Cabin 8196 · Allure of the Seas

Cabin 8196 is an Ocean View with Large Balcony (category B) on Allure of the Seas, 195 square feet plus a private balcony of 39 square feet.

Cabin 8196 is an Ocean View with Large Balcony on Deck 8 of Allure of the Seas. You are forward of midship. You are far enough from the middle to notice a swell, but nowhere near the worst of it. We score it 8 out of 10 for steadiness.

It is 4 cabins along the corridor to Bar. Close enough to be useful, far enough that it should not keep you awake. A bar on the starboard walk of Central Park, deck 8. Worth knowing: central Park's bars run later than the restaurants but stay quieter than the promenade, because there is no roof to hold the sound in. Quiet comes out at 6 out of 10, roughly par for this ship. For getting about, 8 out of 10.

Counting from the bow, it is the 72nd cabin position of 171 along Deck 8. You are about as central as the corridor gets, so it is a similar walk whichever way you turn out of your door. Deck 8 also has Vintages, Coach and the Art Gallery, Bar and Park Cafe on it. There are 329 cabins along this deck, so the corridor is a long walk end to end.

An Ocean View with Large Balcony gives you 195 square feet. The balcony adds another 39 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 steadier in a swell than 87 per cent of them and better placed for getting around than 88 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.