It’s not all the time smooth sailing for these luxury cruise ships.
The world’s dirtiest cruise ships are brimming with grime — from beer tap sludge to maggot infestations — in line with a recent reporter from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The agency’s Vessel Sanitation Program, which scores cruise ships for cleanliness out of 100 to maintain gastrointestinal diseases at bay, published results of its latest evaluations, with 10 ships receiving scores below 89.
Based on the organization, any rating 85 and below is “not satisfactory.”
The dirtiest vessel was Hapag-Lloyd’s Hanseatic Inspiration, which received a startling rating of 62.
The CDC’s report listed health code violations, equivalent to a grime-covered beer tap, each living and dead insects swarming the pool bar and a decaying bird covered in maggots near the grill outside. Meanwhile, food items that required refrigeration weren’t stored at low enough temperatures.
Despite the violations, a spokesperson for Hapag-Lloyd Cruises told USA Today that the cruise line has “consistently met the strict hygiene requirements for a few years.”
Consequently of the CDC inspection, Hapa-Lloyd Cruises investigated the various breaches in health safety aboard the ship.
“We deeply regret that the HANSEATIC inspiration didn’t achieve the required rating for the primary time. The results of this inspection under no circumstances reflects our high standards,” Karen Schmidt, the cruise line’s senior communications manager, told USA Today.
“We are going to use this chance to enhance our processes in all areas and be sure that all our ships deliver the standard experience our guests expect,” Schmidt noted.
Meanwhile, Princess Cruises’ Caribbean Princess, Carnival’s Carnival Breeze and Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s Evrima all scored 86.
Based on Each day Mail, flies and insects were discovered within the kitchens aboard the Caribbean Princess, while the Carnival Breeze cruise ship didn’t adequately prevent pests from stowing away on the vessel and left trays of food out within the cold rain. Moreover, the crew bathroom on the Carnival Breeze was “overflowing” with trash.
Aboard the Envirma, fruit flies congregated within the juicing machine, there have been missing rat guards and the filter on the whirlpools had not been modified in two years.
There have been, nevertheless, some cruise ships that received perfect scores of 100, equivalent to Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Spirit, Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Ascent, Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Fantasy and Royal Caribbean International’s Brilliance of the Seas, amongst others.
