Cruise Line Quick*Lists

The use of "Cruise Line Quick*Lists" is an easy way for readers to access information relating to cruise lines that participate, or have participated, in the Centers for Disease Control Vessel Sanitation Program. The links provide Cumulative Cruise Line Data, Cruise Line Voyage Alerts, Cruise Line Annual Reports as well as detailed information relating to the overall health of cruise lines.

While Cumulative Cruise Line information is a excellent baseline for judging competing cruise lines over an 8-year period, Voyage Alerts by Cruise Line can be accessed using a color-coded scheme consisting of Yellow, Orange, Red, and Black representing Tier I through IV levels of GI Illness. Within this context, Tier IV, the forth voyage category, is considered a "Voyage Black Alert", which means the GI Illness Incidence on a particular voyage meets the Vessel Sanitation Program's definition of outbreak.

Cruise Line Annual Reports are also accessed using the same color-coded scheme with one additional color being "Green" to represent the healthiest cruise lines over an entire calendar year. Yellow, Orange and Red represent ranges of increasing GI Illness where Red is the sickest category. Black, the color for Voyage Alert Outbreaks is not defined.

Of course, cruise lines can also be searched by name or year. Please be aware that GI Illness is a managed risk situation, that is, GI Illness can strike any ship or cruise line at any time, and it's up to the cruise line as to how health risks are managed on a proactive basis. Of course, it's always possible for a ship on the "Cruising Healthy Green Reports" to have a GI Illness Outbreak in either its crew or passenger populations at any time.