Planning a Cruise? CDC Gives These Ships High Marks for Cleanliness
Let’s face it, cruise ships get a bad rap. Mass illness from food poisoning, flooding toilets, abrupt cancellations, and the occasional guest going overboard is enough to make you think twice before booking a vacation on the seas.
The CDC recently inspected the following cruise ships and gave them a perfect 100 score, according to the CDC Vessel Sanitation Program inspections. For the most part, these bow-to-stern inspections happen twice a year, according to USA Today.
Here's What The CDC Inspects
- Medical center
- Drinking water
- Galleys and dining rooms
- Swimming pools and hot tubs
- Housekeeping
- Pest and insect management
- Child activity centers
- Heating, ventilation, and AC
“If a ship sails outside of the United States for an extended period, it may not be inspected twice a year, but it will be inspected again when it returns to the United States,” the CDC said on its website.
Which Cruise Ships Got The Highest Ratings in Sanitation?
- Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Breeze and Carnival Luminosa
- Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Apex, Celebrity Eclipse, Celebrity Silhouette and Celebrity Solstice
- Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Fantasy
- Explora Journeys’ Explora I
- Royal Caribbean’s Enchantment of the Seas, Grandeur of the Seas, Icon of the Seas, Jewel of the Seas, Ovation of the Seas and Utopia of the Seas
- Holland America Line’s Koningsdam, Rotterdam and Westerdam
- National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions’ National Geographic Venture
- Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Encore and Norwegian Gem
- Oceania Cruises’ Oceania Allura, Oceania Insignia and Oceania Vista
- Seabourn Encore
- Regent Seven Seas Grandeur
- Silversea Cruises’ Silver Ray
- Virgin Voyages’ Brilliant Lady
- Viking Neptune, Viking Orion and Viking Polaris