Seabourn Ovation CDC inspection score

A potable water line to the ice machine was incorrectly marked blue/white/blue.

A crew member touched raw egg with his gloved hands while wiping the inside of an actively cooking pan and proceeded to continue working at the station cooking omelets. Without removing gloves, the crew member subsequently handled a cooking pan and passed it to another crew member who also touched the same handle as he plated the omelet. This crew member then touched the service plate with the same hand.

A container of egg salad was marked with a discard date from the date of preparation (Dec 12th) and not from the date the eggs were cooked (Dec 10th).

A crew member touched raw egg with his gloved hands while wiping the inside of an actively cooking pan and proceeded to continue working at the station cooking omelets. Without removing gloves, the crew member subsequently handled a cooking pan and passed it to another crew member who also touched the same handle as he plated the omelet. This crew member then touched the service plate with the same hand.

Open penetrations were in the underside plastic housing above the dispensing nozzles of the water dispenser.

Open penetrations were in the underside plastic housing above the dispensing nozzles of the water dispenser.

A piece of clear plastic blocked one of the wash nozzles of the glasswash machine.

A wiping cloth was not fully submerged in a bucket of sanitizing solution.

Varnished wood was throughout this show galley at the service stations deckheads and bulkheads. This material was sticky and in poor repair. Several areas including near the handwashing sink the varnish had worn away and was mostly raw untreated wood. Additionally, the undercounter refrigerator doors panels were made from this material and were in bad condition.

Stagnant white liquid residue pooled in the underside black catch reservoir of the counter mounted combination oven furthest from the dishwashing machine. Additionally, dried and greasy residue was on the underside of the combination oven nearest the dishwashing machine.

The right hand towel dispenser was out of towels at the soiled dish drop off handwash station.

Light intensity on the preparation counter with the deli slicer could not reach 220 lux.

Three mounted refrigerators were installed along the bulkhead at the galley entryway, an area not constructed for food storage. The installation lacked proper deck/bulkhead coving, adequate lighting, and contained open penetrations in the deckhead where electrical wiring passed through. Additionally, the units were positioned too closely together to allow for effective cleaning between and behind them. The deck and bulkhead surfaces beneath and behind the units were soiled. The refrigerators were mounted on metal posts approximately 5 inches off the deck and could not be easily moved for cleaning.

Staff reported the vegetable chopper is no longer used.

Ice accumulated on top of boxes of pork products below the condenser unit at the back of the room.

Refrigerators were installed along the bulkhead near the galley entrance on both the port and starboard sides. These units did not have adequate lighting and did not allow for proper cleaning behind or between them. The deck and bulkhead surfaces beneath and behind the units were soiled. The refrigerators were mounted on metal posts approximately five inches above the deck and could not be easily moved to facilitate cleaning.

This facility is currently being operated as a pool; however, the presence of water jet spray features throughout the pool designates it as an interactive recreational water facility. The bather load calculation is based on a turnover rate of 2.13 hours, whereas an interactive recreational water facility is required to maintain a maximum turnover rate of 2 hours. The technician stated that the required chlorine concentration range is 1–5 ppm. At the time of inspection, the chlorine concentration measured 1.38 ppm. The facility is equipped with a UV disinfection system. Additionally, the maintenance logs did not document when the filter housing and/or hair and lint strainer were cleaned, with the exception of the 14 December 2025 entry. The 01 December 2025 log was missing. The records available for review included entries dated 30 November and 14 December 2025.

Passengers were not instructed to wash their hands at the handwashing station as they entered the buffet. The handwashing station is tucked behind the entrance bulkhead and not easily noticeable.

The poached egg station did not include a consumer advisory for smoked salmon that is offered for service.

Food items were stored beneath an approximate one inch gap between horizontal sneeze guard panels that did not adequately protect the food below. Additionally, a bowl of pickled fish was not adequately placed under the sneeze guard. These were corrected.

Silverware dispensing containers were not angled appropriately to protect the mouthing ends.

One fruit fly was near the juice station.

The halogen residual measured below 2.0 ppm (approximately 1.5 ppm) on 28 November 2025 during production for approximately one hour (1600–1700). The analyzer chart did not include any notation explaining the low halogen residual. Additionally, the halogen residual measured below 2.0 ppm (approximately 1.9 ppm) on 3 December 2025 during production for approximately 45 minutes (0000–0045). The inspector confirmed that the low-level alarm had been set at 1.9 ppm during production and bunkering, which would notify the crew only after the halogen residual had fallen below the required range. The crew immediately adjusted the low-level alarm set point.

The legionella sampling during October 2025 did not include a selection from the following locations: water heater, galleys, salon and pedicure devices, technical water sources with a risk of exposure via aerosolization to crew or passengers, such as deck washing, and misting features as required by the 2025 VSP Environmental Public Health Standards.

Disinfection of the potable water system after maintenance consistently used the emergency procedure, even when the maintenance was planned or completed on a back-up system that was not in operation.

The analyzer chart for the bunkering operation was not accurate. Approximately 20 minutes after the start of bunkering, the chart installed in the chart recorder was dated 14 November 2025 and displayed a heavy ink trace below 0.5 ppm. The crew replaced the chart at that time.

A non-testable backflow prevention device located in the incinerator room on the hot water supply line to the garbage silo did not have an inspection date or documentation affixed to the device. The inspector confirmed that this device has since been removed.

The ice scoop handle was in contact with ice inside the ice machine bin.

Two hard boiled shell eggs were inside the trash receptacle for the handwashing sink. The area was not in operation.

The AGE surveillance log did not include a separate column for 'comments and notes.' Additionally, the fever temperature was blank for three guests during the 18 November 2025 to 1 December 2025 voyage and the reason was not documented in the notes column. (VSP 2025 Environmental Public Health Standards)

The evaporator condenser was soiled with brown residue and the inside of the air handling unit had black residue near the evaporator condenser. This unit was scheduled for cleaning the day after the inspection.