Latest score, full inspection history and the violations CDC inspectors found on Carnival Luminosa.
Source: CDC public records
Data checked on October 31, 2026
Pass mark: 86 out of 100
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Carnival Cruise LineInspected May 14, 2026
98out of 100
Latest CDC sanitation score
Passed
Carnival Luminosa scored 98 out of 100 in its latest CDC Vessel Sanitation Program inspection, on May 14, 2026. It passed: ships pass with 86 or more.
−2 vs previous inspection (100, May 1, 2025)
96.5average of the last 4 inspections
91lowest score (May 2024)
4inspections since 2023
0failed inspections
Inspection history of Carnival Luminosa
Every CDC inspection score on record for Carnival Luminosa: 4 inspections from May 27, 2023 to May 14, 2026, 1 perfect score of 100 and no failed inspections.
The full findings of the last 3 inspections, as written in the CDC reports. Each finding refers to an item of the CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program standards; points are deducted by item, for a single significant violation or for a pattern of similar ones (CDC FAQ).
All 25 findings the inspectors wrote down, grouped by area of the ship. Findings with a red edge belong to an item that lost points; the others were noted without a deduction.
Galleys (kitchens)12 findings
Item 08Deck 9 - BBQ Show Galley
The backflow prevention device for the countertop ice machine was in disrepair with blocked atmospheric vents.
Item 16Deck 1 - Hot Line
Temperatures were not measured for two skirt steaks cooked on the hot grill prior to being placed the hot line time control station.
Item 21Deck 10 - Steak House - BBQ Preparation Area
Multiple gaps were in and around countertop equipment in this area, making it difficult to keep clean.
Item 22Deck A - Warewashing Area
The temperature gauge for the three compartment-sink was out of calibration. The manual temperature measured by the inspector and crew was 191°F. However, the temperature gauge registered a water temperature of 183°F.
Item 26Deck 9 - BBQ Show Galley
The countertop heat lamp's food splash areas were soiled with food debris. This area had been previously cleaned and sanitized.
Item 26Deck 9 - Center Hot Galley
Food debris was inside the previously cleaned and sanitized soup kettle pour spouts.
Item 26Deck 10 - Steak House - BBQ Preparation Area
Food debris and food oil were on the food-contact area of the water spout. This area was previously cleaned and sanitized and not in service at the time of the inspection.
Item 27Deck 10 - Steak House - BBQ Preparation Area
Food debris and food oil were on the countertops and side cabinet walls. This area was previously cleaned and sanitized.
Item 27Deck 9 - BBQ Show Galley
The countertop heat lamp's nonfood-contact areas were soiled with food debris. This area had been previously cleaned and sanitized.
Item 27Deck 9 - Center Hot Galley
Multiple areas in the soup kettle and hot galley area were soiled with food debris and an oily substance. Food debris and oil had accumulated between the deck mounted kettles, back bulkheads, and side equipment bulkheads. This area had been previously cleaned and sanitized and was not open at the time of the inspection.
Item 33Deck 9 - Center Hot Galley
Multiple areas in the soup kettle and hot galley area were soiled with food debris and an oily substance. Food debris and oil had accumulated between the deck mounted kettles, back bulkheads, and side equipment bulkheads. This area had been previously cleaned and sanitized and was not open at the time of the inspection.
Item 33Deck 10 - Steak House - BBQ Preparation Area
Food debris and food oil were on the back bulkhead and on the deck to bulkhead juncture. The area had been previously cleaned and sanitized and not in service at the time of the inspection.
Pantries3 findings
Item 08Deck 9 - Aft Beverage Station
The backflow prevention device for the countertop ice machine was in disrepair with blocked atmospheric vents.
Item 20Deck 9 - Serenity
The ice machine's access panel gasket was in disrepair, which caused an excess amount of water to pool on the outer area of the ice machine.
Item 33Deck 9 - Serenity
An excess amount of water pooled on the outer area to bulkhead juncture of the ice machine. Staff stated an access panel gasket was in disrepair.
Buffets1 finding
Item 27Deck 9 - Starboard Aft Side
The top shelf of the glass sneeze guards and tops of the countertop's heat lamps were soiled with an excess amount of dust. This area had been previously cleaned and sanitized. It was noted that the dust was originating from the two air-supply vents directly above the hot line.
Drinking water3 findings
Item 02Legionella Sampling
Ensure the medical staff maintains a supply of at least 10 clinical specimen collection containers for both viral and bacterial agents (10 for each), as well as a shipping container that meets the latest shipping requirements of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and U.S. Department of Transportation for Biological Substances, Category B designated shipments (or higher). Ensure the vessel maintains the appropriate labels and markings required for shipping Biological Substances, Category B shipments. Ensure the vessel maintains appropriate refrigerant materials to keep clinical specimens cool. (see Annex 13.4 of the VSP 2011 Operations Manual.)
