Cabin 5359 · Mardi Gras

Cabin 5359 is a Cove Balcony (category 7C1) on Mardi Gras, 185 to 205 square feet plus a private balcony of 44 to 45 square feet.

Cabin 5359 is a Cove Balcony on Deck 5 of Mardi Gras, and it sits midship. You are near the bottom of the passenger decks, which is the steadiest place to be, though it is a fair climb to the open air. This is the steady part of the ship. When it gets lumpy, midship is where you want to be. We score it 9 out of 10 for steadiness, which puts it among the calmest rooms on the ship.

Punchliner Comedy Club sits on the deck above, roughly 1 cabin 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. Quiet scores 4 out of 10. There is enough going on nearby that a light sleeper should think about it. For getting about, 6 out of 10.

Of the 128 cabin positions on Deck 5, this is the 73rd from forward. You are about as central as the corridor gets, so it is a similar walk whichever way you turn out of your door.

The Cove Balcony grade runs 185-205 square feet. The balcony adds another 44-45 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 2,638 cabins on board, as steady in a swell as any cabin on the ship and better placed for getting around than 89 per cent of them. It suits travellers prone to seasickness. It is a poor fit for anyone who wakes when a door closes.

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.