When cruise ship passengers come down with a virus, it’s always news, but there’s not as much publicity for the good news—so here it is: In 2015, 32 ships earned perfect scores of 100 on their semi-annual inspections by the Centers for Disease Control.
Leader of the pack, so to speak, is Holland America’s Eurodam, which has had a perfect score on its last 9 inspections. Holland America also got 100s for Veendam, Noordam, Statendam, Ryndam and Nieuw Amsterdam.
The inspections are unannounced and thorough; ships that fail are given warnings and must pass their next inspection or be banned from U.S. ports. A minimum score of 86 is required for passing.
Other ships with perfect scores for the year:
- Carnival’s Fascination, Sunshine, Ecstasy, Triumph, Pride and Miracle
- Celebrity’s Infinity, Summit, Equinox, Millenium
- Disney Dream, Fantasy
- Norwegian Breakaway, Getaway, Sky
- Princess: Golden, Ruby, Regal, Island
- Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance, Serenade, Enchantment
- Seven Seas Navigator
- SeaDream I
Several ships failed and then passed on their next inspection, including Silver Shadow and Grand Celebration. Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas failed an October inspection and hasn’t been re-inspected yet; re-inspectdion after failure usually comes in 30-45 days.
For more information and discussion on this, see CruiseCritic.com HERE
PHeymont — it is true that if you eat off the floor, having a place that’s too clean will stifle the flavors. But if you are looking at reducing food-borne disease, there’s nothing like a clean restaurant. And when you’re at sea and confined with thousands of others, keeping illness as low as possible is critical to everyone having a good time.
I think Cruise Critic’s list forgot the last perfect inspection of Holland America’s Zuiderdam.
I’m sure there are a number of fine restaurants in all the great cities of the world that would not fare nearly so well. Congratulations to Holland America and the others who got high grades!
My mother-in-law used to tell us that restaurants that were too clean lacked flavor…
Rob, there were a number of comments on the CruiseCritic site about what was included or not; depends on the cut-off date you use, apparently.