Westerdam: Sanitation Record & Health Report

Let's talk about the Westerdam, because for once we get to skip the dramatic music. This Hal Vista-class ship came out of Fincantieri's Marghera yard back in 2004, got a 2023 refurb to keep her from feeling like a floating time capsule, and now carries a modest 1,968 passengers with 817 crew looking after them — a small-ship ratio that alone should tell you something about the vibe here. But the real headline is the paperwork: a Latest CDC Score of 97, which also happens to be her all-time average, five-year average, and highest score on record. That's not a fluke stacking the deck — that's just what a 97 looks like when it's the only data point you've got.

And that's the catch worth being upfront about: this is one inspection, dated 2026-05-06. One really good inspection, sure, backed up by a Food Safety Score of a perfect 100.0 and a "Spotless Galley" grade that reads less like a nickname and more like a dare to future inspectors. But with Total Inspections sitting at 1, the Score Trend is officially "insufficient_data" — meaning nobody, including us, gets to tell you whether this ship is trending up, holding steady, or about to have a bad month. We also don't have reliable outbreak history to report on right now, so we're not going to pretend we checked that box and came back clean — we simply don't have the receipts either way.

Who it's for: smaller-ship loyalists who want a mid-size, freshly refurbished vessel with a genuinely excellent food safety showing and no red flags on the books — if a spotless galley score matters to your peace of mind, Westerdam is currently delivering one. Who should skip it: anyone who leans on a long inspection track record before booking. A single 97 is a great first impression, not a proven pattern, so if you want years of consistency to point to, check back after this ship racks up a few more visits from the CDC.