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The Amazing Race: Design Challenge VIII - Final Round Design Show on Page 50!
Kamineko:
Design #10 - Declive
[Key Biscayne & Key Largo, Florida]
Show contentLeg 1: Key Biscayne & Key Largo, Florida.
Pit Start: Vila Belmiro, Santos
Drive to Guarulhos Airport
Fly to Miami, FL
Route Info: Ocean Park - Neptune Memorial Reef
ROADBLOCK: Dive for Clue (African Queen Post Card)
- Find Boat at Holiday Inn Key Largo
Route Info: Rescue, Rehab, Release (Turtle Hospital)
Route Info: Repair Turtle Shell
Route Info: Find Fred
Picture to Naval Air Station of Key West
ROADBLOCK: Memory Task (Airport Names)
Finish Line: Charter to Fort Jefferson
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This is Santos, Brazil!
A coastal city full of histories, and home to the largest beachfront garden in the world, as well as the biggest port in Brazil.
And also known for its direct impact in the history of soccer!
At the Vila Belmiro, home field of soccer legend Pelé and Santos FC, teams will depart for the last leg of The Amazing Race.
(XXXX & YYYY) won the last leg and will depart first, after a 18-hour rest, at 16:04!
Route Info: Drive yourselves to Guarulhos Airport in Sao Paulo and fly to your final destination: Miami, Florida!
Once there, travel by taxi to Ocean Park in Key Biscayne!
You'll find your next clue there at the 8th Lifeguard House.
You have 478 USD for this leg of the race. Good Luck!
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Teams are most likely taking the 1st flight out at 22:20. But if they can't, there is another availiable option at 23:30.
Flight Date: August 26th.
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Roadblock: "Who wants to go deep into the city?"
In this Roadblock, one team member must take a provided boat with the Neptune Memorial Reef diving crew and wearing a diving suit, go down to the Atlantis Reef to the underwater city.
Once there, he or she must navigate the beautiful sculptures until they find a postcard: their next clue.
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After the Roadblock, teams had to decipher the post card.
The post card referred to The African Queen. A known 1951 movie adapted from a 1935 novel. Teams would have to figure it out the clue was leading them to the actual African Queen boat.
The boat used as the African Queen in the movie is actually the 35-foot (10 m) L.S. Livingston which had been a working diesel boat for 40 years. The vessel was spotted gathering rust in a Florida marina in 2012 by a resident couple. The couple have since repaired the ailing ship and opened it up to tourists and film enthusiasts, providing cruises around the Florida Keys aboard the famous vessel.
Therefore, teams had to race to find the boat at Holiday Inn Key Largo.
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Route Info: "Rescue, Rehab, Release!"
Teams were left to figure it out that the clue was in mention to the motto of the Turtle Hospital in Key Largo.
Up there, they would find the next clue at the entrance.
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Route Info: Repair the Damage!
In this task, teams would have to learn from a turtle doctor how to correctly perform a shell repair and how to properly put up a bandage to their approval.
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Route Info: Find Fred and take a picture of him.
The picture will provide you the next clue.
Teams needed to learn that Fred is in mention to the "Fred the Tree". Once there, they should take a zoomed picture with provided smartphone.
Next to Fred, teams will see two words: NAVAL STATION
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Teams were left to figure it out they should take their taxi to the Naval Air Station in Key Largo.
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Roadblock: "Who remembers flying...a lot?"
In the race's final Roadblock, one team member had to correctly place (in order of visit) all the names of Airports they've visited during the race. Of course, there will be some wrong plaques to throw them off as well.
Three captains will be there to approve or disapprove the task.
If it's correct, the designated captain will fly the teams in a charter!
All the way to the Finish Line at Fort Jefferson!
Hurry up! The first team to check-in wins The Amazing Race!
Show contentTaxi Fares for the Leg (Courtesy of Taxi Fare Finder)
Miami Airport > Ocean Park ($47~$50)
Ocean Park > Holiday Inn Key Largo ($165~$170)
Holiday Inn Key Largo > Turtle Hospital ($129~$136)
Turtle Hospital > Fred ($14~$18)
Fred & Donna > Naval Air Station Key West ($95~$100)
Rounding up to 475 USD
If teams keep their cabs (probably will), the price might be smaller though.
