Cabin 1109 · Carnival Valor

Cabin 1109 is a Balcony (category 8F1) on Carnival Valor, 168 to 205 square feet plus a private balcony of 35 to 46 square feet.

Cabin 1109 is a Balcony on Deck 11, the Spa deck, of Carnival Valor. You are forward of midship. You are at the top of the passenger decks, so the pools and the open air are just up the stairs, and you feel the ship move more than anyone below you. You are far enough from the middle to notice a swell, but nowhere near the worst of it. We score it 6 out of 10 for steadiness.

The lift bank sits on the deck above, roughly 2 cabins along the ship from you. You will still walk to the stairs or the lift to reach it, so treat it as a landmark rather than a neighbour. Quiet comes out at 8 out of 10, roughly par for this ship. For getting about, 7 out of 10.

Of the 13 cabin positions on Deck 11, this is the 10th from forward.

The Balcony grade runs 168-205 square feet. The balcony adds another 35-46 on top of that. A balcony buys you outside space of your own and, on sea days, somewhere to sit that is not the pool deck. It is the step up most people make, and the one they find hardest to give up again.

Against the rest of the ship it is noisier than three quarters of the 1,492 cabins on board and as well placed for getting around as any cabin aboard. It suits light sleepers.

Scored by Cruise Ship Wiki using model v1.8, from the position of this cabin relative to every public space on the ship. Each part is out of 10.