Carnival ConquestvsMardi Gras

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

71% Bacon Score™

Carnival Conquest

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76% Bacon Score™

Mardi Gras

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Dead Heat

The Bacon Verdict

Too close to call

Carnival Conquest and Mardi Gras have nearly identical BaconScores — 71% vs 76%. The decision comes down to your priorities.

The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 10735 creator reviews, Carnival Conquest and Mardi Gras post nearly identical BaconScores — 71% for Carnival Conquest, 76% for Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras leads on safety medical and disembarkation. Carnival Conquest sentiment is cooling off in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 840 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Recommend

of 1.8K reviews

of cruise creators recommend Carnival Conquest

1.8K videos266 channels3% warn againstDeveloping data

About our Bacon Score methodology

Going soggyCreator enthusiasm has dropped sharply • Moderate consensus

TIE

Dead heat

Recommend

of 8.9K reviews

of cruise creators recommend Mardi Gras

8.9K videos574 channels1% warn againstDeveloping data

About our Bacon Score methodology

Holding steadyModerate consensus

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Carnival Conquest	Specification	Mardi Gras
Carnival Cruise Line	Cruise line	Carnival Cruise Line
1793 videos	Creator reviews	8942 videos
266	Distinct creators	574

Carnival Conquest

Cruise line: Carnival Cruise Line
Creator reviews: 1793 videos
Distinct creators: 266

Mardi Gras

Cruise line: Carnival Cruise Line
Creator reviews: 8942 videos
Distinct creators: 574

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Carnival Conquest

Topic

Mardi Gras

Where creators agree

Both rate Suites highly

Carnival Conquest:
3½ Happy Bacon
21 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Mardi Gras:
3 Happy Bacon
167 mentions
Carnival Conquest:
3 Happy Bacon
12 mentions
group cruiseBoth like it
Mardi Gras:
3 Happy Bacon
21 mentions
Carnival Conquest:
3 Happy Bacon
124 mentions
ActivitiesBoth like it
Mardi Gras:
3 Happy Bacon
1127 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: safety medical

Carnival Conquest:
2 Sad Bacon
126 mentions
safety medical0.39 gap
Mardi Gras:
Meh
226 mentions
Carnival Conquest:
Meh
48 mentions
disembarkation0.33 gap
Mardi Gras:
1½ Happy Bacon
45 mentions
Carnival Conquest:
1½ Happy Bacon
280 mentions
Ship Condition0.25 gap
Mardi Gras:
2½ Happy Bacon
1263 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 · Carnival Conquest

“this is the best thing all right no not not best wine i mean like some of the best like thing i've ever put in my mouth”

— Griff & Alyssa · authority

Positive · Mardi Gras

“He is perhaps one of the best cruise directors I've ever seen on any of the ships we've cruised on so far.”

— Oakland Travel · authority

Critical · Carnival Conquest

“We don't need people like that on a cruise ship. Ban them for life.”

— Don's Family Vacations · authority

Critical · Mardi Gras

“my wife three kids and I started noticing bites all over after several days of being on the ship”

— The Shiplife · 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.

Carnival Cruise LineCarnival Conquest71% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Carnival Cruise LineMardi Gras76% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Watch creators on each ship

Carnival Conquest

13:40Review

I Took The World’s CHEAPEST Cruise (ONLY $11/DAY)

🏅The Shiplife · 4.8M views · 3 years ago

Positive

4:51

7 Cruise Ships Leaving Port at Fort Lauderdale (4K)

TravelTouristVideos · 702K views · 8 years ago

Mardi Gras

6:34

Fun With Model Trains While Quarantined At Home

Jim Zim · 1.5M views · 6 years ago

22:16Vlog

New Roller Coaster & Theme Park Tech At IAAPA 2019! | Ride POVs & Attractions Expo!

TheTimTracker · 1.5M views · 6 years ago

Highly Positive

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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 →

Carnival ConquestvsMardi Gras

Too close to call

The specs

How they really compare

Where creators agree

Where creators diverge

Standout creator quotes

See the full creator breakdown

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Carnival ConquestvsMardi Gras

Too close to call

Score comparison

Opinion trend for Carnival Conquest

Opinion trend for Mardi Gras

The specs

How they really compare

Where creators agree

Where creators diverge

Standout creator quotes

See the full creator breakdown

More from this fleet

Mardi Gras

Carnival Celebration

Carnival Horizon

Carnival Jubilee

Carnival Vista

Carnival Magic

Watch creators on each ship

I Took The World’s CHEAPEST Cruise (ONLY $11/DAY)

7 Cruise Ships Leaving Port at Fort Lauderdale (4K)

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New Roller Coaster & Theme Park Tech At IAAPA 2019! | Ride POVs & Attractions Expo!

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