Costa SmeraldavsDisney Wish

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

60% Bacon Score™

Costa Smeralda

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84% Bacon Score™

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Creators' Pick

The Bacon Verdict

Disney Wish wins this matchup

Earns a +23% higher BaconScore than Costa Smeralda. Based on 4873 creator reviews.

Lead+23%BaconScore

The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 4873 creator reviews, Disney Wish holds a +23% BaconScore lead over Costa Smeralda — 84% versus 60%. Disney Wish leads on Embarkation and safety medical. Costa Smeralda sentiment is trending up in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 467 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

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

Winner

BaconScore+23%

Recommend

of 4.7K reviews

of cruise creators recommend Disney Wish

4.7K videos429 channels1% warn againstDeveloping data

About our Bacon Score methodology

Holding steadyModerate consensus

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Costa Smeralda	Specification	Disney Wish
Costa Cruises	Cruise line	Disney Cruise Line
144 videos	Creator reviews	4729 videos
38	Distinct creators	429

Costa Smeralda

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

Disney Wish

Cruise line: Disney Cruise Line
Creator reviews: 4729 videos
Distinct creators: 429

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Costa Smeralda

Topic

Disney Wish

Where creators agree

Both rate Suites highly

Costa Smeralda:
3½ Happy Bacon
9 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Disney Wish:
3½ Happy Bacon
209 mentions
Costa Smeralda:
3½ Happy Bacon
18 mentions
Main DiningBoth like it
Disney Wish:
3 Happy Bacon
577 mentions
Costa Smeralda:
3 Happy Bacon
32 mentions
Balcony CabinsBoth like it
Disney Wish:
3½ Happy Bacon
306 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: Embarkation

Costa Smeralda:
1 Happy Bacon
2 mentions
Embarkation0.34 gap
Disney Wish:
2½ Happy Bacon
187 mentions
Costa Smeralda:
1½ Sad Bacon
9 mentions
safety medical0.30 gap
Disney Wish:
Meh
67 mentions
Costa Smeralda:
1½ Happy Bacon
23 mentions
Pool Deck0.27 gap
Disney Wish:
3 Happy Bacon
478 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.

About our Bacon Score methodology

Standout creator quotes

Positive · Costa Smeralda

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

— Emma Cruises · authority

Positive · Disney Wish

“this is legitimately my dream it really is”

— Cruise With Ben and David · 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 · Disney Wish

“it's a horrible horrible feeling to go through because I've lived it where somebody very close to me passed away on their own accord”

— Don's Family Vacations · 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 Smeralda60% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Disney Cruise LineDisney Wish84% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Other Costa Cruises ships

Costa Toscana

🥓 58% Ship BaconScore™↓

Other Disney Cruise Line ships

Disney Magic

🥓 85% Ship BaconScore™→

Disney Magic

🥓 86% Ship BaconScore™→

Disney Dream

🥓 84% Ship BaconScore™→

Disney Wish

🥓 82% Ship BaconScore™→

Disney Adventure

🥓 84% Ship BaconScore™↓

Disney Fantasy

🥓 82% Ship BaconScore™↓

Disney Treasure

Disney Cruise Line

3 Happy Bacon

3,741 videos

Watch creators on each ship

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

Disney Wish

28:58Review

First Class on Luxury Disney Cruise

Trek Trendy - Videos · 2.0M views · 1 years ago

Highly Positive

35:53Tour

Once Upon A Disney Wish, An Enchanting Reveal Of Disney's Newest Ship | Disney Cruise Line

Disney Parks · 1.6M views · 5 years ago

Highly Positive

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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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The specs

How they really compare

Where creators agree

Where creators diverge

Standout creator quotes

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