Topic: TAR8 EP3 ~"I Don't Kiss , I Make out "

[gingerman28]

No hint is there of how the teams get from the Charleston Airport down to the Visitors Center. Do they go by cab? That would be a neat trick to get six people in one cab (along with the driver).  They do pick up SUV's at the Huntsville Visitors Center (they have a lot of driving to do, and will use them the next day to head toward Taladega and even on perhaps to New Orleans.) But what mode of travel do they do around Charleston?

I don't recall any specific mention of how many teams are on each bus, just that two buses left at 6PM and 9PM, so it is conceivable that the girls could have caught an earlier bus.  Or as happened in TAR6 (I think it was) the team who took the fast forward still ended up on the same bus as the others but after it arrived at the destination city, the team went directly to the pit stop and did not have to do the Detour or Roadblock.  Just my muddled memory, that is all.

[Chateau d If]

Hey, GMan! Are those bus departure times for real? 

I have always just been estimating them based on the Huntsville arrival time(s) and about 11 hours for the trip.

Also, they could have had vehicles waiting at the airport.

[never0102]

Tensions mount at the airport when families show signs of wear and tear and biting words are exchanged.
Schroders vs. Weavers

One racer turns a cumbersome task into playtime, goofing off and annoying her family in the process.
The Sisters or little Carissa??   We know its not Megan of the Linz, and prolly not the Bansons, and prolly not the Weavers

After many failed attempts at a task and with no end in sight, elimination seems imminent for one family.
Aiello's and car trouble. But iddoesnt lead to elimination just puts them on the second bus, and then maybe they still get eliminated.

[gingerman28]

Chateau: I'm looking through my notes to find the reference to the two buses from Charleston to Huntsville, but just have the note that two buses were used one leaving at 3PM and the other at 6PM and the trip took 9 hours. Can't find the actual post, but will look some more.

In the meantime I found this post on Blows from Sept. 2:

confirmed location/pit stop of TAR 8"
A friend of mine is starting a new internship with the Huntsville Space and Rocket Center in the pulic relation department. The past summer she was asked to come in one night for an event, which turned out to be the filming of The Amazing Race. She met the teams and the shows crew. So I know for a fact that this is a stop on the race route.

This would confirm your contention that the event at the NASA Space Camp was actually filmed during the wee hours of the morning (one night for an event) so that the teams would be leaving (as we have shots of) for the Marriott Hotel in the early daylight hours of the morning. This also makes sense since during the day (Monday) the camp area would be awash in staff and campers. All this late night activity must be takiing a toll on the Gaghan kids!!

Here is another post from TVoP which again confirms the late night filming at NASA:

Jul 12, 2005 @ 08:46 AM       

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I'm going to be good and not say where the racers are (I promised Mr. Ripley68), but I just had to comment. They filmed at a local attractions last night (and have to finish this afternoon). They did not put any signs or clues out until the racers were very close. They are leaving this afternoon and there are no marked cars and the clue box has been removed until they are ready to leave, and then I guess they'll put it back out. So people seeing clue boxes around Toronto for days would not happen. The producers are very careful to keep those things out only as long as necessary. I only saw them setting up for the "challenge." I have no idea what it was (neither did the staff of the attraction) and saw some production crews and security. Right now (8:50 AM central time) the production trucks are out front of a local hotel). I didn't see any racers or Phil (dammit). Mr. Ripley68 asked if I wanted him to set me up with Phil. Nah, I just want to see him! 

[Chateau d If]

that two buses were used one leaving at 3PM and the other at 6PM and the trip took 9 hours.

I think I posted that in Sucks a while back.   |(   I can't remember how I got the 9 hours because now when I run the to/from on Google Maps it comes back 11 hours plus.

The scenario I am currently believing is that the two buses came (together or separately) as reported just before midnight (first bus).  And then, they made the teams wait individual amounts of time that correspond with when they had finished the last task in Charleston.  The logic I am trying to scape together here is that (because of Dennis) TPTB decided to round up the teams and ship them to Huntsville as a unit and then let them go according to where they stood in Charleston.

