Here’s My Review of an Inside Stateroom onboard Queen Anne

While cruising onboard Queen Anne, I was able to see inside an Inside Stateroom (or Inside Cabin, as most cruisers will know this room type), and I couldn’t wait to get home to show it to you. The cabin I accessed was very different to so many other cruise ship inside cabins I’ve seen before, and so I’m looking forward to showing you around.

In this article, I’m going to take you on a tour of this cabin, showing you everything that lies in store for you if you book this cabin type. I’ll offer you some advice if you’re looking at inside staterooms on this ship, and I’ll also share with you whether or not I’d recommend this grade of cabin to you.

I should add at this stage - I’ll use the term ‘stateroom’ and ‘cabin’ interchangeably throughout this post, but I’m talking about the same thing. Some cruise lines refer to the room that you stay in onboard their ships as your ‘cabin’, while others call it your ‘stateroom’. Cunard refers to rooms as ‘staterooms’, but personally I always think that ‘cabin’ is a word that works better in these reviews, and so I’ll go between them both throughout this post today!

Queen Anne is Cunard’s 249th ship, and she was christened in Liverpool (England) on June 3rd 2024. She’s (at the point of writing this article) the newest of the Cunard Queens, and also probably the most controversial. Following her launch, it was clear that some people absolutely loved this new ship, while others didn’t.

I’m not going to dive into detail on the ship itself in this review - we’re here today to talk about the cabin! If you’d like to see more of the ship, here’s the link to my full ship tour over on my YouTube channel! While you’re over there, please click the subscribe button to massively support my content!

Some cruisers loved Queen Anne following her launch, while others weren’t sold. © Fraser at Sea.

What are the two different types of Inside Stateroom available on Queen Anne?

I found it interesting to see that there are two very different layouts of Inside stateroom available on this cruise ship. When you look at the deck plans of Queen Anne, you can see that some cabins are presented in a portrait orientation, while others are landscape.

Take a look at the below deck plan - can you see both types of inside stateroom (the lime green-coloured cabins in the centre of the ship)?

The cabin type that I’m going to show you around today is a landscape orientated cabin. Looking at the above image, that would mean that the cabin in this review will resemble the likes of 5.203, 5.209, 5.217, 5.192 and 5.184, but you’ll find these all over the ship and not just on Deck 5!

Let’s get started - here’s the cabin, as seen from the door as you walk in.

Here’s an Inside Stateroom onboard Cunard’s Queen Anne. © Fraser at Sea.

As you can see in the above image, this stateroom’s different to so many others that you might see in YouTube videos, or on cruise websites. It’s much more common to enter the room and have the bathroom to one side, wardrobes to the other, with the bed then against the wall at the far end. One thing to think about with this layout of stateroom means that the bed is closer to the door, so you might be more exposed to corridor noise a little more in a cabin like this. That said, your fellow passengers shouldn’t be making too much noise out there, so hopefully that won’t be an issue…!

This landscape orientated cabin does, in my opinion, feel much bigger than those more typical cabins - largely due to the storage setup that I’ll show you shortly.

To be clear - staterooms onboard Queen Anne aren’t huge. I’ve cruised on this class of cruise ship multiple times, and I’m always quite surprised at how tight various aspects of my room feel. Cunard’s website states that Inside staterooms on this ship measure approximately 148 sq ft, which I don’t actually think is too bad. Granted, I’ve stayed in MUCH smaller solo cabins, but I reckon I’d be absolutely fine cruising in here as a couple or a pair.

What type of power outlets are in an Inside Stateroom onboard Queen Anne?

This is one of the most frequently asked questions whenever someone’s looking at booking a particular cabin on a cruise ship. In this cabin, you’ll find a range of US power outlets, U.K. power outlets, and also USB and USB-C, so you’re really not going to struggle to keep your devices charged while cruising in here.

As I mentioned earlier, it’s the way that the storage is laid out that makes this cabin very different to so many others out there. Let’s move on to look at that now! You’ll also be able to spot the desk and vanity unit in the below image, which is positioned to one side of the bed.

Looking towards the storage section of an Inside Stateroom onboard Queen Anne. © Fraser at Sea.

To the side of the bed, you’ll find your storage and also your bathroom. © Fraser at Sea.

I find cabins laid out this way so unique, and also so refreshingly different from so many others. I guess, in a ‘portrait orientated’ cabin, your door to the main corridor would be at the end of the above section, so you’d have your storage and bathroom as you walk in.

In every stateroom onboard Queen Anne, you’ll have a complimentary bottle of fizz waiting for you on embarkation day with two glass flutes (perfect to toast your trip, or perhaps to save for formal night!), and you’ll also have a fully stocked hospitality tray. This will include a kettle, two mugs, instant coffee (both caffeinated and decaffeinated), tea, sugar, sweeteners and milk.

One of my ‘top tips’ is that you can always find lots of varieties of tea at the onboard buffet if what’s provided here isn’t quite to your taste. Cunard ships are fantastic for offering lots of different teas ‘free of charge’, so be sure to add a trip there to your list so that you have your favourite waiting for you in your stateroom! Alternatively, if you’re cruising from the U.K., why not pop to the supermarket and bring your favourite brand onboard with you?!

Personally, I think that the Inside Staterooms on Queen Anne tend to feel slightly more elevated than inside cabins on so many other lines, and that statement is certainly true when we move through to look at the bathroom.

Here’s the bathroom of an Inside Stateroom onboard Queen Anne - doesn’t it look great?! © Fraser at Sea.

I mentioned earlier that I’ve cruised on other ships that share a class with Queen Anne before. That isn’t strictly true - let me explain… Queen Anne’s what’s known as a Halifax-class cruise ship, and she’s actually the only one of these at the point of releasing this post. However, this class is incredibly close to the Pinnacle-class (Queen Anne is just slightly extended), and so I’m considering them to be the same.

On my other Pinnacle class cruises, I’ve been incredibly impressed with the calibre of the bathrooms. As you can see in the above image, it’s incredibly modern, clean and slick. Shower curtains are ‘no more’ on this ship, which is wonderful to see. Instead, they’ve been replaced by clear glass screens, making the bathrooms feel even more modern.

The lighting in here is also excellent - look at that bright LED light that wraps around the entire outer section of the mirror on the left! There’s additional light pouring into this part of the cabin thanks to multiple downward facing roof spotlights, so you’re not going to struggle to see what you’re trying to do in here!

Would I recommend an Inside Stateroom on Queen Anne for your future cruise?

The big question - is this an accommodation option that I’d recommend, or suggest that you steer away from? To be honest, if you’re looking to experience a ship like Queen Anne on a tighter budget, then this is probably going to be the stateroom for you. Personally, I cruised in a balcony stateroom while onboard, but it felt exactly the same as this option (minus the balcony, obviously), and so I’d more than happily book this type in future!

I was really impressed with how premium this stateroom felt, especially when you think about the price point that it can be booked for on some cruises!

If you’ve enjoyed this article today, then why not come and join me in another? You’ll find a link to my YouTube review of my short cruise onboard Queen Anne below, followed by more of my Cunard posts here on this website.