Cabin 5502 · Mardi Gras

Cabin 5502 is an Interior (category 4B1) on Mardi Gras, 149 to 185 square feet.

Cabin 5502 is an Interior 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. You are well out towards the end of the hull, which is where pitching is felt hardest. 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 Cherry On Top is on the deck above, about 8 cabins along 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 9 out of 10 for quiet, which is about as peaceful as this ship gets. For getting about, 5 out of 10.

Counting from the bow, it is the 126th cabin position of 128 along Deck 5. That puts you right at the aft end of the run, where the corridor stops and the footfall dies away.

An Interior gives you 149-185 square feet. No window, which makes it the darkest and cheapest room on board and, for a lot of people, the best sleep they get all week. If waking to daylight matters to you, an ocean view is the smallest step up.

Against the rest of the ship it is better placed for getting around than 83 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.