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Emerald Sky vs Le Bougainville

The verdict

Which should you choose?

Emerald Sky is an intimate Emerald Cruises ship carrying 180 passengers. Le Bougainville is an intimate Ponant Cruises ship carrying 184 passengers, in service since 2019. Emerald Sky has no Bliss scores or specs yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold.

Choose Emerald Sky if you want more cruises to choose from: it has 31 cruises on sale (vs 5).

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Specifications

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

Emerald SkyLe Bougainville
Cruise line Emerald Cruises Ponant Cruises
Ship size Intimate Intimate
Maiden voyagenewer highlighted — 2019
Gross tonnage — 9,900
Passengers 180 184
Crew — 110
Passengers per crew memberfewer is better — 1.7
Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier — 53.8
Decks — 6
Length — 430 ft
Beam — 59 ft
Speed — 14 mph
Cruiseable ratingout of 10 — 7 / 10
Cruises on sale 31 5
Upcoming sailings 64 11
Cruise lengths 7 to 14 nights 9 to 11 nights
Fares fromlower highlighted $2,633 —

Bliss scores

How they rate, out of 10

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

Emerald Sky has no Bliss scores yet.

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

Ponant Cruises

Le Bougainville

Featuring innovative and environmentally friendly equipment, elegantly designed cabins, spacious suites with large windows and lounge areas that open onto the outside, Le Bougainville launched in August 2019 as one of the new luxury expedition yachts from France-based Ponant cruise line.

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5 cruises on sale.

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