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Le Boreal vs Scenic Ikon

The verdict

Which should you choose?

Le Boreal is a small Ponant Cruises ship carrying 264 passengers, in service since 2010. Scenic Ikon is a small Scenic ship carrying 270 passengers. Scenic Ikon has no Bliss scores or specs yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold.

Choose Scenic Ikon if you want more cruises to choose from: it has 23 cruises on sale (vs none).

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Specifications

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

Le BorealScenic Ikon
Cruise line Ponant Cruises Scenic
Ship size Small Small
Maiden voyagenewer highlighted 2010 —
Gross tonnage 10,600 —
Passengers 264 270
Crew 140 —
Passengers per crew memberfewer is better 1.9 —
Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier 40.2 —
Decks 6 —
Length 466 ft —
Beam 59 ft —
Speed 17 mph —
Cruiseable ratingout of 10 8 / 10 —
Cruises on sale — 23
Upcoming sailings — 26
Cruise lengths — 9 to 32 nights
Fares fromlower highlighted — $7,086

Bliss scores

How they rate, out of 10

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

Scenic Ikon has no Bliss scores yet.

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

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