After November Failure, Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Passes Sanitation Retest - Various

After November Failure, Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Passes Sanitation Retest - Various

But even if the ship fails again, the only penalty may be the potential bad press garnered by earning another substandard score. As Ames noted previously, "There is no other penalty unless the ship falls into one of the imminent hazard situations where a possible 'no sail' results" -- which can happen at any time. This might be sparked by nonfunctioning refrigeration or wastewater systems, or a continuing gastrointestinal illness or Norovirus outbreak that cannot be controlled -- and the organization can issue a no-sail recommendation (as occurred with Celebrity Mercury in March 2010) or even a no-sail order.