Because, didn't some article say that the SUVs left the Huntsville visitor center between 1 and 5 am?  You know, individually, not as a mass of eight.  Or, it could be two masses of 4 teams with the first four at 1 am and the last 4 at 5 am.   :unde:

[supsandalee]

that two buses were used one leaving at 3PM and the other at 6PM and the trip took 9 hours.

I think I posted that in Sucks a while back.   |(   I can't remember how I got the 9 hours because now when I run the to/from on Google Maps it comes back 11 hours plus.

The scenario I am currently believing is that the two buses came (together or separately) as reported just before midnight (first bus).  And then, they made the teams wait individual amounts of time that correspond with when they had finished the last task in Charleston.  The logic I am trying to scape together here is that (because of Dennis) TPTB decided to round up the teams and ship them to Huntsville as a unit and then let them go according to where they stood in Charleston.

Because, didn't some article say that the SUVs left the Huntsville visitor center between 1 and 5 am?  You know, individually, not as a mass of eight.  Or, it could be two masses of 4 teams with the first four at 1 am and the last 4 at 5 am.   :unde:

This is the article: 
"The teams were expected to arrive at the Space & Rocket Center sometime in the afternoon of July 11th but were delayed because of weather conditions. Eight black Suburban SUV's were parked at the Huntsville Convention & Visitors Bureau awaiting the teams arrival. Employees at the Visitors Center and the Parking & Public Transportation Department didn't know what was going on. The cars were parked in their parking lot after business hours and were gone shortly after the workday began the next day. The first teams did not arrive until about midnight and the last team came in around 4-5 a.m."

What still bugs me is that the last team came in around 4-5 a.m. describes a single team and I don't know how that is if they arrived on two buses.

[puddin]

banzai you can have anything you want 

Good spoiling you guys  .. nothing to add but this might help ?

'Amazing Race' makes pit stop at Space Center

About midnight Monday, with Hurricane Dennis' last breath soaking Huntsville, there was a flurry of activity at the Huntsville-Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau at 500 Church St.

Between midnight and 4 a.m., one by one, a fleet of eight to 10 GMC Yukons rolled out of the parking lot and sloshed down Interstate 565, got off at exit 15 and headed toward the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
The popular reality show zipped into town Monday night and, after a series of challenges involving the Aviation Challenge centrifuge and a computer station at the Space Center, host Phil Keoghan counted off the contestants - "You're first, you're second. ..." Then, after a much-needed rest at the Huntsville Marriott, the teams packed up Tuesday afternoon and headed to Talladega.
Upon arriving at the Visitors Bureau, the contestants were given clues to find the Space Center. Once they found the museum, the teams went to Aviation Challenge for their first challenge that involved the centrifuge - an astronaut trainer that provides 3 1/2 to four Gs. After that, the contestants raced on foot to Rocket Park under the replica of the shuttle, where they were given clues to find a computer station inside the museum.

The teams completed their two challenges and then went to their rooms at the Huntsville Marriott. They were then given a 12-hour break before leaving Tuesday afternoon for their next challenge: Talladega.

http://www.al.com/entertainment/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1121246191244210.xml&coll=1
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NASA DISSES 'AMAZING' DEAL
By DON KAPLAN

 "Racers" trained like astronauts for the competition.     
 July 14, 2005 -- OFFICIALS at cash-strapped NASA refused to sign $10 million confidentiality agreements with CBS' "Amazing Race" when the show passed through one of its facilities in the deep South earlier this week.
A fleet of SUVs driven by contestants in the eighth installment of "Race" rumbled through the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., Monday night.

There, the racers were pitted against each other in challenges that utilized several of the astronaut-training devices, including a centrifuge that simulates the intense pressure of extra gravity during a rocket launch, according to an Alabama newspaper report.

But officials at the space center refused to sign the standard confidentiality agreements — and were tight-lipped yesterday about details of what took place when the show touched down in their neighborhood.

