Cabin 5216 · Carnival Panorama

Cabin 5216 is a Havana Cabana (category HE1) on Carnival Panorama, 185 to 205 square feet plus a private balcony of 82 to 100 square feet.

Cabin 5216 is a Havana Cabana on Deck 5, the Promenade deck, of Carnival Panorama, and it sits well aft. This is a long way from the pivot, so a swell reaches you before it reaches anyone midship. This far aft you may also pick up a hum from the propellers, usually at night when the ship is making speed between ports. Some people never notice it, others find it soothing, a few cannot ignore it. We score it 6 out of 10 for steadiness.

On the ship's plan the lift bank is on the deck below, about 8 cabins along from you. You will still walk to the stairs or the lift to reach it, so treat it as a landmark rather than a neighbour. We give it 9 out of 10 for quiet, which is about as peaceful as this ship gets. For getting about it is 3 out of 10, so add a few minutes to everywhere you go.

Counting from the bow, it is the 10th cabin position of 20 along Deck 5. You are about as central as the corridor gets, so it is a similar walk whichever way you turn out of your door.

A Havana Cabana gives you 185-205 square feet. The balcony adds another 82-100 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.

Against the rest of the ship it is noisier than three quarters of the 1,992 cabins on board and better placed for getting around than 83 per cent of them. It suits light sleepers. It is a poor fit for anyone who finds long corridors and stairs hard work.

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.