Cabin 5238 · Carnival Panorama

Cabin 5238 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 5238 is a Havana Cabana on Deck 5, the Promenade deck, of Carnival Panorama. You are 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 4 out of 10 for steadiness.

The lift bank sits on the deck below, roughly 1 cabin along the ship 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, 5 out of 10.

Of the 20 cabin positions on Deck 5, this is the 19th from forward. That puts you right at the aft 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 as quiet as anything on board, livelier in a swell than most of them and better placed for getting around than 97 per cent of them. It suits light sleepers. It is a poor fit for 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.