Norwegian EpicvsPride of America

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

65% Bacon Score™

Norwegian Epic

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63% Bacon Score™

Pride of America

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Dead Heat

The Bacon Verdict

Too close to call

Norwegian Epic and Pride of America have nearly identical BaconScores — 65% vs 63%. The decision comes down to your priorities.

The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 1569 creator reviews, Norwegian Epic and Pride of America post nearly identical BaconScores — 65% for Norwegian Epic, 63% for Pride of America. Norwegian Epic edges ahead on cruise topic and drink package, while Pride of America leads on disembarkation and Interior Cabins. Norwegian Epic sentiment is cooling off in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 348 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 603 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Pride of America

603 videos143 channels4% warn againstDeveloping data

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Holding steadyDivided opinion

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Norwegian Epic	Specification	Pride of America
Norwegian Cruise Line	Cruise line	Norwegian Cruise Line
966 videos	Creator reviews	603 videos
205	Distinct creators	143

Norwegian Epic

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

Pride of America

Cruise line: Norwegian Cruise Line
Creator reviews: 603 videos
Distinct creators: 143

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Norwegian Epic

Topic

Pride of America

Where creators agree

Both rate Suites highly

Norwegian Epic:
3½ Happy Bacon
38 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Pride of America:
3 Happy Bacon
26 mentions
Norwegian Epic:
3 Happy Bacon
92 mentions
Specialty DiningBoth like it
Pride of America:
3 Happy Bacon
45 mentions
Norwegian Epic:
3 Happy Bacon
44 mentions
ActivitiesBoth like it
Pride of America:
3 Happy Bacon
25 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: disembarkation

Norwegian Epic:
1½ Sad Bacon
11 mentions
disembarkation0.84 gap
Pride of America:
2½ Happy Bacon
3 mentions
Norwegian Epic:
4 Happy Bacon
4 mentions
cruise topic0.55 gap
Pride of America:
1 Happy Bacon
4 mentions
Norwegian Epic:
3 Happy Bacon
11 mentions
drink package0.51 gap
Pride of America:
½ Happy Bacon
8 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

“this incredible Suite is one of the Haven Deluxe owner suites with large balcony you're going to find you get all of those incredible Haven amenities and an enormous amount of space”

— Harr Travel · authority

Positive · Pride of America

“some of the best Italian food we've ever had at Sea like classic beef kacho and an extraordinary osoo”

— Jason and Heidi's Popular Cruising · authority

Critical · Norwegian Epic

“I hope you're having a fantastic day well I guess I have to cover the story I didn't want to cover it because it's very disturbing”

— Don's Family Vacations · authority

Critical · Pride of America

“I had a flooded cabin on the Carnival Elation and it was horrible. It was you know, all of our stuff got flooded.”

— La Lido Loca · 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 LinePride of America63% 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

Pride of America

12:31Tips

Solo Cruising Without The Double Price Tag

🥈Tips For Travellers · 201K views · 5 years ago

Highly Positive

18:06Vlog

Boarding NCL Pride of America - FOUR ISLAND Cruise Around HAWAII (+ Full Ship Tour)

🥈EECC Travels · 188K views · 4 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 EpicvsPride of America

Too close to call

The specs