Carnival HorizonvsCosta Fascinosa

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

75% Bacon Score™

Carnival Horizon

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63% Bacon Score™

Costa Fascinosa

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Creators' Pick

The Bacon Verdict

Carnival Horizon wins this matchup

Earns a +11% higher BaconScore than Costa Fascinosa. Based on 3733 creator reviews.

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The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 3733 creator reviews, Carnival Horizon holds a +11% BaconScore lead over Costa Fascinosa — 75% versus 63%. Costa Fascinosa leads on Main Dining and Ship Condition. Costa Fascinosa sentiment is cooling off in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 324 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Recommend

of 3.7K reviews

of cruise creators recommend Carnival Horizon

3.7K videos312 channels3% warn againstDeveloping data

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Holding steadyDivided opinion

Winner

BaconScore+11%

Recommend

of 30 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Costa Fascinosa

30 videos12 channels3% warn againstHigh data density

About our Bacon Score methodology

Going soggyCreator enthusiasm has dropped sharply • Divided opinion

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Carnival Horizon	Specification	Costa Fascinosa
Carnival Cruise Line	Cruise line	Costa Cruises
3703 videos	Creator reviews	30 videos
312	Distinct creators	12

Carnival Horizon

Cruise line: Carnival Cruise Line
Creator reviews: 3703 videos
Distinct creators: 312

Costa Fascinosa

Cruise line: Costa Cruises
Creator reviews: 30 videos
Distinct creators: 12

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Carnival Horizon

Topic

Costa Fascinosa

Where creators agree

Both rate Suites highly

Carnival Horizon:
3½ Happy Bacon
60 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Costa Fascinosa:
4 Happy Bacon
7 mentions
Carnival Horizon:
3½ Happy Bacon
408 mentions
Specialty DiningBoth like it
Costa Fascinosa:
3 Happy Bacon
7 mentions
Carnival Horizon:
3 Happy Bacon
403 mentions
ActivitiesBoth like it
Costa Fascinosa:
3½ Happy Bacon
4 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: Main Dining

Carnival Horizon:
2½ Happy Bacon
314 mentions
Main Dining0.27 gap
Costa Fascinosa:
4 Happy Bacon
5 mentions
Carnival Horizon:
1½ Happy Bacon
480 mentions
Ship Condition0.27 gap
Costa Fascinosa:
3 Happy Bacon
11 mentions
Carnival Horizon:
3 Happy Bacon
546 mentions
Crew & Service0.27 gap
Costa Fascinosa:
4½ Happy Bacon
2 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 Horizon

“it's been the most fun day ever all right next up putt-putt i'm gonna win”

— JJ Cruise · authority

Positive · Costa Fascinosa

“everywhere you look on a Costa ship you'll see a lot of design a lot of opulence and a lot of Glamour”

— Planet Cruise · expert

Critical · Carnival Horizon

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

— The Shiplife · authority

Critical · Costa Fascinosa

“10 teenage girls they got drugged on a European cruise”

— Crusin with keith · expert

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 Horizon75% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Costa CruisesCosta Fascinosa63% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Other Carnival Cruise Line ships

Mardi Gras

🥓 76% Ship BaconScore™→

Other Costa Cruises ships

Costa Diadema

🥓 70% Ship BaconScore™

Costa Diadema

🥓 58% Ship BaconScore™→

Costa Toscana

🥓 61% Ship BaconScore™↑

Costa Smeralda

🥓 65% Ship BaconScore™↓

Costa Pacifica

🥓 62% Ship BaconScore™→

Costa Favolosa

🥓 56% Ship BaconScore™↓

Costa Fortuna

Costa Cruises

1½ Happy Bacon

332 videos

Watch creators on each ship

Carnival Horizon

10:11Tips

How Much It Costs to Live on a Cruise Ship For a Year

🏅Cruzely.com · 1.2M views · 6 years ago

Positive

0:22

Carnival Horizon 🛳️#share #like #subscribe #comment #cruise #vacation #shortvideo #shortsvideo #wow

EdpzTube · 1.2M views · 1 years ago

Costa Fascinosa

0:29

Así es uno de los gemelos del Costa Concordia - #CostaFascinosa #Crucero

Oggi A Bordo ⚓️ · 1.0M views · 3 years ago

8:49Tips

🚨CANCELLED: Cruise Line Pulls Plug on Entire Season!

🏅The Travel Scouts · 132K views · 1 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 HorizonvsCosta Fascinosa

Carnival Horizon wins this matchup

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Opinion trend for Carnival Horizon

Opinion trend for Costa Fascinosa

The specs

How they really compare

Where creators agree

Where creators diverge

Standout creator quotes

See the full creator breakdown

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