Celebrity ApexvsQueen Mary 2

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

79% Bacon Score™

Celebrity Apex

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70% Bacon Score™

Queen Mary 2

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Creators' Pick

The Bacon Verdict

Celebrity Apex wins this matchup

Earns a +9% higher BaconScore than Queen Mary 2. Based on 3590 creator reviews.

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The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 3590 creator reviews, Celebrity Apex holds a +9% BaconScore lead over Queen Mary 2 — 79% versus 70%. Celebrity Apex edges ahead on drink package and Casino. Coverage spans 501 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Recommend

of 1.9K reviews

of cruise creators recommend Celebrity Apex

1.9K videos300 channels2% warn againstDeveloping data

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Holding steadyModerate consensus

Winner

BaconScore+9%

Recommend

of 1.7K reviews

of cruise creators recommend Queen Mary 2

1.7K videos201 channels3% warn againstDeveloping data

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Holding steadyModerate consensus

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Celebrity Apex	Specification	Queen Mary 2
Celebrity Cruises	Cruise line	Cunard Line
1916 videos	Creator reviews	1674 videos
300	Distinct creators	201

Celebrity Apex

Cruise line: Celebrity Cruises
Creator reviews: 1916 videos
Distinct creators: 300

Queen Mary 2

Cruise line: Cunard Line
Creator reviews: 1674 videos
Distinct creators: 201

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Celebrity Apex

Topic

Queen Mary 2

Where creators agree

Both rate Suites highly

Celebrity Apex:
4 Happy Bacon
174 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Queen Mary 2:
3½ Happy Bacon
110 mentions
Celebrity Apex:
3½ Happy Bacon
2 mentions
cruise experienceBoth like it
Queen Mary 2:
4 Happy Bacon
3 mentions
Celebrity Apex:
3½ Happy Bacon
240 mentions
ShowsBoth like it
Queen Mary 2:
3½ Happy Bacon
179 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: drink package

Celebrity Apex:
1½ Happy Bacon
14 mentions
drink package0.30 gap
Queen Mary 2:
Meh
6 mentions
Celebrity Apex:
3 Happy Bacon
107 mentions
Casino0.23 gap
Queen Mary 2:
1½ Happy Bacon
29 mentions
Celebrity Apex:
2 Happy Bacon
46 mentions
Embarkation0.22 gap
Queen Mary 2:
1 Happy Bacon
57 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 · Queen Mary 2

“that was the most exciting day of my life”

— Cunard Line · authority

Critical · Celebrity Apex

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

— Royal Caribbean Blog · authority

Critical · Queen Mary 2

“a 15 year old died during last week's sailing on msc seashore”

— 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.

Celebrity CruisesCelebrity Apex79% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Cunard LineQueen Mary 270% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Other Celebrity Cruises ships

Celebrity Beyond

🥓 78% Ship BaconScore™↑

Other Cunard Line ships

Queen Mary 2

🥓 70% Ship BaconScore™→

Queen Mary 2

🥓 72% Ship BaconScore™→

Queen Elizabeth

🥓 77% Ship BaconScore™↑

Queen Victoria

🥓 73% Ship BaconScore™↓

Queen Anne

Cunard Line

2 Happy Bacon

1,616 videos

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

Queen Mary 2

0:56

Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria play 'Happy Birthday' to Queen Mary 2

Cunard Line · 6.7M views · 12 years ago

1:15:05Compare

First Class Around the World in 80 days

Trek Trendy - Videos · 4.0M views · 1 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 →

Celebrity ApexvsQueen Mary 2

Celebrity Apex wins this matchup

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Opinion trend for Celebrity Apex

Opinion trend for Queen Mary 2

The specs

How they really compare

Where creators agree

Where creators diverge

Standout creator quotes

See the full creator breakdown

Other Celebrity Cruises ships

Celebrity Beyond

Celebrity Edge

Celebrity Apex

Celebrity Ascent

Celebrity Summit

Celebrity Reflection

Other Cunard Line ships

Queen Mary 2

Queen Elizabeth

Queen Victoria

Queen Anne

Watch creators on each ship

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

72hrs on Ultra Luxury Cruise in the Best Suite

Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria play 'Happy Birthday' to Queen Mary 2

First Class Around the World in 80 days

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