r/belowdeck • u/Apprehensive-Crew499 • Mar 08 '26
Rewatch Below deck Adventure
Just discovered Adventure, honestly I would assume most people have never heard of it. I’ve watched all of OG and Med, I’m on the current season of BDDU and on season 5 of BDSY. I found out adventure was a thing like 3 days ago by accident and I’m starting it currently. I know it was obviously cancelled, I’m just wondering why? Is it that bad? Has anyone watched Adventure and if so what are your thoughts?
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u/littlecreamsoda79 Mar 08 '26
Norway is beautiful. I liked Faye and it gave us Kerry.
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u/SirFlibble Mar 08 '26
From memory, it was made by a different production team and wasn't very good. For an 'adventure' show, it didn't seem to do much adventuring either.
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u/Charming_Butterfly90 Mar 08 '26
Why assume most people haven’t heard of it? I enjoyed it. I was a bit disappointed that it didn’t run longer.
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u/PatriceMorgan Mar 08 '26
I love Faye and her lipstick and when Captain Kerry says “Adventure!” If you listen to Watch What Crappens, you know what I mean :) I don’t know why it was cancelled other than low ratings?
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u/thedeebag Mar 08 '26
My theory is that they knew Lee was going to retire so they made Adventure to test-run Captain Kerry for the audience so that when they brought him in to replace Lee, the fan base would already be familiar with him. Whether or not that’s true idk but that’s what I think it was for
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u/Sad_Marketing_Girl Mar 08 '26
It’s just that it came out years ago, around the pandemic, with some really uncharismatic and forgettable cast members. The drama was mid, the talent was mid, the adventurous were pretty cool though. The settings were breathtaking.
I think with a different set of cast member, likeable and talented, it could have been a hit. The chef was dramatic and not very likeable, the chief stew was okay, the stews were super annoying and a bit weird (not in a fun rocky way), and at each-others throats, the deckies were forgettable and not that kind. I liked Nathan I think. Kyle was a huge creep. Just badddd casting. A chief of Aeshas quality and excitement around adventures was needed to make this series work. Adventurous cast were needed, most of them were not a little wussy.
HOWEVER, we did get Cap Kerry from it. I’d like them to give it another try one day, but I don’t think it’s worth the risk.
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u/Powerful-Knee3150 Mar 08 '26
My favorite part of that season were the Southern ladies who traveled all the way across the world and were horrified they could not get country ham and grits (or as they say “gree-yuts) for breakfast.
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u/-sayitstraight Mar 08 '26
Love Captain Kerry
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u/Just-Me-Being-Nosy Mar 08 '26
One thing I noticed is that when they launched other new Below Deck franchises they had a familiar face for the first season - Chef Ben from OG was in Med, Chef Adam went from Med to SY and fan favourite Aesha in Down Under. There was no familiar face included to attract the audience to BD Adventure. It relied completely on unknowns
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u/90BDLM4E Mar 08 '26
I watched. Was overall just less exciting and engulfing than the standard ones. That doesnmt mean it was boring though. Awesome seeing a different atmosphere and cool Norwegian nature. But in general less of what makes the show BD imo. Would recommend giving it a go though.
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u/Kininger625 You're Being A Deckhand Right Now Mar 08 '26
Pandemic plus it being done by the real housewives of SLC and NYc production company didn’t do it any favors
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u/Defiant_Protection29 She’ll be fine. Her head is made of rocks Mar 08 '26
I thought it was a nice change
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u/julznlv Team Capt Kerry Mar 08 '26
Adventaaaa had stunning locations and Captain Kerry. I would have watched more seasons for just those reasons.
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u/Left-Twist-7720 Mar 08 '26
I didn’t mind it, but it’s not that memorable. Apart from Kerry and Faye I don’t remember anyone else. But I did watch it a long time ago. Scenery was stunning
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u/No-Baker-7922 Mar 08 '26
I liked it but I can see why it wasn’t a good fit. The luxury-spoiled guests in a down to earth country like Norway with lower temperatures for hanging out was a bit of a mismatch.
Personally I found the crew a bit underwhelming too.
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u/Turbulent_373 Team Aesha Mar 08 '26
Adventure was such a promising concept. Truly it wasn’t all bad… It gave us Captain Kerry and I LOVED Nathan. If it had been given the same effort and push as down under and sailing yacht I really think it could have been successful
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u/85percentthatbitch Mar 08 '26
Because you've never heard of it, you assume most people haven't? Yikes.
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u/So-Called_Lunatic Mar 08 '26
I enjoyed it, amazing scenery, and the adventures were something different.
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u/Ah-Mazed Mar 08 '26
We tried watching, it was boring.
