Cabin 1706 · Freedom of the Seas

Cabin 1706 is a Sunset Junior Suite (category JT) on Freedom of the Seas, 299 square feet plus a private balcony of 65 square feet. Two twin beds convert to a Royal King. There is a double sofa bed. It sleeps up to 3. The bathroom has a tub. It connects to cabin 1704 through an interior door.

Cabin 1706 is a Sunset Junior Suite on Deck 10 of Freedom of the Seas, and it sits well aft. This is a long way from the pivot, so a swell reaches you before it reaches anyone midship. 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 2 out of 10 for steadiness. If you are at all prone to seasickness, look elsewhere.

On the ship's plan Windjammer Cafe is on the deck above, about 4 cabins along from you. A deck between you takes most of the noise out of it, and it is a short trip when you want it. Quiet comes out at 7 out of 10, roughly par for this ship. For getting about, 6 out of 10.

Counting from the bow, it is the 130th cabin position of 132 along Deck 10. That puts you right at the aft end of the run, where the corridor stops and the footfall dies away.

A Sunset Junior Suite gives you 299 square feet. The balcony adds another 65 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.

There is a loyalty argument for this room as well as a comfort one. Crown and Anchor counts a suite night as two cruise points against one for a standard room, so the same week aboard moves you up the tiers twice as fast. Book it solo at the double occupancy fare and it counts three a night. Checked against the line's own published terms on 8 September 2026.

Against the rest of the ship it is quieter than 76 per cent of the 1,963 cabins on board, livelier in a swell than most of them and further from the action than most. It is a poor fit for anyone who wakes when a door closes and anyone who feels motion badly.

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.