S29: Spoilers (No Elimination Info)

[Whimsy]

I have no spoiler info, but I'm sure it's out there!  Go ahead and start spoiling away season 29!!

[ApprenticeFan]

It's LA start once again. Yes, the starting line is back after being absent in last season.

Starting line is at Grand Hope Park in LA from Georgiapeach herself on RFF.

Edited June 10, 2016 by ApprenticeFan

[TheRabbi]

There was a starting line task done as individuals, with the first people to complete it getting to pick their partners, schoolyard style.

Leg 1 is heading to Panama city.

Edited June 11, 2016 by TheRabbi

[theschnauzers]

3 hours ago, TheRabbi said:

There was a starting line task done as individuals, with the first people to complete it getting to pick their partners, schoolyard style.

Leg 1 is heading to Panama city.

This probably needs a clarification. Production cast 22 individuals -- no teams. First task involved getting luggage from a luggage store with the flag of the first destination country, Panama. After all 22 Racers returned to the start line, then Racers, in the order they returned with the correct luggage, picked any of the other Racers as their teammate, until 11 teams were formed, and teams were released to take taxis to LAX.

[Lantern7]

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This probably needs a clarification. Production cast 22 individuals -- no teams. First task involved getting luggage from a luggage store with the flag of the first destination country, Panama. After all 22 Racers returned to the start line, then Racers, in the order they returned with the correct luggage, picked any of the other Racers as their teammate, until 11 teams were formed, and teams were released to take taxis to LAX.

Bert? Elise? Y'all are killing me. Killing me. I'm hoping that CBS is impressed enough to give them a thirtieth season, which I understand would be "all stars" format . . . only the fourth in the show's history.

[Supay]

Leg 2 will be in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the second visit to the megacity since the Season 9 premiere.

[Lantern7]

Isn't there a huge concern about the Zika virus? Or is that just with Rio?

[Supay]

Just RdJ (and environs). Leg 3's going to be in Africa.

[theschnauzers]

Africa is not yet confirmed.

[ApprenticeFan]

On 06/14/2016 at 3:07 AM, theschnauzers said:

Africa is not yet confirmed.

After a lack of sightings, one of African legs will be in Zanzibar in Tanzania.

And also the leg after is Alesund, Norway.

All taken by RFF

Edited June 19, 2016 by ApprenticeFan

[theschnauzers]

Confirmation of a leg in Zanzibar only came today (not known if it was more than one leg) as well as confirmed sightings of a leg starting today in Norway. Likewise, it is not known where or how many legs total were in between Sao Paulo a week ago and Norway today other than the one Zanzibar leg.

[TheRabbi]

It appears the next leg will be in Milan, Italy. Assuming this is leg 6 or 7, we'll probably have another leg in Europe and then hit Asia for a few before the finale. Pretty solid route lineup so far I'll say. Even without new countries, they're hitting countries or cities that haven't been done to death already. 

[ApprenticeFan]

7 hours ago, TheRabbi said:

It appears the next leg will be in Milan, Italy. Assuming this is leg 6 or 7, we'll probably have another leg in Europe and then hit Asia for a few before the finale. Pretty solid route lineup so far I'll say. Even without new countries, they're hitting countries or cities that haven't been done to death already. 

I bet Australia will be the penultimate leg before heading home after spent the last two penultimate legs in Asia.

[TheRabbi]

Venice, Italy will also host a leg, the second time after season 4. The Milan leg ended in Lake Como.  So a rough potential outline so far:

1: Panama city

2: Sao Paulo

3 and 4: Zanzibar (have to assume there's 2 legs there due to production habits)

5: Norway

6: Milan/Lake Como, Italy

7: Venice, Italy

 

ApprenticeFan: assuming Asia is up next, then an Australian penultimate leg would be the first 6 continent race since season 5. I can't see it happening.  My money is on Japan, since they have been exactly every third season since its inception (except a bit closer in 18 and 20).

[ApprenticeFan]

TheRabbi, the last 6-continent race visited in the US season was season 11/first AS race. Though Guam is a part of Oceania. The 29th season would be the fourth time TAR will visit all six inhabited continents. TAR 26 and 27 had 2 back-to-back seasons within 5 visited continents (with the exclusion of Oceania).

Apparently, teams have spotted travelling to Greece by ferry.

Edited June 24, 2016 by ApprenticeFan
Greece added

[ApprenticeFan]

Leg 1: Panama City, Panama

Leg 2: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Leg 3: Unknown

Leg 4: Zanzibar, Tanzania

Leg 5: Ålesund, Norway

Leg 6: Varenna and Lake Como, Italy

Leg 7: Venice, Italy

Leg 8: Athens, Greece

Assume if there would be one Italy leg takes place within two days as the production scheduling, with teams arriving in Milan, then to Varenna/Como and transportation to Venice to end the leg, if so.

Edited June 24, 2016 by ApprenticeFan

[SnideAsides]

RFF is suggesting the next destination after Athens is Hanoi, which... is unexpected, both because of the distance and because of all the flak the show got last time they went there.

