Cabin 1718 · Symphony of the Seas

Cabin 1718 is a Crown Loft Suite on Symphony of the Seas. There is a double sofa bed.

Cabin 1718 is a Crown Loft Suite on Deck 17 of Symphony 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 7 cabins along the corridor to the aft lift bank. Close enough to be useful, far enough that it should not keep you awake. The aft lift and stair lobby on deck 17, one of the two vertical routes through the ship. Worth knowing: handy to be near and noisy to be next to. The doors chime and the lobby is a natural place for people to stand and talk at any hour. Quiet comes out at 8 out of 10, roughly par for this ship. For getting about, 8 out of 10.

Counting from the bow, it is the 17th cabin position of 23 along Deck 17. Deck 17 also has Suite Lounge, Coastal Kitchen and Bar on it. There are 31 cabins along this deck, so the corridor is short and rarely busy.

It is booked as a Crown Loft Suite. 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.

There is a loyalty argument for this room as well as a comfort one. Crown and Anchor counts a suite night as two cruise points against one for a standard room, so the same week aboard moves you up the tiers twice as fast. Book it solo at the double occupancy fare and it counts three a night. Checked against the line's own published terms on 8 September 2026.

Against the rest of the ship it is quieter than 87 per cent of the 2,798 cabins on board, steadier in a swell than 87 per cent of them and better placed for getting around than 87 per cent of them. It suits light sleepers, travellers prone to seasickness and families running back to the cabin several times a day.

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.