Topic: TARC 9 Speculation and Discussion of the LIVE Spoilers

[Brannockdevice]

The Amazing Race Canada might be filming in the Windsor train station?

8:16 AM EDT · May 8, 2023

https://twitter.com/maddyniffler/status/1655547246291582976

Guessing that they're on this train.

https://tsimobile.viarail.ca/#72

Likely on their way to YYZ

The train arrived at Union Station at 14:10 local time. If we assume they will be flying to their next destination, here are the domestic routes scheduled for the rest of the day at the time of writing:

- Montreal
- Vancouver
- Ottawa
- Saskatoon
- Calgary
- Regina
- St. John's
- Winnipeg
- Halifax
- Edmonton
- Quebec City
- Deer Lake
- Moncton
- Sault Ste. Marie
- Charlottetown
- Saint John
- Sydney

This all comes with the blind assumption that (1) they are flying at all, (2) they are flying today, (3) they are flying out of Pearson and not Billy Bishop (another airport in Toronto).

Another possibility is that they got off the train before Toronto. If so, they could have gotten off at Chatham, Glencoe, London, Ingersoll, Woodstock, Brantford, Aldershot or Oakville.

Let's see if we can't find them!

[Maanca]

Yeah, I wouldn't put a third leg in Ontario past them, but odds are on Montreal or Quebec City if they're flying out. They generally like to go west to east as much as possible.

[Jjw26]

To get to Saguenay they could've either flown from the Montreal airport this morning, which in that case they will arrive around 10:30 AM Eastern, or they could've driven from the Montreal airport to Saguenay which is about 5 hours and they would've encountered another HOO/sign up board. Only problem with the flying option is that it would mean teams would've had to have stayed in the Montreal airport overnight and somehow avoided any sightings despite that.

[Parasparopagraho]

^

Unless teams went through Saint-Hubert Longueuil Airport instead of Trudeau.

[Jjw26]

Unless teams went through Saint-Hubert Longueuil Airport instead of Trudeau.

The only flights I can find from Montreal is through Trudeau. The only other flights that land in Saguenay are through Wabush, Newfoundland which definitely isn't what teams took.

[Maanca]

Don't know much about what Saguenay has, but the Fjord National Park downriver seems like a place they might check out.

[stunami]

So they probably took the train in Montreal, then flew in the next morning. Maybe they did a task in Montreal last night? (like the two times they were in Toronto last season, perhaps a Guru task or find someone with departing time for the next morning.

I would also keep an eye for 'La petite maison blanche' which is now a museum but it became a iconic picture during the 1996 flood. As the only surviving house around, surrounded by water.

Maybe a pitstop (or pitstart of the next leg)

[Jjw26]

Don't know much about what Saguenay has, but the Fjord National Park downriver seems like a place they might check out.

With the lack of sightings today, this may actually be the case. Although I don't know how often we get sightings in Quebec.

[Xoruz]

Although I don't know how often we get sightings in Quebec.

French Canada has always been difficult outside of major cities.

[Max K]

Does Saguenay have any ski hills around? Is there still snow in the area? Has there been a city yet that's had challenges in the snow?  Seems to me there always is a snow type of challenge on TARC.

[Jjw26]

Based on the schedule so far this season, I think we're likely looking at the following for the rest of the season.

May 11: Leg 9
May 12: Rest/Production set up
May 13: Leg 10
May 14: Rest/Production set up
May 15: Finale

Maybe finale on the 16th if they spend a full day traveling for a leg.

[Jjw26]

Just a heads up, Amazing Race Isreal is filming in Iceland right now as we speak so if you're looking for sightings for TARCAN, make sure what version it is.

[Maanca]

https://www.facebook.com/notllocal
https://www.notllocal.com/local-news/amazing-race-canada-in-niagara-for-upcoming-series-6977628

On the Facebook post for this article, people are commenting that teams were in St Catherines and Fenwick on the same day as NOTL.

St. Catharine's is halfway between NOTL and Niagara Falls. Fenwick is farther SW. Maybe they started there and worked their way back to NOTL for the Pit Stop.

[Parasparopagraho]

Barring any scenarios like TARCAN8's snafus, TO should be the F5 boot as the third to the last leg.

[stunami]

But we are not even sure it's really us in Toronto no?
I would expect more sighting if it was us

[Parasparopagraho]

well  haMerotz 9 was/is in Iceland and there's no evidence that either the Finns or the Aussies have begun.

[stunami]

Well now we know for sure but my point was that there was no flag im that first picture…
It could have been anything, a team building challenge, a stunt event for a collecting funds for cancer, etc..

[Parasparopagraho]

Occam's Razor would have refuted any and all of the above.

Anyhow, still wagering Kenora for the penultimate leg (four in ON to balance BC) and Halifax for the finale.

[Jjw26]

Could they have flown into Toronto yesterday and just had the teams stay in the hotel the rest of the day to run the leg today in order for Jon and the crew to do this?:

https://twitter.com/tsx_tsxv/status/1657020107611095042?s=46&t=nXXFJ2AUue_l759BOVwsHw


<<@jonmontyand the AmazingRaceCDA crew joined us to open the market to celebrate its upcoming ninth season >>

[kyleisalive]

Occam's Razor would have refuted any and all of the above.

Anyhow, still wagering Kenora for the penultimate leg (four in ON to balance BC) and Halifax for the finale.

Halifax would be a good finale but my hope is St. John's. 

[Maanca]

They've never done an east coast finale before, so Halifax is definitely a possibility.

[stunami]

Urgh Toronto is so disapointing....

Wonder what the penultimate leg will be, but I'm also thinking we are going to have a East Coast finale (Halifax or St-John's)

[kyleisalive]

Urgh Toronto is so disapointing....

Wonder what the penultimate leg will be, but I'm also thinking we are going to have a East Coast finale (Halifax or St-John's)

It’s a real shame people don’t enjoy Toronto legs.  Living there I love seeing places that I pass by on the daily being used.  Since US doesn’t come to Canada it’s the only real opportunity to see the city used for the race.

No one complains about New York being a finish line city in TAR US.

[Maanca]

It's like why TARUS gravitates toward certain places over and over (like France or China) - for the convenience of a major travel hub.

Toronto's airport pretty much opens up the rest of the country. So instead of just flying out, they figure they might as well make a leg out it, and get a good night's sleep at a nearby hotel too.

[Jjw26]

The Immersion Room is there.  Might be an early memory challenge in a VR space.

There is reason to believe that there was a VR related task this leg so this checks out