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

70% Bacon Score™

Costa Diadema

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63% Bacon Score™

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Creators' Pick

The Bacon Verdict

Costa Diadema wins this matchup

Earns a +6% higher BaconScore than Costa Fascinosa. Based on 139 creator reviews.

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The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 139 creator reviews, Costa Diadema holds a +6% BaconScore lead over Costa Fascinosa — 70% versus 63%. Costa Fascinosa leads on crowd capacity and itinerary route. Costa Fascinosa sentiment is cooling off in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 37 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Recommend

of 109 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Costa Diadema

109 videos25 channels0% warn againstDeveloping data

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Winner

BaconScore+6%

Recommend

of 30 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Costa Fascinosa

30 videos12 channels3% warn againstHigh data density

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Going soggyCreator enthusiasm has dropped sharply • Divided opinion

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Costa Diadema	Specification	Costa Fascinosa
Costa Cruises	Cruise line	Costa Cruises
109 videos	Creator reviews	30 videos
25	Distinct creators	12

Costa Diadema

Cruise line: Costa Cruises
Creator reviews: 109 videos
Distinct creators: 25

Costa Fascinosa

Cruise line: Costa Cruises
Creator reviews: 30 videos
Distinct creators: 12

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Costa Diadema

Topic

Costa Fascinosa

Where creators agree

Both rate Suites highly

Costa Diadema:
3½ Happy Bacon
7 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Costa Fascinosa:
4 Happy Bacon
7 mentions
Costa Diadema:
3½ Happy Bacon
17 mentions
Balcony CabinsBoth like it
Costa Fascinosa:
3½ Happy Bacon
5 mentions
Costa Diadema:
3½ Happy Bacon
12 mentions
Spa & FitnessBoth like it
Costa Fascinosa:
3½ Happy Bacon
6 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: crowd capacity

Costa Diadema:
1 Happy Bacon
17 mentions
crowd capacity0.24 gap
Costa Fascinosa:
2½ Happy Bacon
2 mentions
Costa Diadema:
2 Happy Bacon
16 mentions
itinerary route0.23 gap
Costa Fascinosa:
3 Happy Bacon
3 mentions
Costa Diadema:
3 Happy Bacon
19 mentions
Crew & Service0.23 gap
Costa Fascinosa:
4½ 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 · Costa Diadema

“we're delighted to be able to welcome our guests on board again after more than five months without cruising”

— La Lido Loca · authority

Positive · Costa Fascinosa

“everywhere you look on a Costa ship you'll see a lot of design a lot of opulence and a lot of Glamour”

— Planet Cruise · expert

Critical · Costa Diadema

“I'm very disappointed I booked a cruise on the Elation November the 30th because I wanted to enjoy a Christmasy cruise”

— La Lido Loca · authority

Critical · Costa Fascinosa

“10 teenage girls they got drugged on a European cruise”

— Crusin with keith · expert

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 Diadema70% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Costa CruisesCosta Fascinosa63% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Watch creators on each ship

Costa Diadema

12:33

Costa Diadema cruise ship tour

Cruise Passion · 193K views · 7 years ago

12:11

Kreuzfahrt mit AIDA oder Costa? Der Vergleich

Matthias Morr · 193K views · 3 years ago

Costa Fascinosa

0:29

Así es uno de los gemelos del Costa Concordia - #CostaFascinosa #Crucero

Oggi A Bordo ⚓️ · 1.0M views · 3 years ago

8:49Tips

🚨CANCELLED: Cruise Line Pulls Plug on Entire Season!

🏅The Travel Scouts · 132K views · 1 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 DiademavsCosta Fascinosa

Costa Diadema wins this matchup

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