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TAR 35 (formerly "36") Transportation
ianthebalance:
Perhaps production took the non-stop flight
RaceUntilWeDie:
--- Quote from: maf on December 12, 2023, 02:37:24 PM ---I missed that shot in the episode. The really interesting text is under "Kommentarer" (Comments) on the left. Translated to English this reads: "Go to the spontaneous trip line. Only pick up customers arriving with a camera team! Special order call ### to get a fixed price. Call the customer before you leave the terminal."
That is, somebody called the taxi company and ordered a bunch of taxis which should kind of pretend to not be pre-ordered. This probably happened when the teams were ready to leave the airport. And they got a fixed price which explains how Anna Leigh could pay before they arrived (that is harder to do if they run with the meter).
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Wonder how long they’ve been doing this. This season, even though it was a “return to basics”, felt rather controlled but only slightly less so than the COVID seasons. Many legs had “marked” taxis (this is why we barely saw drama with teams needing to switch taxis — they simply couldn’t). The flight drama leaving Thailand felt manufactured as if production made sure teams only had 3 specific options to choose from, and as if the travel agency workers were given a spiel similar to the taxi cab message that maf pointed out.
None of this is factual, obviously, just saying my honest thoughts on how it came across to me as a longtime viewer and fan.
ianthebalance:
I’ve noticed that as well. I really hope the taxi stuff is related to continual COVID concerns and not production trying to micromanage the race (because production doing whatever it can to take variables out of teams control is never fun and leads to less great moments imo)
Zack.:
--- Quote from: ianthebalance on December 15, 2023, 01:20:53 PM ---Perhaps production took the non-stop flight
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I'm not actually sure. I think in previous years Phil flies with production and u/RainingNiners on reddit mentioned Phil was on their Delta flight from LHR to SEA on 7/6, which would be DL 21 London-Seattle 1525 1800. It's not a lot of advance time for him to film but the scramble locations were all close enough that he didn't need to travel much.
Linda BC2:
--- Quote from: Zack. on December 16, 2023, 08:01:32 AM ---
--- Quote from: ianthebalance on December 15, 2023, 01:20:53 PM ---Perhaps production took the non-stop flight
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I'm not actually sure. I think in previous years Phil flies with production and u/RainingNiners on reddit mentioned Phil was on their Delta flight from LHR to SEA on 7/6, which would be DL 21 London-Seattle 1525 1800. It's not a lot of advance time for him to film but the scramble locations were all close enough that he didn't need to travel much.
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Some info on timing in Seattle - Phil and the advance team flew in July 6 around 5pm. The standup on top of the Space Needle was on July 7 around 1 pm, while the teams arrived around 7:30pm.
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