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

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60% Bacon Score™
Costa Smeralda
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58% Bacon Score™
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The Bacon Verdict

Too close to call

Costa Smeralda and Costa Toscana have nearly identical BaconScores — 60% vs 58%. The decision comes down to your priorities.

The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 298 creator reviews, Costa Smeralda and Costa Toscana post nearly identical BaconScores — 60% for Costa Smeralda, 58% for Costa Toscana. Costa Smeralda edges ahead on Crew & Service and Nightlife. Costa Smeralda sentiment is trending up while Costa Toscana is cooling off, so the gap may widen in the months ahead. Coverage spans 77 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Score comparison

Recommend
0%
of 144 reviews
144 videos38 channels5% warn againstDeveloping data
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Opinion trend for Costa Smeralda

Getting crispierCreator enthusiasm has grown substantially • Divided opinion
Recommend
0%
of 154 reviews
154 videos39 channels5% warn againstDeveloping data
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Opinion trend for Costa Toscana

Going soggyCreator enthusiasm has dropped sharply • Moderate consensus

Side-by-side facts

The specs

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Costa Smeralda
Cruise line
Costa Cruises
Creator reviews
144 videos
Distinct creators
38
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Costa Toscana
Cruise line
Costa Cruises
Creator reviews
154 videos
Distinct creators
39

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

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Costa Smeralda

Topic

Costa Toscana

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Where creators agree

  • Costa Smeralda:
    9 mentions
    SuitesBoth like it
    Costa Toscana:
    7 mentions
  • Costa Smeralda:
    5 mentions
    ExcursionsBoth like it
    Costa Toscana:
    9 mentions
  • Costa Smeralda:
    32 mentions
    Balcony CabinsBoth like it
    Costa Toscana:
    19 mentions

Where creators diverge

  • Costa Smeralda:
    15 mentions
    Crew & Service0.27 gap
    Costa Toscana:
    15 mentions
  • Costa Smeralda:
    5 mentions
    Nightlife0.26 gap
    Costa Toscana:
    5 mentions
  • Costa Smeralda:
    5 mentions
    cruise news0.21 gap
    Costa Toscana:
    3 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 Smeralda
“please never ever Cruise without travel insurance it makes me feel unwell”
— Emma Cruises · authority
Positive · Costa Toscana
“Carnival Cruise Lines Martyra is not only their largest ship ever, it's likely one of the most anticipated new cruise ships for 2021.”
— Talking Cruise · 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
Critical · Costa Toscana
“I couldn't wait to disembark for good.”
— Cruise Blog · 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.

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Costa CruisesCosta Smeralda60% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown
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Costa CruisesCosta Toscana58% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

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Watch creators on each ship

Costa Smeralda
I Survived a Week on Cruise Critic's WORST RATED Cruise Line25:58Review

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🏅Emma Cruises · 1.4M views · 3 years ago
Critical
Costa Smeralda Full Video Tour 4K38:14

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Cruise Passion · 1.2M views · 5 years ago
Costa Toscana
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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 →