Cabin 8642 · Oasis of the Seas

Cabin 8642 is a Junior Suite (category JS) on Oasis of the Seas, 243 square feet plus a private balcony of 74 square feet. There is a double sofa bed.

Cabin 8642 is a Junior Suite on Deck 8 of Oasis of the Seas. You are 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 9 out of 10 for steadiness, which puts it among the calmest rooms on the ship.

150 Central Park is immediately nearby, about 2 cabins away. Handy, though worth knowing about if you sleep lightly. 150 Central Park, the tasting menu restaurant. Worth knowing: the quietest restaurant on the ship, and the most expensive. Quiet comes out at 6 out of 10, roughly par for this ship. For getting about, 8 out of 10.

Of the 176 cabin positions on Deck 8, this is the 93rd 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 Giovanni's Table, John Hardy, Vintages and Park Cafe. There are 328 cabins along this deck, so the corridor is a long walk end to end.

The Junior Suite grade runs 243 square feet. The balcony adds another 74 on top of that. At suite level you are buying more than square feet. Suites almost always carry priority boarding and priority disembarkation, and the higher grades on most lines add a restaurant, a lounge or a sun deck of their own. Junior and entry level suites often get none of that, so it is worth checking what this particular grade includes rather than assuming the whole list comes with the word.

Grade changes what you earn here, which is easy to miss. Crown and Anchor pays one cruise point a night in a standard room and two a night in a suite, so a seven night sailing out of this cabin banks fourteen points rather than seven. Sail it on your own on a double occupancy fare and it is three a night, twenty one for the week. Checked against the line's own published terms on 8 September 2026.

Against the rest of the ship it is as steady in a swell as any cabin on the ship. 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.