Cabin 12282 · MSC World America

Cabin 12282 is a Grand Suite Aurea on Deck 12 of MSC World America, and it sits well aft. You are well out towards the end of the hull, which is where pitching is felt hardest. This far aft you may also pick up a hum from the propellers, usually at night when the ship is making speed between ports. Some people never notice it, others find it soothing, a few cannot ignore it. We score it 1 out of 10 for steadiness. If you are at all prone to seasickness, look elsewhere.

The nearest is the aft starboard lift bank, and that is 13 cabins away down the corridor. That buys you quiet. It also means a proper walk with your bags on embarkation day. We give it 9 out of 10 for quiet, which is about as peaceful as this ship gets. For getting about it is 4 out of 10, so add a few minutes to everywhere you go.

Of the 148 cabin positions on Deck 12, this is the 148th from forward. That puts you right at the aft end of the run, where the corridor stops and the footfall dies away.

The Grand Suite Aurea grade runs 377-527 square feet. The balcony adds another 32-226 on top of that. At suite level you are buying more than square feet. Suites almost always carry priority boarding and priority disembarkation, and the higher grades on most lines add a restaurant, a lounge or a sun deck of their own. Junior and entry level suites often get none of that, so it is worth checking what this particular grade includes rather than assuming the whole list comes with the word.

Against the rest of the ship it is as quiet as anything on board and livelier in a swell than most of them. It suits light sleepers. It is a poor fit for anyone who feels motion badly and anyone who finds long corridors and stairs hard work.

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.