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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 4:16 pm
It could be the final leg, Jewels! Tar13 was meant to be filming April to May. They're a bit brave (regarding leaks) to end in somewhere like Portland though. Maybe it's the start and it was delayed a few weeks... Let us know what else you hear!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 4:19 pm
Okay thanks Wilson for explaining that. I thought when you said CBS learned by its mistake, you were talking about CBS subjecting us to us to the miserable winter edition of BB instead of TAR.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 7:00 am
Don't they always end in a metropolitan area? I know one year they ended in Dallas, they've ended in New York and I also think I remember San Francisco and Denver...wouldn't be the first time.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 7:24 am
They usually end in an area near a major airport, and Portland does have one. However, they usually try to set it up so they end in the morning (and it's usually a Sunday morning so there's not a lot of traffic or people to figure out what's going on). Even so, there are several flights from 4 cities arriving there in the morning that could be possiblities.... -Honolulu (wouldn't be a stretch,as they've used Hawaii many times as a stopover) -Tokyo (again, wouldn't be a stretch) -Vancouver (if they did the next to last leg in Canada, this could work) -Frankfurt (an extreme longshot- if they went West to East, I would think they would end it on the East Coast of the US)... More likely, they may be doing interviews with one of the teams, doing their "team tape" they have before they start the show..
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Jewels
Member
09-23-2000
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 8:11 am
More info...somebody local went and checked out the scene. http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,15356.msg301243.html#msg301243
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 9:18 am
Jewels... that is a great link re: spoilers about the teams and the sightings. I'm sooooooo excited!!! I'm saving this link to my faves.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 9:23 am
BTW- CBS announced TAR will be in the normal Sundays at 8pm (or after 60 minutes if the football goes long) slot in the fall...
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 11:21 am
I'm not going to visit that link because I don't want to see any spoilers, but I am SO glad to know they are filming! YAY!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 12:18 pm
Would someone who doesn't mind seeing spoilers de-spoiler the info in that link for us? E.g. take away anything to do with the teams and just let us know any locations or number of legs or info like that? I'd appreciate it .
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 1:09 pm
I went over and it shows ending in portland oregon on or about 5/12.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 1:42 pm
Okay, how did I see Phil in Denver on April 16th if he was off filming TAR? Shouldn't it be starting on 5/12? I'm confused. 
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 2:54 pm
I don't know how it could have ended on 05/12/08 because everyone is posting the sightings of 11 couples at a certain unnamed airport in a certain unnamed city on the west coast on April 22.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 3:01 pm
Okay, now I'm reading the most updated threads on the site. They have spotted teams (with the camera crews) running today in Portland. Whether or not these are the teams still in the race or decoys, no one knows.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 3:15 pm
Interesting stuff! Thanks for de-spoiling .
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 3:52 pm
Don't be confused Brenda, you saw Phil in Denver on April 16th and it appears to have started on April 22 (in a certain unnamed city in an unnamed state on the west coast - but not Denver).
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 7:54 pm
Maybe they zig-zagged on the Western Continent before heading around the world? Or maybe the sighting in Portland is not the end of the race - just another leg and it hasn't ended yet? 3 weeks is a pretty hectic/short race, but possible.

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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 10:12 pm
Thanks for the link, Jewels. Very interesting.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 5:02 am
I don't know Kona. But there is a map tracking the last three weeks with postings from people who have seen them at various airports, landmarks, etc. I guess they could have done the race in three weeks, because it doesn't make much sense to have them come back to the USA and travel outside the country again (unless the final leg is in Alaska). It just seems to me that doing a race like this in three weeks has got to be rough. (Or it could be decoys that were seen in Portland.)
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 6:40 am
Here's the apparent finish line location....
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Jewels
Member
09-23-2000
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 7:13 am
That's a good place. They can close the road off going up to it, although there are other houses up there, but you pretty much can't see the Pittock Mansion from anywhere else. I can't believe they are here! Portland really isn't that big of a city. It will be fun to see "us" on TV, if in fact this is all true.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 7:25 am
more apparent Portland spoilers: Reality Blurred article
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 8:28 am
This was a tough race if they did it in 23 days!!!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 9:30 am
Well, when you think about it, they have how many pitstops? 10? 12? And the legs of the race are generally 1-2 days at the most (depending on travel). Although that certainly doesn't give much downtime at pitstops it certainly could be done in that amount of time.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 11:07 am
True Rox, but I read somewhere a couple of years ago that the pit stops aren't always 12 hours if flights are cancelled because of weather. Some pit stops can last one to two days if the flights are cancelled. Wilson can correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that the reason most of the races are about 30 days?
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Keldogg
Member
08-12-2005
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 1:37 pm
The Pittock mansion location would be a perfect place for a finish line. The grounds are beautiful, the view is amazing, it's secluded. And besides, I would love to see my home town featured on the show!
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 1:38 pm
Hey all! I made a new area for Amazing Race 13, HERE. You can move the party over there if you'd like! Woohoo for a new TAR!! 
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 1:38 pm
I agree that it would be difficult, but just thinking it could be done. The shorter the race the less chance of spoiling too (trying to psych myself into not peaking this year...probably won't work!).
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 1:51 pm
The previous season was apparently filmed over 21 days. link Wikipedia has dates for earlier seasons, too.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 2:06 pm
YAY... Lori gave us a new party area!!! Wooo hooo!!!!
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