Windstar Panama Canal & Central America Cruise Reviews

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Blissful Week

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Wind Star

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grundle
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

My husband and I are in our 60s and have traveled around the world creating our own itineraries and arranging our own transportation. We never thought cruising was for us but in the last few years we have sampled several medium to large ships with friends (Royal Caribbean, Princess, Carnival). The Panama Canal transit with WindStar seemed a pleasant way to experience a small ship ...
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Sail Date: January 2019

Cabin Type: Oceanview Stateroom


Small Ship, Big Service

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Star Breeze

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sjefferson
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

We typically choose active, land-based travel but decided to do a cruise for a special anniversary. We chose the Star Breeze for its mixture of small luxury ship with casual attitude, small ports of call, and availability of water sports. We wanted to have fun, but we did not want the fussiness of formal dinner nights. We were not disappointed. The ports of call included a good mix of those with ...
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Sail Date: January 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony Suite


Great Staff, Poor Management, Older Ship Needing Upgrades

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Wind Star

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Mark Whitman
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

I love Windstar’s small-boat (148 passengers) approach to cruising, but I found this particular boat, their flagship, to be lacking and I was also dismayed by several avoidable missteps by the ship’s management. The destinations are a wonderful experience. The Panama Canal, Panama City and Costa Rica in January are absolutely must-do experiences. The destinations are 5+. Windstar (really ...
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Sail Date: January 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom


Excellent Crew, Good Sized Rooms, Star Breeze Panama Canal Aruba-Costa Rica

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Star Breeze

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ATravelinFoodie
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

Crew – 5 stars, Food – 4 to 5 stars, Ship – 4 stars EMBARKATION – in Aruba – a long walk from where the cab drops you off to the yacht, because only the big ships get front docking. They have a shuttle, but we elected to walk our luggage, so that was a bit hot in the blazing sun. Covered tent at the gangway with someone to check off your name and label your bags that the crew will take to your ...
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Sail Date: December 2018

Cabin Type: Balcony Suite


A few glitches

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Wind Star

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aleeoc
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

Decided to try Windstar after liking the smaller ship experience on Viking and Azamara and Viking River. Overall, the food was very good, the crew friendly and eager to please however we started off by delaying our sail away by a day due to "two small holes" in the hull that required underwater welding. This resulted in a sea day instead of our scheduled port of call in Cartagena which was the ...
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Sail Date: December 2018

Cabin Type: Oceanview Stateroom


Disappointed with Trip

Review for a Canada & New England Cruise on Star Pride

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aqarian2
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Chose for autumn colors and small port venue. Captain can’t control weather but after missing the fjord in Quebec and Our stop in Prince Edward Island there was no attempt to make it up to the passengers. No amenities offered. Ship was not really equipped for cold rough weather. Probably should not be used for northern cruises after mid September Times for events and shore excursions were often ...
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Sail Date: October 2018

Cabin Type: Classic Suite


Worst Cruise Ever

Review for a Canada & New England Cruise on Star Pride

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als69
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

Our travel agent raved about Windstar, told our group how excellent they were. She is now our ex travel agent. This experience was'nt even close to what she told us. Most everything was poor, I don't know where to start, but here is my review. Starting with the positive, the ship was clean, the room was of good size. That's the positive. NOW, for the negative, being genereous the food was ...
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Sail Date: September 2018

Cabin Type: Classic Suite


You don't get what you pay for.....

Review for a Canada & New England Cruise on Star Pride

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FairOaksEngineer
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

First cruise and probably the last. The list of problems on this ship are too numerous to elaborate. Briefly - no hot water some days, no self serve coffee/tea available - only available with room service after 6:00 pm, inadequate seating spaces for breakfast and lunch during inclement weather, options for meals are severely limited, old and outdated stateroom, poorly coordinated and ...
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Sail Date: September 2018

Cabin Type: Ocean View Suite


Too many sea days, weak ports

Review for a Canada & New England Cruise on Star Pride

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LynneM44
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

We chose the ship for the itinerary and had been on the ship once before in Croatia. Great itinerary then and only 1 sea day. On this trip, The itinerary was changed about a month before departure, cancelling several experiences due to WHALE MIGRATION. The whales migrate every year so the company should have not been surprised and should have offered other ports. There were 3 sea days...keep ...
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Sail Date: September 2018

Cabin Type: Classic Suite


Maritimes - Manhattan to Montreal

Review for a Canada & New England Cruise on Star Pride

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istanbulbound
2-5 Cruises • Age 20s

We chose this cruise because it its itinerary. We liked the ports of call better than any itinerary we found in this region. However there is something missing with this line. The ship is worn out ( broke down the day before we were to embark) and it shows throughout. Atmosphere on board was dull. Employees were nice but lacked skill and polish. Docking locations were not good. Tenders were ...
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Sail Date: September 2018

Cabin Type: Ocean View Suite


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