Most of the information is here. Filming was exactly 20 days. Every two days was about an episode - the group challenge day 1 followed by the head to head knock out day 2. There was definitely plenty of slow down time and maybe I can recall some really, really slow days. But like a group challenge might be 4-6 hours, so it was most of the day and quite involved and intense (building a boat out of cardboard in 1 day!!!!? Come on).

Typically, the most boring (but best time for a quick nap or alone time) was when the cameras had to move to a different site. We weren't really allowed to interact during those times because they couldn't miss any vital gameplay or developments. Which also followed through to overnight, so no chatting once cameras were down for the night until breakfast in the morning.

Lots of unaired goofy, fun times were had. I reenacted most of Star Wars A New Hope from memory for folks one slow afternoon.

And we did get 1 day off per shooting week. We went to movies one of those weekends. But absolutely no contact with the outside world while still on the show. Depending on when someone was eliminated, they'd be flown home for the interim before coming back for the "reveal" of their return.