Cruise lines
CDC inspection scores by cruise line
Average, best and lowest latest CDC sanitation scores of every cruise line that sails from U.S. ports.
- Source: CDC public records
- Data checked on October 31, 2026
- Pass mark: 86 out of 100
- Independent site, not the CDC
41 cruise lines have ships on this site. “Average” is the average of the latest CDC score of each ship of the line that is on the CDC Green Sheet, to one decimal place; lines with only archived ships show no average.
Largest cruise lines ranked by average score
Cruise lines with at least five ships in the CDC list, from the highest average latest score to the lowest. For a ranking based on every inspection of the last 12 months, see the cleanest cruise lines; for the change from 2025, the year-over-year comparison.
- Disney Cruise Line7 ships99.1
- Oceania Cruises8 ships98.6
- Royal Caribbean International28 ships97.5
- Carnival Cruise Line26 ships97.3
- Celebrity Cruises12 ships97.3
- Viking8 ships97.2
- Holland America Line11 ships96.9
- MSC Cruise Management10 ships96.6
- Silversea7 ships96.0
- Norwegian Cruise Line18 ships95.7
- Princess Cruises16 ships94.8