Cabin 12666 — the 'haunted' room that wasn't

We got cabin 12666 and the number immediately became a running joke. My husband kept pretending the lights flickered. Our teenage daughter told her new cruise friends she was staying in the 'haunted cabin' and suddenly we had a parade of fifteen-year-olds outside our door on night two doing a 'ghost investigation' with their phone flashlights. It escalated. By day four, our steward was in on it — he left a towel animal bat hanging from the ceiling. The kids made a TikTok that apparently went mildly viral in the cruise community. Our cabin was completely normal. Nothing haunted. Just a regular balcony with a spooky number and a steward with excellent comedic timing.