Cabin 8470 · Carnival Magic

Cabin 8470 is an Aft-View Extended Balcony (category 8N1) on Carnival Magic, 185 to 205 square feet plus a private balcony of 60 to 100 square feet.

Cabin 8470 is an Aft-View Extended Balcony on Deck 8 of Carnival Magic. You are well aft. You are well out towards the end of the hull, which is where pitching is felt hardest. 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 3 out of 10 for steadiness. If you are at all prone to seasickness, look elsewhere.

We give it 10 out of 10 for quiet, which is about as peaceful as this ship gets. For getting about, 7 out of 10.

Of the 162 cabin positions on Deck 8, this is the 160th from forward. That puts you right at the aft end of the run, where the corridor stops and the footfall dies away.

The Aft-View Extended Balcony grade runs 185-205 square feet. The balcony adds another 60-100 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 as quiet as anything on board, livelier in a swell than most of them and better placed for getting around than 98 per cent of them. It suits light sleepers. It is a poor fit for anyone who feels motion badly.

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.