Carnival DestinyvsCosta Smeralda

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

39% Bacon Score™

Carnival Destiny

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60% Bacon Score™

Costa Smeralda

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Creators' Pick

The Bacon Verdict

Costa Smeralda wins this matchup

Earns a +22% higher BaconScore than Carnival Destiny. Based on 214 creator reviews.

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The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 214 creator reviews, Costa Smeralda holds a +22% BaconScore lead over Carnival Destiny — 60% versus 39%. Carnival Destiny edges ahead on cruise news. Carnival Destiny sentiment is trending up in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 88 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Recommend

of 70 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Carnival Destiny

70 videos50 channels0% warn againstHigh data density

About our Bacon Score methodology

Getting crispierCreator enthusiasm has grown substantially • Moderate consensus

Winner

BaconScore+22%

Recommend

of 144 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Costa Smeralda

144 videos38 channels5% warn againstDeveloping data

About our Bacon Score methodology

Getting crispierCreator enthusiasm has grown substantially • Divided opinion

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Carnival Destiny	Specification	Costa Smeralda
Carnival Cruise Line	Cruise line	Costa Cruises
70 videos	Creator reviews	144 videos
50	Distinct creators	38

Carnival Destiny

Cruise line: Carnival Cruise Line
Creator reviews: 70 videos
Distinct creators: 50

Costa Smeralda

Cruise line: Costa Cruises
Creator reviews: 144 videos
Distinct creators: 38

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Carnival Destiny

Topic

Costa Smeralda

Where creators agree

Both rate Main Dining highly

Carnival Destiny:
3 Happy Bacon
2 mentions
Main DiningBoth like it
Costa Smeralda:
3½ Happy Bacon
18 mentions
Carnival Destiny:
2½ Happy Bacon
4 mentions
Balcony CabinsBoth like it
Costa Smeralda:
3 Happy Bacon
32 mentions
Carnival Destiny:
3 Happy Bacon
4 mentions
Water ParkBoth like it
Costa Smeralda:
2½ Happy Bacon
11 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: cruise news

Carnival Destiny:
3½ Happy Bacon
2 mentions
cruise news0.31 gap
Costa Smeralda:
1½ Happy Bacon
5 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.

About our Bacon Score methodology

Standout creator quotes

Positive · Carnival Destiny

“The ship is the epitome of luxury inside and out with gorgeous finishes more than 5,000 works of art and incredible duplex accommodations.”

— Talking Cruise · authority

Positive · Costa Smeralda

“please never ever Cruise without travel insurance it makes me feel unwell”

— Emma Cruises · authority

Critical · Carnival Destiny

“Violent crime can occur anywhere in St. Lucia. US citizens and other foreigners in St. Lucia have been victims of armed robbery, assault, burglary, and rape.”

— The Travel Scouts · authority

Critical · Costa Smeralda

“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

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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 Destiny39% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Costa CruisesCosta Smeralda60% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Other Carnival Cruise Line ships

Mardi Gras

🥓 77% Ship BaconScore™→

Other Costa Cruises ships

Costa Toscana

🥓 58% Ship BaconScore™↓

Costa Toscana

🥓 60% Ship BaconScore™↑

Costa Smeralda

🥓 75% Ship BaconScore™

Costa Diadema

🥓 62% Ship BaconScore™→

Costa Favolosa

🥓 67% Ship BaconScore™↓

Costa Pacifica

🥓 55% Ship BaconScore™→

Costa Fortuna

Costa Cruises

1½ Happy Bacon

323 videos

Watch creators on each ship

Carnival Destiny

13:41Tour

Carnival Sunshine - Ultimate Cruise Ship Tour

🏅Talking Cruise · 494K views · 7 years ago

Highly Positive

6:32Tips

Where WERE all the EMPTY cruise ships during the Pandemic?

🥈Chris Frame the Maritime Historian · 143K views · 6 years ago

Positive

Costa Smeralda

25:58Review

I Survived a Week on Cruise Critic's WORST RATED Cruise Line

🏅Emma Cruises · 1.4M views · 3 years ago

Critical

38:14

Costa Smeralda Full Video Tour 4K

Cruise Passion · 1.2M views · 5 years ago

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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 →

Carnival DestinyvsCosta Smeralda

Costa Smeralda wins this matchup

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Opinion trend for Carnival Destiny

Opinion trend for Costa Smeralda

The specs

How they really compare

Where creators agree

Where creators diverge

Standout creator quotes

See the full creator breakdown

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Costa Pacifica

Costa Fortuna

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