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

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73% Bacon Score™
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70% Bacon Score™
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The Bacon Verdict

Too close to call

Harmony of the Seas and Icon of the Seas have nearly identical BaconScores — 73% vs 70%. The decision comes down to your priorities.

The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 9931 creator reviews, Harmony of the Seas and Icon of the Seas post nearly identical BaconScores — 73% for Harmony of the Seas, 70% for Icon of the Seas. Harmony of the Seas edges ahead on Value, while Icon of the Seas leads on cruise ship and cruise news. Harmony of the Seas sentiment is trending up in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 944 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Score comparison

Recommend
0%
of 3.5K reviews
3.5K videos388 channels3% warn againstDeveloping data
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Opinion trend for Harmony of the Seas

Getting crispierCreator enthusiasm has grown slightly • Moderate consensus
Recommend
0%
of 6.4K reviews
6.4K videos556 channels3% warn againstDeveloping data
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Opinion trend for Icon of the Seas

Holding steadyDivided opinion

Side-by-side facts

The specs

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Harmony of the Seas
Cruise line
Royal Caribbean Group
Creator reviews
3537 videos
Distinct creators
388
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Icon of the Seas
Cruise line
Royal Caribbean Group
Creator reviews
6394 videos
Distinct creators
556

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

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Where creators agree

  • Harmony of the Seas:
    191 mentions
    SuitesBoth like it
    Icon of the Seas:
    307 mentions
  • Harmony of the Seas:
    235 mentions
    Water ParkBoth like it
    Icon of the Seas:
    865 mentions
  • Harmony of the Seas:
    220 mentions
    Kids & FamilyBoth like it
    Icon of the Seas:
    830 mentions

Where creators diverge

  • Harmony of the Seas:
    68 mentions
    Value0.38 gap
    Icon of the Seas:
    481 mentions
  • Harmony of the Seas:
    6 mentions
    cruise ship0.28 gap
    Icon of the Seas:
    31 mentions
  • Harmony of the Seas:
    19 mentions
    cruise news0.22 gap
    Icon of the Seas:
    107 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 · Harmony of the Seas
“it's literally the best ambiance you can ever have on a cruise ship”
— JJ Cruise · authority
Positive · Icon of the Seas
“The hospitality service that they give was 10 out of 10.”
— CHRIS WONG VLOGS · authority
Critical · Harmony of the Seas
“she was being arrested in Port Everglades and uh she would just get off the harmony of the Seas her name is Jennifer Heath box”
— Don's Family Vacations · authority
Critical · Icon of the Seas
“American Airlines shame on you”
— Sharon at Sea Travel · 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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Royal Caribbean GroupHarmony of the Seas73% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown
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Royal Caribbean GroupIcon of the Seas70% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

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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 →