Cruise ship lawyer warns of ‘horrifying’ inspection report on Royal Caribbean

A sinking ship.

A lawyer who says he “sues cruise lines for a living” called out Royal Caribbean following the “absolutely horrifying” results of an inspection done by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

Spencer Aronfeld, known on TikTok as @cruiseshiplawyer, made a video last week where he described what went wrong when the CDC inspected a Royal Caribbean Symphony of the Seas ship.

Aronfeld said the biggest issue was that raw eggs and raw hamburgers were being stored at the correct refrigeration temperature on the boat.

Furthermore, crew members at Johnny Rockets allegedly had open wounds and were touching ice with their bare hands.

In addition, “several children came down with severe GI problems while in their daycare centers, and the daycare center failed to follow the protocols for referring them to the medical center and for reporting these things as acte gastrointestinal illnesses, projectile diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal cramps to the CDC,” said Aronfeld.

That misstep by the cruise line, according to Aronfeld, allowed “these poor kids to spread a potential norovirus to their parents and other passengers on the ship.”

Aronfeld revealed that the CDC scored the ship an 86 in the inspection report — which he claimed was “barely satisfactory.”

“One point less, which is an 85, would have been an unsatisfactory evaluation, which probably would have caused them to have to cancel the cruise,” the legal expert shared. “Quite frankly, I think they should have.”

Aronfeld also said it will cost Royal Caribbean around $65,000 to correct these issues in the allowed short timespan.

In a follow-up video, Aronfeld said that as of Friday, Feb. 21, Royal Caribbean has not issued a corrective report which they have to do to fix the problems outlined by the CDC.

“Which lends me to believe they haven’t fixed it,” said Aronfeld. “Which means that these problems are still existing.”

“The ship is sailing, and it’s got passengers on board right now, but I sure hope that Royal Caribbean has done at least enough to correct these issues, but they should have at least reported it to the CDC,” he added.

Aronfeld’s followers responded to his videos exposing Royal Caribbean in the comments.

“Disney Cruise Line would NEVER,” one person wrote.

“Did he say Symphony of Disease,” another person joked.

A third TikToker said, “Cruises are disgusting….? Is this surprising?”

“I’m disappointed in RC, I expected more from this cruise line,” another comment read, to which Aronfeld responded, “Me too!”

Someone else called on the CDC to “inspect every single ship docked in the US nonstop.”