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Best and worst cabins on Discovery Princess

Most cabin advice is somebody's opinion. This is measurement. We read the published deck plans for Discovery Princess, worked out where each of the 1,845 cabins physically sits, and ranked them.

Discovery Princess is about 145,281 gross tons, carrying around 3,660 guests at double occupancy, in service since 2022. The cabins we can place on the plans run from deck 8 to deck 18. The deck plan legend colours them as 1,064 balcony, 426 suite, 342 interior, 13 ocean view.

On this measure the steadiest cabin aboard is E420 on deck 8 (Balcony), and the one that should move most is S310 on deck 18 (Suite). Every other cabin on Discovery Princess falls between the two.

How this is worked out, and what it does not cover

A ship pivots about a point amidships and low down. The further a cabin sits from that point, the more it moves in a swell. So the ranking below is distance from amidships, weighted with height above the waterline. It is a position measurement, not a review.

What we are not claiming. We have not mapped the bars, clubs and galleys on this ship, so nothing here is a noise rating. A steady cabin under a nightclub is still a cabin under a nightclub. We also could not establish which end of this ship's plans is the bow, so we describe cabins as amidships or near an end rather than forward or aft.

The steadiest cabins

Closest to the ship's pivot point. If you are prone to seasickness, start here.

CabinDeckCategoryPositionSteadiness
E4208Balconyamidships, against the hull10.0
E4228Interioramidships10.0
E4238Interioramidships10.0
E4218Balconyamidships, against the hull10.0
E4258Balconyamidships, against the hull9.9
E4268Interioramidships9.9
E4278Interioramidships9.9
E4248Balconyamidships, against the hull9.9

The cabins that move most

High up and close to an end. Fine for most people, worth avoiding if you are not.

CabinDeckCategoryPositionSteadiness
S31018Suitenear one end of the ship, against the hull0.0
S30918Suitenear one end of the ship, against the hull0.0
S30817Balconynear one end of the ship, against the hull0.4
S30717Balconynear one end of the ship, against the hull0.4
S10417Ocean viewnear one end of the ship0.4
S10317Ocean viewnear one end of the ship0.4
S10217Ocean viewnear one end of the ship0.4
S10117Ocean viewnear one end of the ship0.4

The largest cabins

By floor area on the plan, against the median cabin on this ship. Suites will dominate, which is the point: this is where the space is.

CabinDeckCategoryPositionSize vs median
S309 18 Suite near one end of the ship, against the hull 7.6x
S310 18 Suite near one end of the ship, against the hull 7.5x
E729 8 Suite near one end of the ship, against the hull 7.0x
E728 8 Suite near one end of the ship, against the hull 7.0x
D726 9 Suite near one end of the ship, against the hull 5.6x
D727 9 Suite near one end of the ship, against the hull 5.6x
B734 11 Suite near one end of the ship, against the hull 5.1x
B735 11 Suite near one end of the ship, against the hull 5.1x

Deck by deck

The steadiest cabins on each deck, for when the deck is already decided.

DeckBest placed cabins
Deck 8 E420, E422, E423
Deck 9 D420, D421, D418
Deck 10 C426, C427, C428
Deck 11 B426, B427, B428
Deck 12 A428, A429, A430
Deck 14 R437, R436, R434
Deck 15 M421, M420, M418
Deck 16 L209, L210, L207
Deck 17 S212, S211, S215
Deck 18 S309, S310

Measured from the deck plans we hold for Discovery Princess. If you have sailed one of these cabins and we have it wrong, tell us on the ship page and we will take a look.