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  1. I went on the next to last night at 1145 and there was not a single soul there again. I came back at midnight and they had shut down. Very quiet crowd this sailing for sure.
  2. One more won't. It won't just be one more though 🤣 I did not ask but they were very accommodating so it is possible.
  3. I think you would enjoy Adventure then. It does not have the updates that those two ships have gotten, but it is even less crowded as it holds less passengers while most of the venues are still the same size. The only real difference I noticed was more crowding at café promenade since there was no Sorrento's. No we both received late tags. Which was not a problem, we had no need to fight the crowds getting off the ship. I did mention having priority tendering in Grand Cayman while being unsure if my mom had that option since she is not Elite. Perhaps that is what you were thinking of. I did not use the tags they gave me anyway as I do carry on only.
  4. Definitely. My drinks alone take up almost 2,000 calories a day. I will be sure to post a link whenever I find myself setting sail again! Hopefully sooner than later 🙂
  5. Oh no, that means you won't be able to follow live. I love Harmony, wonderful ship! My favorite of the three sisters I've sailed on. Sad to see her leave Florida. First Harmony, and now Mariner. Texas is getting all my favorites. My boss reads my reviews, so of course I will be working very very hard 😂
  6. I have not been on Adventure before. I have sailed two Voyager class ships before. Mariner I have sailed on more than any other ship, close to 50 days onboard. I love that ship. It shows its age here and there but it has been amped and has many wonderful features added to it such as Playmaker's, even though the venue isn't really big enough. Explorer I sailed once. I was honestly not a fan. The first three ships in the class had a slightly different design and while it is possible I was just used to things being laid out a certain way and perceived it negatively simply because it was not, I felt like the layout was clunky and they made great improvements on the later ships in the class. It was fresh out of dry dock (third sailing post) but it seemed very worn down and tired. It was not amped and did not receive any of the features present on Mariner or other new ships. The AC was not working well in most areas of the ship, including my stateroom. A talk with Guest Services, who acted like they did not know there was an obvious problem with the AC throughout the ship, did resolve the problem but by the end of the week my room was running hot again so whatever the did was a temporary fix. The internet was upgraded to starlink, but it did not matter as the ship was not capable of handling the speeds starlink was capable of. I had the slowest speeds I've ever had on an RCL ship, including before starlink, and had no service in my stateroom or the dining room of all places. It was just all around a ship that was past its prime. I could not walk from one part of the ship to another without having to reconnect to the wifi. Adventure will be more likely to be like Explorer than Mariner as a first generation Voyager ship. That said, for the right price or itinerary, I would still book it, which is exactly what I did 🙂 Just be aware that it may not have the same level of upkeep as the newer classes of ships. Any smaller than Voyager class I would have to really be in love with where it is going, but Voyager class is still an easy sell, especially out of Port Canaveral. If you have sailed on Freedom class, it is basically a slightly smaller version of that. There are less people, but the venues are mostly the same size. Same number of elevators. The biggest difference is Sorrento's has it's own location which eases the crowds at Cafe Promenade slightly and there is a kids splash pad which does nothing for me personally as an inside person.
  7. I can't do keto, I love my carbs too much 😆. But I get the same results, after a few days I find myself not hungry unless I'm sitting around the house then I get the munchies. It's especially rough around my mom, she is a very bad influence 😀. She is also quickly taking off the weight she put on at least. She only gained 10 but has already taken off almost all of it. Water weight for sure but her sugar is back in a normal range too.
  8. Will do 👍 Not too terrible. Had plenty of rest for almost two weeks to prepare me 😆
  9. Well with all the stuff my mom needed, that I still did not finish, I did not get to wrap this up yesterday. I'm back home now and heading into work but I will get this wrapped up in the next couple of days. I am officially booked again. That countdown though ouch 😫 😳. Hopefully something will come up before then, that is an awfully long wait.
  10. No rest for me 😆. My mom had a lot of stuff she needed around the house and I had just one day to work on it since I could not come down early.
  11. Intermittent fasting and calorie counting. There are some great YouTube videos on it that explain how it works and why it works. Using my scale at home, which weights heavier than at my mom's, I've already taken off 5.4 lbs and I've been eating back into responsible eating.
  12. I will be sure to include my thoughts on the shuttle with my wrap up. There were some issues but overall I think I would use them again, especially on a longer cruise like this where it was cheaper than port parking. I will be sure to post a link next time I cruise. Thanks for following along 😀
  13. I enjoyed her a lot unless she was the reason for the below average entertainment. She was quite a character though. I wanted to do that cruise! I did it in 2020 and it was so much fun! One of these years the stars will align for me to do that one again!
  14. It was an exhausting travel day but we made it to my mom's around 330 so probably an easier day back than most people, especially as there seemed to be a lot of Canadians onboard. I plan to wrap this up tomorrow with our travel day as well as my final thoughts. I also have the pictures from Cartagena to share still. Thanks again for following along!
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