`` While unacceptable for Holland America Line , the unsatisfactory score is highly unusual and an aberration , '' Holland America 's Sally Andrews told CNN . ` ` Very few ships ... received a failing score over the last couple of months , '' CDC official statement . Holland America 's ms Veendam , which we first visited in August , got a 77 . An 80 or lower on the ship 's 100-point inspection scale is considered failing . The cruise line says ` ` the unsatisfactory score is highly unusual and an embarrassment ''
` ` Very few ships ... received a failing score over the last couple of months , '' CDC official statement . Holland America 's ms Veendam , which we first visited in August , got a 77 . An 80 or lower on the ship 's 100-point inspection scale is considered failing . The cruise line says ` ` the unsatisfactory score is highly unusual and an embarrassment ''