Crown Princess: Sanitation Record & Health Report

Crown Princess is, by most measurable standards, a ship doing its job without embarrassing itself — which, in the cruise industry, is genuinely worth celebrating. A CDC score of 94 puts her in passing territory, though she's sitting just a hair below the fleet-wide average of 95, which means she's respectable but not exactly the valedictorian of the sanitation class. Her most recent inspection in August 2025 found her clean enough to sail without incident, and a food safety score of 90 with a "Clean Kitchen" grade suggests the galley isn't operating like a dare. For a Grand-class Princess ship that has been sailing since 2006 and has had plenty of opportunities to accumulate problems, that's a track record that earns a cautious nod.

The 90 food safety score is solid without being spectacular — think of it as the cruise ship equivalent of a restaurant you'd comfortably eat at twice a week but wouldn't specifically drive across town for. There are ships in the fleet scoring higher, and there are ships scoring lower in ways that should concern a reasonable person. Crown Princess lands in the comfortable middle: not a trophy case, not a cautionary tale. The kitchen is clean, the inspectors left without filing anything alarming, and the ship continues to float toward tropical destinations without making headlines for the wrong reasons.

Who it's for: The traveler who wants a known quantity — a mid-size Princess itinerary with enough ship amenities to keep them busy and enough sanitation compliance to keep them upright. Great for Princess loyalists, multigenerational families, and anyone who finds comfort in a vessel that has been sailing long enough to have worked out most of its surprises. Who should skip it: Anyone chasing that pristine 98+ CDC score or obsessing over food safety rankings — there are newer, higher-scoring ships in the Princess fleet if spotless inspection records are your love language. Also skip it if you were hoping for a dramatic story to tell at dinner parties, because Crown Princess is stubbornly, almost defiantly unremarkable.