Harmony of the SeasvsQueen Mary 2

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

73% Bacon Score™

Harmony of the Seas

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70% Bacon Score™

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Dead Heat

The Bacon Verdict

Too close to call

Harmony of the Seas and Queen Mary 2 have nearly identical BaconScores — 73% vs 70%. The decision comes down to your priorities.

The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 5244 creator reviews, Harmony of the Seas and Queen Mary 2 post nearly identical BaconScores — 73% for Harmony of the Seas, 70% for Queen Mary 2. Harmony of the Seas edges ahead on drink package and Wi-Fi, while Queen Mary 2 leads on cruise experience and safety medical. Harmony of the Seas sentiment is trending up in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 594 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Recommend

of 3.6K reviews

of cruise creators recommend Harmony of the Seas

3.6K videos393 channels3% warn againstDeveloping data

About our Bacon Score methodology

Getting crispierCreator enthusiasm has grown noticeably • Moderate consensus

TIE

Dead heat

Recommend

of 1.7K reviews

of cruise creators recommend Queen Mary 2

1.7K videos201 channels3% warn againstDeveloping data

About our Bacon Score methodology

Holding steadyModerate consensus

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Harmony of the Seas	Specification	Queen Mary 2
Royal Caribbean Group	Cruise line	Cunard Line
3570 videos	Creator reviews	1674 videos
393	Distinct creators	201

Harmony of the Seas

Cruise line: Royal Caribbean Group
Creator reviews: 3570 videos
Distinct creators: 393

Queen Mary 2

Cruise line: Cunard Line
Creator reviews: 1674 videos
Distinct creators: 201

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Harmony of the Seas

Topic

Queen Mary 2

Where creators agree

Both rate Suites highly

Harmony of the Seas:
3½ Happy Bacon
193 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Queen Mary 2:
3½ Happy Bacon
110 mentions
Harmony of the Seas:
3 Happy Bacon
491 mentions
ActivitiesBoth like it
Queen Mary 2:
3 Happy Bacon
143 mentions
Harmony of the Seas:
3 Happy Bacon
369 mentions
Specialty DiningBoth like it
Queen Mary 2:
3 Happy Bacon
102 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: cruise experience

Harmony of the Seas:
2 Happy Bacon
5 mentions
cruise experience0.44 gap
Queen Mary 2:
4 Happy Bacon
3 mentions
Harmony of the Seas:
1½ Happy Bacon
22 mentions
drink package0.39 gap
Queen Mary 2:
Meh
6 mentions
Harmony of the Seas:
1½ Sad Bacon
198 mentions
safety medical0.33 gap
Queen Mary 2:
Meh
134 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 · Harmony of the Seas

“it's literally the best ambiance you can ever have on a cruise ship”

— JJ Cruise · authority

Positive · Queen Mary 2

“that was the most exciting day of my life”

— Cunard Line · authority

Critical · Harmony of the Seas

“Customs officers said they seized over 160 grams of substance, including 72 grams of fentanyl, enough, officials say, to take 36,000 lives.”

— Cruise News Today · authority

Critical · Queen Mary 2

“a 15 year old died during last week's sailing on msc seashore”

— 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.

Royal Caribbean GroupHarmony of the Seas73% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Cunard LineQueen Mary 270% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Other Royal Caribbean Group ships

Icon of the Seas

🥓 70% Ship BaconScore™→

Other Cunard Line ships

Queen Mary 2

🥓 70% Ship BaconScore™→

Queen Mary 2

🥓 72% Ship BaconScore™→

Queen Elizabeth

🥓 77% Ship BaconScore™↑

Queen Victoria

🥓 73% Ship BaconScore™↓

Queen Anne

Cunard Line

2 Happy Bacon

1,616 videos

Watch creators on each ship

Harmony of the Seas

32:24Tour

Harmony of the Seas Review - Full Walkthrough - Cruise Ship Tour - Royal Caribbean

🏅Cruises It · 1.4M views · 9 years ago

Highly Positive

20:43Tour

Allure of the Seas Cruise Ship Tour and Review - Cruise Fever

🏅Cruise Fever · 1.3M views · 10 years ago

Highly Positive

Queen Mary 2

0:56

Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria play 'Happy Birthday' to Queen Mary 2

Cunard Line · 6.7M views · 12 years ago

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Trek Trendy - Videos · 4.0M views · 1 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 →

Harmony of the SeasvsQueen Mary 2

Too close to call

Score comparison

Opinion trend for Harmony of the Seas

Opinion trend for Queen Mary 2

The specs

How they really compare

Where creators agree

Where creators diverge

Standout creator quotes

See the full creator breakdown

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Icon of the Seas

Wonder of the Seas

Allure of the Seas