Item 06Legionella Sampling
Legionella sampling did not include water sources with a risk of exposure via aerosolization to crew or passengers, such as deck washing.
Item 06Engine Room
The potable water filling lines for the sodium hypochlorite containers were directed upwards. Liquid was dripping from the deckhead nearby, increasing the contamination risk.
Bars2 findings
Item 20Deck 10 - Steak House
The ice machine has been out of order for two months.
Item 39Deck 10 - Steak House
One small fly was in this area.
Pools, hot tubs and water play areas2 findings
Item 10Bather Load
The center pool bather load calculation was 16.6, using the actual flow rate recorded on 26 April 2025. The maximum bather load on the spreadsheet and on the recreational water facility safety sign had a bather load of 17. The bather load calculated the day of the inspection was also less than 17.
Item 10Collecting Water Samples
The person in charge of collecting water samples was aware samples must be collected at least 18 inches below the surface; however, the water sampling containers were lowered into the water upright and near the inlet, which collected water at the surface. The inspector showed them how to invert the containers and lower them quickly into the water and then turn the containers upright to collect water samples from the proper depth.
Dining rooms1 finding
Item 28Deck 9 - Aft Beverage Station
Previously cleaned and sanitized spoons on the self-service coffee station were unprotected.
Other areas1 finding
Item 08Deck 9 - Beverage Station - Starboard Side - Aft
The backflow prevention device for the countertop ice machine was in disrepair with blocked atmospheric vents.
May 1, 2025
100Passed
19 findings · 0 points deducted
No points deducted.
Show all 19 findings
All 19 findings the inspectors wrote down, grouped by area of the ship. Findings with a red edge belong to an item that lost points; the others were noted without a deduction.
Bars5 findings
Item 19Deck 9 Serenity
A container of yellow liquid was not labeled with its contents. The container was out for passenger use and stored on the front bar countertop.
Item 21Deck 9 Serenity Waiter Station
The undercounter cabinet on the soiled side of the waiter station had multiple difficult to clean penetrations inside the cabinet.
Item 26Deck 2 Theater Pantry
One previously cleaned and sanitized glass was soiled with yellow food debris and stored in the clean area.
Item 27Deck 9 RedFrog Rum Bar
Water pooled in the bottom of the technical compartment below the utility sink.
Item 33Deck 9 Serenity
The back bar shutters were soiled with more than a day's accumulation of dust. The bar was in operation.
Buffets4 findings
Item 19Deck 9 Swirls
The bottom third of the ice cream cones out for passenger use were not protected. The area was not in operation. Staff stated smaller cones were being expected to be delivered to the vessel on the day of the inspection.
Item 27Deck 9 Lido Marketplace Pantry 1 Portside
One previously cleaned and sanitized heat lamp was soiled with old food debris.
Item 33Deck 9 Lido Marketplace Pizzeria
The bulkhead emergency fire switch next to the handwashing station was soiled with more than a day's accumulation of dust.
Item 39Deck 9 Lido Marketplace Seafood Portside
One small fly was flying throughout the area.
Galleys (kitchens)4 findings
Item 30Deck 9 BBQ
The handwashing facility did not include a waste receptacle. The area was not in operation.
Item 33Deck A
Condensate collected on the deckhead above combination oven #1.
Item 34Deck A
Water continuously dripped from the middle soup kettle's technical compartment into the deck sink below.
Item 37Deck A
Condensate collected on the deckhead above combination oven #1.
Dining rooms3 findings
Item 19Deck 2 Vela Restaurant Portside
Ten containers of yellow liquid and ten containers of a dark colored liquid were stored unlabeled in the cabinet.
Item 21Deck 2 Vela Restaurant Portside Waiter Station #8
The top silverware drawer handle was in disrepair and did not seal to the drawer.
Item 21Deck 2 Vela Restaurant Portside Waiter Station #4
The silverware drawer was in disrepair with corner pieces missing exposing difficult to clean wood-like material.
Drinking water1 finding
Item 08Engine Room
The overboard discharge lines were striped blue/gray/blue after the reduced pressure assembly backflow prevention device below both evaporators. The striping was removed.
Food preparation rooms1 finding
Item 32Deck A
A paper and plastic waste-handling container containing a flour bag and other food debris was not covered and not in continuous use.
