Azamara Quest: Sanitation Record & Health Report

Let's get one thing out of the way: a 96 out of 100 with a "Spotless Galley" food safety grade is the kind of score that makes other ships in the fleet nervous. The Azamara Quest, a 2000-built Renaissance-class vessel that just came out of a 2024 refurbishment, posted that 96 on its most recent CDC inspection on March 26, 2026 — and since that's the only inspection on record so far, it's also the ship's all-time average, five-year average, and personal best, all at once. We'd love to tell you whether that's trending up or down, but with a single data point, there's no trend to describe yet — just a very solid opening statement.

Here's the thing about the Quest that makes this score land differently: at 30,277 tons carrying just 722 passengers, this is a genuinely small ship by modern standards — practically a rowboat next to the mega-resorts crowding today's cruise fleets. Small ships built in 2000 don't always age gracefully, and a Renaissance-class hull pushing a quarter-century old could easily be the kind of vessel where inspectors find something to write up. Instead it delivered a spotless galley on inspection day, which says the 2024 refurb wasn't just cosmetic — somebody actually got into the kitchens and fixed what needed fixing. We don't have outbreak data to weigh in here (the CDC's outbreak records are currently unreachable, so we're not claiming a clean bill of health beyond what the inspection shows), but on the food safety front alone, this is a ship performing above the roughly 95-point fleet average.

Who it's for: passengers who want an intimate, boutique-ship experience — 722 guests means you'll actually recognize faces by day three — paired with the reassurance that the galley just passed inspection with flying colors. If you're the type who reads CDC scores before you read the itinerary, the Quest currently gives you very little to worry about. Who should skip it: anyone who wants a longer track record before trusting a ship with their stomach. One inspection, however excellent, is a snapshot, not a pattern — and if you need to see a ship prove itself over multiple visits before you book, the Quest simply hasn't had the chance yet.