Cabin 13638 · Odyssey of the Seas

Cabin 13638 is an Ocean View Balcony on Odyssey of the Seas, 182 to 198 square feet plus a private balcony of 42 to 55 square feet.

Cabin 13638 is an Ocean View Balcony on Deck 13 of Odyssey of the Seas, midship. You are at the top of the passenger decks, so the pools and the open air are just up the stairs, and you feel the ship move more than anyone below you. This is the steady part of the ship. When it gets lumpy, midship is where you want to be. We score it 8 out of 10 for steadiness.

It is 4 cabins along the corridor to the aft lift bank, starboard. Close enough to be useful, far enough that it should not keep you awake. Odyssey runs four lift banks on most decks, a port and starboard pair forward and another pair aft. Conventional lifts with call buttons in the lobby and deck buttons in 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 after the late dinner seating. Quiet scores 5 out of 10. There is enough going on nearby that a light sleeper should think about it. For getting about, 8 out of 10.

Counting from the bow, it is the 87th cabin position of 143 along Deck 13. You are about as central as the corridor gets, so it is a similar walk whichever way you turn out of your door. Deck 13 also has Suite Lounge on it. There are 219 cabins along this deck, so the corridor is a fairly ordinary length.

An Ocean View Balcony gives you 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 2,110 cabins on board, steadier in a swell than 89 per cent of them and better placed for getting around than 85 per cent of them. 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.