Let's put some extra money for safety though.
August is in American Summer so the weather in Miami will be hot for water activities in that day.
Full Maps for the Leg:
Key Biscayne is an island town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 12,344 at the 2010 census [5] (in July 1, 2019 population was estimated in 12,846).[6]
Key Largo (Spanish: Cayo Largo) is an island in the upper Florida Keys archipelago and is the largest section of the Keys, at 33 miles (53 km) long.
Key West (Spanish: Cayo Hueso) is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Island, it constitutes the City of Key West.
FURTHER DETAILS
Hello, Judges! Hope you liked my leg. Here are some explanations:
1 - Santos is a huge part of Brazilian history and culture. I think it has never been visited before and would be awesome to see a leg there. The Pit Start is the legendary Urbano Caldeira Stadium, where Pelé (considered the best soccer player ever) wrote history every single day. I think this is a leg full of nature-sights so i wanted to begin with a man-made thing.
2 - Self driving to the airport is the only self driving i wanted to include. I think it's stupid (sorry for the word) to let anyone self drive in the final leg. It could represent speeding tickets plus danger. I know the taxi rides for this leg are long, but i figured it's best to have it this way than to risk teams and crews lives.
3 - As a great final leg should have, i've included some trick tasks in which teams have to solve a riddle or a photo to find a location. It's a classic in TAR and i love it. This makes the leg more difficult, i believe so.
4 - I think the rural Florida goes unused even though we had the brilliant final there in TAR 18. If you ask me, i'd prefer my leg over theirs...
5 - Fred the Tree is supposed to include some emotional tone towards the ending of the leg. Plus, teams have to take a picture because Fred is in a old bridge and teams are driving in another bridge. No easy way to connect there.
6 - Why is my memory task original? Well, it's never been done before if i recall correctly. Airports names are something tricky for the teams to decorate.
7 - This might be the most remote Finish Line even in TAR. I think it's nice.
8 - Also, i love the 2 Roadblock legs. It surprises teams, even though the Final Leg is not even a huge surprise anymore. I'd be surprised to see a Detour in a Final Leg again. So i think my leg fits with TAR's actual purpose of a Final Leg design.
9 - The Finish Line is inside that Fort Jefferson hexagon. The helicopter lands there - far enough from the finish line to not ruin everything though.
10 - I think this leg creates an emotional and happy aspect to the teams as well since they will be seeing lots of sight beauties along the way. Blue ocean diving, underwater city, turtles, airplanes, flying above that beautiful sea all the way to Fort Jefferson...will be awesome.
11 - For the 1st Roadblock teams will use an tradicional diving suit with a air pump. The post card will be inside a tradicional TAR clue which will be protected from the water, of course.
12 - At the African Queen, the clues would be inside the boat. Easy to spot.
13 - Instructions to help a turtle: https://www.cuteness.com/article/turtle-bleeding-shell
"Clean the wound, if you can, with water or hydrogen peroxide, and bandage it. Gauze bandages with adhesive on the edges may work well on small cuts, while sanitary napkins cut to size can come in handy for larger gashes."
14 - In Fred the Tree, there would be a sign placed to spell the words "Naval Station"
15 - In the final Roadblock, the plaques would have the original names of the airports. Instead of "Atlanta International Airport" we would have "Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport"
Of course, there will be more plaques with random names to confuse teams.
I believe this was all. Thanks!
Kamineko:
Design #11 - Nuku
[Buxton, North Carolina]
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Kamineko:
Design #12 - David
[Knoxville, Tennessee]
Show contentLeg 12 (Trinidad y Tobago to US)
*shots of different areas of the country visited in the previous leg*
Phil: This is Trinidad and Tobago, an island country in the southern Caribbean Sea. With a mix of Spanish and British heritage, this is one of the most inhabited countries in the Caribbean and just off the shores of Venezuela, and is dependent on oil as well as tourism. And on the eastern coste of Tobago Island lies Little Tobago. This small island, which serves as a natural space where birds breed and also has a coral reef around it, was the last pitstop in a race around the world. During the pitstop, teams have rested aboard a yacht and have been transported to Port of Spain Ferry Terminal.