Pools, hot tubs and water play areas1 finding
Item 10Deck 9 Central Pool
The pool tub floor was deteriorating and in disrepair.
All 44 findings the inspectors wrote down, grouped by area of the ship. Findings with a red edge belong to an item that lost points; the others were noted without a deduction.
Galleys (kitchens)16 findings
Item 13Deck 9 - Pot Wash - Clean Staging
Stacks of previously cleaned and sanitized metal pans and serving trays were found soiled with pieces of food and or greasy food residue. Approximately 15 different pans and trays throughout three different tubular storage racks were found in this condition. Staff immediately began removing all the staged pans and trays to be re-washed. Additionally, A stack of approximately15 metal serving trays were stacked while still wet and food soil was found in several locations on the underside of the metal tubular storage racks above cleaned pans.
Item 21Deck 9 - Port Dishwash Entrance
The worker side of the buffet counter used to stage soiled items going into the dishwash had several open penetrations making the surface difficult to clean.
Item 21Deck 1 - Soup Sauce Station
Water was pooled on the counter below the buffalo chopper and in contact with the electrical cable for the chopper that was draped on the countertop.
Item 22Deck 9 - Burger Galley
The hood-type dishwash machine was out-of-service since 5 May 2024. Dishware was being diverted to the Lido dishwash.
Item 26Deck 10 - Fahrenheit 555
Food residue was on the food contact surface of a previously cleaned and sanitized metal pan ready for service near the food service line.
Item 26Deck 9 - Crushed Ice Machine
Black debris was on the outside of the black ice chute located inside and top of the ice bin. The debris was removed with an alcohol swab.
Item 26Deck 9 - Deli
Old food residue was on the back of the deli slicer blade. The blade was previously cleaned and sanitized.
Item 26Deck 9 - Pot Wash - Clean Staging
Stacks of previously cleaned and sanitized metal pans and serving trays were found soiled with pieces of food and or greasy food residue. Approximately 15 different pans and trays throughout three different tubular storage racks were found in this condition. Staff immediately began removing all the staged pans and trays to be re-washed. Additionally, A stack of approximately 15 metal serving trays were stacked while still wet and food soil was found in several locations on the underside of the metal tubular storage racks above cleaned pans.
Item 26Deck 9 - Burger Galley
Brown residue was on the outside of the crushed ice machine's ice chute located at the top of the ice bin.
Item 27Deck 1 - Soup Sauce Station
Water was pooled on the counter below the buffalo chopper and in contact with the electrical cable for the chopper that was draped on the countertop.
Item 28Deck 9 - Pot Wash - Clean Staging
A stack of approximately15 metal serving trays were stacked while still wet. Additionally, food soil was found in several locations on the underside of the metal tubular storage racks above cleaned pans.
Item 31Deck 9 - Starboard Dishwash
A bucket of chemical disinfectant was on the deck near the soiled staging area. The bucket was immediately relocated outside the food area.
Item 31Deck 9 - Port Dishwash
A bucket of chemical disinfectant was stored on the deck inside the entrance to this food area.
Item 33Deck 9 - Hot Galley
Water dripped from underneath the combination oven and pooled on the deck below.
Item 33Deck 9 - Hot Section
Deck grout in this area, especially along deck gutter ways, was in poor repair or was missing.
Item 33Deck 9 - Door and Corridor Thresholds
Metal bulkhead profiling around door and corridor thresholds throughout the galley and worker sides of buffet stations were badly damaged and in poor repair. Additionally, integral deck coving in these same areas were in poor condition.
Buffets14 findings
Item 17Deck A - Mess Beverage Stations
The posted time control plans for the cream at the espresso machines did not match the operation. The posted time control plans indicated a color- coding system to follow for every four hours of operation, however, the cream was maintained inside the machine's refrigerator and was being labeled with a four-hour label. Staff stated the color-coding system was used when they were using individual creamer carafes. Additionally, the refrigerator units where the cream was held were not physically labeled as a time control unit. This was corrected.
Item 19Deck A - Team Dining #1
Ice cream cones out for crew self-service were kept inside a container with a lid; however, the lid was not self-closing. This was corrected.
Item 19Deck 9 - Lido Port Salad Bar
A bowl of apples out for self-service was not positioned under the sneeze guard. This was corrected.
Item 21Deck 9 - Pizza Station
Several deep grooves were in the left side of the pizza preparation counter.
Item 21Deck 9 - Lido Counters
Sealant and grout between countertop seams and countertop junctures with hot plates, cold wells, and equipment legs throughout many buffet stations were in poor repair or missing.
