Cabin 3198 · Spectrum of the Seas

Cabin 3198 is an Ocean View on Spectrum of the Seas, 179 to 182 square feet.

Cabin 3198 is an Ocean View on Deck 3 of Spectrum of the Seas, and it sits midship. You are near the bottom of the passenger decks, which is the steadiest place to be, though it is a fair climb to the open air. This is the steady part of the ship. When it gets lumpy, midship is where you want to be. We score it 9 out of 10 for steadiness, which puts it among the calmest rooms on the ship.

It is 6 cabins along the corridor to Casino Royale. Close enough to be useful, far enough that it should not keep you awake. The casino, midship on deck 3. Hundreds of slots plus blackjack, roulette, craps, Caribbean stud and video poker, with its own bar. Smoking is allowed in a designated section. Worth knowing: it can only open once the ship is clear of port waters. Slot audio and tournament announcements run to 2am on sea nights, but the complaint people actually make about nearby cabins is cigarette smoke rather than sound. Quiet scores 4 out of 10. There is enough going on nearby that a light sleeper should think about it. For getting about, 6 out of 10.

Counting from the bow, it is the 35th cabin position of 70 along Deck 3. You are about as central as the corridor gets, so it is a similar walk whichever way you turn out of your door. Deck 3 also has Music Hall, Royal Theatre, Casino Royale and Main Dining Room on it. There are 100 cabins along this deck, so the corridor is short and rarely busy.

An Ocean View gives you 179-182 square feet. You get daylight and a sense of where you are without paying balcony money. The window does not open, so it is the view but not the air.

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 2,142 cabins on board and as steady in a swell as any cabin on the ship. It suits travellers prone to seasickness. 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.