Note: Departure times will be between 4pm and 8pm. Pitstop length could be somewhere between 18 to 24 hours to accommodate for the timing of this final leg.
Route Info: Use the provided album to get to your final destination city. Once there, take a taxi to your location, where your next clue awaits.
You have 50 USD for this leg of the race.
Additional Information (provided to teams along with the album):
If you require a place for online research, head to the Radisson Hotel Trinidad.
For flight bookings, get to Go 4 Less Travel Agency.
You MUST fly to the closest major airport to your destination.
Phil (voice-over): Teams must first find out that their next destination is Dolly Parton's theme park, Dollywood, in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
Tennessee is mainly known for country music and natural landscapes, as well as food and whisky distilleries. While Nashville is the capital of the country music, Tennessee is the state where the most prominent singers have developed their career in country music, and among them, The Queen of Country music. Dolly Parton has composed over 3,000 songs and sold over 100 million albums worldwide, which has given her nickname.
Teams will have to acknowledge Dolly's birth house in Sevier County, which gave name to one of her early albums, My Tennessee Mountain Home. Teams will have to realise by the small edit in the album cover that they do not have to go to the original birth house but to its replica in Dollywood. For that, they will have to fly to Knoxville, TN, and take a taxi to Dollywood. It is there where the same Dolly Parton will await teams with their next clue after teams sing to her a piece of one of her songs.
Note: Due to the few number of flights both at Port of Spain and Knoxville airports which make connections hard to achieve, all teams will be on the following United Airlines flights, which fly daily:
Route Info: Make your way to Gatlinburg Pigeon Forge Airport, and search the runway for your next clue.
Roadblock: Who wants to fly like an Eagle?
Phil: A Roadblock is a task that only one person can perform. In this Roadblock, both team members will hop on the light plane and fly 130 miles towards Warren County Memorial Airport. When the instructor says, the team member who is performing the Roadblock will have to search for a big race flag in the ground and, once they have found it in Airport Lake, skydive along with the instructor to it and retrieve the next clue. Once the jumpers have reached Airport Lake, they will have to swim to the buoy holding their next clue before taking a buggy for 2 miles to the airport where they will reunite with the other team member.
Route Info: Make your way to Happy Camper Campground, and search the main gate for your next clue.
Phil (voice-over): Tennessee is home to a great number of State Parks and many natural landscapes and sceneries, which makes it a perfect destination for many Americans who want to take some outdoor holidays, and campsites like this are the perfect place to overnight during such stays. It is here, that teams will find their next clue.
Route Info: Choose one of the camping areas and help the visitors by assembling the camping tent and their area with chairs, a table and cooking gear. Once you have correctly set everything as in the model area, the happy couple will hand you your next clue.
Phil: Camping is one of the most popular accommodations for people from all over the country that want to experience the healing power of nature in Tennessee. Now, teams will have the chance to show their camping skills by helping these young couples to assemble their camping facilities for their overnight in the outdoors. Teams will need a strong sense of teamwork and eye to detail to exactly match the model area. When they are correctly done, the young couple will give teams their next clue.
Route Info: Make your way to the Rock Island State Park, and head to Beach Rd where you will find the start of the Eagle Trail. Then, hike the Eagle Trail while collecting 11 different flags from the countries visited during the race before ending your hike in the Blue Hole, where your next clue awaits.
Phil (voice-over): Teams must now take a taxi 5 miles to the Rock Island State Park, a natural reserve which is one of the most popular green areas in Tennessee, where people go for hiking, swimming in their lakes along the waterfalls or stay in their cabins for a relaxing getaway. Once in the park, teams will have to follow the Eagle Trail, a 1.5 mile mountain course ideal for hiking, while they will collect 11 flags of the countries where each of the pitstops were located throughout the race course. Flags are placed on the trail in the correct order, so if they realise they have skipped one country, they can head back to search for it without having to wait until the end of the course and not wasting a significant amount of time. If they have all 11 flags at the end of the course, the Park Guard will hand teams their next clue.
Roadblock: Who wants to use the past to change their future?
