Live from 7/17 Star Breeze

[avalong]

Great pics! Thanks!

[GrootmoederkKr]

Thanks for all the info.  Safe travels home.

[Babr]

Do the new ocean view suites have walk-in showers or a tub/shower combo. I’m looking at the deck plan, but I can’t tell from the illustration.

 

 Thanks

[wesport]

55 minutes ago, Babr said:

Do the new ocean view suites have walk-in showers or a tub/shower combo. I’m looking at the deck plan, but I can’t tell from the illustration.

 

 Thanks

[wesport]

New star cabins. Shower only. 

[Host Jazzbeau]

17 minutes ago, wesport said:

New star cabins. Shower only. 

And a lovely-looking shower it is!

[Babr]

49 minutes ago, wesport said:

New star cabins. Shower only. 

Looks great! The shower is my preference.

 

 Thank you for the quick response and pictures.

[r&rd]

A few questions on recent sailings:

Are you allowed to eat with others or are you restricted to your traveling companions?

With so few passengers are they doing any upgrades?

Are there activities like Trivia or Liars Club?

[wesport]

5 hours ago, r&rd said:

A few questions on recent sailings:

Are you allowed to eat with others or are you restricted to your traveling companions?

With so few passengers are they doing any upgrades?

Are there activities like Trivia or Liars Club?

No restrictions on dining with others.

We booked a certain cabin and received no upgrades or upsells. 

They did trivia. 

[minidonuts85]

@wesport Do you have a pic of the refreshed "old" suite they moved you to? The one with the bed by the bathroom. Curious to see what has been done with those other than the bathroom. Thank you!

[milepig]

A posting up thread indicated that there is an additional cost for some menu items. Is this a first for WS? I don’t remember ever seeing it before. 

[wesport]

23 minutes ago, milepig said:

A posting up thread indicated that there is an additional cost for some menu items. Is this a first for WS? I don’t remember ever seeing it before. 

Only the huge tomahawk steak. I thing there was one other for a larger steak.

[wesport]

25 minutes ago, milepig said:

A posting up thread indicated that there is an additional cost for some menu items. Is this a first for WS? I don’t remember ever seeing it before. 

Candles

[wesport]

3 hours ago, minidonuts85 said:

@wesport Do you have a pic of the refreshed "old" suite they moved you to? The one with the bed by the bathroom. Curious to see what has been done with those other than the bathroom. Thank you!

I don’t , but older cabins had less plugs for electronics, and less drawer space. Still very comfortable.

[milepig]

4 hours ago, wesport said:

Only the huge tomahawk steak. I thing there was one other for a larger steak.

Also the Porterhouse for $20.  I'd never eat a tomahawk steak - way to much beef. A porterhouse, maybe. But, I love the Candles veal chop so job done for me.  I'm more worried that it signals the beginning of a nickle and diming people.  You want the souffle in Amphora - that'll be an extra 5 bucks. Please no.

[HuliHuli]

On 8/3/2021 at 10:33 AM, minidonuts85 said:

@wesport Do you have a pic of the refreshed "old" suite they moved you to? The one with the bed by the bathroom. Curious to see what has been done with those other than the bathroom. Thank you!

@minidonuts85:  Here are a couple of photos of an S1 cabin in the forward part of the ship.  There were 110V and 220V outlets on the desk, 110V outlets with USB on the dry bar under the TV, and a single two-prong 220V outlet bedside (left side as you sleep) where we used an adapter to power USB devices.  Plenty of plugs for all devices.

[Lois R]

I am considering this ship for my first cruise on Windstar as well. Thanks for sharing the pictures.

 

Wesport, you mentioned it was your first time with them.....what other lines have your sailed and were you overall happy with the food and service? 

[sb44]

1 hour ago, Lois R said:

I am considering this ship for my first cruise on Windstar as well. Thanks for sharing the pictures.

 

Wesport, you mentioned it was your first time with them.....what other lines have your sailed and were you overall happy with the food and service? 

Lois, we have been on every Windstar ship multiple times and have just booked 10 days in Greece on the Star Legend. I will tell you after just taking a Crystal cruise to Bermuda and having sailed on QM2, HAL and others over the years, we are thrilled to be getting back to Windstar. Food is good to excellent, accommodations are larger than the more expensive suite that we had on Crystal with a bathroom that we could barely share. The Windstar crew will do anything in their power to make you happy and your fellow passengers are generally friendly, unpretentious and well traveled. What you will not have is a casino, multiple entertainment venues, cigar rooms,  and such. So my advice is think about your favorite things on the larger ships and whether or not you will feel that you will miss them. As for us, there is zero that we will miss from the "upscale" market. We were yearning for Windstar the entire week.

[Lois R]

15 minutes ago, sb44 said:

Lois, we have been on every Windstar ship multiple times and have just booked 10 days in Greece on the Star Legend. I will tell you after just taking a Crystal cruise to Bermuda and having sailed on QM2, HAL and others over the years, we are thrilled to be getting back to Windstar. Food is good to excellent, accommodations are larger than the more expensive suite that we had on Crystal with a bathroom that we could barely share. The Windstar crew will do anything in their power to make you happy and your fellow passengers are generally friendly, unpretentious and well traveled. What you will not have is a casino, multiple entertainment venues, cigar rooms,  and such. So my advice is think about your favorite things on the larger ships and whether or not you will feel that you will miss them. As for us, there is zero that we will miss from the "upscale" market. We were yearning for Windstar the entire week.

Hi sb, thanks so much for the reply🙂. I can't recall the last time I gambled so no need for a casino.

And I definitely don't need a cigar room.  As for larger ships? The largest I have sailed in the past few years only held 600. And others in the 300-400 range with a couple of river cruises which of course are way less people.  I love the small vessels😀.

[sb44]

16 minutes ago, Lois R said:

Hi sb, thanks so much for the reply🙂. I can't recall the last time I gambled so no need for a casino.

And I definitely don't need a cigar room.  As for larger ships? The largest I have sailed in the past few years only held 600. And others in the 300-400 range with a couple of river cruises which of course are way less people.  I love the small vessels😀.

Then you sound like  good fit for Windstar.  

[wesport]

11 hours ago, Lois R said:

I am considering this ship for my first cruise on Windstar as well. Thanks for sharing the pictures.

 

Wesport, you mentioned it was your first time with them.....what other lines have your sailed and were you overall happy with the food and service? 

We were very happy. On our cruise we had 133 people out of I believe 345. Food and service were excellent. Very casual. If you are looking for lots to do and big shows, this is not the line. Star Breeze had two ensemble entertaining. Both were good. I actually did a review here if you want to look it up under the reviews, feel free. We are doing the Star Legend 10/7/21 for 8 nights if we can jump through all the hoops to get there. We have sailed mostly HAL, but also Seabourn, Princess, Celebrity, Crystal. 

[Wilcoam]

Thx so much for the reviews and pics, we loved loved our WS cruise years back in Tahiti, food, service, and the vibe outdoors was excellant, and we find most mainstream cruiseline 'entertainment' boring anyway, we prefer meeting folks and conversations with drinks post dinner anyway

 

We are booked on the 'new' stretched WS Breeze in Oct but it's looking 50-50 at this point, lol, but we have no clue if we are confirmed in a new suite or an old suite, I guess common sense say's if your cabin is more in the middle of the deck it's a new suite? lol

 

I just know the wife prefers the layout with the LR closer to the french balcony, rather than the other way around, we are presently on the 5th deck, suite 519