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

62% Bacon Score™

Costa Favolosa

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61% Bacon Score™

Costa Smeralda

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Dead Heat

The Bacon Verdict

Too close to call

Costa Favolosa and Costa Smeralda have nearly identical BaconScores — 62% vs 61%. The decision comes down to your priorities.

The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 176 creator reviews, Costa Favolosa and Costa Smeralda post nearly identical BaconScores — 62% for Costa Favolosa, 61% for Costa Smeralda. Costa Favolosa edges ahead on safety medical and Pool Deck, while Costa Smeralda leads on Wi-Fi and Water Park. Costa Smeralda sentiment is trending up in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 55 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Recommend

of 29 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Costa Favolosa

29 videos16 channels7% warn againstHigh data density

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Holding steadyDivided opinion

TIE

Dead heat

Recommend

of 147 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Costa Smeralda

147 videos39 channels5% warn againstDeveloping data

About our Bacon Score methodology

Getting crispierCreator enthusiasm has grown substantially • Divided opinion

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Costa Favolosa	Specification	Costa Smeralda
Costa Cruises	Cruise line	Costa Cruises
29 videos	Creator reviews	147 videos
16	Distinct creators	39

Costa Favolosa

Cruise line: Costa Cruises
Creator reviews: 29 videos
Distinct creators: 16

Costa Smeralda

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

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Costa Favolosa

Topic

Costa Smeralda

Where creators agree

Both rate Suites highly

Costa Favolosa:
4 Happy Bacon
5 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Costa Smeralda:
3½ Happy Bacon
10 mentions
Costa Favolosa:
3½ Happy Bacon
7 mentions
Balcony CabinsBoth like it
Costa Smeralda:
3 Happy Bacon
33 mentions
Costa Favolosa:
3½ Happy Bacon
8 mentions
Spa & FitnessBoth like it
Costa Smeralda:
3 Happy Bacon
11 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: safety medical

Costa Favolosa:
1 Happy Bacon
2 mentions
safety medical0.42 gap
Costa Smeralda:
1½ Sad Bacon
9 mentions
Costa Favolosa:
Meh
2 mentions
Wi-Fi0.28 gap
Costa Smeralda:
1½ Happy Bacon
5 mentions
Costa Favolosa:
3 Happy Bacon
8 mentions
Pool Deck0.27 gap
Costa Smeralda:
1½ Happy Bacon
24 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 Favolosa

“cruise lines have doubled down in enforcing their codes of conduct by issuing fines, booting people off ships, and banning guests for life.”

— Cruise News Today · authority

Positive · Costa Smeralda

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

— Emma Cruises · authority

Critical · Costa Favolosa

“new federal data shows 48 crimes were reported on cruise ships in the first quarter of this year, marking the highest Q1 total since the reporting began.”

— Cruise News Today · authority

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 Favolosa62% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Costa CruisesCosta Smeralda61% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Watch creators on each ship

Costa Favolosa

2:21

COSTA FAVOLOSA - BUFFET RESTAURANT

BestCruiseTV · 213K views · 11 years ago

24:11

Zurück auf AIDAnova - Mediterrane Schätze - Vlog #1

Matthias Morr · 180K views · 7 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 FavolosavsCosta Smeralda

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