Amazing Race

[georgina]

Did anyone see the football players at the finish line? I tuned it out.

They were there, smiling and clapping.

I agree it was a boring finale and I didn't like the way the show went this season at all. Just telling the answers to other teams in several episodes really rankled me.

 

[lifesavacation]

I love beignets so I didn’t quite get the issue with the boyfriends. Were they just unusually large? Whenever we go to Disney, we always get a bag of beignets from Jazz Kitchen to eat while we are waiting for rope drop.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I love beignets so I didn’t quite get the issue with the boyfriends. Were they just unusually large? Whenever we go to Disney, we always get a bag of beignets from Jazz Kitchen to eat while we are waiting for rope drop.

Maybe it was the adrenaline? I got the impression that it wasn't that it was too much food but rather his body just didn't want to eat food then so it was hard to keep it down; if that was it any amount might have been too much.

On the topic of beignets my husband and I absolutely loved the ones at DL when we went last year. So good.

 

[DisneyLover1217]

I love beignets so I didn’t quite get the issue with the boyfriends. Were they just unusually large? Whenever we go to Disney, we always get a bag of beignets from Jazz Kitchen to eat while we are waiting for rope drop.

I think he ate a lot of the cake when he was looking for the baby. So he was pretty stuffed when he had to eat the beignets.

 

[starvenger]

I'm not sure it (only for) budgeting. I think they realized that when one team ended up 6 hours behind due to a flight issue it removes all suspense and potentially slows down production since they can't move Phil and the production team around him until the last team is eliminated

You're probably correct in that it's a bit of both. Last minute tickets have the potential to be priced sky high. I believe in the beginning they could buy several refundable tickets. That eventually got changed so that it was effectively you-buy-it-you-fly-it, to the current situation, where they just need to check in. And these tickets are probably bought far enough in advance that you save quite a bit on the flight budget.

And there have been instances where Phil and crew were barely ahead of the Racers. So by switching to more of a stage rally format, Phil can do the Pit Stop, move on, shoot scenes at the checkpoints, etc.

 

[nicolita3]

There was one that finished in Vegas that was easier I think. No needle/haystack task so it really came down to the first taxi ride there.

I agree I think the Vegas one was the easiest one to date, I think all they had to do was slide down the side of the Luxor and ride on a helicopter. I think if they wanted more drama they should have swapped the puzzle from the last episode with the globe puzzle.

I was rooting for the boyfriends to win, so overall I am happy with how everything played out.

 

[Theta]

I couldn't stand how Hung treated Chee like a child.

 

[lisaviolet]

I had zero issues with the boyfriends the entire race, and found them quite amusing.

 

[starvenger]

I had zero issues with the boyfriends the entire race, and found them quite amusing.

My only real issue with them was that their plotting and scheming helped them to victory, because future Racers might try to emulate their strategy.

 

[declansdad]

I had zero issues with the boyfriends the entire race, and found them quite amusing.

I saw them quite different than you. I saw them as mean, petty and whiners.

 

[cats mom]

Well, that certainly wasn't a very exciting finale, and the finish order was the opposite of what I would have liked.
I didn't care for all the working together as an alliance type of play, but I still enjoyed the season overall.

 

[lisaviolet]

I saw them quite different than you. I saw them as mean, petty and whiners.

Yes I know.

 

[SaintsManiac]

I had zero issues with the boyfriends the entire race, and found them quite amusing.

They cracked me up. They definitely knew what to do to win, which I thought was the whole point!

 

[lisaviolet]

My only real issue with them was that their plotting and scheming helped them to victory, because future Racers might try to emulate their strategy.

I thought about that at times. The change in the game.

 

[lisaviolet]

They cracked me up. They definitely knew what to do to win, which I thought was the whole point!

Exactly what I thought.

I am a goody goody rule follower at times, and I *think* I am a decent person.

But I guess I like the game, the hunt, the strategy, the win more than my sweet little self realized.

 

[nicolita3]

Exactly what I thought.

I am a goody goody rule follower at times, and I *think* I am a decent person.

But I guess I like the game, the hunt, the strategy, the win more than my sweet little self realized.

I agree, it was a good strategy they used. It very well could have backfired on them too by creating an alliance that had 2 teams with athletes.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

But I guess I like the game, the hunt, the strategy, the win more than my sweet little self realized.

I have enough knowledge of myself and my husband that even if we might be good at some tasks in the heat of the moment we'd both probably come off as whiny and I know my husband would get frustrated quicker than me. Plus I get hangry...that itself means it's a no go for me

Even knowing this I reserve the right to judge any and all contestants as I live vicariously through their game play

 

[CynBeth]

Had a bad feeling it would be them winning. I love New Orleans unfortunately only been once so I liked all of the tasks even though did not care for 2 of the 3 teams.

 

[piglet1979]

I have enough knowledge of myself and my husband that even if we might be good at some tasks in the heat of the moment we'd both probably come off as whiny and I know my husband would get frustrated quicker than me. Plus I get hangry...that itself means it's a no go for me

Even knowing this I reserve the right to judge any and all contestants as I live vicariously through their game play

With my DH and I, if we ever went on the show would good for TV. We don't normally fight but get us in a high stress moment we are horrible and scream and yell at each other. We drive to Disney when we go. Once we hit Disney property the fighting starts until we park the car. That car doesn't move again until we leave. When we leave it starts until we are on the high way. Then we are good. It would be quite comical to watch.

 

[starvenger]

So Reality Blurred has an interview with the producers Elise and Bertram, and with regard to the alliance, they said

“I’m going to be really honest with you,” Doganieri told me. “I think we’re going to have to put a rule on that in the future.”

But given how the Race dynamics work, they said it's unlikely to be a blanket ban on alliances

“We wouldn’t want somebody just share information with another team. It might be challenge-specific, because sometimes we might want them to work with a group.”