Windstar Senior Cruises Reviews

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Great food and service — but lack of air conditioning ruined the experience

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Star Pride

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CTH75
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

This was our second Windstar cruise, but will be our last. Our first experience with Windstar was excellent. Rooms are spacious, service and the people are terrific, and the food is very good. All the same on this experience as well. However, our Panama Canal cruise was largely ruined by the complete lack of air conditioning in most public spaces. It was simply miserable to be anywhere ...
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Sail Date: March 2024


Star Pride Panama Canal

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Star Pride

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Trailer trailer
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

Chose this ship for the small boat experience and unique ports that were promised. Out of the 4 stops 2 were cancelled and we sat anchored for 24 hours at canal inlet instead of one of our ports. A casino was still advertised on the ship's website at the time we booked but when boarded found out it was pule 3 years ago during the retro-fit. I will say the stateroom and food were excellent. I ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Cabin Type: Grand Owner’s Suite (Balcony)


Non refund garantee

Review for a Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Wind Star

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Lenoca08
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

My experience in the cruise with food, beverage, staff and extra tours were good. The Chef and the whole kitchen team were ok and very friendly. Nevertheless I have no assistance for my own visit in Mykonos first port we stopped. I asked for a recommendation from the tour assistance team about a transport taxi driver or something like this to go to a public beach but I didn’t get any. The ...
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Sail Date: August 2023

Cabin Type: Oceanview Stateroom


Poor service & ship needs an overhaul

Review for a Caribbean - All Cruise on Wind Surf

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laurieha
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

We love Windstar's other ships and wanted to try their large sailing ship for the itinerary Yachtsman Caribbean. Sadly this ship strongly disappointed. Ironically the ship had just come out of dry dock three weeks earlier but two of the sails were broken and couldn't unfurl each night. Also they refurbished the lounge and half of the cabins and left all the garbage piled up on the ship in plane ...
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Sail Date: December 2019

Cabin Type: Suite


Windstar is definitely NOT a 5 star cruise line!

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Star Pride

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rsamtleben
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

This is the first trip review that I have ever posted. I felt that it was necessary because of the extremely negative customer experience. First of all, I booked this cruise in February 2019. The cruises line claims that you get the best pricing when you book early. Not true. They discounted this cruise right after the final payment date by USD$1000 per couple. When we asked for a refund ...
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Sail Date: December 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony Suite


Repairs galore

Review for a World Cruise Cruise on Wind Surf

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Sgjacobson
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

This ship is falling apart at the seams and the owners don’t care about what passengers have to endure on board. Departure was delayed by 5 hours waiting for staff. My room had not been cleaned or set up. The deck was unfinished and unpainted. The front desk staff was ill equipped to handle all the passengers issues as they embarked. As a solo traveler my problems were not directly ...
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Sail Date: November 2019


Worn ship and disorganized service. Mediocre All Around.

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on Wind Surf

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Jneil
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

A travel agent booked our group. Itinerary was interesting but the rest of the experience was below expectations, especially at the price point of $4599 for 8 nights! The ship has definitely seen better days. Far from a Superior or Luxury trip. Few amenities. Underwhelming entertainment. Port lectures short on history and mainly a sales tool. Dinners even in the specialty restaurants were mediocre ...
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Sail Date: October 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom


Old Ship; Failed air conditioning

Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Wind Surf

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End412
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

We chose this ship because of the reputation of Windstar and the itinerary offered. We were starting out trip with a few days in Lisbon and wanted to experience the southern coast of Spain. The Wind Surf is a small ship and the all aboard was called for 4:00. We arrived at 2:45 and were able to walk right on. Disembarkation was equally easy. What was so disappointing was the condition of our ...
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Sail Date: September 2019

Cabin Type: Oceanview Stateroom


Disappointing Cruise of Cote d'Azur

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on Wind Surf

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rich15
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

We thought this would be an excellent way to see the French riviera. The first location, however, was canceled when the ship, several hours from port, returned to take a passenger to the hospital. The last two ports of call, Roses and Le Levandou, were not major ports and there was not much to do at either one. All but one of the ports required tender services, which took time away from the ...
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Sail Date: August 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom


Disappointing Windstar

Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on Star Pride

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Spysmum
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

We chose this cruise on recommendation from our travel agent. We flew to lovely Lisbon a few days beforehand, the joined the ship,looking very tiny berthed near some very large cruise ships. The welcome was decidedly perfunctory, and we found our way to our deck 4 cabin. It was pleasantly large, but definitely needed a good spring clean. The bed seemed hard and sagging, not a good start we felt. ...
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Sail Date: June 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View Suite


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