Earlier, the "Amazing" racers had arrived at the Huntsville-Madison County convention center on two buses and jumped into the SUVs, group by group.

All of them were drenched by the remnants of Hurricane Dennis and spent the night in a local Marriott.

"Race" reportedly started filming last Thursday with 11 teams. By the time the race reached the Alabama town — whose inhabitants work mostly for the military or NASA — one team had already been eliminated.

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I guess I don't need to be quiet anymore. The reason the USSRC didn't sign the agreement is because they have about 175 employees right now and it would be impossible to keep them all quiet and hold the center responsible for 1 stupid loud mouthed minor who is just working a part-time temporary job for the summer.It kind of ticks me off that the thing I have the closest ties to (no, I don't work there) so far has the biggest spoiler. At least the higher ups kept their mouths shut.

I have to say I was trying really hard to see the teams, I missed the last team by about 40 minutes. Locals would have seen them any time from 12 - 4 pm on Tuesday afternoon. I thought they were driving suburbans, but I didn't see any big cars with camera crews.

I'm also glad that the world will see Alabam has more to offer than rednecks and cotton.

Hi to all the other Twopers from North Alabama! 
 

http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,5916.15.html

[puddin]

..because banzai did a great job with this  :<(

updated version


The remaining eight to 10 four-member teams arrived here [Space Camp] late Monday from somewhere in South Carolina on two buses.



Upon arriving at the Visitors Bureau, the contestants were given clues to find the Space Center.


Once they found the museum, the teams went to Aviation Challenge for their first challenge that involved the centrifuge - an astronaut trainer that provides 3 1/2 to four Gs. 


Teams race on foot to the Rocket Park (in the Alabama Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama).


In the maze, teams have to find the clue box under the replica of the shuttle,


where they were given clues to find a computer station inside the museum.


The teams completed their two challenges and then went to their rooms at the Huntsville Marriott (5 Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama 35805).

They were then given a 12-hour break before leaving Tuesday afternoon for their next challenge: Talladega, Alabama. 

[kraziladi]

Hi everyone   :<(

I have been so busy this summer, just now getting a chance to get caught up on RTV. 

I was doing a bit of looking for that darned mission/adobe/pueblo style building.  I came across a house for sale in Scottsdale, AZ.  There is a picture of a stable, that is "similar" to the mystery structure.  Maybe puddin or banzai can put them side by side in a post.  Now, I know it isn't exactly what we are looking for, but possibly a stable of some type near the border.  I liked the idea that it could be from the movie set in that area, where alot of westerns were filmed.

Hope this helps a teeny bit!  :tada:

Can't seem to get the attachment to work???   Help 

I will try to PM puddin with it???

[gingerman28]

I wonder if Phil will give us any hint of the delays due to Hurricane Dennis in tonight's voice overs???

The teams may have been planning to fly to Huntsville the afternoon of July 11, do the Space Camp bit and then have a usual overnight pit stop at the Marriott Hotel.  But this was changed when airlines were cancelling flights so TPTB hired two buses which then were scheduled to leave at the times that the two original airline flights left. A chartered bus probably did the trip quicker (9 hours) than a regularly scheduled trip with numerous stops (11 hours). But if some teams did not arrive at NASA until 5AM, even if they completed the two tasks quickly, they probably wouldn't  be leaving Tuesday afternoon until possibly 7 or 8PM, and there is a note that the teams had all left by 4:30PM.

Delta Airlines had flights leaving CHS for HSV at 12:47PM and 3:47PM arriving at 3:36PM and 7:15PM via connecting flights in ATL (no direct flights). So it MAY have been that teams were supposed to get on these two flights (6 people a team means a lot of tickets for each flight) but due to Dennis the flights were cancelled so TPTB  chartered two buses leaving CHS with the same three-hour difference.(Another pair of flights via Delta coulld have left at 2:09PM and 5:18PM; again with a three hour difference.)  Of course, all of this is just speculation but would account for why the two buses would leave three hours apart.


Still no idea where the missing girls are - perhaps they had such a good time with the soldiers in Middleburg they missed the morning flights???

