# Road Rules: Semester at Sea

Road Rules: Semester at Sea is the eighth season of the MTV reality television series Road Rules. This season featured six cast members in the shipboard Semester at Sea study program, and followed the cast as they travelled aboard a cruise ship, both while taking school classes and embarking on the various adventures and scavenger hunts typical of Road Rules. This is considered to be the final season of the 'classic era' of Road Rules, as the format of the show would change significantly beginning with Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour. This season was filmed in: Nassau (Bahamas), Havana (Cuba), Salvador (Brazil), Cape Town (South Africa), Mombasa and Chyulu Hills (Kenya), Madras (India), Penang (Malaysia), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Hong Kong (Hong Kong), Shanghai (China), Osaka and Tokyo (Japan), and Seattle (Washington).
A pair of specials — a casting special and a "Passport to Road Rules 8: Semester at Sea" special, aired on June 8 and June 14, 1999, respectively, and the season premiered on June 21, 1999.

## Cast

| Cast member | Age | Hometown |
| Ayanna Mackins | 20 | Media, PA |
| Pawel Litwinski | 21 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Pua Medeiros | 19 | Hilo, HI |
| Shawn Sealy | 19 | Boston, MA |
| Veronica Portillo | 21 | Tustin Ranch, CA |
| Yes Duffy | 19 | Berkeley, CA |
* ^Note 1 : Age at time of filming.

## Missions

| # | Mission | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Sky Dive Onto A Desert Island | Completed | |
| 2 | Make Your Way To Civilizations | Completed | |
| 3 | Softball | Completed | |
| 4 | Picolino Circus Performance | Completed | The cast are able to give an iMac G3 for street kids |
| 5 | Live with South African Families | Completed | At the end of this mission the cast do a presentation of Apartheid on the ship |
| 6 | Photo Safari | Completed | |
| 7 | Install Solar Energy in Dalit Village | Completed | |
| 8 | Job at Matang Wildlife Centre | Completed | |
| 9 | "A Day in the Life of Vietnam" Race | Completed | |
| 10 | Ho Chi Minh Millions | Completed | |
| 11 | Dragon Boat Race | Completed | |
| 12 | Perform in Chinese Opera | Completed | The first half of this episode marred by anti-American Protest took place in Shanghai following the United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade |
| 13 | Anime | Completed | |
| 14 | Skidome challenge | Completed | |
| 15 | Salon at Sea | Completed | |

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
| 103 | 1 | "All Aboard" | June 21, 1999 (1999-06-21) |
| 104 | 2 | "Running Off With the Circus" | June 28, 1999 (1999-06-28) |
| 105 | 3 | "Answering to the School Bell" | July 5, 1999 (1999-07-05) |
| 106 | 4 | "A Coming Home" | July 12, 1999 (1999-07-12) |
| 107 | 5 | "A Coming Home (2)" | July 19, 1999 (1999-07-19) |
| 108 | 6 | "Pawel's Kenyan Experience" | July 26, 1999 (1999-07-26) |
| 109 | 7 | "Hot Voodoo" | August 2, 1999 (1999-08-02) |
| 110 | 8 | "Pulling Together" | August 9, 1999 (1999-08-09) |
| 111 | 9 | "Paint or Pay" | August 16, 1999 (1999-08-16) |
| 112 | 10 | "Just Say Yes" | August 23, 1999 (1999-08-23) |
| 113 | 11 | "Good Morning Vietnam" | August 30, 1999 (1999-08-30) |
| 114 | 12 | "Ho Chih Minh's Millions" | September 6, 1999 (1999-09-06) |
| 115 | 13 | "Growing and Rowing" | September 13, 1999 (1999-09-13) |
| 116 | 14 | "Shaghai Surprise" | September 20, 1999 (1999-09-20) |
| 117 | 15 | "The Perils of Pua" | September 27, 1999 (1999-09-27) |
| 118 | 16 | "Accusations" | October 4, 1999 (1999-10-04) |
| 119 | 17 | "10 Days" | October 11, 1999 (1999-10-11) |

## After filming

Veronica appeared nude in the May 2002 issue of Playboy magazine, along with other alumni of The Real World and Road Rules: Flora Alekseyeun, Beth Stolarczyk and Jisela Delgado. In 2007, she returned to the series as part of the alumni cast of Road Rules 2007: Viewers' Revenge.
In 2007, Ayanna welcomed her first daughter, Madison.
Yes is currently an architect and fabricator and works at University of California, Berkeley.
In 2018, the cast reunited for a 20-year reunion cruise. Ayanna Mackins, Pua Medeiros, Yes Duffy and Shawn Sealy attended the reunion.

### The Challenge

| Cast member | Seasons of The Challenge | Other appearances |
| Ayanna Mackins | Extreme Challenge, Battle of the Sexes, Battle of the Sexes 2 | The Challenge: All Stars (season 2), The Challenge: All Stars (season 4) |
| Pawel Litwinski | — | — |
| Pua Medeiros | — | — |
| Shawn Sealy | Battle of the Sexes 2 | — |
| Veronica Portillo | Challenge 2000, Battle of the Seasons (2002), Battle of the Sexes, The Gauntlet, The Inferno, Battle of the Sexes 2, The Inferno II, The Ruins, XXX: Dirty 30, Vendettas, Final Reckoning, Ride or Dies | The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros, The Challenge: All Stars (season 3), The Challenge: All Stars (season 4), The Challenge: All Stars (season 5) |
| Yes Duffy | Challenge 2000, Battle of the Seasons (2002), Battle of the Sexes | The Challenge: All Stars (season 1), The Challenge: All Stars (season 3), The Challenge: World Championship |