Cabin 5240 · Carnival Vista

Cabin 5240 is a Havana Cabana (category HE1) on Carnival Vista, 185 to 205 square feet plus a private balcony of 82 to 100 square feet.

Cabin 5240 is a Havana Cabana on Deck 5, the Promenade deck, of Carnival Vista, and it sits far forward. 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 5 out of 10 for steadiness.

Liquid Lounge sits on the deck below, roughly 66 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 10 out of 10 for quiet, which is about as peaceful as this ship gets. For getting about it is 1 out of 10, so add a few minutes to everywhere you go.

Of the 8 cabin positions on Deck 5, this is the 1st 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 as quiet as anything on board and better placed for getting around than 88 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.