User blog comment:Rhonda the stalker fan!/Total Drama 30 Day Challenge: Day 9/@comment-1815989-20180710004327

While imo the weakest of the first three seasons, TDA had many strong points. First of all, the movie theme. While I love anything world travel, and the island/summer camp was also neat, TDA has probably my favorite theme, and it was fun to see what movie genre and challenge were coming next.

Another thing was the fact was that it expanded everything. It was great to see characters like Beth, Justin, Courtney, Harold, Lindsay go further and develop even more. It was nice to see new interactions that we hadn't seen on TDI, such as Heather & Harold or Lindsay/Beth & Justin, or to see previous ones develop, such as Lindsay & Beth's friendship, Duncan & Harold's rivalry, more of Duncan & Leshawna/Duncan & Heather that we saw a bit of towards the end of Island, Trent & Gwen's relationship/Duncan & Gwen's friendship going a whole new journey (even if I personally didn't enjoy that one), and Heather & Leshawna's hilarious bantering/rivalry that ultimately ended with them becoming friends.

And of course, the balance. While I think TDI was able to give everyone at least a bit of something, I feel TDA was able to balance the "screentime" really well, except for maybe Bridgette & Geoff. Even DJ, I feel was he more developed there than in TDI despite leaving much earlier. So yeah, despite multiple flaws (especifically pre-Gwen's bot/post-Owen's return periods), TDA was still enjoyable and a good sequel to the first one.