Cabin 8248 · Wonder of the Seas

Cabin 8248 is a Junior Suite on Wonder of the Seas, 250 to 287 square feet plus a private balcony of 65 to 161 square feet. There is a double sofa bed.

Cabin 8248 is a Junior Suite on Deck 8 of Wonder of the Seas. You are midship. 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.

Rising Tide Bar is immediately nearby, about 2 cabins away. Handy, though worth knowing about if you sleep lightly. The Central Park stop of the Rising Tide Bar, three decks above the promenade. Worth knowing: quiet, and a curiosity rather than a nuisance. Quiet comes out at 6 out of 10, roughly par for this ship. For getting about it scores 9 out of 10, so almost everything is a short walk.

Of the 207 cabin positions on Deck 8, this is the 121st from forward. You are about as central as the corridor gets, so it is a similar walk whichever way you turn out of your door. You share Deck 8 with Giovanni's Italian Kitchen, Giovanni's Wine Bar, Rising Tide Bar and 150 Central Park. There are 352 cabins along this deck, so the corridor is a long walk end to end.

The Junior Suite grade runs 250-287 square feet. The balcony adds another 65-161 on top of that. 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.

Grade changes what you earn here, which is easy to miss. Crown and Anchor pays one cruise point a night in a standard room and two a night in a suite, so a seven night sailing out of this cabin banks fourteen points rather than seven. Sail it on your own on a double occupancy fare and it is three a night, twenty one for the week. Checked against the line's own published terms on 8 September 2026.

Against the rest of the ship it is as steady in a swell as any cabin on the ship and better placed for getting around than 97 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.