Also, based on the timing between Sao Paolo and Zanzibar, I'm about 70% confident the missing location is Johannesburg or somewhere similar in South Africa. It's too much of a time gap for teams to go straight from Sao Paolo to Zanzibar, but not nearly enough of a time gap for anything other than somewhere that was already on the way. (I can't see it being another leg in Brazil itself, because of Zika and because we were just there in TAR27; while another leg in Zanzibar is a possibility, this feels very much like a 'last roll of the dice' kind of route, you know?)

[ApprenticeFan]

The season has filming the final destination city in Chicago today. RFF has a lots of pictures.

[Lantern7]

I really hope the final leg doesn't involve deep dish pizza. Bertram and Elise should still be getting grief about that.

[ApprenticeFan]

Also, there is speculating the penultimate leg will be taking place in Seoul, South Korea between Ninh Binh and Chicago.

Edited July 3, 2016 by ApprenticeFan

[ApprenticeFan]

On 24/06/2016 at 11:30 PM, ApprenticeFan said:

Leg 1: Panama City, Panama

Leg 2: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Leg 3: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Leg 4: Zanzibar, Tanzania

Leg 5: Ålesund, Norway

Leg 6: Lake Como, Italy

Leg 7: Venice, Italy

Leg 8: Athens, Greece

Leg 9: Hanoi, Vietnam

Leg 10: Ninh Binh, Vietnam

Leg 11: Seoul, South Korea

Leg 12: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Edited July 9, 2016 by ApprenticeFan

[mertensia]

Varenna to Venice? That's either by train or driving. 

[Kanaloa]

Boo to zero new countries, which once seemed a temporary setback between Seasons 21 and 24 corrected by the latest four.

(Like, should've gone to Nairobi + Mombasa and Torshavn instead!)

Edited August 10, 2016 by Kanaloa

[ApprenticeFan]

New promo has released during Survivor will have a biggest twist in Amazing Race history with 11 teams of two that did not know each other. Much like TAR 26 consisted of blind date teams, it will be an all strangers by schoolyard pick to form teams of two.

Edited March 9, 2017 by ApprenticeFan

[ApprenticeFan]

First teaser of TAR29 took from Survivor commercial:

[Robert]

I am not sure if this helps, or means anything...

I *think* I actually had a couple of teams go past me last year in Melbourne, Australia. Searching back on Facebook indicates it was November 23.

I was walking along Flinders Street (opposite Flinders Street station) after work and two teams and a cameraman each went past. I recall one of racers being an Asian lady (and one of the cameraman was bloody hot), but nobody else stood out (bunch of generic white dudes lol). ;) Also it was peak hour with everybody on their way home, so it was fairly crowded and this happened in a matter of seconds. (One team and cameraman zipped passed, quickly followed by a second team). To tell you how quick it was, all six people zipped passed me in the short distance between the Woolworth and Fitness First on Flinders Street (for anybody local that knows that particular patch, their is only something like 10ish metres between them). One of the cameraman had a distinctive North American accent when he went past saying 'excuse me', nothing stood out for the others.

At the time I was thinking it was for an Canadian or Asian edition, I still don't know. I could very well be. It all happened very fast, so my memories of the events are not that long. One of my best friends reported seeing something similar, wherever he was that day. If anybody has any clues, I'd be interested to know :)

The weather was really crappy that day as well. Miserable (though it has been pretty nice a few days prior). I was mainly fascinated by the camera I saw the cameraman with (a little handheld rectangle thing - I know nothing about this stuff, but I found it fascinating for the moment I saw it.

[ApprenticeFan]

Thanks for sharing, Robert and turns out a local race. TAR 30 is still on hold for production and filming will start once when TAR 29 is airing.

Edited March 18, 2017 by ApprenticeFan

[Plaidmoon]

Over at RFF, we had a couple of sightings similar to yours around November 23rd at Melbourne Town Hall and at the airport in Sydney (with a few pictures). We never did figure out which TAR version it was. TAR 29 filming was done months before this.

[legaleagle53]

On 3/17/2017 at 3:54 PM, ApprenticeFan said:

Thanks for sharing, Robert and turns out a local race. TAR 30 is still on hold for production and filming will start once when TAR 29 is airing.

Pity it wasn't a revival of TAR:Australia.  That was one of the better versions, until Grant Bowler started phoning it in during the last series.

[Vyk]

There will be an African quasi-Switchback in the form of the Learn It Detour from TAR12, leg three.  Only this time, the language will be Tanzanian Swahili instead of Burkinabe More (or Sinhala, as in TARA4):

The Instagram entry comes directly from Ashton.

Source from http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/reply/12415631/TAR29-SPOILER-THREAD#reply-12415631.

Edited April 14, 2017 by Vyk

[Lakebum]

1 hour ago, Geenee said:

#TeamFun joins the fourth Canadian season's winners Steph and Kristen as the sole EP holders to avoid its use past the expiration date. 

Isn't that what happened to John and Jessica in Season 22? John, mostly, as Jessica kept telling him that they needed to use it because they were behind, and he kept insisting that there were teams behind them.