Cabin 16238 · Carnival Jubilee

Cabin 16238 is a Balcony (category 8G) on Carnival Jubilee.

Cabin 16238 is a Balcony on Deck 16 of Carnival Jubilee, far forward. 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. This is a long way from the pivot, so a swell reaches you before it reaches anyone midship. Right up in the bow, a head sea can send a shudder through the hull that midship guests never feel at all. We score it 6 out of 10 for steadiness.

The nearest is a stairwell, and that is 10 cabins away down the corridor. That buys you quiet. It also means a proper walk with your bags on embarkation day. We give it 10 out of 10 for quiet, which is about as peaceful as this ship gets. For getting about, 6 out of 10.

Of the 64 cabin positions on Deck 16, this is the 25th 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. You share Deck 16 with Bridge, Lido Marketplace, Tides Pool and Big Chicken. There are 89 cabins along this deck, so the corridor is short and rarely busy.

It is booked as a Balcony. 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 as quiet as anything on board. 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.