Cabin 16258 · Carnival Jubilee

Cabin 16258 is a Balcony (category 8G) on Carnival Jubilee.

Cabin 16258 is a Balcony on Deck 16 of Carnival Jubilee. You are 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. You are well out towards the end of the hull, which is where pitching is felt hardest. We score it 7 out of 10 for steadiness.

You are practically next door to a stairwell, 2 cabins along. Nothing on board is a shorter walk. The price is footsteps past your door and the lift chiming at odd hours. We give it 9 out of 10 for quiet, which is about as peaceful as this ship gets. For getting about, 7 out of 10.

Of the 64 cabin positions on Deck 16, this is the 37th 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 better placed for getting around than 91 per cent of them. 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.