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    Windstar 101

    in Windstar Cruises

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, msears101 said:

    If you are on the MSY Wind Star, the specific ship, - note that it is a small ship.  I have taken it across the Atlantic.  It is not for everyone.  I loved it.  There were only 30 guests of us out of a possible 144. 

     

    Internet is $525 for unlimited.  $120 for 500Mb.  When I crossed the Internet was VERY spotty in the middle. I am sure it is better now, but it is never a guarantee.  

     

    There are no specialty restaurants like there are on big ships. There are two restaurants.  They are free.  It is indoor vs outdoor.  There are also nights when the restaurants are closed and there is only  a Deck (Buffet) BBQ.  Their biggest boat only has 150 cabins. 

     

    You can bring three  750 ml bottles of wine per stateroom for cruises more than 8 days.

     

    All the info on on their website.

    Thank you, all of this is helpful.

     

    Windstar 101

    in Windstar Cruises

    Posted

    Just now, O2B@Cagain said:

    There is a hotel service charge of $14.50 per day per person. Or check out the "all-in" package for all-inclusive drinks, internet, laundry, service charge, and internet- $89 per person per day.

     

    I don't think that the Wind Star ship has any different restaurants than the motor boats- Verandah for breakfast and lunch, Candles for dinner (in the Verandah space and by reservation, no extra charge), and Amphora, the main dining room. Also the deck, BBQ one night and on a crossing there will be a variety of special dinners.

     

    If you need a lot of entertainment, Windstar is probably not a good line, especially for a transatlantic. Peace and quiet with chatting up your fellow passengers for grins.

     

    I can't help with internet as we use our time on board to disconnect from the world at large. 😉

    Thank you.  I do not need entertainment other than my books, but I do like to run an hour a day and am really worried this may not be right for me... I understand there are 2 treadmills, if both are down I am sunk.

    I am a runner

    in Windstar Cruises

    Posted

    1 minute ago, O2B@Cagain said:

    From looking at the deck plans, the fitness room on the Wind Star (you were talking about the ship, not the line, correct?) is much smaller than those on the Star ships. And on the Star ships, the treadmills are placed across the beam- toward starboard/port, rather than fore and aft. That makes some pretty wild motion on the open seas, when you are crossways to the motion of the boat. If any of that makes any sense. I found it very difficult to run...

    Yes, the ship the Wind Star... little concerned about 14 days at sea all that great food, and not way to exercise.  Thanks

     

    Windstar 101

    in Windstar Cruises

    Posted

    Can I have Windstar 101 quick education?  Looking at booking the Wind Star for a Transatlantic.  Lots and lots of sea days.

    How much is internet since ports are not an option and we have to have internet to keep our business in business to afford cruising?

    Does Windstar have specialty restaurants?  What is the cost?

    Can we bring wine onboard?  How much?

    How much are tips?

    Any thing else you think we should know.

    Thanks.... Looking to book Monday if all the answer line up.

     

     

    Has the wifi improved?

    in Windstar Cruises

    Posted

    On 2/2/2020 at 8:56 AM, new_cruiser said:

    I'm currently in the middle of 31 days on Wind Surf. I didn't take WiFi during the first two segments as I could use roaming and wifi in ports and there was only one sea day. The current segment has a lot of sea days and we had only booked the last half of our cruise a few weeks ago so I'm still planning what to do at the stops. Others had said WiFi was working well so I've gotten it for this segment.

     

    It's working great. It works from our cabin, from veranda, lounge, yacht club, etc. It's been more consistently responsive so far than cellular data and some of the WiFi hotspots on land. 

    What was the cost?  Thank you

    Horrible experience with Air2Sea program on Rhapsody of the Seas

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    Im a loyal RC cruiser, Diamond status with Crown and Anchor, but after my recent sailing on Rhapsody might need to rethink that loyality. I was on the Oct 7, 2017 sailing out of Venice. The cruise was great UNTIL the final day. At about 3PM the captain announced that due to expected foggy weather in Venice we might be late in arriving. The ship then gave everyone free internet to start making other arraignments and we all realized weather happens and there is nothing Royal can do about it.

