Cabin 5461 · Mardi Gras

Cabin 5461 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 5461 is a Cove Balcony on Deck 5 of Mardi Gras, and it sits well aft. 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. 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.

A stairwell sits on the deck above, roughly 9 cabins 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. Quiet comes out at 8 out of 10, roughly par for this ship. For getting about, 6 out of 10.

Of the 128 cabin positions on Deck 5, this is the 123rd from forward.

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 and better placed for getting around than 89 per cent of them. It suits light sleepers.

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.