Norwegian EpicvsNorwegian Star

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

65% Bacon Score™

Norwegian Epic

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68% Bacon Score™

Norwegian Star

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Dead Heat

The Bacon Verdict

Too close to call

Norwegian Epic and Norwegian Star have nearly identical BaconScores — 65% vs 68%. The decision comes down to your priorities.

The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 1380 creator reviews, Norwegian Epic and Norwegian Star post nearly identical BaconScores — 65% for Norwegian Epic, 68% for Norwegian Star. Norwegian Star leads on disembarkation and Interior Cabins. Norwegian Epic sentiment is cooling off while Norwegian Star is trending up, so the gap may widen in the months ahead. Coverage spans 317 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Recommend

of 966 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Norwegian Epic

966 videos205 channels3% warn againstDeveloping data

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Going soggyCreator enthusiasm has dipped slightly • Divided opinion

TIE

Dead heat

Recommend

of 414 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Norwegian Star

414 videos112 channels3% warn againstDeveloping data

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Getting crispierCreator enthusiasm has grown substantially • Divided opinion

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Norwegian Epic	Specification	Norwegian Star
Norwegian Cruise Line	Cruise line	Norwegian Cruise Line
966 videos	Creator reviews	414 videos
205	Distinct creators	112

Norwegian Epic

Cruise line: Norwegian Cruise Line
Creator reviews: 966 videos
Distinct creators: 205

Norwegian Star

Cruise line: Norwegian Cruise Line
Creator reviews: 414 videos
Distinct creators: 112

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Norwegian Epic

Topic

Norwegian Star

Where creators agree

Both rate Suites highly

Norwegian Epic:
3½ Happy Bacon
38 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Norwegian Star:
3½ Happy Bacon
13 mentions
Norwegian Epic:
3 Happy Bacon
92 mentions
Specialty DiningBoth like it
Norwegian Star:
3 Happy Bacon
53 mentions
Norwegian Epic:
3 Happy Bacon
46 mentions
Spa & FitnessBoth like it
Norwegian Star:
3 Happy Bacon
35 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: disembarkation

Norwegian Epic:
1½ Sad Bacon
11 mentions
disembarkation0.94 gap
Norwegian Star:
3 Happy Bacon
8 mentions
Norwegian Epic:
½ Happy Bacon
133 mentions
Interior Cabins0.30 gap
Norwegian Star:
2 Happy Bacon
43 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 · Norwegian Epic

“it's the most coolest slide ever so what's your favorite slide at sea”

— Cruise With Ben and David · authority

Positive · Norwegian Star

“we actually saw the Northern Lights at glacier lagoon which was probably the moto was our first time seeing there are the lights and it was one of the most incredible days of my life”

— Grounded Life Cruises · authority

Critical · Norwegian Epic

“the entertainment was genuinely quite terrible”

— Cruise With Ben and David · authority

Critical · Norwegian Star

“a nightmare cruise is going on right now”

— Don's Family Vacations · authority

Drill Deeper

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Each detail page has the full creator panel, topic heatmap, monthly trends, audience breakdown, and verbatim quotes — far more than fits in this comparison.

Norwegian Cruise LineNorwegian Epic65% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Norwegian Cruise LineNorwegian Star68% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Watch creators on each ship

Norwegian Epic

1:45:49

AIDAprima: Morr-Rundgang

Matthias Morr · 1.1M views · 10 years ago

13:39Review

I Cruised in The WORLDS SMALLEST Cruise Ship Cabin (1 Guest Only)

🏅Emma Cruises · 885K views · 10 months ago

Highly Positive

Norwegian Star

2:37Tips

Passengers Stuck in Florida After Cruise Ship Breaks Down

🏅Cruise News Today · 414K views · 1 years ago

Mixed

19:06Review

One Cruise, Two Cabins: My Unexpected Favourite

🏅Emma Cruises · 384K views · 1 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 →

Norwegian EpicvsNorwegian Star

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The specs