Star of the Seas

Most of the cabin talk about Star of the Seas is about categories rather than decks, which fits a ship that was only a few months old when the threads were written. The most-upvoted thread, a set of photos from August 2025, was of a standard balcony: the consensus was that it feels more open than balcony cabins on older Royal ships, the bathroom is compact but laid out so it works, and the shower is noticeably bigger than the Quantum-class version. Several replies were less kind about the decor, which they found plain and dated for a new build. Standard balcony cabins are otherwise described as near-identical to each other, so the price differences between them are mostly location. At the top end, a Grand Suite thread from the same week drew the observation that Junior Suites also come with a full tub, so a tub alone is not a reason to pay for the larger suite; one reply priced a week in a Grand Suite at roughly $14,000, with many sailings sold out of them entirely.

The infinite balcony cabins get the most practical advice. A parent booking a Family Infinite Ocean View Balcony with a two-year-old was told the glass opens with a button at about adult shoulder height, the top pane slides behind the lower one so there is nothing to pinch fingers in, and the doors are heavy enough that a small child cannot open them. The less obvious catch, raised in a March 2026 thread by passengers on a ship docked alongside Star, is privacy: the glass is not tinted, they could see straight into cabins, and the motorized shade takes around 45 seconds to close. Keep the shade down while berthed next to another ship, or change with it closed.

Two location threads round it out. A couple with daughters aged 25 and 15, placed in a Family Surfside Suite by a Costco booking that did not let them choose, found the sofa bed tucked into a nook and the room too small for four grown people; they were told that swaps between passengers are not possible and the only route is paying for an upgrade at the terminal's guest services desk before boarding, if anything is free. A honeymooner who noticed after booking that their balcony was on deck 14 forward asked whether to move; replies agreed the ship is too large to rock much, but the top answer still said to ask for something lower and more central while inventory was open, and one noted the D4 category had plenty of midship cabins on the 2027 sailings. A July 2025 poster choosing among the aft-facing large balconies on decks 7 through 11 got a single reply, from someone who had sailed the Oasis layout they believed to be similar: deck 8 lets you cross the ship through Central Park instead of walking the cabin corridors. Nobody offered a noise comparison between those decks.