[Chateau d If]

Cancelled flights, excellent idea GMan!

But if some teams did not arrive at NASA until 5AM, even if they completed the two tasks quickly, they probably wouldn't  be leaving Tuesday afternoon until possibly 7 or 8PM, and there is a note that the teams had all left by 4:30PM.

Here, maybe the last time (5 am) was for the eliminated team and so the departure times for the next leg are not so bad.  Assuming that he 2nd to last team arrived a couple hours ahead of 5 am.

[Chateau d If]

I think you are right GMan!  From BTS I am finding cancelled flights (ATL to HSV) on July 11th.


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[gingerman28]

It is very conceivable that at least one team got lost driving from the Visitors Center to the NASA Space Camp knowing how well these teams read maps and follow simple directions. Remember it is now the wee hours of the morning, it is dark, and it is raining and these people have no idea where they are. (I wonder if the team that didn't know that Pennsylvania was a state also didn't know that Alabama was one also.??)The arrival times between midnight and 5AM are at the Space Center not on their arrival at the Visitors Center where they picked up their SUV's. So one of the teams on the second bus arriving at 3AM at the  Visitors Center could very well have gotten lost until 5AM. Now who gets lost?  The Aiellos? The Paolos?  Both not known for their map reading ability.

[puddin]

My bet is on the Weavers !! Plus they have been getting some odd editing .From the promo they are seen distancing themselves from the other teams , not wanting to share info ..maybe it comes back to bite them in the end ?

[puddin]

Chateau .. is this Tommy? its for my MW game  {l{ , they want to know the kisser .

[supsandalee]

My bet is on the Weavers !! Plus they have been getting some odd editing .From the promo they are seen distancing themselves from the other teams , not wanting to share info ..maybe it comes back to bite them in the end ?

You know if the Weavers do make it through one more episode it would be kind of cruel to have them do something at the Talledega speedway.

[Chateau d If]

Chateau .. is this Tommy? its for my MW game   , they want to know the kisser

Okay, yes it's Tommy.  But remember I got Nick and Alex mixed up.  Tommy's the one with the longest burns.  Nick and Alex's are short.  I thought one was shorter than the other but who knows when it comes down to a blurry 1/4".

[puddin]

thanks Chateau , I'll take a guess and say its Tommy  {l{

[puddin]

 

AMAZING RACE CASTOFF FAMILY: On this week's Amazing Race: Family Edition, the eight remaining families journey to a mystery location where they must perform a challenge that is out of this world. We'll talk with the latest family eliminated from The Amazing Race to find out what went wrong and get their predictions for the rest of the season.

Tomorrow (Coming up) on THE EARLY SHOW...  The next family eliminated from The
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Bloom!  Tomorrow (Coming up) on THE EARLY SHOW... 
And on a
lighter note, we'll talk with the next family eliminated from The Amazing Race.
 Plus, Hollywood heartthrob Orlando Bloom!  Tomorrow (Coming up) on THE EARLY
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Family Edition, the eight remaining families journey to a mystery location
where they must perform a challenge that is out of this world.  We'll talk with
the latest family eliminated from The Amazing Race to find out what went wrong
and get their predictions for the rest of the season.

[puddin]

No luck with the promo ..wheres banzai ? he's got the magic touch  |#'

[supsandalee]

No luck with the promo ..wheres banzai ? he's got the magic touch  |#'

Last week they did it on Monday. Was that just a fluke? I don't know when it is usually updated.

[puddin]

Nope last week they did it at 6:59 ET Tuesday  }} . No luck at all ..maybe they are onto us  ^/^

[Chateau d If]

Puddin, Is this the right link, for when it is working?  AOL

[Rob]

You know if the Weavers do make it through one more episode it would be kind of cruel to have them do something at the Talledega speedway.

Why do I think the producers have something to do with this?

Rob

[puddin]

The insider clips are up
I havent watched them all yet but Carissa LOST a pack with all the familys cash ,luckily mom found it at Borders bookstore at the airport .