Celebrity ApexvsCelebrity Equinox

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

79% Bacon Score™

Celebrity Apex

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75% Bacon Score™

Celebrity Equinox

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Dead Heat

The Bacon Verdict

Too close to call

Celebrity Apex and Celebrity Equinox have nearly identical BaconScores — 79% vs 75%. The decision comes down to your priorities.

The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 2875 creator reviews, Celebrity Apex and Celebrity Equinox post nearly identical BaconScores — 79% for Celebrity Apex, 75% for Celebrity Equinox. Celebrity Apex edges ahead on safety medical and Value, while Celebrity Equinox leads on drink package. Coverage spans 485 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Recommend

of 1.9K reviews

of cruise creators recommend Celebrity Apex

1.9K videos299 channels2% warn againstDeveloping data

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Holding steadyModerate consensus

TIE

Dead heat

Recommend

of 964 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Celebrity Equinox

964 videos186 channels3% warn againstDeveloping data

About our Bacon Score methodology

Holding steadyDivided opinion

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Celebrity Apex	Specification	Celebrity Equinox
Celebrity Cruises	Cruise line	Celebrity Cruises
1911 videos	Creator reviews	964 videos
299	Distinct creators	186

Celebrity Apex

Cruise line: Celebrity Cruises
Creator reviews: 1911 videos
Distinct creators: 299

Celebrity Equinox

Cruise line: Celebrity Cruises
Creator reviews: 964 videos
Distinct creators: 186

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Celebrity Apex

Topic

Celebrity Equinox

Where creators agree

Both rate Suites highly

Celebrity Apex:
4 Happy Bacon
174 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Celebrity Equinox:
3½ Happy Bacon
68 mentions
Celebrity Apex:
3½ Happy Bacon
320 mentions
Specialty DiningBoth like it
Celebrity Equinox:
4 Happy Bacon
130 mentions
Celebrity Apex:
3½ Happy Bacon
301 mentions
Crew & ServiceBoth like it
Celebrity Equinox:
3½ Happy Bacon
178 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: safety medical

Celebrity Apex:
1 Happy Bacon
75 mentions
safety medical0.50 gap
Celebrity Equinox:
1½ Sad Bacon
29 mentions
Celebrity Apex:
3 Happy Bacon
46 mentions
Value0.31 gap
Celebrity Equinox:
1½ Happy Bacon
33 mentions
Celebrity Apex:
1½ Happy Bacon
14 mentions
drink package0.26 gap
Celebrity Equinox:
2½ Happy Bacon
7 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 · Celebrity Apex

“Personally for me no cruise ship can compare to celebrity Beyond The Experience left a lasting impression.”

— Cruise Blog · authority

Positive · Celebrity Equinox

“this song literally saved his life and no matter how many times someone can tell me that I I'll never be able to Fathom the depth of that statement”

— Celebrity Cruises · authority

Critical · Celebrity Apex

“the haters were right it's just a window”

— Royal Caribbean Blog · authority

Critical · Celebrity Equinox

“This was a very poor decision by this captain or whoever was sailing the ship at that time.”

— Don's Family Vacations · 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.

Celebrity CruisesCelebrity Apex79% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Celebrity CruisesCelebrity Equinox75% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Watch creators on each ship

Celebrity Apex

0:45Vlog

How long does it take to walk to work when you live on a cruise ship? Celebrity Apex, Edge, Beyond

🏅Bryan and Jaidyn · 1.5M views · 3 years ago

Highly Positive

25:43Review

72hrs on Ultra Luxury Cruise in the Best Suite

Trek Trendy - Videos · 1.5M views · 1 years ago

Highly Positive

Celebrity Equinox

23:09Review

My Review of America's Worst Rated Cruise Ship - I Liked It! Margaritaville at Sea Paradise

🥈Very unOfficial Travel Guides · 350K views · 2 years ago

Highly Positive

4:43

Celebrity Equinox - Ship Tour

Matthias Morr · 330K views · 17 years ago

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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 →

Celebrity ApexvsCelebrity Equinox

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