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Side-by-side creator consensus from cruise reviewers across YouTube.

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78% Bacon Score™
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71% Bacon Score™
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Creators' Pick

The Bacon Verdict

Adventure of the Seas wins this matchup

Earns a +7% higher BaconScore than Icon of the Seas. Based on 9019 creator reviews.

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The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 9019 creator reviews, Adventure of the Seas holds a +7% BaconScore lead over Icon of the Seas — 78% versus 71%. Adventure of the Seas edges ahead on safety medical and Value, while Icon of the Seas leads on cruise in and Wi-Fi. Adventure of the Seas sentiment is cooling off in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 853 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Score comparison

Recommend
0%
of 2.6K reviews
2.6K videos299 channels1% warn againstDeveloping data
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Opinion trend for Adventure of the Seas

Going soggyCreator enthusiasm has dipped slightly • Moderate consensus
Recommend
0%
of 6.4K reviews
6.4K videos554 channels3% warn againstDeveloping data
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Opinion trend for Icon of the Seas

Holding steadyDivided opinion

Side-by-side facts

The specs

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Adventure of the Seas
Cruise line
Royal Caribbean Group
Creator reviews
2639 videos
Distinct creators
299
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Icon of the Seas
Cruise line
Royal Caribbean Group
Creator reviews
6380 videos
Distinct creators
554

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

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Topic

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Where creators agree

  • Adventure of the Seas:
    186 mentions
    ShowsBoth like it
    Icon of the Seas:
    751 mentions
  • Adventure of the Seas:
    77 mentions
    Water ParkBoth like it
    Icon of the Seas:
    865 mentions
  • Adventure of the Seas:
    131 mentions
    Specialty DiningBoth like it
    Icon of the Seas:
    573 mentions

Where creators diverge

  • Adventure of the Seas:
    2 mentions
    cruise in0.55 gap
    Icon of the Seas:
    2 mentions
  • Adventure of the Seas:
    131 mentions
    safety medical0.38 gap
    Icon of the Seas:
    249 mentions
  • Adventure of the Seas:
    52 mentions
    Wi-Fi0.36 gap
    Icon of the Seas:
    80 mentions
How to read the Trip Bacon Score
Happy Bacon — creators loved this aspect
Sad Bacon — creators took issue with this
Meh — no strong opinion either way

Scale: 0–5 strips in half-step increments. 0 = “meh”, 5 = “bacon bliss”. Aggregated from creator-review sentiment, weighted by channel expertise.

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Standout creator quotes

Positive · Adventure of the Seas
“just a beautiful day in February late afternoon right around 5:00 perfect weather absolutely Pitch Perfect weather hardly any clouds in the sky”
— Oakland Travel · authority
Positive · Icon of the Seas
“The hospitality service that they give was 10 out of 10.”
— CHRIS WONG VLOGS · authority
Critical · Adventure of the Seas
“And a Costa Cruises passenger has died after falling from the Costa Smeralda while the ship was docked in Civitavecchia, that's the port for Rome.”
— Cruise News Today · authority
Critical · Icon of the Seas
“American Airlines shame on you”
— Sharon at Sea Travel · authority

Drill Deeper

See the full creator breakdown

Each detail page has the full creator panel, topic heatmap, monthly trends, audience breakdown, and verbatim quotes — far more than fits in this comparison.

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Royal Caribbean GroupAdventure of the Seas78% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown
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Royal Caribbean GroupIcon of the Seas71% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

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Dolphin Fun at Dolphin Stadium | SeaWorld San Diego0:03

Dolphin Fun at Dolphin Stadium | SeaWorld San Diego

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Scores aggregate every cruise creator review we've indexed for each entity, weighted by creator expertise and capped per channel so no single voice dominates. Read the full methodology →