Carnival EncountervsMardi Gras

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

59% Bacon Score™

Carnival Encounter

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76% Bacon Score™

Mardi Gras

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Creators' Pick

The Bacon Verdict

Mardi Gras wins this matchup

Earns a +17% higher BaconScore than Carnival Encounter. Based on 9302 creator reviews.

Lead+17%BaconScore

The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 9302 creator reviews, Mardi Gras holds a +17% BaconScore lead over Carnival Encounter — 76% versus 59%. Mardi Gras leads on Wi-Fi and Room Service. Carnival Encounter sentiment is trending up in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 622 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Recommend

of 337 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Carnival Encounter

337 videos44 channels3% warn againstDeveloping data

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Getting crispierCreator enthusiasm has grown substantially • Moderate consensus

Winner

BaconScore+17%

Recommend

of 9.0K reviews

of cruise creators recommend Mardi Gras

9.0K videos578 channels1% warn againstDeveloping data

About our Bacon Score methodology

Holding steadyModerate consensus

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Carnival Encounter	Specification	Mardi Gras
Carnival Cruise Line	Cruise line	Carnival Cruise Line
337 videos	Creator reviews	8965 videos
44	Distinct creators	578

Carnival Encounter

Cruise line: Carnival Cruise Line
Creator reviews: 337 videos
Distinct creators: 44

Mardi Gras

Cruise line: Carnival Cruise Line
Creator reviews: 8965 videos
Distinct creators: 578

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Carnival Encounter

Topic

Mardi Gras

Where creators agree

Both rate Suites highly

Carnival Encounter:
3 Happy Bacon
16 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Mardi Gras:
3 Happy Bacon
170 mentions
Carnival Encounter:
3 Happy Bacon
25 mentions
Water ParkBoth like it
Mardi Gras:
3 Happy Bacon
213 mentions
Carnival Encounter:
3 Happy Bacon
48 mentions
ShowsBoth like it
Mardi Gras:
3 Happy Bacon
657 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: Wi-Fi

Carnival Encounter:
2 Sad Bacon
6 mentions
Wi-Fi0.52 gap
Mardi Gras:
1 Happy Bacon
95 mentions
Carnival Encounter:
Meh
3 mentions
Room Service0.39 gap
Mardi Gras:
2½ Happy Bacon
26 mentions
Carnival Encounter:
2 Sad Bacon
16 mentions
safety medical0.38 gap
Mardi Gras:
Meh
229 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 Encounter

“Princess tried to beat it. Well, they don't not only beat it on the Regal Princess, they crushed it.”

— Don's Family Vacations · 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 Encounter

“They said it was a horrible, horrible experience.”

— Don's Family Vacations · authority

Critical · Mardi Gras

“NCL told Cruise News today, "We are deeply saddened to confirm that one of our guests, a 79year-old male, was reported to have gone overboard"”

— Cruise News Today · 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 Encounter59% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Carnival Cruise LineMardi Gras76% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Watch creators on each ship

Carnival Encounter

10:13Tour

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🥈Chris Frame the Maritime Historian · 152K views · 3 years ago

Highly Positive

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🥈Chris Frame the Maritime Historian · 122K views · 1 years ago

Mixed

Mardi Gras

6:34

Fun With Model Trains While Quarantined At Home

Jim Zim · 1.5M views · 6 years ago

22:16Vlog

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TheTimTracker · 1.5M views · 6 years ago

Highly Positive

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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 →

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The specs

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Standout creator quotes

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How they really compare

Where creators agree

Where creators diverge

Standout creator quotes

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Mardi Gras

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