Cabin 8514 · Independence of the Seas

Cabin 8514 is a Spacious Ocean View (category 3M/4M) on Independence of the Seas, 211 square feet, with a half-moon ocean view window. Two twin beds convert to a Royal King. There is a double sofa bed. It sleeps up to 3. The bathroom has a shower.

Cabin 8514 is a Spacious Ocean View on Deck 8 of Independence of the Seas, far forward. You are well out towards the end of the hull, which is where pitching is felt hardest. Right up in the bow, a head sea can send a shudder through the hull that midship guests never feel at all. We score it 4 out of 10 for steadiness.

The nearest is the forward lift bank, port, and that is 18 cabins away down the corridor. That buys you quiet. It also means a proper walk with your bags on embarkation day. The forward 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 8 out of 10, roughly par for this ship. For getting about it scores 9 out of 10, so almost everything is a short walk.

Of the 179 cabin positions on Deck 8, this is the 6th from forward.

The Spacious Ocean View grade runs 211 square feet. You get daylight and a sense of where you are without paying balcony money. The window does not open, so it is the view but not the air.

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 as quiet as anything on board, livelier in a swell than most of them and better placed for getting around than 96 per cent of them. It suits light sleepers and families running back to the cabin several times a day. It is a poor fit for anyone who feels motion badly.

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.