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65% Bacon Score™
Emerald Azzurra
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72% Bacon Score™
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Creators' Pick

The Bacon Verdict

Viking Star wins this matchup

Earns a +7% higher BaconScore than Emerald Azzurra. Based on 216 creator reviews.

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The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 216 creator reviews, Viking Star holds a +7% BaconScore lead over Emerald Azzurra — 72% versus 65%. Emerald Azzurra edges ahead on crowd capacity and dining bars drinks. Viking Star sentiment is cooling off in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 68 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Score comparison

Recommend
0%
of 68 reviews
68 videos14 channels0% warn againstDeveloping data
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Recommend
0%
of 148 reviews
148 videos54 channels4% warn againstHigh data density
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Opinion trend for Viking Star

Going soggyCreator enthusiasm has dipped slightly • Divided opinion

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Emerald Cruises logo
Emerald Azzurra
Cruise line
Emerald Cruises
Creator reviews
68 videos
Distinct creators
14
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Star
Cruise line
Viking Cruise Lines
Creator reviews
148 videos
Distinct creators
54

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

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Emerald Azzurra

Topic

Viking Star

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Where creators agree

  • Emerald Azzurra:
    11 mentions
    SuitesBoth like it
    Viking Star:
    3 mentions
  • Emerald Azzurra:
    10 mentions
    Balcony CabinsBoth like it
    Viking Star:
    20 mentions
  • Emerald Azzurra:
    16 mentions
    Ship ConditionBoth like it
    Viking Star:
    28 mentions

Where creators diverge

  • Emerald Azzurra:
    9 mentions
    crowd capacity0.40 gap
    Viking Star:
    6 mentions
  • Emerald Azzurra:
    2 mentions
    dining bars drinks0.25 gap
    Viking Star:
    2 mentions
  • Emerald Azzurra:
    12 mentions
    port destination0.24 gap
    Viking Star:
    20 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 · Emerald Azzurra
“it's been such a really really good small ship experience I think that the ship is absolutely gorgeous”
— Visit With Us (Rich and Helen) · authority
Positive · Viking Star
“we were absolutely blown away by the elegance and sophistication of this ship”
— Cruise With Ben and David · authority
Critical · Emerald Azzurra
“Our ugly, and it's truly ugly, was the amount of insects on board our yacht.”
— JJ Cruise · authority
Critical · Viking Star
“a very sad sad story of a elderly woman who went for a hike with a group and never returned to the ship.”
— 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.

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Emerald CruisesEmerald Azzurra65% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown
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Viking Cruise LinesViking Star72% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Other Emerald Cruises ships

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Emerald Azzurra
🥓 65% Ship BaconScore™

Emerald Azzurra

Emerald Cruises
645 videos
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Emerald Sakara
🥓 93% Ship BaconScore™

Emerald Sakara

Emerald Cruises
23 videos
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Emerald Dawn
🥓 100% Ship BaconScore™

Emerald Dawn

Emerald Cruises
15 videos
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Emerald Destiny
🥓 100% Ship BaconScore™

Emerald Destiny

Emerald Cruises
13 videos
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Emerald Kaia
🥓 67% Ship BaconScore™↑

Emerald Kaia

Emerald Cruises
12 videos
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Emerald Radiance
🥓 100% Ship BaconScore™

Emerald Radiance

Emerald Cruises
11 videos

Other Viking Cruise Lines ships

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Viking Sea
🥓 79% Ship BaconScore™

Viking Sea

Viking Cruise Lines
354 videos
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Viking Orion
🥓 57% Ship BaconScore™↓

Viking Orion

Viking Cruise Lines
313 videos
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Viking Venus
🥓 61% Ship BaconScore™

Viking Venus

Viking Cruise Lines
313 videos
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Viking Star
🥓 72% Ship BaconScore™↓

Viking Star

Viking Cruise Lines
278 videos
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Viking Sky
🥓 55% Ship BaconScore™↓

Viking Sky

Viking Cruise Lines
273 videos
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Viking Mars
🥓 65% Ship BaconScore™

Viking Mars

Viking Cruise Lines
240 videos

Watch creators on each ship

Emerald Azzurra
I Stayed in a Suite on a Superyacht11:55Review

I Stayed in a Suite on a Superyacht

🏅Emma Cruises · 317K views · 2 years ago
Highly Positive
7 small luxury cruise ships you need to see5:49Compare

7 small luxury cruise ships you need to see

🥈Planet Cruise · 78K views · 1 years ago
Highly Positive
Viking Star
What I Hated And What I Loved About MSC Seaside16:02Review

What I Hated And What I Loved About MSC Seaside

🥈Jim Zim · 677K views · 8 years ago
Very Critical
Viking Star - Hits and Misses: a cruise ship review18:56Review

Viking Star - Hits and Misses: a cruise ship review

🥈Jim Zim · 186K views · 9 years ago
Highly Positive

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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 →