Cabin 7628 · Independence of the Seas

Cabin 7628 is an Ocean View Balcony (quad) (category 5D) on Independence of the Seas, 188 square feet plus a private balcony of 46 square feet. There is a double sofa bed. It sleeps up to 4. It connects to cabin 7626 through an interior door.

Cabin 7628 is an Ocean View Balcony (quad) on Deck 7 of Independence of the Seas. You are aft of midship. You will feel a bit more motion than a midship cabin. Nothing dramatic. We score it 8 out of 10 for steadiness.

It is 6 cabins along the corridor to the aft lift bank, port. Close enough to be useful, far enough that it should not keep you awake. The aft lift lobby. Independence of the Seas carries four lift banks on most decks, a port and starboard pair forward and another pair aft, so few cabins sit more than half a corridor from one. These are conventional lifts, with call buttons in the lobby and deck buttons inside the car. Worth knowing: the cars are quiet. The lobby is not. A cabin beside one hears doors, waiting conversation and footfall in the corridor, heaviest when a show lets out and at the start and end of a port day. Quiet comes out at 6 out of 10, roughly par for this ship. For getting about, 8 out of 10.

Counting from the bow, it is the 95th cabin position of 174 along Deck 7. You are about as central as the corridor gets, so it is a similar walk whichever way you turn out of your door.

An Ocean View Balcony (quad) gives you 188 square feet. The balcony adds another 46 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.

On loyalty, this is a standard grade, so Crown and Anchor credits its base one cruise point a night. There are exactly two ways to double that: move up to a suite, or sail on your own on a double occupancy fare. Either pays two a night, and doing both pays three. Checked against the line's own published terms on 8 September 2026.

Against the rest of the ship it is steadier in a swell than 87 per cent of them. It suits travellers prone to seasickness and families running back to the cabin several times a day. 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.