Phil: This is the final Roadblock of the race, and it must be performed by the member who did not perform the skydiving. In this Roadblock teams are provided with a board and they have to attach each of the country flags in order into the corresponding team who performed best (among the Final Three teams) in each of the legs. When teams have placed all the flags, if they are correct, a key will drop on the lower right corner and they will use it to unlock one of the tandem bikes they will have to ride for 2 miles until the Finish Line: the Great Falls Dam Bridge. Located in the junction of the Caney Fork River and the Collins River, this pedestrian only bridge is the Finish Line for this race around the world. The first team to check in here will be crowned as the winners and receive the $1,000,000 prize.[/size]
ARI: Starting point of the Eagle Trail
Orange: Hiking Trail
RB: Place where the Roadblock takes place
Green: Tandem Cycle
FL: Finish Line
This is the overall time planning of the leg since the arrival at Knoxville. Estimated times for each transportation and task are included and an estimate of the time range when teams should be at each step of the leg. This estimate does not include possibilities of teams getting lost, etc. The whole leg should be done by 6pm or 7pm at most.
Kamineko:
Design #13 - betheactress
[Key West, Florida]
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This is Medellin, Colombia. A once small city specializing in gold and coffee, the 21st century saw this town turn into a sprawling urban utopia that's brimming with creative ideas for urban living seen no where else in the world. Medellin is proud to contain a eco-árbol, a tree-like structure that acts as an air purifier, pebble parks to dip your bare feet in mud, grass and a pond to relax, and a cohesive state-of-the-art public transport system to limit pollution.
Showing the true spirit of Medellin, the botanical park that was once closed due to the city's high crime rate reopened with a futurist design with stunning architecture. Teams will start their final leg of the race at the Orchideorama, inside the Medellin Botanical Gardens.
Kim & Michele, who were the first to arrive at the end of the last leg, will depart first at 2:48AM.
Michele: Fly to Key West, United States!
Teams must now fly 1500 miles to Key West, United States located in the Florida Keys. The Florida Keys are a string of tropical islands built on top of ancient coral reefs. A popular destination in the southern United States, Key West is a renowned for its Duval street pubs, pastel-hued houses and conch style homes.
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All teams are flying on the same flight to Key West International Airport, connecting in Miami.
When teams land, the only instructions they'll be given is to find the "southernmost point of the continental United States". Upon getting confirmation of the widely known spot by locals, they'll travel by taxi to the Southernmost Point Buoy. This landmark represents the unique closeness to Cuba and the Cuban community in the Florida Keys. Teams will find their next clue here at a custom clue box resembling a buoy. Teams have $94 dollars for this leg of the race.
Teams must now make their way on foot half a mile to the iconic Gato Cigar Factory. Founded by Eduardo Hidalgo Gato in 1871, it is a cultural landmark in the historical district of Key West. Gato was an innovative figure in old Key West, as he built apartments around the factory for his workers, paved roads, funded a hospital and even started a rookie baseball league. The Gato Factory was one of the earliest American integrated workplace where Cuban, African, Bahamian-Americans and whites worked side by side while their children attend the same school. Teams will find their next clue here.
"Who's ready to wrap up the race?"
Note: The racer who does not complete this roadblock MUST complete the final roadblock of the race.
A roadblock is a task that only one person may perform. In the first roadblock of the finale, the person performing this task must learn the art of cigar rolling. Gato took the art of cigar rolling seriously, from the way the windows face the east/west to maximize the sunlight, to starting the day arranging the leaves in 20 shades of brown to use the most expensive leaves as the wrapper. In this task, racers must focus on rolling cigars into different figurados:
Parejos are your common cigars. Torpedos are similar to parejos except that the cap is pointed. Pyramids have a broad foot and evenly narrows to a pointed cap. Perfectos narrow at both ends and bulged in the middle. Presidentes are shaped like a parejo but considered a figurado because of its enormous size and occasional closed foot akin to a perfecto. Once teams can roll 3 cigars of each figurado, the cigar master will hand teams their next clue in the form of a T-shirt.
Upon completion of the roadblock, the cigar master hands teams a shirt. While the shirt says Del Sol on it, teams are not going to the Del Sol shop in Key West! Instead they must be intuitive and realize that Del Sol is a famous Caribbean island gift shop specializing in color changing shirts. Upon putting the shirt in sunlight, teams will see that the shirt is directing them to head to..
