used Switzerland
Leg 9 : Budapest, Hungary
City with beautiful night view, can host a good night leg, like Berlin in season 22
Leg 10 : Barcelona, Spain
Leg 11 : Madrid, Spain
Return to some countries that are commonly visited to end the race
Train travel is to be arranged when traveling from Barcelona to Spain, in order to shorten the gap between teams (like Shanghai > Xian in season 6)
Leg 11 is usually hosted in place where air travel is convenient enough to get racers back to US easily
Madrid definitely suits this case
walkingpneumonia:
I think TPTB should try a 90% USA route. It seems to work for TAR Canada (America Light).
Other than the start or end legs (and the awful Family Edition), we don't get to see much of the USA . Its time to change that, because there are so many amazing places in the country to showcase.
And there are business and sponsorship opportunities that could be taken advantage of to cut costs.
* Domestic self driving legs open up the opportunity for auto manufacturers to sponsor multiple leg production. Look at how Chevrolet has offset the production costs of many TAR Canada legs.
* Regional/state tourism bureaus could cough up sponsorship money. Again, when you look at the credits on TAR Canada you can see that most legs received some sort of promotional consideration from city or provincial authorities.Since we've mostly lost "airport drama" in the last few seasons due to budget constraints (pre-bought tickets) a lack of international air travel wouldn't really be missed. Domestic air travel on the other hand opens up many opportunities for teams to make spectacular mistakes. Imagine a race starting in LA where teams are told to "travel" to Las Vegas. Do you drive your Chevy Camaro to LAX or Burbank? Or do you drive directly to LAS? I think that would put the "Race" back in The Amazing Race.
As far as casting... for personal reasons I think its should be past racers teamed with superfans...
stekay:
Death nell
BourkieBoy:
--- Quote from: cbacbacba1 on August 15, 2016, 08:07:19 AM ---I speculate (and hope that) they will visit the following countries in a westard route
Total : 9 Countries, 4 Continents (2 New countries)
Leg 1 : Melbourne, Australia
Leg 2 : Rural place in Australia (Cairns / Darwin)
Australia is way overdue to be visited (12 seasons gap since TAR 18). Usually the first leg will be in a place where air travel is more convenient from the US.
Therefore, I think they will choose a big city to host Leg 1, before going to a rural place to show the adventurous Australia.
In this case, Melbourne is probably the first choice.
Leg 3 : Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
The new country for this season. A good showcase of Huli culture, alike the New Zealand native culture in TAR 13
Leg 4 : Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Leg 5 : Vientiane, Laos
Cambodia is way overdue again (season 15), plus the canceled visit to Laos from season 19, forming the tropic Asia legs for this season
Leg 6 : Mumbai, India
Leg 7 : Rural India
India is always great place to host chaotic legs, especially in the big city of Mumbai, which itself is not visited for a long long period of time (last was season 12)
Rural India is only visited in TAR 4 where Tian & Jaree broke their record. This leg could also be the Emmy - winning episode which provides "inspirational message" for the audience
Leg 8 : Helsinki, Finland
Icy scenery to replace the commonly-used Switzerland
Leg 9 : Budapest, Hungary
City with beautiful night view, can host a good night leg, like Berlin in season 22
Leg 10 : Barcelona, Spain
Leg 11 : Madrid, Spain
Return to some countries that are commonly visited to end the race
Train travel is to be arranged when traveling from Barcelona to Spain, in order to shorten the gap between teams (like Shanghai > Xian in season 6)
Leg 11 is usually hosted in place where air travel is convenient enough to get racers back to US easily
Madrid definitely suits this case
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I agree with this route, but I would make some minor changes:
Leg 2: NEEDS TO BE IN TASMANIA! This island nation is just so beautiful!
Legs 6 and 7: Need to take place in Sri Lanka. India is overused
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