Wind Star Review

4.5 / 5.0
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Mostly fantastic - some issues need to be addressed

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NolaLori
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Aug 2018
Cabin: Oceanview Stateroom

Overall, this was an excellent cruise. The food is fabulous and despite the small size of the ship, the cabins are relatively spacious. The crew were extremely friendly and made a point of knowing everyone by name. Unlike larger ships, there is no fighting for deck chairs, etc. A very relaxed experience. There were, however a couple of issues that need to be addressed. The WIFI on the ship is extraordinarily expensive (even when purchasing an internet package prior to sailing), which would be acceptable if it worked - it doesn't. Coverage was spotty at best and extremely slow. Windstar should really upgrade their equipment - I have been on other cruises where the Internet was fantastic even out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean a thousand miles from land. Shore excursions - Most were quite good, but we had a horrible experience in Nafplion. We were on an excursion that visited Mycenae and the guide was very longwinded, and did not allow us enough time to tour the entire site. To make matters worse, she made a stop at what can only be described as a tourist souvenir shop along the highway - we were forced to stay there for a bout 20 minutes while the proprietors gave us a hard sell on their "genuine, fake" reproductions of Greek trinkets. Really, this is not something one would expect from a luxury cruise line like Windstar. As mentioned in a previous review, the water sports platform is only open when the ship is at anchor (4 of the 7 ports of call). However they cannot open the water sports platform in Santorini because they are required to run the engine at all times. In the other three ports the sports platform was not open do to winds - so on a 7 day cruise, we were never able to swim in the Aegean!

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Oceanview Stateroom

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Port Reviews

Mykonos

this island is easily toured on your own - every thing is very accessible. We just roamed around the tiny little streets and alleys on our own. Get there early in the day to avoid the crowds

Santorini

this one is hard. We had a car and a private guide and both were excellent. Unfortunately, there were two large cruise ships in port and Oia and Fira were completely over run with tourists. It was hard to move in the crowds and really hard to get a good feel for the island. It's a shame too because it is a beautiful place

Patmos

This is a beautiful little island and not very crowded. The visit to the the cave where the Apostle John received the book of Revelation was a very moving experience.

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