Cabin 12197 · Star of the Seas

Cabin 12197 is a Spacious Infinite Central Park View Balcony on Star of the Seas.

Cabin 12197 is a Spacious Infinite Central Park View Balcony on Deck 12 of Star of the Seas. You are forward of midship. You are far enough from the middle to notice a swell, but nowhere near the worst of it. We score it 8 out of 10 for steadiness.

The nearest is the forward lift bank, and that is 10 cabins away down the corridor. That buys you quiet. It also means a proper walk with your bags on embarkation day. The forward lift and stair lobby on deck 12. Star uses destination control: you choose your deck at the panel outside and it tells you which car to take, so there are no buttons inside the cars. The lobby is also the main stair landing for this end of the ship. Worth knowing: destination control panels are outside the lift, not inside it. Cabins immediately beside a lobby hear doors and voices at every hour, and the lobbies are busiest just after a show finishes. Quiet scores 5 out of 10. There is enough going on nearby that a light sleeper should think about it. For getting about it scores 9 out of 10, so almost everything is a short walk.

Of the 311 cabin positions on Deck 12, this is the 77th from forward. You share Deck 12 with Vitality Spa. There are 349 cabins along this deck, so the corridor is a long walk end to end.

It is booked as a Spacious Infinite Central Park View Balcony. 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 noisier than three quarters of the 2,813 cabins on board, steadier in a swell than 86 per cent of them and as well placed for getting around as any cabin aboard. 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.