Topic: TAR 23 Ep 7 Abu Dhabi "Speed Dating is the Worst"

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Thanks Claude!
 

Episode 7 courtesy from TV Guide:

TEAMS TAKE A JOY RIDE IN ABU DHABI WHEN THEY RAPPEL NEARLY 200 FEET AND RACE CARS AT GUT-WRENCHING SPEEDS, ON “THE AMAZING RACE,” SUNDAY, NOV. 10



                “Speed Dating Is the Worst” – Teams take a joy ride in Abu Dhabi when they rappel nearly 200 feet and race cars at gut-wrenching speeds, on THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, Nov. 10 (8:30-9:30 PM, ET/CT, 8:00-9:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network.  Emmy Award nominee Phil Keoghan (@philkeoghan) is the host.

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TV PREVIEW! Thanks Alenaveda!!

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	Leg 7 (Vienna, Austria → Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates )
Filmed	23 June
Broadcast	10 November
ROUTE INFO	Fly to Abu Dhabi, UAE
FLIGHTS	Unknown
ROUTE INFO	Sheikh Zayed Mosque
ROUTE INFO	Travel via yacht to Yas Marina
ROUTE INFO	Yas Viceroy Hotel
ROADBLOCK	Rappel 200ft off the 9th floor
ROUTE INFO	Yas Marina Circuit
TASK	Ride in F1 car around track
ROUTE INFO	Al-Mina Vegetable Market
DETOUR A	Replicate Date platter
ROUTE INFO	Unknown
DETOUR B	Create traditional fishing traps
PIT STOP	Unknown
SAFE
AT RISK
ELIMINATED

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PREVIEW!

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[georgiapeach]

Please wait to post until AFTER the show has aired US time. Canadians, no spoilers until then please!

Have fun!!

[Alenaveda]

Preview and caps up!

[claude_24hrs]

Caps 15-26 are dates fruit. It is harvested in MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region and a popular exporter to MENA countries such as UAE, Egypt, Oman, Kuwait, Tunisia and Morocco.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date palm

[Lutpay]

Possible pitstop! Where's this?

[gamerfan09]

This does not look good for Nicky/Kim 

[Air]

I am reasonably sure this leg is a NEL (I'm sure it's been spammed everywhere) for this reason:

We know that Indonesia 1 is a NEL.

TAR never does double NELs anymore.

Indonesia 1 is Leg 9, the last possible leg to have an F5 NEL.

Therefore this leg is a NEL.

[TARFansurvivor]

Really hope they ride Formula Rossa roller coaster, located at Ferrari World. When they are so close!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Belle Book]

This does not look good for Nicky/Kim 

I think this is going to be an NEL, so Nicky & Kim may survive this round!

[Candi Lee2]

TEAMS TAKE A JOY RIDE IN ABU DHABI WHEN THEY RAPPEL NEARLY 200 FEET AND RACE CARS AT GUT-WRENCHING SPEEDS, ON “THE AMAZING RACE,” SUNDAY, NOV. 10



                “Speed Dating Is the Worst” – Teams take a joy ride in Abu Dhabi when they rappel nearly 200 feet and race cars at gut-wrenching speeds, on THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, Nov. 10 (8:30-9:30 PM, ET/CT, 8:00-9:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network.  Emmy Award nominee Phil Keoghan (@philkeoghan) is the host.

[Neobie]

Check out the roof of the al-Mina Vegetable Market. But what can you rappel off that's 60m?

[Zachary]

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS LEG!!!!

Abu Dhabi is a wonderful city!!!! 


This leg has to be a NEL...
Please be a NEL

They ain't eliminating 6 teams in the first 7 legs..
that's insane!!!

[walkingpneumonia]

But what can you rappel off that's 60m?

The minaret's at the Sheikh Zayed Mosque are 107 m tall but the gallery is  considerably lower - maybe around 60 m?
But I wonder if they would be allowed to rappel off of them.

[kiki]

The car that we see is a Yas Radical SST. It is driven by a professional driver and you can book a ride in it. Here is all the relative information
 http://www.yasmarinacircuit.com/en/experiences/passenger-experiences/yas-radical-sst

Note the restrictions, although I don't think they apply to any of the racers

Due to the restrictions of this race car, please note our minimum height restriction is 160, maximum height restriction is 188 cm and maximum weight restriction is 105 kg

P.S. According to this http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=sweene001tim
Tim is 6' 3" and that's about 190cm. So Marie is doing this task?

[kiki]

This is the Sun Tower in Yas Marina Circuit


According this article http://www.timeoutabudhabi.com/sportandoutdoor/features/28017-yas-marina-circuit#.UnlFExDcD68

a 60m-high VIP suite known as Sun Tower ensures unobstructed views for the ‘very important people’,

60m. is about 196.85ft. So teams could rappel from the Sun Tower straight into the circuit and the cars waiting. A RB maybe?

This is only speculation of course.

[gator27]

Tim is 6' 3" and that's about 190cm. So Marie is doing this task?

