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[]
| Name | Age | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 |