Carnival RadiancevsMardi Gras

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

72% Bacon Score™

Carnival Radiance

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76% Bacon Score™

Mardi Gras

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Dead Heat

The Bacon Verdict

Too close to call

Carnival Radiance and Mardi Gras have nearly identical BaconScores — 72% vs 76%. The decision comes down to your priorities.

The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 10168 creator reviews, Carnival Radiance and Mardi Gras post nearly identical BaconScores — 72% for Carnival Radiance, 76% for Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras leads on cruise on and cruise news. Coverage spans 753 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Recommend

of 1.2K reviews

of cruise creators recommend Carnival Radiance

1.2K videos179 channels2% warn againstDeveloping data

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TIE

Dead heat

Recommend

of 8.9K reviews

of cruise creators recommend Mardi Gras

8.9K videos574 channels1% warn againstDeveloping data

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Holding steadyModerate consensus

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Carnival Radiance	Specification	Mardi Gras
Carnival Cruise Line	Cruise line	Carnival Cruise Line
1226 videos	Creator reviews	8942 videos
179	Distinct creators	574

Carnival Radiance

Cruise line: Carnival Cruise Line
Creator reviews: 1226 videos
Distinct creators: 179

Mardi Gras

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

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Carnival Radiance

Topic

Mardi Gras

Where creators agree

Both rate Suites highly

Carnival Radiance:
3 Happy Bacon
12 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Mardi Gras:
3 Happy Bacon
167 mentions
Carnival Radiance:
3 Happy Bacon
84 mentions
dining bars drinksBoth like it
Mardi Gras:
3 Happy Bacon
430 mentions
Carnival Radiance:
3 Happy Bacon
148 mentions
Specialty DiningBoth like it
Mardi Gras:
3 Happy Bacon
1137 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: cruise on

Carnival Radiance:
1 Happy Bacon
3 mentions
cruise on0.32 gap
Mardi Gras:
3 Happy Bacon
9 mentions
Carnival Radiance:
Meh
14 mentions
cruise news0.24 gap
Mardi Gras:
1½ Happy Bacon
99 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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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 Radiance72% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Carnival Cruise LineMardi Gras76% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Watch creators on each ship

Carnival Radiance

26:18

Carnival Celebration Ship Tour & Review

Cruise News Today · 635K views · 3 years ago

1:13:22Tour

Carnival Mardi Gras | Complete Walkthrough Tour

🏅Talking Cruise · 426K views · 4 years ago

Highly Positive

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 RadiancevsMardi Gras

Too close to call

The specs