Tim isn't the only one Pinky is repelling!

[georgiapeach]

Working on the vid, hang tight!

[Lutpay]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfo92Zd6Esk

[Slowhatch]

Good guess, Kiki; It looks like the Yas Marina hotel.

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Preview vid is up in post 2, caps to follow!

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[Slowhatch]

Just a confirmation of Neobie's find: the fruit and vegetable market off of 20th street. You can see the "Amber Dates" shop from the promo (photo source).

[kiki]

In caps 17-21 Jason & Amy and Travis are doing something with nets. Maybe this has something to do with that fish picture we had from the intro?
The two detours could be fix the nets or prepare a disk of dates.

[jetishidae]

Who's the one who said the girl have some serious mental issue (something along that line if that isn't correct) referring to Marie?
It's not Tim right?

[ranger1010]

Pretty sure it was Tim that said that. It didn't sound like any of the other males either

[Candi Lee2]

[Lutpay]

Sneak Peek! 

http://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/video/5F9A7B96-B5D2-6278-4978-3516CB703BEA/the-amazing-race-speed-dating-is-the-work-sneak-peek-/

[georgiapeach]

Sneak peak now up in post #2!! Thanks lutpayy!

[kiki]

The names around the track are names of Formula 1 drivers and the time underneath are lap times.
The lap record for Yas Marina is 1:40.279 by S Vettel (2009).
I saw in the clip the names of Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, Rubbens Barrichelo, Kazuki Nakajima and Jarno Truli. The first three are still racing in F1. I didn't see the name of Sebastian Vettel, but I think that his must be the name they are looking for.
This would be an easy RB for a fan of F1 like me, because all the names are familiar and I can immediately exclude some of them , but for someone who has no idea who these people are it could prove quite difficult.

[georgiapeach]

Wonder if they are all given a DIFFERENT name in order to prevent sharing?? 

[georgiapeach]

Okay...missing things:

Is the mosque the first task? Then the yacht?

Rapell list
Roadblock list
Detour List

And THIS! A hotel garden? somewhere cool, shady, with water will be a premium in Abu Dhabi.....  Also seen in the Press Pics^^

Possible pitstop! Where's this?

[Neobie]

After failing to find a suitable location for Leo/Jamal in that confessional, I was thinking - could it be Indonesia instead?
Not sure about the Jason/Amy pic; what are they doing?

[georgiapeach]

I have been thinking this would be a straight forward NEL, but could we actually have another KOR? What does our calendar suggest? Or maybe they are just leaping ahead...

[Boingo]

   tough to tell, but both of them may have a extra days growth (or two) on their beards....

perhaps it's from the Al Ain (Abu Dhabi) leg....

[georgiapeach]

Hmmm, try this one for comparison.

[georgiapeach]

Al Ain (Arabic: العين‎, al-ʿayn, literally The Spring), also known as the Garden City due to its greenery (wiki)

[Boingo]

Al Ain (Arabic: العين‎, al-ʿayn, literally The Spring), also known as the Garden City due to its greenery (wiki)

I fully expect BVM to somehow work in Al Ain's #1 tourist attraction (Paradise Gardens) into that weeks episode.

[georgiapeach]

There is also an AL Ain OASIS....

But why futire pitstop images IF this a NEl?

[Neobie]

It's the vegetation that makes me second-guess Abu Dhabi; I don't remember seeing that type of luxuriance in the Gulf Area unless it's a carefully-manicured garden, and trawling the internet for photos of gardens in Abu Dhabi don't give a match... It doesn't match the oasis in al-Ain (also called the Palmerie) either; that one's filled with palms, not the trees we see in Jason/Amy's photo nor the garden we see in Jamal/Leo's photo...

The racers don't change their clothes much! Here are photos from the spoiler team in Bandung:

[Neobie]

Still don't know where the fishing nets are; here's what we have so far, including my own (intelligent guess, but baseless) speculation for the Pit Stop location. Or at least around that neighbourhood?

[georgiapeach]

I could see one racer pair at a future pitstop, but not sure I have ever seen two. 

Love the MAPS!!

[Lutpay]

So, the Roadblock comes first? 

Yeah, Heritage Village is likely a match with our pit stop picture..

I speculate this is our regular NEL, there's no way Leo and Jamal didn't change their clothes 'til leg 9 unless they lost it..

[Lutpay]

Oh yes, you're right Neobie, it might be from Indonesia.. It's probably Wisma Kerkhoven inside Bosscha Observatory complex.

[paradoxinee]

So, the Roadblock comes first? 

Yeah, Heritage Village is likely a match with our pit stop picture..

I speculate this is our regular NEL, there's no way Leo and Jamal didn't change their clothes 'til leg 9 unless they lost it..

Leo & Jamal do not have much clothes to change. On the ferry from Norway to Polan, they have already left most of their belongings and only keep very small bags.

[georgiapeach]

Oh yes, you're right Neobie, it might be from Indonesia.. It's probably Wisma Kerkhoven inside Bosscha Observatory complex.

