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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.

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.

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.

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 😀

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!

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!

Enjoy your turn!

Hopefully not too long. Once I get going again the weight comes back off pretty fast for at least the first several days. Totally worth it 😆. The Brownie sundae and the red velvet cupcake from al bacon. None of the meals had enough to them to stand out even if I enjoyed them. The St. Patrick's day buffet was very good.

Thank you 😊

Made it to my mom's 😀 That would be a much better than the current price.

Last call at 949. Having some issues getting the scooter offloaded but I'm in no hurry.

All numbers have been called. Heading out at 931.

Sorry, it's the Unlimited Dining Plan. It allows unlimited specialty dining for one upfront cost with a few exclusions. I have seen it on the Celebrity cruise planner recently but not seen any discussion about it, likely as the price Celebrity wants nobody is buying it. Even for this 12 day cruise with almost no upcharge dining the cost was almost $50 pppd plus gratuities. That's insane.

It does indeed! Hurts in the waist as well as I squeeze into pants that were already snug 18 pounds ago 😬. Thanks for following along 😀

I am looking forward to adult sized bed again 😆 Thank you! I will send out the bat signal (princess signal?) when I'm cruising again.

I hope so too 😀. Thanks for following along. Guess I'm still waiting on a good one then 😆.

They seem to be working again but had intermittent issues the first several days. The back set was the worse, with two out of three stuck. I heard one person say he got stuck. The middle set seemed to malfunction just when getting heavy use, like port days, they would not open for certain floors even if the call button was lit up. Eventually it would come but you never knew how many times you would be skipped. Conversely, when you did get on, it was amusing zipping past all the waiting floors while people looked on at bewilderment. The front set did that one time but I witnessed no other issues. They seem to be working now but for how long is anyone's guess.

Now we wait.

Doing a final sweep of the room and then heading out to wait. They want us out by 8 but we are a couple minutes late.

Checked luggage has begun being called at 758. Tags 1-2. My mom has 27 because we are not in a hurry.

Breakfast has arrived.

Salmon and cream cheese.

Walkoff has begun at 721. All walkoff may leave. I guess a smaller ship does not need to organize their walkoff process.

First time at MDR breakfast.

+4.2 for a total vacation gain of 18.0.