Cabin 17253 · Carnival Jubilee

Cabin 17253 is a Cloud 9 Spa Balcony (category 8P) on Carnival Jubilee.

Cabin 17253 is a Cloud 9 Spa Balcony on Deck 17 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. 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 the lift bank, and that is 9 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, 7 out of 10.

Of the 68 cabin positions on Deck 17, 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 17 with RedFrog Tiki Bar, Guy's Burger Joint, Warehouse and Circle C. There are 89 cabins along this deck, so the corridor is short and rarely busy.

It is booked as a Cloud 9 Spa 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 and 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.