Queen ElizabethvsQueen Mary 2

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

72% Bacon Score™

Queen Elizabeth

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70% Bacon Score™

Queen Mary 2

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Dead Heat

The Bacon Verdict

Too close to call

Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary 2 have nearly identical BaconScores — 72% vs 70%. The decision comes down to your priorities.

The Bacon Story

Data-driven recap

Across 3324 creator reviews, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary 2 post nearly identical BaconScores — 72% for Queen Elizabeth, 70% for Queen Mary 2. Queen Elizabeth edges ahead on drink package and Wi-Fi. Coverage spans 529 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.

Recommend

of 1.6K reviews

of cruise creators recommend Queen Elizabeth

1.6K videos328 channels1% warn againstDeveloping data

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Holding steadyModerate consensus

TIE

Dead heat

Recommend

of 1.7K reviews

of cruise creators recommend Queen Mary 2

1.7K videos201 channels3% warn againstDeveloping data

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Holding steadyModerate consensus

Side-by-side facts

The specs

Queen Elizabeth	Specification	Queen Mary 2
Cunard Line	Cruise line	Cunard Line
1650 videos	Creator reviews	1674 videos
328	Distinct creators	201

Queen Elizabeth

Cruise line: Cunard Line
Creator reviews: 1650 videos
Distinct creators: 328

Queen Mary 2

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

Topic Scoreboard

How they really compare

Queen Elizabeth

Topic

Queen Mary 2

Where creators agree

Both rate history highly

Queen Elizabeth:
4 Happy Bacon
3 mentions
historyBoth like it
Queen Mary 2:
4½ Happy Bacon
2 mentions
Queen Elizabeth:
3½ Happy Bacon
43 mentions
SuitesBoth like it
Queen Mary 2:
3½ Happy Bacon
110 mentions
Queen Elizabeth:
3½ Happy Bacon
116 mentions
ShowsBoth like it
Queen Mary 2:
3½ Happy Bacon
179 mentions

Where creators diverge

Biggest gap: drink package

Queen Elizabeth:
2 Happy Bacon
4 mentions
drink package0.42 gap
Queen Mary 2:
Meh
6 mentions
Queen Elizabeth:
½ Happy Bacon
5 mentions
Wi-Fi0.28 gap
Queen Mary 2:
½ Sad Bacon
54 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 · Queen Elizabeth

“Japan, frankly, is showing off, and we love it for that.”

— Visit With Us (Rich and Helen) · authority

Positive · Queen Mary 2

“that was the most exciting day of my life”

— Cunard Line · authority

Critical · Queen Elizabeth

“the kovat 19 situation known as coronavirus has been described as the worst health crisis in a generation for the travel industry”

— Cunard Line · authority

Critical · Queen Mary 2

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

— Cruise News Today · 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.

Cunard LineQueen Elizabeth72% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Cunard LineQueen Mary 270% BaconScoreSee full ship breakdown

Watch creators on each ship

Queen Elizabeth

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Highly Positive

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Rick Steves' Europe · 3.2M views · 12 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 →

Queen ElizabethvsQueen Mary 2

Too close to call

The specs