Norwegian GemvsPride of America

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

66% Bacon Score™

Norwegian Gem

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63% Bacon Score™

Pride of America

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Dead Heat

The Bacon Verdict

Too close to call

Norwegian Gem and Pride of America have nearly identical BaconScores — 66% vs 63%. The decision comes down to your priorities.

The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 1032 creator reviews, Norwegian Gem and Pride of America post nearly identical BaconScores — 66% for Norwegian Gem, 63% for Pride of America. Norwegian Gem edges ahead on Room Service and Casino, while Pride of America leads on Embarkation and Excursions. Norwegian Gem sentiment is cooling off in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 273 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Recommend

of 429 reviews

of cruise creators recommend Norwegian Gem

429 videos130 channels4% warn againstHigh data density

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Going soggyCreator enthusiasm has dropped noticeably • 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 Gem	Specification	Pride of America
Norwegian Cruise Line	Cruise line	Norwegian Cruise Line
429 videos	Creator reviews	603 videos
130	Distinct creators	143

Norwegian Gem

Cruise line: Norwegian Cruise Line
Creator reviews: 429 videos
Distinct creators: 130

Pride of America

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

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Norwegian Gem

Topic

Pride of America

Where creators agree

Both rate Balcony Cabins highly

Norwegian Gem:
3½ Happy Bacon
28 mentions
Balcony CabinsBoth like it
Pride of America:
3½ Happy Bacon
54 mentions
Norwegian Gem:
4 Happy Bacon
26 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Pride of America:
3 Happy Bacon
26 mentions
Norwegian Gem:
3 Happy Bacon
31 mentions
ActivitiesBoth like it
Pride of America:
3 Happy Bacon
25 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: Room Service

Norwegian Gem:
3 Happy Bacon
3 mentions
Room Service0.49 gap
Pride of America:
½ Happy Bacon
8 mentions
Norwegian Gem:
1½ Happy Bacon
14 mentions
Casino0.49 gap
Pride of America:
1 Sad Bacon
9 mentions
Norwegian Gem:
Meh
18 mentions
Embarkation0.47 gap
Pride of America:
2½ Happy Bacon
16 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 Gem

“we are having a blast we were just doing a little road trip”

— CruiseTipsTV · 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 Gem

“This is a very sad tale and an unfortunate warning for you and your upcoming cruise.”

— JJ Cruise · 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 Gem66% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Norwegian Cruise LinePride of America63% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Watch creators on each ship

Norwegian Gem

2:35Tips

Cruise Passenger Jumps Off Cruise Ship, Found Alive During Search

🏅Cruise News Today · 366K views · 1 years ago

Mixed

39:19Tips

20 Things To See in Bermuda

How To Have Fun Outdoors · 244K views · 4 years 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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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 →

Norwegian GemvsPride of America

Too close to call

The specs