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

57% Bacon Score™

Costa Deliziosa

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61% Bacon Score™

Costa Smeralda

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Dead Heat

The Bacon Verdict

Too close to call

Costa Deliziosa and Costa Smeralda have nearly identical BaconScores — 57% vs 61%. The decision comes down to your priorities.

The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 170 creator reviews, Costa Deliziosa and Costa Smeralda post nearly identical BaconScores — 57% for Costa Deliziosa, 61% for Costa Smeralda. Costa Deliziosa edges ahead on Value and safety medical, while Costa Smeralda leads on Wi-Fi. Costa Smeralda sentiment is trending up in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 52 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Recommend

of 23 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Costa Deliziosa

23 videos13 channels4% warn againstHigh data density

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TIE

Dead heat

Recommend

of 147 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Costa Smeralda

147 videos39 channels5% warn againstDeveloping data

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Getting crispierCreator enthusiasm has grown substantially • Divided opinion

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Costa Deliziosa	Specification	Costa Smeralda
Costa Cruises	Cruise line	Costa Cruises
23 videos	Creator reviews	147 videos
13	Distinct creators	39

Costa Deliziosa

Cruise line: Costa Cruises
Creator reviews: 23 videos
Distinct creators: 13

Costa Smeralda

Cruise line: Costa Cruises
Creator reviews: 147 videos
Distinct creators: 39

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Costa Deliziosa

Topic

Costa Smeralda

Where creators agree

Both rate Main Dining highly

Costa Deliziosa:
3½ Happy Bacon
6 mentions
Main DiningBoth like it
Costa Smeralda:
3½ Happy Bacon
18 mentions
Costa Deliziosa:
4 Happy Bacon
6 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Costa Smeralda:
3½ Happy Bacon
10 mentions
Costa Deliziosa:
3½ Happy Bacon
7 mentions
Balcony CabinsBoth like it
Costa Smeralda:
3 Happy Bacon
33 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: Wi-Fi

Costa Deliziosa:
1½ Sad Bacon
2 mentions
Wi-Fi0.58 gap
Costa Smeralda:
1½ Happy Bacon
5 mentions
Costa Deliziosa:
4 Happy Bacon
3 mentions
Value0.57 gap
Costa Smeralda:
1 Happy Bacon
5 mentions
Costa Deliziosa:
1½ Happy Bacon
2 mentions
safety medical0.52 gap
Costa Smeralda:
1½ Sad Bacon
9 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 · Costa Deliziosa

“carnival's brand ambassador john heald also indicated that the brand is extremely hopeful that cruising can resume in november”

— Eat Sleep Cruise · authority

Positive · Costa Smeralda

“please never ever Cruise without travel insurance it makes me feel unwell”

— Emma Cruises · authority

Critical · Costa Deliziosa

“MSE seaside didn't just disappoint passengers. It failed a surprise CDC inspection with a 67 out of 100.”

— Quick Cruise Tips - Videos · expert

Critical · Costa Smeralda

“And a Costa Cruises passenger has died after falling from the Costa Smeralda while the ship was docked in Civitavecchia, that's the port for Rome.”

— 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.

Costa CruisesCosta Deliziosa57% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Costa CruisesCosta Smeralda61% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Watch creators on each ship

Costa Deliziosa

7:00

Costa Deliziosa Tour ~ Costa Cruises ~ Cruise Ship Tour

Jason and Heidi's Popular Cruising · 117K views · 13 years ago

6:16

Costa Deliziosa: Balkonkabine (8321)

Matthias Morr · 82K views · 10 years ago

Costa Smeralda

25:58Review

I Survived a Week on Cruise Critic's WORST RATED Cruise Line

🏅Emma Cruises · 1.4M views · 3 years ago

Critical

38:14

Costa Smeralda Full Video Tour 4K

Cruise Passion · 1.2M views · 5 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 →

Costa DeliziosavsCosta Smeralda

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