Cabin 5204 · Carnival Panorama

Cabin 5204 is a Havana Cabana (category HE1) on Carnival Panorama, 185 to 205 square feet plus a private balcony of 82 to 100 square feet.

Cabin 5204 is a Havana Cabana on Deck 5, the Promenade deck, of Carnival Panorama, well aft. Out at this end you feel the sea. In rough water the movement here is noticeably stronger. We score it 6 out of 10 for steadiness.

Casino sits on the deck below, roughly 5 cabins along the ship from you. A deck between you takes most of the noise out of it, and it is a short trip when you want it. We give it 9 out of 10 for quiet, which is about as peaceful as this ship gets. For getting about it is 3 out of 10, so add a few minutes to everywhere you go.

Of the 20 cabin positions on Deck 5, this is the 2nd from forward. That puts you right at the forward end of the run, where the corridor stops and the footfall dies away.

The Havana Cabana grade runs 185-205 square feet. The balcony adds another 82-100 on top of that. 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 noisier than three quarters of the 1,992 cabins on board and better placed for getting around than 83 per cent of them. It suits light sleepers. It is a poor fit for anyone who finds long corridors and stairs hard work.

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.