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

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73% Bacon Score™
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71% Bacon Score™
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The Bacon Verdict

Too close to call

Brilliance of the Seas and Icon of the Seas have nearly identical BaconScores — 73% vs 71%. The decision comes down to your priorities.

The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 7012 creator reviews, Brilliance of the Seas and Icon of the Seas post nearly identical BaconScores — 73% for Brilliance of the Seas, 71% for Icon of the Seas. Brilliance of the Seas edges ahead on Value, while Icon of the Seas leads on Casino and cruise news. Brilliance of the Seas sentiment is cooling off in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 716 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Score comparison

Recommend
0%
of 632 reviews
632 videos162 channels2% warn againstDeveloping data
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Opinion trend for Brilliance of the Seas

Going soggyCreator enthusiasm has dropped noticeably • 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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Brilliance of the Seas
Cruise line
Royal Caribbean Group
Creator reviews
632 videos
Distinct creators
162
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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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Where creators agree

  • Brilliance of the Seas:
    33 mentions
    SuitesBoth like it
    Icon of the Seas:
    307 mentions
  • Brilliance of the Seas:
    26 mentions
    Specialty DiningBoth like it
    Icon of the Seas:
    573 mentions
  • Brilliance of the Seas:
    38 mentions
    Main DiningBoth like it
    Icon of the Seas:
    285 mentions

Where creators diverge

  • Brilliance of the Seas:
    21 mentions
    Casino0.37 gap
    Icon of the Seas:
    105 mentions
  • Brilliance of the Seas:
    10 mentions
    Value0.35 gap
    Icon of the Seas:
    479 mentions
  • Brilliance of the Seas:
    5 mentions
    cruise news0.34 gap
    Icon of the Seas:
    107 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 · Brilliance of the Seas
“as soon as i see that wake behind me my blood pressure goes down my smile gets big and i know that i'm back on my home on the brilliance of the seas”
— Harr Travel · authority
Positive · Icon of the Seas
“The hospitality service that they give was 10 out of 10.”
— CHRIS WONG VLOGS · authority
Critical · Brilliance of the Seas
“we are going to talk about some things on cruise ships that are coming back in full force and actually tell you a story of how a woman ruined our meal on a recent cruise”
— JJ Cruise · 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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How this comparison is built

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 →