Mote's Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Research and Restoration. Teams must hail a taxi and travel 30 miles to the coral research center located in Summerland Key. The location is in a prime spot in the keys, as it is near mangrove forests, sea-grass meadows and lies within the NOAA Marine Sanctuary. Teams will find their next clue here.
https://www.youtube.com/v/EV3_DwYumxE
Ocean acidification is one of the many climate threats to the world's oceans. Ocean acidification is the gradual lowering of the ocean's pH, which is caused by pollution of the atmosphere. This pollution (in the form of CO2) is taken in by the ocean water to form carbonic acid and this shift in equilibrium leads to less carbonate in the water for corals, mollusks and other marine calcifiers to form critical skeletons. With coral being a cornerstone and literal backbone of major underwater ecosystems, this is a threat to the environment, which was recently exacerbated by Hurricane Irma which destroyed many coral reefs.
A part of Mote's International Center's work is reef restoration, and in the aftermath of Irma the center has more than doubled their efforts and staff to growing coral in tanks before restoring them in the wild to rehabilitate the keys' coral populations. One method is using Biorock. The method uses an electrically conductive frame that is submerged and attached to the bottom of the ocean. The electric current (that is safe for swimmers and marine wildlife) draws and precipitates natural minerals such as the key calcium carbonate. Once the structure becomes solidified, divers take the coral (grown in labs like Mote's center) and attach them to the frame. With the stream of calcium carbonate, the coral grows faster than in the "wild" and the reef forms and attracts other wildlife found in coral reefs.
To get their next clue, teams must help assemble the biorock frame, take it on a boat and place it in one of the center's restoration sites. Once it's completed, they will free dive and help the conservationists attach coral to another structure to receive their next clue.
Upon finishing the task, their boat drops them off at Flying Bonefish Seaplane Base near Marathon where they open their clue, instructing them to travel by taxi to Matecumbe Harbor in Islamorada where their next clue awaits at the dock.
The Amazing Race is a test of team's navigational skills, and it will be back to the basics. Teams have a map of the keys with an X, as well as GPS preloaded with coordinates of a parcel hidden underwater. They must instruct their driver in where to drive and check their accuracy by reading their GPS. Teams will soon discover they were sent to an area in the vicinity of Alligator Key Lighthouse, which honors the navy schooner Alligator which went aground there in 1822. Teams will have to untie their parcel containing their clue in the chest deep water.
Teams will now have their driver take them to the largest party in the water at the Islamorada sandbar! This sandbar is located near mile marker 84 and is only accessible by watercraft, with tons of people coming to the sandbar with a variety of boats, from kayaks to paddleboards to fishing boats. This congregation of boats is a hit party scene in the summer months, featuring lounge chairs, barbecues and community camaraderie. When they arrive, teams will have to disembark their vessel to find their next clue atop a marked boat.
"Who needs to get a clue?"
Note: The racer who did not complete the prior roadblock MUST complete this one.
In the final roadblock of the race, racers will be tested on their memory of the special, unique clue boxes used throughout the race. Navigating the sandbar with a canoe, teams will search the literal sea of watercraft for clue boxes they previously encountered in the race. There will be multiple versions of each clue boxes, with some having the wrong color here or a missing attachment there. Once they collect the clue boxes in the race, they will bring them and arrange them in the order they were encountered. Once they are correct, they will receive the final clue of the race.
Teams must now make their way to the finish line, Founders Park! The park is a local recreation club for residents living or renting in Islamorada. Teams will have to take their boat under the bridge and dock at the Plantation Yacht Harbor & Marina on the gulf side, and then they must make their way on foot to the finish line located at the park's amphitheater! Hurry this is it, GO GO GO!
Producer notes
Show content-Teams' taxi trips are purposely broken up between foot travel and boat travel so that they can't keep one taxi the entire leg and force them to work hard to secure their vital transportation to get a million dollars (or have to work very hard to keep the same taxi such as instructing them to follow them while they walk on foot to the Cigar factory to keep them). This wasn't on accident, I wanted them to suffer on purpose! }:> Teams are given ample money (plus they should have leftover from prior legs) for the extended taxi rides.
