Cabin 1826 · Freedom of the Seas

Cabin 1826 is a Spacious Panoramic Ocean View (category 1L) on Freedom of the Seas, 188 square feet, with a floor to ceiling panoramic window. Two twin beds convert to a Royal King. There is a double sofa bed. It sleeps up to 2. The bathroom has a shower.

Cabin 1826 is a Spacious Panoramic Ocean View on Deck 12 of Freedom of the Seas. 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. 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 4 out of 10 for steadiness.

It is 3 cabins along the corridor to Vitality at Sea Spa. Close enough to be useful, far enough that it should not keep you awake. The spa and salon forward on deck 12, sitting above the gym. Seventeen treatment rooms, a thermal suite, a Rasul room, sauna and steam, and a teen treatment menu for thirteen to seventeen. Worth knowing: designed to be silent and mostly is. What a neighbouring cabin gets is back of house rather than guests: early staff setup, linen carts in the corridor and water handling for the thermal suite. Quiet scores 5 out of 10. There is enough going on nearby that a light sleeper should think about it. For getting about, 7 out of 10.

Counting from the bow, it is the 20th cabin position of 33 along Deck 12. You are about as central as the corridor gets, so it is a similar walk whichever way you turn out of your door. Deck 12 also has Lime and Coconut, Arcade, Adventure Ocean and Nursery on it. There are 50 cabins along this deck, so the corridor is short and rarely busy.

A Spacious Panoramic Ocean View gives you 188 square feet. You get daylight and a sense of where you are without paying balcony money. The window does not open, so it is the view but not the air.

On loyalty, this is a standard grade, so Crown and Anchor credits its base one cruise point a night. There are exactly two ways to double that: move up to a suite, or sail on your own on a double occupancy fare. Either pays two a night, and doing both pays three. 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 and livelier in a swell than most of them. 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.