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

55% Bacon Score™

Costa Fortuna

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60% Bacon Score™

Costa Smeralda

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Creators' Pick

The Bacon Verdict

Costa Smeralda wins this matchup

Earns a +5% higher BaconScore than Costa Fortuna. Based on 224 creator reviews.

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The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 224 creator reviews, Costa Smeralda holds a +5% BaconScore lead over Costa Fortuna — 60% versus 55%. Costa Fortuna edges ahead on Value and Embarkation, while Costa Smeralda leads on Excursions and Ship Condition. Costa Smeralda sentiment is trending up in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 86 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Recommend

of 80 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Costa Fortuna

80 videos48 channels6% warn againstHigh data density

About our Bacon Score methodology

Holding steadyModerate consensus

Winner

BaconScore+5%

Recommend

of 144 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Costa Smeralda

144 videos38 channels5% warn againstDeveloping data

About our Bacon Score methodology

Getting crispierCreator enthusiasm has grown substantially • Divided opinion

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Costa Fortuna	Specification	Costa Smeralda
Costa Cruises	Cruise line	Costa Cruises
80 videos	Creator reviews	144 videos
48	Distinct creators	38

Costa Fortuna

Cruise line: Costa Cruises
Creator reviews: 80 videos
Distinct creators: 48

Costa Smeralda

Cruise line: Costa Cruises
Creator reviews: 144 videos
Distinct creators: 38

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Costa Fortuna

Topic

Costa Smeralda

Where creators agree

Both rate Main Dining highly

Costa Fortuna:
3½ Happy Bacon
6 mentions
Main DiningBoth like it
Costa Smeralda:
3½ Happy Bacon
18 mentions
Costa Fortuna:
3 Happy Bacon
5 mentions
Balcony CabinsBoth like it
Costa Smeralda:
3 Happy Bacon
32 mentions
Costa Fortuna:
3 Happy Bacon
5 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Costa Smeralda:
3½ Happy Bacon
9 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: Excursions

Costa Fortuna:
1½ Happy Bacon
5 mentions
Excursions0.36 gap
Costa Smeralda:
3 Happy Bacon
5 mentions
Costa Fortuna:
2½ Happy Bacon
4 mentions
Value0.33 gap
Costa Smeralda:
1 Happy Bacon
5 mentions
Costa Fortuna:
1 Happy Bacon
30 mentions
Ship Condition0.27 gap
Costa Smeralda:
2½ Happy Bacon
41 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 Smeralda

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

— Emma Cruises · 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 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 Fortuna55% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Costa CruisesCosta Smeralda60% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Watch creators on each ship

Costa Fortuna

19:38Vlog

Pier Runners Want to Be Paid

🏅La Lido Loca · 200K 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 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 →

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Costa Smeralda wins this matchup

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