Jewel of the Seas Ultra Spacious Ocean View 1K

This cabin is huge and a great value for the dollar spent. It is at the front of the ship, overlooking the helipad. We were not bothered by the motion of the ocean. However, BEWARE! There is what sounded like a crew work room located directly below. All was quiet at night but during the day banging, scraping, drilling, and dragging noises could be heard. It was enough to be noticed and distracting. If you want a more quiet experience book another cabin. If you want suite-like room for an ocean view price, this is the ticket.

Loved the size of this room. It was the perfect room for viewing the Panama Canal. The bed was very comfortable and so much floor space. The room was spotless and well taken care of by our room server. Only thing I have a problem with was the lighting by the desk, way too dark.

Pull out sofa is too small and short for older kids. Would be great for kids under 12. The room is a perfect family state room for a larger family, however, it is best if younger children are in the party to sleep on the pull out sofa, which is more like a pull out futon. Pillows were VERY flat and needed to be replaced on beds. The beds and 2 bunks in that cabin were surprisingly comfortable. We ended up moving to side by side ocean view cabins on deck 4 that suited our family better. Our girls were much happier with those beds. They are both tall and did not fit comfortably on the pull out sofa. Our two boys (also tall) had the bunks in the family cabin. Kudos to Royal Caribbean for finding alternative accomodations that suited our family better.

Cabin 8500 is in very front of ship with nice ocean view of front bow of ship. It has a large bed and sleep sofa along with a single bed in separate room. It is larger than normal cabins. Very quite except when docking and lines rattle when being secured to dock.

EXCELLENT