Windstar Cruises - 10 Things You Need to Know before cruising with them!

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• FL

  @FlaThunderstorm · 6 years ago

  Last year my wife and I did the Star Pride Trans Atlantic from San Juan to Lisbon. Everything about this cruise was superb. The ship was super clean. The cabins are all suites, extremely quiet and very comfortable. The food and service was as good as any 5 star restaurant. The crew had to be the most efficient, polite, and friendly that I've ever encountered on a cruise ship. The ship itself has a few very relaxing areas and a couple of light entertainment venues. Think the Marriott Hotel on the water. The best part of this cruise line is the interesting people you will get to meet. Although most are probably well off they are unpretentious folks. So many of them bring a wealth of knowledge and experiences to any conversation. Surprisingly, this class of ship rides very well in the ocean. Only one day out of 13 when the Pride worked hard against the sea. All other days and nights were a pleasure. Most of the crew seemed to be Indonesian and Philippines. Such lovely people obviously hired for their dispositions in addition to their capabilities. We are considering the Star Breeze trans pacific Anchorage to Tokyo 16 days with 8 ports next year. Looking forward to that with anticipation.

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• DA

  @daviddb2528 · 1 month ago

  Nine years ago! Time to revisit this please.....

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• JI

  @jimj1313 · 2 years ago

  We sailed the Wind Spirit (one of the sailing ships) which had only 75 cabins. An absolutely amazing trip. The engines only fired up when pulling in or leaving harbor/anchor. Sailing overnight was great! You do feel the ship much more because it&apos;s small, so if you tend toward sea sickness keep that in mind. Gary is absolutely right about being able to visit smaller destinations, which was awesome. Not having to complete with 3,000+ people in the same port is a much better experience. The cruise is <b>meant</b> for you to focus on exploring the destinations and/or excursions; if you just want to hang around the ship it&apos;s fine, but really the reason most take this line is to be able to experience the destinations. The crew was great; they really do get to know you (and vice-versa). The food was excellent as well. Overall, I don&apos;t think I could go back to the larger ships; having experienced Windstar really changed my outlook on cruising!

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• MA

  @marycarla6245 · 2 years ago

  I really enjoy Gary‘s videos. He gets right to it. No fluff. No influencers prancing around the halls talking about nothing for 4 minutes into the video before they say anything useful. Thank you, Gary. You do it right. Everything I learned about river cruising I learned from you.

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• BC

  @bcwhaletours9733 · 5 years ago

  I spent almost 5 years working with WindStar Cruises and would highly reccomend. Once you go small ship cruising you won&apos;t go back to the big boats!

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• PE

  @PegManning · 4 years ago (edited)

  We&apos;ve cruised on a few lines (a Holland America medium size ship for Alaska, when Windstar was not sailing there, a Renaissance ship for Indonesia, when Windstar was not cruising there, and the Radisson Diamond through the Panama Canal, due to timing issues). We now cruise exclusively on WIndstar, about 18 cruises from Singapore and Malaysia to France and Italy, Croatia, Malta, Portugal to Barcelona, including Morocco and Tunisia, the Baltics, Japan, Tahiti, Greece, Turkey and the Black Sea. &nbsp;And regular spring break weeks in the Caribbean (no grown drunken Spring Breakers, but our well-traveled teen grandaughter was with us.). &nbsp; We adore Windstar&apos;s style, service, and itineraries. &nbsp;Almost everyone is a multi-time Windstar cruiser. &nbsp;The crew is outstanding and because the ship has so few passengers, we get to know many personally. &nbsp;The food is superb and the itineraries (and pre-tour lectures) and either active sporting or interestingly educational. &nbsp;When a Windstar ship comes into port, it is delivering 100 or 150 people into the destination, not 3000-5000. &nbsp;I cannot imagine being on a behemoth floating Las Vegas. While we were used to the amazing romantic sail experience in the early decades, we&apos;ve come to like the three &quot;Star&quot; yachts just as much--a slightly different environment but the same friendly and competent staff, food, etc. &nbsp;We cannot wait to get back to cruising.

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• KE

  @Kerryjotx · 7 months ago

  I’ll be taking a Windstar cruise in 2027 with an alumni group. I can’t wait! &nbsp;Thank you for giving me even more reasons to be excited

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• MR

  @MrJeffjacobson · 7 years ago

  We continue to choose Windstar for our vacation cruises specifically for the quiet relaxing environment and the high level of personal service the crew provides. Yacht style cruising is such a more personal experience then the mega ships with thousands of people competing for venues and tenders.

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• GO

  @gogotraveler · 3 years ago

  We love Windstar &nbsp;We were waited on hand and foot<br> The food was fantastic. &nbsp;Many of the staff knew our names. The staff were all happy. It was tge favorite cruise line we had been on. It is also a good value

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• GO

  @Goathead85 · 7 years ago

  Absolutely love your no nonsense straight to the information style! &nbsp;Don&apos;t know that I&apos;ve ever seen this type of video before, although I wish others would take a lesson from you!!! &nbsp;Thanks for the information Sir.

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• KA

  @katehobbs2008 · 4 years ago

  Best cruise of my experience, we could go right into small jewels of ports like Kotor, Korcula, Dubrovnik, and sailed all the way up the fjord in Montenegro. Truly magic. There were quite a few people in the 40-50 bracket travelling alone so we had fun.

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• DR

  @drtax1040 · 8 years ago

  We have done five transatlantic cruises and two trips to the South Pacific on Winstar and can’t wait till we get to go again....loved every minute

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