Windstar Cruises will debut a
new look for its entire fleet
next year, and will also wow
guests with a sprinkling of new
itineraries.
THE cruise line is pumping US$18 million into
a complete makeover of its three sailing
yachts, Wind Star, Wind Spirit and Wind Surf,
to be completed in time for their 2013 sailings.
The facelift will involve a complete redesign
of staterooms, owner’s suites, corridors and
public spaces on each of the vessels, with work
onboard the four-masted Wind Star and Wind
Spirit also set to include new designs for their
respective Pool Bars, Libraries, Windspas, The
Restaurants and Verandas.
Work onboard the company’s five-masted
Wind Surf will also include a redesign of its The
Restaurant, Degrees, Veranda, Compass Rose,
WindSpa, Yacht Club, and Pool Bar spaces.
According to the cruise line, the makeover
will result in “a new level of elegance to
Windstar’s cruise experience”.
And it’s not just the ships sporting new
goodies next year, with their schedules set to
feature three new voyages in the
Mediterranean and four new Northern Europe
itineraries.
New for the Med will be a Casablanca & the
Canary Islands cruise onboard Wind Surf (16
November) and Wind Spirit (25 November); as
well as a seven-day Provence & Cote d’Azur
voyage on board Wind Star (13 July) and Wind
Spirit (10 November); and an 11-day
Footsteps of Faith adventure taking in Athens,
Patmos, Kusadasi, Rhodes, Antalya, Larnaca,
Haifa, Ashdod, Israel (with visit to Jerusalem),
and Alexandria onboard Wind Spirit (05 and
16 October).
The cruise line’s four new voyages in
Northern Europe will include an eight day
Europe’s West Coast Odyssey onboard Wind
Surf taking in Lexio/Porto, