Cabin 8638 · Anthem of the Seas

Cabin 8638 is a Grand Suite - 1 Bedroom on Anthem of the Seas. There is a double sofa bed.

Cabin 8638 is a Grand Suite - 1 Bedroom on Deck 8 of Anthem of the Seas. You are aft 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 3 cabins along the corridor to the aft lift bank, starboard. Close enough to be useful, far enough that it should not keep you awake. Anthem runs four lift banks on most decks, a port and starboard pair forward and another pair aft, with two on deck 16. Conventional lifts with call buttons in the lobby and deck buttons in 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 after the late dinner seating. Quiet comes out at 8 out of 10, roughly par for this ship. For getting about it scores 9 out of 10, so almost everything is a short walk.

Counting from the bow, it is the 95th cabin position of 159 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.

It is booked as a Grand Suite - 1 Bedroom. 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 quieter than 88 per cent of the 2,102 cabins on board, steadier in a swell than 88 per cent of them and as well placed for getting around as any cabin aboard. It suits light sleepers, travellers prone to seasickness and families running back to the cabin several times a day.

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.