... at least, according to my 13 year old grandson!
He, his 10 year old sister and their parents (my son and DIL) were first time cruisers, however husband and I have cruised to the Med on P&O's Aurora and additionally on a 4 nighter on Aurora and the same on ex-P&O Artemis. The choice of ship was my son's and he had already booked and paid by the time we decided on a cruise as well, so if we wanted to go with them, we had to go on Indy ... so we were both a little unsure about whether we were doing the right thing. This ship is over twice the size in terms of passenger numbers than Aurora and we thought she was big!
Embarkation :
Across from crew space but did not notice any noise.
Below Solarium and there was often noise very early and late, but it didn't last long. Some people might be disturbed, though it wasn't really a problem for us.