Cabin 6624 · Independence of the Seas

Cabin 6624 is an Ocean View Balcony (category 1D/2D) on Independence of the Seas, 188 square feet plus a private balcony of 46 square feet. Two twin beds convert to a Royal King. There is a double sofa bed. It sleeps up to 2. This is an accessible stateroom.

Cabin 6624 is an Ocean View Balcony on Deck 6 of Independence of the Seas, midship. 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.

You are 8 cabins from the aft lift bank, port. Close enough to be useful, far enough that it should not keep you awake. The aft lift lobby. Independence of the Seas carries four lift banks on most decks, a port and starboard pair forward and another pair aft, so few cabins sit more than half a corridor from one. These are conventional lifts, with call buttons in the lobby and deck buttons inside 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 at the start and end of a port day. Quiet scores 4 out of 10. There is enough going on nearby that a light sleeper should think about it. For getting about, 8 out of 10.

Of the 227 cabin positions on Deck 6, this is the 148th from forward.

The Ocean View Balcony grade runs 188 square feet. The balcony adds another 46 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.

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 1,932 cabins on board and steadier in a swell than 87 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.