Emerald Cruises
Emerald Star
- Cruises
- 21
- From
- $1,823
Ship comparison
Emerald Cruises
Ponant Cruises
The verdict
Emerald Star 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 Star has no Bliss scores or specs yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold.
Choose Emerald Star if you want more cruises to choose from: it has 21 cruises on sale (vs 3).
Side by side
marks the better figure where more, or less, is plainly better.
| Emerald Star | Le 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 | 443 ft | 430 ft |
| Beam | 38 ft | 59 ft |
| Speed | — | 14 mph |
| Cruiseable ratingout of 10 | — | 8 / 10 |
| Cruises on sale | 21 | 3 |
| Upcoming sailings | 54 | 8 |
| Cruise lengths | 7 to 14 nights | 7 to 11 nights |
| Fares fromlower highlighted | $1,823 | — |
Bliss scores
Cruiseable rates ships out of 10 on ten parts of a cruise holiday.
Emerald Star has no Bliss scores yet.
Emerald Cruises
21 cruises on sale, from $1,823.
Ponant Cruises
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.
3 cruises on sale.
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