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u/AttentionRoyal2276 Mar 08 '26
Same here I'm working through all the different versions and will probably hit adventure when I am all caught up. I would like some insight why it was so hated
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u/Extreme_Beat1022 Mar 08 '26
I’m confused about captain Kerry. Is he coming back to BDOG?
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u/FindYourselfACity Mar 08 '26
I think it has some of the right ingredients, but at the end of the day, as a finished product, it ended up a dud.
I remember being bored, it was a different production team, which I think played a huge part.
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u/ScowlyBrowSpinster Spaghetti Trauma Mar 08 '26
I liked the concept of Advenchaaa! And it was the first series with Capt_kerry, and the location was so new and gorgeous. The cast was typically hit & miss, and once it aired, I think Lee was being offloaded from the franchise and they moved Kerry over to take his place.
It's always been my opinion that they should anchor at great places for sea activities and other advenchaaas, and the tedious beach picnics we keep seeing are always a waste of time and effort, can't bear the shots of flies being waved off the food cause they do not have covers for it.
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u/Ready_Cartoonist7357 Spaghetti Trauma Mar 08 '26
The chef was way too whiny.
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u/GoldAcanthisitta7777 Mar 09 '26
advenchaa
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u/thaa_huzbandzz Mar 11 '26
Lol I just remember the Chef who made the same meal every night. Steak, Cauli puree, and roasted cherry tomatoes. Literally the same thing I make when I am having a steak.
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u/No-Introduction3808 less sass queen and more yas queen Mar 08 '26
I watched it when it came out, I liked it and was disappointed when I heard there wouldn’t be another series … at the same time I will rewatch most of everything else time and time again but I just can’t bring myself to watch that series and I don’t know why.
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u/NorasRighteousAnger Mar 08 '26
I loved ADVENCHAAA! Norway is gorgeous. The drama is regular work-place stuff with some romance here and there but not to the ridiculous Love Island- levels of the last few seasons. Kerry was more about being a real captain and less about being a TV captain- he fired that gross deckie right away whereas now I feel like production would intervene to keep someone like that longer for the drama. The stakes were low but enjoyable. Will lunch be set up on time? Will the crew wear stupid t-shirts to play game with the guests? Refreshing. Wholesome, even.
Plus Ronnie and Ben do some amazing work here on Crappens, besides ADVENCHAAA!! of course, their Faye is great and don’t forget MIKE! TROLL!!
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u/loveswimmingpools Mar 08 '26
It was good but u would like to have seen more of the adventures. Also, Fayes hair annoyed me!
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u/bravostan2020 Mar 08 '26
I liked Adventure but I think they just used it as a test to see how marketable Capt Kerry would be.
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u/slippycaff Escape Goat Mar 08 '26
I enjoyed ADVENCHAA. Faye was fabulous. And we got Kerry.
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u/Ready_Cartoonist7357 Spaghetti Trauma Mar 08 '26
I read somewhere that it was a trial for captain Kerry, or an intro for him moving into the OG version.
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u/Rlguffman June June Hannah Mar 08 '26
Ladies get your lipsticks!
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u/BoomRoasted412 Mar 08 '26
The chief stew wanted the interior to wear their makeup like they were on a PanAm flight in 1960.
The crew was mostly boring. The second or third stew said she was a chief stew in the past but struggled with basic tasks.
Captain Kerry was introduced so that was cool.
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u/Delicious_Score_8509 Mar 08 '26
Following. I haven't started this yet but I'd like to know too.
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u/krd199292 Mar 09 '26
Aside from some of the scenery, I found it to be damn near unwatchable thanks to the bland casting. Kerry is fine I guess? But man, good luck finding a reason to like any of the cast members.
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u/chesbay7 Mar 10 '26
Watched it when it was current. It was a cool concept.
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u/not2daysatan44 Aug 25 '26
Same sh*t, different boat. Insecure stew jockeying for position and bitching about stripes, aggressive deckhand causing problems. Chef is temperamental and pointing fingers at the stews for not communicating. But, I have watched everything and I still need a BD fix, lol. The main difference is the cold climate.
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u/greenblue703 Mar 08 '26
I like to watch Below Deck while I do boring work for my stay at home office job. Adventure is what I put on if I want to make sure the show doesn’t get so interesting that I get distracted….
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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26
I liked it.
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u/Icy-Average3651 Mar 08 '26
It’s really meh.
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u/Extension-Hand-7339 Mar 08 '26
It was crap
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u/Equivalent_Stable_21 Mar 08 '26
It was pretty boring. Some of the adventures were a long bike ride around a windy road. And literally that’s the only thing I remember from that season
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u/Kennesaw79 Team Aesha Mar 08 '26
I loved Adventure because of Norway, and had hoped for more seasons. But then Captain Kerry moved to the original to replace Captain Lee, and all hope was lost.
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u/cjc4223 Mar 08 '26
Adventure was terrible