Brandon Barker
🥈Expert CreatorBrandon Barker description on YouTube:
Are you passionate about cruising, sea-adventures and luxury travel on the high seas? You’ve found your crew. On Cruising Is Life, we bring you immersive, exciting, and informative content about everything from mega-ships and hidden islands to port explorations and cruise lifestyle tips. What you’ll discover here: Ship tours and behind-the-scenes looks at top cruise lines Port destination guides: culture, food, excursions and hidden gems Packing & budget hacks to make your cruise stress-free Cruise news, trends and insider updates Vlogs of on-board experiences: dining, entertainment, cabins and more
We’ve analysed 718 of 2,100+ videos so far.
Solid sample of Brandon Barker's catalogue — the patterns below should be reliable.
How cruise-focused are they, and how much of it have we analysed?
- 2026155100%155 of 15552%80 of 155
- 2025548100%546 of 54846%251 of 546
- 202447598%464 of 47539%182 of 464
- 202332795%311 of 32740%125 of 311
- 202214195%134 of 1415%7 of 134
- 202110898%106 of 10817%18 of 106
- 20204477%34 of 4429%10 of 34
- 201954100%54 of 5411%6 of 54
- 201810692%98 of 10612%12 of 98
- 20173580%28 of 3593%26 of 28
Topic-by-topic creator consensus
Every topic scored on the Trip Bacon Score — 0 to 5. More bacon, more love.
Dining
Cabins
Entertainment
Deck & Recreation
Ship & Crew
Value & Logistics
Scale: 0–5 strips in half-step increments. 0 = “meh”, 5 = “bacon bliss”. Aggregated from creator-review sentiment, weighted by channel expertise.
About our Bacon Score methodologyWho’s this ship for?
How the ship rates with different travel parties.
Consensus Seals
Auto-awarded when creators consistently praise specific aspects of this ship.
What Creators Are Saying
Selected quotes from our creator panel.
“The best debark I've ever had in my life.”
“That was by far one of the best aqua theater shows and just general shows in general I've ever seen on a cruise ship.”
“I'd highly recommend Utopia I'll I'll happily Sail on it two three four however many times more”
“I would 100% do the ship again or I would go out of my way to go to Long Beach to get on the fen like absolutely”
“the icon class is now my favorite ship of all time”
“I am so scared. If I'm being completely honest, I am terrified.”
“We're about to lose those. We're about to lose those last ones. Wait for it. That's an unfortunate turn of events. Lines just snapped.”
“the service was not even like subpar it was pretty awful”
“the chef's table which is probably the most noticeable increase it always ranged between $80 to $99 and it did change from 99 to 150”
“I've been platinum for so long and now I I honestly like I have zero motivation to go on anything Carnival anymore.”
Pro Tips From Creators
The most-shared advice for Brandon Barker.
Let the host know your location on the ship to be zoomed in on during sail away.
Take the $25 island tour in Tortola for a good value experience.
Use cold washcloths provided when returning to the ship on hot days.
Bring a brightly colored towel to wave from the ship for better visibility during sailaways.
Tune into marine radio to listen to ship radio traffic if you're local.
Screenshot prices for cable car rides to plan budget.
Visit Taste at Paradise Point for a fantastic view of the ship.
Buy your Jetty Park day pass online ahead of time to avoid delays at the entrance.
Videos (718)
0:15Mardi Gras sailing away from Port Canaveral! #shorts #mardigras #carnivalmardigras #carnivalcruise
0:14Star of the Seas sail away from Port Canaveral! #shorts #staroftheseas #cruiseship #royalcaribbean
55:20CompareMSC Cruises Announces New Frontiers Ship Class | Cruising Is Life Podcast
0:13MSC World America sail away from Miami! #shorts #msc #msccruises #mscworldamerica #cruiseship
1:02ReviewNew MSC Ship class Coming in 2030! #shorts #cruisenews #msc #msccruises #mscworldamerica #cruiseship
0:14MSC Seashore sail away from Port Canaveral!
0:14Adventure of the Seas Sail Away! #shorts #royalcaribbean #adventureoftheseas #cruiseship
0:12Adventure of the Seas sail away from Port Canaveral! #shorts #adventureoftheseas #royalcaribbean
0:12Join us LIVE every weekend for cruise ship sail aways #shorts #mscgrandioda #msccruises #msc #cruise
0:23VlogJoin us LIVE for an 8 Ship day in #miami ! #shorts #cruiseship #iconoftheseas #mscworldamerica
0:15Join us LIVE every weekend for #cruiseship sail aways! #shorts #carnivalmardigras #carnivalcruise
0:14Celebrity Apex sail away from #portcanaveral #shorts #celebrityapex #celebritycruises
0:15#mscgrandiosa FIRST Port Canaveral Sail Away! join us LIVE every weekend for sail aways! #shorts
0:15Star of the Seas sailing away! Subscribe to Watch these sail aways LIVE! #shorts #staroftheseas
0:20VlogJoin us LIVE on Saturday as we watch MSC Grandiosa sail away! #shorts #mscgrandiosa #msc #msccruises
0:31MCS Seashore vs Carniva Venezia horn battle! #shorts #mscseashore #carnivalvenezia #cruiseship
0:22Star of the Seas Horn Blast! 🚢🔊 #shorts #staroftheseas #portcanaveral #royalcaribbean
13:15VlogArrival into Coco Cay! | Wonder of the Seas | Ep 2
0:14Star of the Seas sail away from Port Canaveral #shorts #staroftheseas #cruiseships #royalcaribbean
0:14Norwegian Prima sailing away at night! #shorts #norwegianprima #norwegiancruiseline #cruiseship
0:14Boarding Norwegian Joy!! #shorts #norwegianjoy #norwegiancruiseline #cruiseship
7:04TourInside a Mini Suite on Wonder of the Seas | Full Tour
19:59TourWonder of the Seas Full Ship Tour 2025 – Complete Walkthrough & Highlights
0:15Radiance of the Seas docked in Nassau! #shorts #radianceoftheseas #cruiseship #royalcaribbean