Cabin 8198 · Icon of the Seas

Cabin 8198 is an Ocean View Balcony on Icon of the Seas, 182 to 198 square feet plus a private balcony of 42 to 55 square feet.

Cabin 8198 is an Ocean View Balcony on Deck 8 of Icon of the Seas, and it sits midship. You are near the middle of the hull, where the ship does the least moving. In rough water that matters more than most people expect. We score it 8 out of 10 for steadiness.

You are 3 cabins from Trellis Bar. Close enough to be useful, far enough that it should not keep you awake. An open air bar in Central Park on deck 8, under the planting, serving through the afternoon and evening. Worth knowing: open to the park rather than enclosed, so the noise disperses upward instead of into the cabins alongside. Quiet comes out at 6 out of 10, roughly par for this ship. For getting about, 6 out of 10.

Of the 290 cabin positions on Deck 8, this is the 138th 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. You share Deck 8 with Empire Supper Club, Izumi Hibachi & Sushi, Chops Grille and Trellis Bar. There are 315 cabins along this deck, so the corridor is a long walk end to end.

The Ocean View Balcony grade runs 182-198 square feet. The balcony adds another 42-55 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.

Worth knowing before you book: Crown and Anchor pays one cruise point a night at this grade. A suite pays two, and so does sailing solo on a double occupancy fare, which is the cheaper of the two routes if you are travelling alone anyway. Checked against the line's own published terms on 8 September 2026.

Against the rest of the ship it is noisier than three quarters of the 2,814 cabins on board and steadier in a swell than 86 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.