     

    However, when I inquired about my flights, crew assured me that since I booked with Air2Sea I had to do nothing bc RC would take care it. So i figured no worries (my first of many times wrongly trusting I was getting accurate info from RC). When I woke at 6;30 the next morning sure enough, we were fogged in and didn't dock as scheduled at 6am. When i asked at 6;30 when they would provide new flight info, I was told that they would put new info under my cabin door. This didn't make sense as it was disembarkation day and we needed to leave room at 8am, but I thought why would they lie to us? By the time 8 arrived and we had to leave the room, RC still did not communicate with us so i again asked when they would advise Air2Sea passengers when they would get info, I was assured they would either send an email or page me soon. More hours go by and still no communication and again asked what was happening and again was told they would page me.

     

    Finally at 3;30Pm the ship was cleared to proceed to the dock. I again asked when they would email and now was told the new flight and hotel would be provided as we left the ship. At 5pm disembarkation started and now their story was that as soon as we got off the ship new flight info would be provided dockside. Of course when we got off the ship, (and by we I mean the 500 or so people that booked with Air2Sea) we found no one with instruction on the dock. In fact they only people there were a small handful of port employees who had no information. For 4 hours we stood in a chilly foggy parking lot helpless in a foreign country with no information from royal Caribbean on how they were getting us home and with no contact from any Royal Caribbean employee. Finally one employee came off the ship and was rather unconcerned with our situation, including for elderly people with medical conditions or young children. After 4 hours exposed to the elements, they finally let us back into the terminal, but still gave us no information.

     

    Finally after about 6 hours of no information, food or water, they brought some bottles of water and sandwiches. But still in there terminal we waited for info. At midnight, 7 hours after getting off the ship they brought us to a cheap dirty hotel (the sheets and towels smelled of mildew and the shower was moldy. Still we had no idea of when we would go home. Finally I found a number to call someone at Air2Sea and they gave me the flight info (how someone without a smart phone and the willingness to pay for international calling would have gotten that info, I don't know). Yet still they had no plan to get us to the airport (the hotel was about an hour from airport). I fortunately got back to NYC and now home called Royal to complain about the situation and am still meant with indifference and despite a representation that they would call or email me to at least explain what happened, I still have yet to hear anything from them (not that I expected anything given their pattern of lies and misrepresentation.

     

    Given the bad publicity that the airlines have gotten from their treatment of people you would thing Royal Caribbean would try to do the right thing, but obviously not.

     

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    A couple's Honeymoon nightmare?

    in Holland America Line

    Posted · Edited by bgetter

    Yeah I have no idea who these people are if you read anything at all you will see that I said I was skeptical and didn't know if I could post the website because of the cruise critic polices. In fact now that I have clarification on it here https://m.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/4t9b75/heres_what_you_get_when_you_pay_600_to_upgrade/?utm_source=mweb_redirect&compact=true)isthe original source. Kindly don't pay "worthy attention" from now on. Is this seriously how cruise critic is, full of rude skeptical people when someone asks a simple question?

     

     

    Sent from my iPhone using Forums

     

    Absolutely it is. Completely different crowd than the original source (reddit). While I've known that for a LONG time, it has been amazing to originally see this blow up on reddit and twitter, (and having actually seen the video, and read the comments from the person themselves). Then I come here, and read the dismissive posts from people having absolutely no details, haven't watched the video, etc. For those not wishing to comb through it, they've been told from the front desk this will be occurring all cruise long. And for today, the first day of the cruise, it started at 8:45am and went through 6pm. It is LOUD if you watch the video (again, most comments here thus far it's obvious many haven't)

    2015 Trip Report DIY Land/ cruise

    in Alaska

    Posted · Edited by bgetter

    Tremendous review, very similar to land tour we plan on doing. Two quick questions for you:

     

    1) Appeared you rented a car, where did you leave it while flown away from Soldotna?

    2) Did the Silver Salmon Creek Lodge have choices for meals? Wife and I just tend to be picky eaters ... =( We're like kids almost

    3) The "upstream salmon spot" you referred to near Seward, does it have a name?

     

    Thanks SO MUCH again, looked beautiful and lifelong memories.

     

    Ben

    taking own wifi

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    I am considering purchasing the Netgear Trek N300 Travel router. Supposedly, this has what you may be looking for: You can navigate the sign on page with the router, and assign the "internet" to the router. This can then supply internet to each of your devices. And yes, it can be done without a wired connection.

     

    Now, your supplied bandwidth will still be limited and now shared among your devices.

     

    Reviews on amazon are mixed, so I wouldn't mind if someone else wanted to be a guinea pig...

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