Cabin 1618 · Freedom of the Seas

Cabin 1618 is a Spacious Ocean View Balcony (category 1B/2B) on Freedom of the Seas, 207 square feet plus a private balcony of 42 square feet. Two twin beds convert to a Royal King. There is a double sofa bed. It sleeps up to 2.

Cabin 1618 is a Spacious Ocean View Balcony on Deck 10 of Freedom of the Seas. You are midship. That is about as close to the ship's pivot point as you can get, and in a swell you will feel it less here than anywhere else on board. We score it 8 out of 10 for steadiness.

The nearest is the aft lift bank, port, and that is 11 cabins away down the corridor. That buys you quiet. It also means a proper walk with your bags on embarkation day. Freedom carries four lift banks on most decks, a port and starboard pair forward and another pair aft, so you are rarely more than half a corridor from one. These are conventional lifts with call buttons in the lobby and deck buttons inside the car. Worth knowing: the cars are quiet. The lobby is not. What a cabin beside one hears is doors, waiting conversation and footfall in the corridor, heaviest when a show lets out and after the late dinner seating. Quiet scores 4 out of 10. There is enough going on nearby that a light sleeper should think about it. For getting about it scores 9 out of 10, so almost everything is a short walk.

Of the 132 cabin positions on Deck 10, this is the 80th from forward. You are about as central as the corridor gets, so it is a similar walk whichever way you turn out of your door.

The Spacious Ocean View Balcony grade runs 207 square feet. The balcony adds another 42 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.

Worth knowing before you book: Crown and Anchor pays one cruise point a night at this grade. A suite pays two, and so does sailing solo on a double occupancy fare, which is the cheaper of the two routes if you are travelling alone anyway. Checked against the line's own published terms on 8 September 2026.

Against the rest of the ship it is noisier than three quarters of the 1,963 cabins on board, steadier in a swell than 88 per cent of them and better placed for getting around than 96 per cent of them. It suits travellers prone to seasickness and families running back to the cabin several times a day. It is a poor fit for anyone who wakes when a door closes.

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.