I can't really compare them because I've only taken the Wishes Cruise, but it was so amazingly wonderful. It was beautiful, moving and serene. We could hear the music from the boats around us, at just the perfect level. The fireworks were spectacular from that viewpoint, they looked huge and they reflected off the water. It looked like pixie dust floating down over the castle. I was trying to get an IllumiNations Cruise when I got this Wishes Cruise, and I'm glad.