Costa SmeraldavsNorwegian Luna
Side-by-side creator consensus from cruise reviewers across YouTube.
The Bacon Verdict
Norwegian Luna wins this matchup
Earns a +38% higher BaconScore than Costa Smeralda. Based on 281 creator reviews.
The Bacon Story
Data-driven recap
Across 281 creator reviews, Norwegian Luna holds a +38% BaconScore lead over Costa Smeralda — 71% versus 33%. Norwegian Luna leads on crowd capacity and Ship Condition. Norwegian Luna sentiment is trending up in the latest reviews. Coverage spans 93 distinct cruise channels — read the full breakdown for each ship below.
Score comparison
Opinion trend for Norwegian Luna
Side-by-side facts
The specs
 | Specification | Norwegian Luna |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Cruises | Cruise line | Norwegian Cruise Line |
| 6 videos | Creator reviews | 275 videos |
| 5 | Distinct creators | 88 |
- Cruise line
- Costa Cruises
- Creator reviews
- 6 videos
- Distinct creators
- 5
- Cruise line
- Norwegian Cruise Line
- Creator reviews
- 275 videos
- Distinct creators
- 88
Topic Scoreboard
How they really compare
Costa Smeralda
Norwegian Luna
Where creators diverge
- Costa Smeralda:2 mentions2½ Sad Baconcrowd capacity0.86 gapNorwegian Luna:33 mentions2 Happy Bacon
- Costa Smeralda:2 mentions1 Happy BaconShip Condition0.53 gapNorwegian Luna:60 mentions3½ Happy Bacon
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 methodologyStandout creator quotes
“Costa Cruises is preparing to resume sailings in August”
“I'm never driving to Miami again.”
“there have been people across from me or next to me picking at zits and then washing their fingers off in the pool”
“We also have Royal Caribbean who cancelled more than 20 sailings. over 40,000 cruisers had their cruises cancelled uh overnight just just a few days ago.”
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.
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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 →