Ilma: Sanitation Record & Health Report

Ilma waltzed into CDC's inspection rotation for the first time on March 31, 2026, and walked out with a 94 — comfortably clear of the 86 pass line and basically dead-on with the ~95 fleet average. Not bad for a debut. The catch, and it's a real one: that 94 is a sample size of exactly one. There's no five-year trend to point to, no highs-and-lows chart to squint at, just a single clean snapshot and a "score trend" that the data itself admits is insufficient to call. Treat this less like a verdict and more like a first date that went well — promising, but ask again in a year.

Context matters here more than usual, because Ilma isn't playing the same game as the floating cities it shares inspection paperwork with. This is a Mega Yacht — 46,750 tons, 448 passengers, and a borderline absurd 374 crew, which puts the crew-to-guest ratio somewhere in "does my martini have its own butler" territory. Built in 2024 at Chantiers de l'Atlantique, the same Saint-Nazaire yard responsible for plenty of the industry's showpieces, and flagged in Malta like a solid chunk of the luxury segment. The food safety side backs up the good first impression too: a 90.0 and a "Clean Kitchen" grade, which for a brand-new galley crew still finding their rhythm is a genuinely strong showing. On outbreaks, we're not going to pretend to know something we don't — CDC's outbreak data wasn't reachable for this ship, so consider that column blank rather than spotless.

Who it's for: guests who want the small-ship intimacy-and-butler-ratio experience and are comfortable being early adopters of a ship that's still building its inspection resume. Who should skip it: anyone who wants to see a ship prove itself over multiple cycles before booking — with only one data point on the board, Ilma has earned a solid opening grade, not yet a reputation.