Cabin 5227 · Carnival Firenze

Cabin 5227 is a Terrazza Cabana (category TE1) on Carnival Firenze, 185 square feet plus a private balcony of 100 square feet.

Cabin 5227 is a Terrazza Cabana on Deck 5 of Carnival Firenze, well aft. Out at this end you feel the sea. In rough water the movement here is noticeably stronger. 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 6 out of 10 for steadiness.

On the ship's plan the lift bank is on the deck below, about 11 cabins along from you. You will still walk to the stairs or the lift to reach it, so treat it as a landmark rather than a neighbour. We give it 10 out of 10 for quiet, which is about as peaceful as this ship gets. For getting about it is 4 out of 10, so add a few minutes to everywhere you go.

Counting from the bow, it is the 20th cabin position of 34 along Deck 5. You are about as central as the corridor gets, so it is a similar walk whichever way you turn out of your door.

A Terrazza Cabana gives you 185 square feet. The balcony adds another 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 as quiet as anything on board and better placed for getting around than 93 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.