Celebrity Beyond: Sanitation Record & Health Report

Celebrity Beyond waltzed into the health inspection game with a 98 — one inspection, one near-perfect score, zero drama. Honestly, it's almost suspicious. Most ships have to earn that kind of track record across years of scrutiny; Beyond showed up, got checked once, and basically said "yes, and?" The Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard that built her clearly wasn't cutting corners, and Celebrity's Edge class has a reputation for arriving polished. That single inspection isn't a red flag — the ship only entered service in 2022 — but it does mean we're working with a sample size of one, so take the "flawless record" crown with a grain of sea salt until the inspectors come back for seconds.

At 140,600 gross tons and 326.5 meters of sleek, modern ship, Beyond is Celebrity's answer to the question nobody asked but everyone secretly wanted answered: what if a boutique hotel had a brief affair with a megaship and refused to apologize for it? She's carrying 3,260 passengers, which puts her in that sweet spot of "large enough to have everything, small enough that you're not waiting 45 minutes for a poolside chair." A 98 CDC score that has literally never wavered (highest score: 98, lowest score: 98) suggests the galley situation is being taken seriously, and at these prices, it absolutely should be.

Who it's for: The traveler who wants a premium experience without feeling like they've boarded a floating theme park. If you appreciate good design, a consistently clean health record, and the kind of ship that makes people at the dock take photos, Beyond delivers. Who should skip it: Budget cruisers who resent paying for refinement they'll spend the whole trip calculating the per-night cost of, and anyone who finds "everything working exactly as intended" somehow boring. For the rest of us, a ship that nails its first inspection and keeps its nose clean is the kind of quiet confidence we should all aspire to.