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Emerald Dawn vs Le Bellot

The verdict

Which should you choose?

Emerald Dawn is an intimate Emerald Cruises ship carrying 180 passengers. Le Bellot is an intimate Ponant Cruises ship carrying 184 passengers, in service since 2020. Emerald Dawn has no Bliss scores or specs yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold.

Choose Emerald Dawn if you want more cruises to choose from: it has 22 cruises on sale (vs 3).

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Specifications

marks the better figure where more, or less, is plainly better.

Emerald DawnLe Bellot
Cruise line Emerald Cruises Ponant Cruises
Ship size Intimate Intimate
Maiden voyagenewer highlighted — 2020
Gross tonnage — 9,976
Passengers 180 184
Crew — 112
Passengers per crew memberfewer is better — 1.6
Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier — 54.2
Decks — 4
Length — 430 ft
Beam — 59 ft
Speed — 14 mph
Cruiseable ratingout of 10 — 8 / 10
Cruises on sale 22 3
Upcoming sailings 55 8
Cruise lengths 7 to 14 nights 7 to 11 nights
Fares fromlower highlighted $2,434 —

Bliss scores

How they rate, out of 10

Cruiseable rates ships out of 10 on ten parts of a cruise holiday.

Emerald Dawn has no Bliss scores yet.

  • Active Le Bellot: 9.0
  • Adventure & nature Le Bellot: 10.0
  • Cultural Le Bellot: 6.0
  • Dining Le Bellot: 7.0
  • Entertainment Le Bellot: 5.0
  • Family friendly Le Bellot: 5.0
  • Party Le Bellot: 5.0
  • Romantic Le Bellot: 8.0
  • Spa & fitness Le Bellot: 5.0
  • Staterooms Le Bellot: 7.0

Ponant Cruises

Le Bellot

Like the other ships in the Ponant Explorers class of expedition vessels, Le Bellot was designed to provide comfort for its passengers in chic French stylings even as it roamed to some of the globe's most remote and isolated regions.

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3 cruises on sale.

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