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gingerman28:
We got ourselves a heck of a lot of stuff to digest; seems to be an awful lot of activity going on down thar in Panama.
First: Shot of the Bransens (#24) reading route clue about flying to Panama City can anyone make out the TAR Route sign in the back ground? New Orleans or Belize?
Quick check of flights from New Orleans (MSY) to Panama City (PTY) and we have:
Continental Flight 522 leaving at 12:17PM arriving 6:24PM
American Flight 939 leaving at 1:45 PM arriving at 8:24PM
Delta Flight leaving at 1:30PM arriving at 9:00PM
American flight 877 leaving at 10:52AM arriving at 8:24PM
Continental flight 1422 leaving at 11:05AM arriving at 8:24PM
And there are no direct flights, all connecting through cities such as Houston, Dallas or Miami.\
And there may be other flights not listed with Travelocity (who is a sponsor afterall)
Flights from MSY to Belize (BZE)
American leaving at 5:59AM arriving at 11:14AM
USAirways leaving at 6:00 arriving at 10:54AM
American leaving at 6:46AM arriving at 1:26PM
American leaving at 8:54AM arriving at 2:35PM
Flights from BZE to PTY
TACA leaving at 5:15PM arriving at 11:30PM
Amereican leaving at 12:19PM arriving at 8:24PM
No matter whether they leave from MSY or BZE for PTY it looks like the flights all are going to arrive in the evening. And if they are going directly to Panama from N.O they will have a good long wait at the airport if scene #24 is correct and it is at the pit stop at Preservation Hall that they get the clue for Panama. It is dark in this scene but does the BG look like the same garden where the pit stop was located. And again if this is correct, that leaves no time for any other task to be filmed in N.O. which really seems strange to come all this way to a fairly popular tourist mecca and do nothing but run to Preservation Hall. And then go to the airport the nect morning. Very strange.
And so far all the scenes from Panama seem to be in daylight; but if they arrive on any of the listed flights they would have to camp out waiting for something to open the next day (which we do seem to have a scene of)
And finally, as someone suggested, why can't the pit stop be after the bird watching gig on the same remote island? If this were so, the Paolos would still have to take the same small boat down the river/canal as the other teams. They just would go directly to the pit stop without doing the baseball, bird watching, and hoochy goochy gigs. This has been done before.
charlierose:
It is very difficult to find out flights from New Orleans now after Katrina. But TACA and Copa should have flights out of New Orlenas to Panama. Copa is Panama official airline. Racers should go to Houston or Miami where there would be a lot of flights to Panama City. (AA has 3 daily flights to Panama from Miami). Usually flights to Central American countries leave in the morning and come back to the states the same day. And the flight time should be no longer than 3-3:30 hours.
Another thing why would the go to Belize, when they have bigger and more cultural countries in the rest of Central America. I dont think that Belize is either a country visited or Sequeterville. Chosing Panama and Costa Rica are good choices. But not Belize.
supsandalee:
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supsandalee, you got the right spot. For sure. :':')
At one point in the preview they are up in the crane and in the background you can see the triple set of cranes.
I will start looking into the time of day thing later on. Guessing Here: The shot you have here is of the remaining Paolos looking up at DJ who has to do the jump. Why is he the only one? Does he jump into the water? Or is it just bungee over the water?
supsandalee, did you see that airport for Panama City in Google Earth? It's tiny. No commercial jets there.
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I thought he would just bungee but I dunno from looking at this shot. He looks like he still has his shoes on but he's also wearing a life jacket. :yaya:
After reading the CBS clue "Two teams race for the fast forward on a course where they must face a fear of extreme heights", I had a scary thought. What if the bungee jumping is just part of the course and they have to swim to the boat where their families are? AND, what if another team could be doing the same thing on the other crane at the same time? They wouldn't allow the Gaghans to attempt the FF unless the Paolos failed, right??? Like the water tower from last season when Rob & Amber had to wait and see if Ray & Deanna finished.
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gingerman28:
If our calendar is correct, we have the teams in New Orleans at the Preservation Hall pit stop on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 13.
So they would leave around 1 or 2AM the morning of Thursday, July 14.
And we have a fairly reliable source spotting the teams looking for the Smithsonian Boat Dock in Panama on Saturday July 16.
If they took flights to Panama early in the day on Thursday, July 14 they would arrive in Panama on the evening of July 14.,so we have a lot of time unaccounted for. Even if they took a 36 hour pit stop in N.O they still would arrive in Panama on July 15.
Another thing. I am pretty certain that the next leg (Leg #5) is going to be an NEL. If it is an elimination leg then we have five teams left and 6 eps still to air which would mean a few NELs in a row. And I think we did have a spotting of five teams in Montreal (four on a flight from Toronto) and one from Chicago direct. Will go back and check on this. And according to Phil at the beginning (without saying how many legs we had) this TAR would have 7 ELIMINATION LEGS.
puddin:
--- Quote ---Another thing why would the go to Belize, when they have bigger and more cultural countries in the rest of Central America. I dont think that Belize is either a country visited or Sequeterville. Chosing Panama and Costa Rica are good choices. But not Belize.
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Sequesterville may very well be CostaRica or Panama , both have zipline stuff but still we have the other stuff about Belize ? where does it fit in?
Friday July 14?
Belize/Guatemala.
and then this
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Healthwatch: 'The Amazing Race 8'
--- Quote ---The word from a participant in a previous race is that the current one
is going so poorly that it might be ended early, the contestants sent
home, and the race cancelled. The source says that, unlike in previous
races, the first legs of this eighth race were run inside the United
States in order to eliminate as many contestants as possible before
sending the survivors overseas. However, things have not gone well, in
part because there are little kids involved, and in part because entire
families are involved. Another factor: The show has grown popular
during the past year, and so local media are providing saturation
coverage wherever the racers show up. This unwelcome attention has
been interfering with the running of the race. The remaining racers
are being held in Belize while the producers of the show decide what to
do next.
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and Heras Blog
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(7/26/05 3:45 pm)
Reply Re: Hera's Blog
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Sorry for vanishing on you all, but I have been in the middle of a move! To address the TAR family season. From what I hear, they are having a lot of problems with it and it may actually not be a rumor that it all gets canned. (I can't tell you my sources so don't even ask!haha) Personally, I think it would be a blessing in disguise because TAR is not meant for children!
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