-At the roadblock, the cigar master would only remove the incorrect ones so they wouldn't have to start all the way over.
-Upon completion of the coral task the trip to Marathon would take about 60 minutes, plus a 30 minute taxi to the next harbor. The reason it's not one big boat trip is that boats are slower than cars and teams shouldn't have navigate the entire ocean :lol: The boat to Alligator Reef takes approximately 60 minutes (I have done this exact trip before) and to the sandbar would be roughly 30min-45min as well using that estimation. This means the rough transport times should be 2-2 and a half hours. But it's a rural leg so this is to be expected!
-With teams landing at 1pm, the leg should take 5-7 hours with transportation times included which should put the finish at roughly sunset/twilight for that pretty ending which in the summer is around 8:30pm!!
-The final roadblock will offer the teams privacy, as a floating pipe and drape will separate the 3 racers completing the task from cheating or peeking.
-The coral task was my fave and I'm passionate about conservation (and have done bioframing before) so if you want to know more than what I didn't include in the 3 paragraph explanation PM me :luvya:
Maps. It's not one big map because I have locales off the main land and google doesn't like it. But it's all linear in the sense that we never travel south on Overseas Highway, always north!
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Kamineko:
Design #14 - BritishTARFan
[Cape Cod, Massachusetts]
Show contentWelcome to my finale leg of Design Challenge VIII, I hope you enjoy It :)
Wikipedia Style:
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Fantasy Style:
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Phil: This is London, England, the Capital of the United Kingdom. Home to nine million people this historic metropolis was founded 2000 years ago by the Romans as Londinium and is littered with culture & historic buildings such as…
…Leadenhall Market. This 14th century marketplace right in the heart of London’s financial district was the penultimate Pit Stop on this race around the world and will be the starting point of the final leg, of the Amazing Race!
Phil: James & Jamie who won the last leg of the race will depart first at 4:00am.
Clue: Fly to Boston, Massachusetts! Once you land, drive yourselves to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the town of Falmouth on Cape Cod, where you’ll find your next clue. You have $150 for this leg of the race.
Phil: Teams must now fly over 3000 miles to Boston, Massachusetts, the largest city in New England. Once they land at Logan International Airport, they must drive themselves 77 miles to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod, where they’ll pick up their next clue.
*Other teams depart at 4:23am & 4:32am*
Roadblock: Who’s feeling fishy?
Phil: Cape Cod is notorious for Marine Biology due to the diverse array of sea life found just off the coast. In this Roadblock, one team member must sit in a lecture and learn the names of 10 aquatic creatures, native to Massachusetts. Then they must go to a classroom and match each animal to their name, however, teams will have to match the animals with their latin name, not the English name which teams should pay attention to in the lectures. If they pass their quiz, the marine biologist will hand them their next clue.
Clue: Drive Yourselves to the compound which the 35th US president used as their base for their presidential campaign in 1960.
Phil: Teams must now figure out that the house the 35th president used as their presidential campaign’s base is the former home of John F. Kennedy. To get there, they’ll need to drive themselves 25 miles to 111 Irving Avenue in the town of Hyannis where they’ll find their next clue.
Clue: Drive Yourselves to Spanky’s Clam Shack in Hyannis to get your next clue.
Roadblock: Who is on a roll? Note: The team member who performed the last Roadblock may not perform this one.
Phil: Lobster Rolls are a staple here on Cape Cod, and here at Spanky’s, people can’t seem to get enough of these fishy delights. For this roadblock, one team member must deliver 12 lobster rolls to 12 customers on the Hyannis Harbour who are wearing t-shirts with the names of various locations seen on the race, printed on the back. Each roll will be marked with a leg number, so teams will have to give each customer the roll which has the leg number corresponding to the location on their T-shirt. In exchange they’ll receive a letter of the alphabet, once they have all 12 letters, teams must unscramble them, to get their next clue from the matradee.
Aaliyah: O, P, E, T, O, W, V, R, I, N, N, C. Oh!, It’s Provincetown!
Clue: Drive yourselves to the Barnstable Municipal Airport where you will travel by helicopter to the town of Provincetown, once there, travel by taxi to Cabot’s Candy Factory to receive your next clue.