Wow lutpayy, that is awesome! But, whew CBS giving us that so far ahead!

[Tarfan37]

something i was thinking of.. could the ice girls/bunnies get so far behind that they had to show us 2 weeks and have that special instance where some teams start next leg while the last place team still has yet to finish?

[nosyrabbit]

something i was thinking of.. could the ice girls/bunnies get so far behind that they had to show us 2 weeks and have that special instance where some teams start next leg while the last place team still has yet to finish?

Oh no! 

Not another All Stars Switch Back

[maf]

something i was thinking of.. could the ice girls/bunnies get so far behind that they had to show us 2 weeks and have that special instance where some teams start next leg while the last place team still has yet to finish?

In fact we already had this situation once this season. Chester & Ephraim landed in Lisbon, during their leg #3, after the first two teams had already started leg #4.

[Neobie]

Thanks Lutpayy! Now we need to place the Jason/Amy shot. Here it is again:


Looking at clothing, it doesn't match anything we have her in in the upcoming legs...

In the Abu Dhabi leg she has long sleeves:
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb140/ga--peach/TAR%2023%20promos/Ep%207/PREVIEW/23-7-preview-caps0360.jpg

No picture of her in al-Ain just yet.

In Bandung I she doesn't have her hair done up:
http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff397/farhan_zouly/TAR-LIVE/1062203_615057901851322_937234036_n_zps7f3cf71e.jpg

In Bandung II she's back to long sleeves, albeit it's at the top of a volcano, so it might be colder:
http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=28799.0;attach=227167;image

Vegetation-wise it doesn't look like the Middle East to me. Water's at a premium, and any place that's paying to have a pond/river in it probably would have manicured lawns, not the unkempt grass we see. It does remind me of Indonesia a lot more than it does the UAE.

One more thing: Amy's make-up is perfectly intact. It looks like a confessional before the start of a day (any mid-leg bunch-points in Indonesia?), or could it possibly be pre-race?

[paradoxinee]

Somehow it looks like Japan for me but in Japan, I think Amy wears different shirt, too.

[Lutpay]

Pretty sure it's pit start 

[cattychic]

So, the Roadblock comes first? 

Yeah, Heritage Village is likely a match with our pit stop picture..

I speculate this is our regular NEL, there's no way Leo and Jamal didn't change their clothes 'til leg 9 unless they lost it..

Can u tell me where the pitstop pic is for this leg , I must've missed that ?

[Lutpay]

So, the Roadblock comes first? 

Yeah, Heritage Village is likely a match with our pit stop picture..

I speculate this is our regular NEL, there's no way Leo and Jamal didn't change their clothes 'til leg 9 unless they lost it..

Can u tell me where the pitstop pic is for this leg , I must've missed that ?

We haven't got it yet.. Neobie's speculation it could be Emirates Palace or Heritage Village. Our suspected pit stop picture turned out to be Bandung leg.

[kiki]

^ Could this picture be in Vienna? Maybe somewhere in the gardens of Schonnbrunn for the pit start?

[georgiapeach]

Pretty sure it's pit start 

^ Could this picture be in Vienna? Maybe somewhere in the gardens of Schonnbrunn for the pit start?

Looking at clothing, it doesn't match anything we have her in in the upcoming legs...

In the Abu Dhabi leg she has long sleeves:
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb140/ga--peach/TAR%2023%20promos/Ep%207/PREVIEW/23-7-preview-caps0360.jpg

I am with you all, this could easily be somewhere around the back of the Neptune Fountain:






And re the outfit...her tank top is color coordinated to go with the long sleeve top we see her in in Abu Dhabi....

[DrRox]

Here are Jason and Amy at the Pit Stop mat at Schoenbrunn Palace.



Unknown location of Jason and Amy



Obviously different attire in the two photos. But it is certainly possible that Jason and Amy could have changed quickly between the mat and the apparent confessional. That would only involve Jason changing shirts and possible Amy removing her T-shirt. The one thing that tends to make me think the unknown location is not in Austria is the difference in Amy's hair/make-up. The unknown location photo, to me, just screams of a pre-leg confessional/interview. Maybe it is in Vienna, Before heading to Abu Dhabi? The masonry in the upper left is interesting.

[georgiapeach]

So you don't think that it is the pitstart of the next leg, as they leave Vienna, as we were discussing?

[serendipity]

I also think the photo of Jason/Amy is at pit start in Vienna, it doesn't seem like taken in UAE since I think they need to wear shirt with sleeves there

[georgiapeach]

Very good point. ^^

[Ticasmom]

I am not sure how to move a cap to another post  but if you go to the one where Amy is working on the fishing trap, her hair looks like it is up in the top knot.  So I too would believe that shot of her and Jason are at the beginning of the leg in Vienna.

[Neobie]

Mystery solved! (And good job, guys!) It's the Stadtpark (next to the Pit Stop hotel: Hilton, of course) in Vienna.

[georgiapeach]

  The amazing Neobie!! wow.