Dirtiest Cruise Ships

Ranked by CDC inspection data and outbreak history

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Dirtiest Cruise Ships Rankings

# Ship Cruise Line Latest Score Avg Score Outbreaks Trend
1 Villa Vie Odyssey N/A 81 N/A 0 N/A
2 Norwegian Dawn Norwegian 84 N/A 0 N/A
3 MSC Magnifica MSC 86 N/A 0 N/A
4 National Geographic Sea Bird N/A 86 N/A 0 ↓ Declining
5 Stad Amsterdam N/A 86 N/A 0 N/A
6 Queen Mary 2 Cunard 88 N/A 0 N/A
7 MSC Meraviglia MSC 89 86 0 N/A
8 Ruby Princess Princess 89 N/A 0 → Stable
9 Hanseatic Inspiration N/A 89 N/A 0 N/A
10 Oasis of the Seas Royal Caribbean 89 95 0 N/A
11 Silver Shadow Silversea 91 N/A 0 N/A
12 Zuiderdam N/A 91 N/A 0 N/A
13 Celebrity Equinox Celebrity 92 N/A 0 N/A
14 Norwegian Getaway Norwegian 92 98 0 N/A
15 Brilliance of the Seas Royal Caribbean 92 N/A 0 ↓ Declining
16 Zaandam N/A 92 N/A 0 N/A
17 The World N/A 92 N/A 0 N/A
18 Norwegian Encore Norwegian 92 100 0 N/A
19 Seven Seas Mariner Regent Seven Seas 93 N/A 0 N/A
20 Enchanted Princess N/A 93 N/A 0 N/A
21 Carnival Pride Carnival 93 86 0 N/A
22 Seabourn Sojourn Seabourn 93 N/A 0 N/A
23 Caribbean Princess N/A 93 N/A 0 N/A
24 Norwegian Epic Norwegian 93 89 0 N/A
25 Norwegian Gem Norwegian 94 100 0 N/A
26 Roald Amundsen N/A 94 N/A 0 ↑ Improving
27 Marella Discovery N/A 94 N/A 0 N/A
28 Ilma N/A 94 N/A 0 N/A
29 Pearl Mist N/A 94 N/A 0 N/A
30 Silver Dawn Silversea 94 N/A 0 N/A
31 MSC Seashore MSC 94 N/A 0 N/A
32 Viking Sea Viking 94 N/A 0 ↑ Improving
33 Celebrity Eclipse Celebrity 94 N/A 0 N/A
34 Freedom of the Seas Royal Caribbean 94 98 0 N/A
35 Star Pride N/A 95 N/A 0 N/A
36 Carnival Venezia Carnival 95 95 0 N/A
37 MSC World America MSC 95 N/A 0 N/A
38 Serenade of the Seas Royal Caribbean 95 96 0 N/A
39 Carnival Horizon Carnival 95 98 0 N/A
40 Adventure of the Seas Royal Caribbean 95 100 0 N/A
41 Celebrity Solstice Celebrity 95 N/A 0 N/A
42 Norwegian Aqua Norwegian 95 N/A 0 ↑ Improving
43 Volendam N/A 95 N/A 0 N/A
44 Carnival Sunshine Carnival 95 94 0 N/A
45 Queen Anne Cunard 95 N/A 0 N/A
46 Mein Schiff 1 N/A 95 N/A 0 N/A
47 Seabourn Encore Seabourn 96 N/A 0 → Stable
48 Azamara Quest Azamara 96 N/A 0 N/A
49 Discovery Princess N/A 96 N/A 0 N/A
50 Carnival Glory Carnival 96 96 0 N/A

How We Rank the Dirtiest Cruise Ships

This list ranks ships by their most recent CDC inspection score, lowest first. A score below 86 is a failed inspection. Anything 86–90 is technically passing but worth a closer look. The data is public — we just make it sortable.

Click any ship to see its full inspection history, violation breakdown, and pass/fail trend. To search a specific ship, use the inspection lookup tool. For active illness outbreaks (a different concern from sanitation scores), see the outbreak tracker.

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