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

56% Bacon Score™

Costa Fortuna

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61% Bacon Score™

Costa Serena

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Dead Heat

The Bacon Verdict

Too close to call

Costa Fortuna and Costa Serena have nearly identical BaconScores — 56% vs 61%. The decision comes down to your priorities.

The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 136 creator reviews, Costa Fortuna and Costa Serena post nearly identical BaconScores — 56% for Costa Fortuna, 61% for Costa Serena. Costa Fortuna edges ahead on itinerary route and Wi-Fi, while Costa Serena leads on Ship Condition and crowd capacity. Costa Fortuna sentiment is cooling off while Costa Serena is trending up, so the gap may widen in the months ahead. Coverage spans 71 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Recommend

of 85 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Costa Fortuna

85 videos51 channels7% warn againstHigh data density

About our Bacon Score methodology

Going soggyCreator enthusiasm has dipped slightly • Moderate consensus

TIE

Dead heat

Recommend

of 51 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Costa Serena

51 videos20 channels0% warn againstHigh data density

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Getting crispierCreator enthusiasm has grown noticeably • Divided opinion

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Costa Fortuna	Specification	Costa Serena
Costa Cruises	Cruise line	Costa Cruises
85 videos	Creator reviews	51 videos
51	Distinct creators	20

Costa Fortuna

Cruise line: Costa Cruises
Creator reviews: 85 videos
Distinct creators: 51

Costa Serena

Cruise line: Costa Cruises
Creator reviews: 51 videos
Distinct creators: 20

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Costa Fortuna

Topic

Costa Serena

Where creators agree

Both rate Main Dining highly

Costa Fortuna:
3½ Happy Bacon
7 mentions
Main DiningBoth like it
Costa Serena:
3½ Happy Bacon
10 mentions
Costa Fortuna:
3 Happy Bacon
7 mentions
Balcony CabinsBoth like it
Costa Serena:
3½ Happy Bacon
6 mentions
Costa Fortuna:
3 Happy Bacon
6 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Costa Serena:
3½ Happy Bacon
3 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: itinerary route

Costa Fortuna:
2½ Happy Bacon
12 mentions
itinerary route0.47 gap
Costa Serena:
Meh
20 mentions
Costa Fortuna:
½ Happy Bacon
32 mentions
Ship Condition0.46 gap
Costa Serena:
3 Happy Bacon
16 mentions
Costa Fortuna:
Meh
8 mentions
crowd capacity0.38 gap
Costa Serena:
1½ Happy Bacon
4 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 Fortuna

“I can't wait to see what they do with this new cruise ship.”

— La Lido Loca · authority

Positive · Costa Serena

“the demand for cruising has surged after long periods of the shutdown many Travelers are now choosing cruises as their next adventure”

— Cruise News Today · authority

Critical · Costa Fortuna

“We're learning more about that deadly accident involving a cruise passenger that fell off a hiking trail near Juno, Alaska.”

— Cruise News Today · authority

Critical · Costa Serena

“hundreds of passengers refused to get off and disembark a cruise ship because of the changes that were made during the cruise”

— The Shiplife · 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 Fortuna56% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Costa CruisesCosta Serena61% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Watch creators on each ship

Costa Fortuna

19:38Vlog

Pier Runners Want to Be Paid

🏅La Lido Loca · 201K views · 1 years ago

Positive

2:20Tips

Cruise Stop Canceled Over Violence, Another Ship Leaves Fleet

🏅Cruise News Today · 145K views · 1 years ago

Mixed

Costa Serena

0:25

India's Grandest Diwali Celebration on the Largest and Most Luxurious Ship!

ClickMyCruise · 540K views · 2 years ago

1:26Vlog

India Calling on Costa Serena! Cruise on Italy's finest this November and December

🥈ClickMyCruise · 241K views · 3 years ago

Mixed

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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 →

Costa FortunavsCosta Serena

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The specs