Team placements were only shown when they checked in at the Pit Stop at the end of each leg. 2) Unlike in later seasons, Season 1 did not show running placements of teams on screen during each leg of the race, showing only the names and team identifier. However, Phil's synopsis was absent in one episode. Future seasons would then simply have the theme music with the presentation of the teams. Season 1 had many unique features that were changed or would not appear in later seasons: 1) The introduction of each episode featured Phil's voice giving a brief synopsis of the show with theme music in the background and the presentation of the teams. Leg 11 was a 36 hour Pit Stop and teams were able to go on rides at the amusement park they had just visited. In Season 9, the Pit Stop in Leg 7 lasted 24 hours as the show's producers didn't want racers cluttering up the airport waiting 12 hours for the only direct flight to Perth, Australia via Dubai. Season 7 had 36-hour pit stops in Botswana (Leg 7) Jodhpur, India (Leg 8) Istanbul, Turkey (Leg 9) and London, United Kingdom There were also two 24 hour Pit Stops, after Leg 9 in Sepilok, Malaysia and after Leg 11 in Brisbane, Australia. Season 6 featured 36-hour pit stops in Stockholm, Sweden (after Lena & Kristy were eliminated at the farm on the night) Budapest, Hungary Ethiopia and Xi'an, China. In Season 4, three legs had 36 hour Pit Stops, which occurred after Leg 3 in Gmunden, Austria Leg 5 in Muiden, Netherlands and Leg 7 in Alleppey, India. This pit stop still holds the record of being the longest - 60 hours.
Normally Pit Stops are 12 hours, however there have been exceptions: In Season 1, at the end of Leg 5, teams were relocated to Gabès because of a sandstorm at the desert pit stop. Creators Bert Van Munster and Jonathan Littman doubt that the family format will be revived in the future. In hindsight, the production team has admitted that the concept of a Family Edition "looked good on paper" but failed in execution, since child racers limited foreign travel for that season. USA Today shared similar opinions, adding that "the idea of being trapped in the back seat for a forced cross-country family drive comes closer to a nightmare relived than a dream come true." Racers were also disappointed that they did not have a chance to travel to more exotic locations in one episode Marion Paolo commented "Why are we going to Phoenix, Arizona for? I want to go to New Zealand!", a statement that also summed up the general opinion of the season. Seeing parents yell at their children in exotic New Jersey? Not so fun".
Entertainment Weekly commented that "Half the fun of The Amazing Race has always been watching the inter and intra-couple bickering that goes with being chronologically late and lost in a foreign land. The expanded cast also made it more difficult to develop individual story lines. The main issues were the lack of international travel and watered down challenges tailored to families.
Fans, critics, and racers were lukewarm over the format changes implemented in Family edition of The Amazing Race.
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