Carnival Venezia: Sanitation Record & Health Report

Carnival Venezia rolled out of Fincantieri's Monfalcone yard in 2023 dressed as a floating homage to Venice, and apparently the CDC likes the costume as much as the passengers do. Its lone inspection, from June 18, 2026, came back at a 95 — comfortably clear of the 86 passing line and sitting right on the fleet's usual ~95 average. For a Vista-class ship carrying over 4,000 guests and 1,150 crew, that's a clean, unremarkable, thoroughly boring inspection in the best possible way. The catch: with just one inspection on the books, there's no trend to brag about yet — call it a strong first impression rather than a proven track record.

This is Carnival's slice of Venetian cosplay parked out of New York, and it leans into the theme hard — gondola references, canal-inspired decor, the works — while still delivering the standard Vista-class scale at 135,225 tons and 16 decks. There isn't outbreak data available for this one right now, so we're not going to pretend to know its history on that front one way or the other; we can only speak to what's actually on record, which is a single, solid 95.

Who it's for: East Coast cruisers who want a themed, big-ship Carnival experience without flying to Florida, and anyone charmed by a cruise ship that's trying this hard to convince you it's a canal city. Who should skip it: data hounds who want years of inspection history before they book — this ship is simply too new to have built one, so you're trusting a single good grade rather than a long report card.