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The Amazing Race All-Stars Ends in San Francisco

First of all, let me apologize for the picture of Erwin & Godwin. I know they are not in this race, but as I was not able to procure pictues of the All-star teams, and I missed the Cho brothers, I decided to use them. Sorry.

The final leg of The Amazing Race All Stars was much less than amazing. I actually think that this was one of the more boring legs of the race. Too bad. So, teams left in the order they arrived. Dustin & Kandice get their clue first. It sends them to Honolulu, Hawaii. They race to the airport and find a flight via Tokyo that will get them in at 7:40 the next day. Eric & Danielle and Charla & Mirna get on a later flight out of Guam, but all the teams are booked on the same flight to Honolulu. Now, here’s where things get interesting. Charla & Mirna read the departure board and see a different flight to Honolulu. They beg their way onto the flight that will get them to Honolulu 40 minutes earlier than the other two teams.

Meanwhile on the other plane, Dustin, Kandice, Eric and Danielle are all wondering where Charla & Mirna are. They marvel at how they manage to get flights that no one else knows about. Duh! They read the boards and take the time to find out. If you took more time, you would be just as smart.

Charla & Mirna arrive in Honolulu and take a taxi to the Kamaka Air Hanger where they must sign up for charter helicopter flights leaving 10 minutes apart. Needless to say, Charla & Mirna arrive first, Eric & Danielle second and Dustin & Kandice third.

The charter flight takes them to the island of Lanai where they will find a jeep and drive themselves to Kaumalapau harbor where they will get their next clue from a man in ceremonial Hawaiian dress. The clue they receive here is a Detour. In this Detour teams choose between Under and Over. In Under teams must go to an underwater cave and time their entrance to dive underneath and grab the clue. In Over, teams must stand on paddleboards and paddle themselves to a buoy with a clue on it. Charla & Mirna chose Over. The other two teams chose Under. It took a while for Dustin & Kandice to complete this task. They were having difficulty timing their dive.

Charla & Mirna get to their clue first and see that they must now travel to Shipwreck Beach which has a WWII cargo vessel beached not too far off shore. The terrain at this beach makes it easy for Eric & Danielle and Dustin& Kandice to catch up and surpass Charla & Mirna. Upon arriving here, teams get their next clue which tells them to get in a kayak and paddle out to a buoy near the shipwreck. Their next clue is attached to the buoy. Eric & Danielle seem to have little trouble getting to the buoy, while Dustin & Kandice and Charla & Mirna have a much harder time. Dustin & Kandice cannot agree on how to approach the target and end up fighting. Once they finish the task they even have some harsh words for each other. Boo Hoo. See the sympathy?

The next clue sends the teams back to the airport. They must catch a flight to their final destination (hey isn’t that a movie?) city of San Francisco. Once here they must find the Old Mint to get their next clue.

The task at the Old Mint was rather clever. One team member went into a room and answered four questions that gave them a numerical answer. They then used this answer to input a code into a safe. The other member then must go into the same room and guess what answers the previous teammate provided. If they can’t guess within 10 minutes, then the safe opens on its own. If they can guess correctly, it would give them a great advantage. The questions asked are about the 12 teams that began the race.

The questions were: 1. Who is the least trustworthy? 2. Has the best sense of humor? 3. The most over-rated? 4. The ones you would want to stay in touch with? It is pointless to tell you who chose what, as none of the other teammates were able to guess the answers. Once the 10 minutes was up the vaults opened.

This clue told the teams to get to the San Francisco Botanic Garden which is the end of the race. The first team to arrive here will win the race and the 1 million dollars. The teams finished in the following order:
1. Eric & Danielle Congratulations!
2. Dustin & Kandice
3. Charla & Mirna
Well, this is the end of TAR All Stars! I can’t wait to meet new teams and obstacles when TAR starts up again.

Posted by Wendy on May 7, 2007 09:33 PM
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Felt like the final was very anti-climatic, didn't like that it was only an hour. Some of the past finals which were two hours and had more then two stops, and more challenges. It almost felt like the producers just wanted to end the show quickly.

Just my thoughts

Peace

Kalico

-- Posted by: Kalico at May 7, 2007 11:25 PM

@Kalico --

I totally agree! It was very disapointing. I am hoping for better next time around.

Wendy

-- Posted by: wendy at May 8, 2007 11:12 AM

Eric and Danielle completed the final safe/code challenge...that's what gave them their lead at the end.

-- Posted by: Stephanie at May 8, 2007 11:33 AM

@ Stephanie --

I was so sure that no one had opened the safe. I went back to my DVR to re-watch it and sure enough, you are right! Danielle DID get it open. Sorry! Thanks for the correction. I don't know what happened to my eyes or brain!

Thanks! Wendy

-- Posted by: wendy at May 8, 2007 06:43 PM

Tomorrow is the big day when CBS announces their fall 2007 lineup. Rumor going around that Amazing Race might not be on the schedule. I hope the rumors are wrong and we will be able to see AR12 in the fall.

Any thoughts???

Peace

-- Posted by: Kalico at May 16, 2007 12:14 AM

@ Kalico --

Woo Hoo! It has been picked up as a mid season start. Whew.

Wonder where they will be going this time?

-- Posted by: wendy at May 16, 2007 03:28 PM

@ Wendy

So I guess that means only one race next season. :(

At least that will mean it won't be delayed by Football games anymore.

I am happy they are bringing it back, but it dose need a little more something (more surprises, etc. i.e. the elimination of a team in the middle of a leg, etc.).

I miss a lot of the suspense of the race, I thought it was missing a lot in the All-stars.

Thoughts?

-- Posted by: Kalico at May 16, 2007 06:09 PM

@ Kalico --

Yes, I know what you mean. I was pretty disappointed with All Stars overall. There were a few moments I really liked, but in general it was pretty dull.

Maybe they are waiting till mid season to run so that they can re-vamp what they are doing.

I just hope they don't go with family TAR again, or if they do, make it adult family TAR, they never got anywhere good with the kids in tow.

Shaking it up a bit would definitley be a good thing.

Maybe it was so boring because all the teams had played before. It was kind of like "been there, done that". Maybe it was because Charla, Mirna, Dustin, Kandice and Eric were all getting on my nerves. (for some reason not so much Danielle, maybe because I felt sorry for her having to deal with Eric)

Hmmm...whatcha think?

Wendy

-- Posted by: wendy at May 17, 2007 10:21 AM

Hey All,

Just a quick congrats to the Amazing Race for winning the Emmy for Best Reality Competition Program. Woo Hoo!!!

Now we have to wait another four months till we get to watch that damm show again!!!

Peace

Kalico

-- Posted by: Kalico at September 17, 2007 01:14 PM

Very Good News -- Amazing Race 12 will be premiering on Sunday Nov 4th at 8pm.

The only bad thing is that we will have to deal with football delay again.

But the good over-rules the bad

Peace

Kalico

-- Posted by: Kalico at October 24, 2007 02:41 PM

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