Phil: Teams must now get in a private chopper to their final destination, Provincetown! Once teams land in this laidback town at the far end of Cape Cod, they must make their way to Cabot’s Candy factory, to receive their next clue.
Clue: With instruction from a confectionist, hand stretch 5 pounds of salt water taffy, to get your next clue.
Phil: Teams must now help to produce a favourite treat of Cape Codders, salt water taffy. Stretching this sticky taffy creates the chewiness which keeps the customers coming back for more. If teams can master this messy job, the confectionist will hand them their next clue
Clue: Travel by taxi to Race Point Lighthouse to find your next clue.
Clue: Listen to a series of Morse Code which tells you a list of the countries you have visited along the race. Once you have understood the code, you must run out to one of the boats on the beach and raise the flags of the countries heard in Morse Code in the order that you heard them, to receive your clue.
Phil: Morse code was invented by native Massachusettsan, Samuel Morse. And his invention will be the epicentre of teams final memory challenge. Teams must put on headsets and listen to a series of morse code which says out each country visited on the race in a non chronological order. Once teams have cracked the code, they can run to one of the marooned boats on the beach, and then raise the flags of the nations in the order they heard. If teams have raised the correct flags, in the correct order, the captain will give them their final clue, of the Amazing Race!
Clue: At Last!, The Finish Line, GO GO GO! Run along the marked path for one mile where you will find the finish line on Race Point Beach!
Phil: Teams must now run one mile along Race Point Beach, to the finish line where the first team who enters the mat will win the one million dollars and the Amazing Race!
Congratulations Alisha & Aaliyah, you are the winners of the one million dollars, and the official winners of The Amazing Race!
Flight:
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As It is the final leg, I wanted teams to be on the same flight to level out the playing field. This was the earliest direct flight arriving into Boston, which would roughly allow teams to finish around sunset, which would be a great setting to end the Amazing Race on.
Maps:
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Leadenhall Market —> Heathrow Airport
Logan Airport —> Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole —> 111 Irving Avenue (JFK’s House)
111 Irving Ave —> Spanky’s Clam Shack —> Barnstable Airport
Barnstable Airport —> Provincetown Airport
Provincetown Airport —> Cabot’s Candy —> Race Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse —> Finish Line on Race Point Beach
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Show contentSo I didn’t know much about the North East of the USA, so I chose Cape Cod as it’s an area I have heard about and I know is meant to be stunning. I essentially mixed what Cape Cod is famous for (Marine Biology, Salt Water Taffy, Lobster & The Kennedy’s) with what I remember doing at the coast when I was younger (in England), so learning about sea life, eating seafood (mainly fish & chips aha) and eating junk food. The morse code was just a random idea I had, it just so happens that Samuel Morse was from Massachusetts meaning the task made sense in the end.
This leg is expected to take around 8 hours, so after landing at about 12, teams should be arriving at the mat around 8pm, which is right at sunset, a beautiful ending to an Amazing Race.
Teams were given $150 this leg. This is because a taxi fare from Leadenhall Market to Heathrow will cost around $60-70 and teams will only have to travel very short distances in Provincetown so taxis will cost less than $30 there. Meaning teams will have enough leg money.
Teams were able to take notes in the marine biology lecture, however they weren’t allowed to take their notes outside of the lecture hall.
The Locations Which were named on the T-Shirts during the second roadblock are...
1. Tianfu Square
2. Anada Temple
3. Phewa Lake
4. Aquila Game Reserve
5. Cape of Good Hope
6. Chez Sami
7. Sundial Restaurant
8. Statue of Neptune
9. Palace of Caserta
10. Los Islands
11. Leed's Castle
12. 111 Irving Avenue
This above displays the Morse Code for the countries visited on the race. Teams would have heard this through headphones in the order of Italy, Turkey, United States, Myanmar, South Africa, China, United Kingdom, Lebanon, Guinea & Nepal. I wanted the final challenge to be challenging, which I believe it is. But as teams will already know the countries they had visited, teams should be able to work out the morse code so the task will be completable unlike the S16 detour.
Thank you for making it to the end, hopefully I’ll see you next round aha.
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