Cabin 8638 · Quantum of the Seas

Cabin 8638 is a Grand Suite - 1 Bedroom (category GS) on Quantum of the Seas, 349 square feet plus a private balcony of 111 square feet. There is a double sofa bed.

Cabin 8638 is a Grand Suite - 1 Bedroom on Deck 8 of Quantum of the Seas, and it sits 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. Quantum 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.

A Grand Suite - 1 Bedroom gives you 349 square feet. The balcony adds another 111 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.

There is a loyalty argument for this room as well as a comfort one. Crown and Anchor counts a suite night as two cruise points against one for a standard room, so the same week aboard moves you up the tiers twice as fast. Book it solo at the double occupancy fare and it counts three a night. Checked against the line's own published terms on 8 September 2026.

Against the rest of the ship it is quieter than 92 per cent of the 2,099 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.