Do not cruise on this ship until Windstar has totally updated and repaired this ship, which as the crew told us all needs to be done in dry dock. In brief, the physical plant is deplorable.
It is our strong opinion the Xanterra group who took ownership of this ship earlier this year made a poor strategic decision to commission this slightly remodeled vessel realizing the ship was not ready to meet a majority of its customers' expectations. We heard from another cruiser who was also aboard Star Pride's maiden voyage in May that some of the new owners were aboard that sailing.
From this same cruiser we learned the ship suffered from basically all of the same ill repair on this maiden voyage as we experienced. Hence, these owners were very aware of its condition.