Item 21Deck 9 - Lido Island Technical Compartments
Open circular penetrations and rectangular openings to void areas were inside technical spaces in multiple island stations.
Item 26Deck 9 - Swirls
Dried ice cream residue was on the underside of the left ice cream machine's dispensing nozzle.
Item 26Deck 9 - Starboard Forward Beverage Station
Black residue was on the inside of the ice/water machine's gray ice chute.
Item 26Deck 9 - Lido Starboard Comfort Station
A previously cleaned and sanitized yellow bowl out for passenger self-service had dried food debris on the food contact section of the bowl.
Item 30Deck 9 - Pizza Station
The handwashing sign advising staff to wash hands often had fallen off the bulkhead.
Item 33Deck 2 - Sushi Express
The deckhead above the sushi preparation counters was constructed of a faux wood decorative material with multiple penetrations to open plenum void spaces. The deckhead was also soiled with food splash residue in several areas above the sushi preparation area.
Item 33Deck 9 - Pizza Station
Food residue was inside the left deck track of the fire shutter for the pizza oven.
Item 33Deck 9 - Lido Islands
Decorative cables and lights were fastned to the deckhead above several food islands where food and beverage dispensing machines were stored and used for service. The cables and lights were not easily cleanable.
Item 39Deck 9 - Lido Starboard Comfort Station
One fly was flying above the yogurt station.
Pools, hot tubs and water play areas4 findings
Item 08Deck 8 - Pool Machinery Rooms - Aft and Central
In both pool machinery rooms, blue/green/blue striping was placed on the recirculation system piping. This was changed during the inspection.
Item 10Deck 9 - Central Pool
The two main anti-entrapment drain covers for this pool were field fabricated and did not have proper ANSI certification.
Item 10Deck 9 - Aft Pool
The rectangular anti-entrapment drain cover system did not have ASME certification. Staff stated this drain system was to be changed during the next dry dock.
Item 10Deck 9 - Aft Pool
The pool tub floor had two areas where the floor was separating from the foundation creating entrapment and safety hazards. Additionally, pieces of the deterioorating pool floor were scattered around the inside pool tub area.
Drinking water7 findings
Item 08Incinerator Room
The backflow prevention device for the continuously pressurized spray-end hose used for deck washing was a non-continuous pressure device. A continuous pressure device is needed. This was corrected during the inspection.
Item 08Incinerator Room
The potable water line in the incinerator room was not striped blue/green/blue consistently making it difficult to follow the potable water line throughout this area. This was corrected during the inspection.
Item 08Evaporator #2 - Starboard Side
The air gap from the Reduced Pressure Zone (RPZ) assembly vent to water catch pan located below the assembly vent was insufficient. The inside diameter of the RPZ vent was 1-inch in diameter and the air gap was 1-inch as well.
Item 08Production Line
The potable water production line after the mineralizer and prior to the halogen injection point was striped blue/green/blue for potable water. This was changed during the inspection.
Item 08Cloud 9 Spa - Laconium Room
The starboard side passenger rinsing hose for the dry heat area did not have a backflow prevention device attached. This hose was resting on the deck during the inspection. This area was not in service at the time of the inspection.
Item 43Cloud 9 Spa - Experience Shower
The deckhead and bulkhead-mounted shower heads for both forward and aft showers were not able to be removed consistently for disinfection purposes. During the inspection, staff was able to remove one shower head nozzle that was located in the deckhead above. Ship stated these were not part of the routine shower head disinfection process.
Item 44Cloud 9 Spa - Experience Shower
The deckhead and bulkhead-mounted shower heads for both forward and aft showers were not able to be removed consistently for disinfection purposes. During the inspection, staff was able to remove one shower head nozzle that was located in the deckhead above. Ship stated these were not part of the routine shower head disinfection process.
Food safety, general1 finding
Item 21Tilting Kettle Wheels
Many of the wheeled tilting kettle/skillet handles had open seams along the perimeter of the fastened metal back plate. Silicone was installed in this area, however, many of the metal plates pulled away from the black plastic wheel housing.
Bars1 finding
Item 39Deck 3 - Port Bar Pantry
Three tiny flies were observed in this area. The outlet was not in operation.
Medical center1 finding
Item 34Ward #3
A heavy amount of corrosion was on the shower hose coupling just below the hose coupling to backflow prevention device juncture. When the inspector turned on the shower, this area began to drip water. The backflow prevention device was in working order. This was fixed immediately.
To see this report on the CDC site: open the CDC inspection search, choose Carnival Luminosa in the list of cruise ships, select “All Dates” and press Search, then open “Report” next to the inspection date. (The CDC tool does not allow direct links to a single report.)
