The World: Sanitation Record & Health Report

The World is literally one of a kind — a private residential ship where the ultra-wealthy don't just book a cabin, they own one. Somewhere between a luxury condo building and a cruise ship that never stops moving, it sails the globe on a route decided by its residents. The whole concept is deeply unhinged in the best way. Unfortunately, the food safety situation is less "exclusive floating utopia" and more "we probably should have cleaned that more thoroughly." A food safety score of 84 earns The World a "Needs Scrubbing" grade, which is not the kind of distinction you want when you've told your friends you live on a private yacht that costs more than their entire neighborhood.

The CDC sanitation score of 92 keeps it in passing territory, so the ship isn't a biohazard — it's just underperforming. The fleet average hovers around 95, meaning The World is below the pack on cleanliness despite having a price tag that suggests the opposite should be true. The December 2024 inspection confirmed this isn't ancient history, either. When you're charging people not just to sail but to live there permanently, "pretty clean for a boat" sets a low bar.

Who it's for: Eccentric billionaires who want to say they permanently reside in international waters, or travelers with a once-in-a-lifetime windfall and a tolerance for slightly below-average food safety scores. The experience is genuinely singular. Who should skip it: Anyone who assumes that "the world's most exclusive ship" means "the world's most sanitary ship" — those two things, as it turns out, are not the same.