Celebrity AscentvsCelebrity Equinox

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

80% Bacon Score™

Celebrity Ascent

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75% Bacon Score™

Celebrity Equinox

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Creators' Pick

The Bacon Verdict

Celebrity Ascent wins this matchup

Earns a +5% higher BaconScore than Celebrity Equinox. Based on 2505 creator reviews.

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The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 2505 creator reviews, Celebrity Ascent holds a +5% BaconScore lead over Celebrity Equinox — 80% versus 75%. Celebrity Ascent edges ahead on safety medical and cruise news. Celebrity Ascent sentiment is cooling off in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 401 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Recommend

of 1.5K reviews

of cruise creators recommend Celebrity Ascent

1.5K videos215 channels2% warn againstDeveloping data

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Going soggyCreator enthusiasm has dipped slightly • Moderate consensus

Winner

BaconScore+5%

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 Ascent	Specification	Celebrity Equinox
Celebrity Cruises	Cruise line	Celebrity Cruises
1541 videos	Creator reviews	964 videos
215	Distinct creators	186

Celebrity Ascent

Cruise line: Celebrity Cruises
Creator reviews: 1541 videos
Distinct creators: 215

Celebrity Equinox

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

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Celebrity Ascent

Topic

Celebrity Equinox

Where creators agree

Both rate Suites highly

Celebrity Ascent:
3½ Happy Bacon
134 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Celebrity Equinox:
3½ Happy Bacon
68 mentions
Celebrity Ascent:
3½ Happy Bacon
235 mentions
Specialty DiningBoth like it
Celebrity Equinox:
4 Happy Bacon
130 mentions
Celebrity Ascent:
3½ Happy Bacon
104 mentions
Spa & FitnessBoth like it
Celebrity Equinox:
3½ Happy Bacon
86 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: safety medical

Celebrity Ascent:
½ Happy Bacon
34 mentions
safety medical0.49 gap
Celebrity Equinox:
1½ Sad Bacon
29 mentions
Celebrity Ascent:
2½ Happy Bacon
9 mentions
cruise news0.43 gap
Celebrity Equinox:
Meh
3 mentions
Celebrity Ascent:
3 Happy Bacon
5 mentions
cruise ship0.26 gap
Celebrity Equinox:
1½ 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 · Celebrity Ascent

“would you do another Cruise 100% yes I would do another cruise”

— Cruise With Ben and David · 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 Ascent

“Celebrity Cruise Line has made some uh something that I I found really terrible decision uh in the name of saving money and that was to remove the gratuities from the all-included package”

— Don's Family Vacations · 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 Ascent80% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Celebrity CruisesCelebrity Equinox75% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Watch creators on each ship

Celebrity Ascent

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The 9 Best New Cruise Ships Coming in 2025!

🏅Ritzy Travel Guide · 613K views · 1 years ago

Highly Positive

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What Are The Best New Cruise Ships of 2023?

🏅Eat Sleep Cruise · 350K views · 3 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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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 AscentvsCelebrity Equinox

Celebrity Ascent wins this matchup

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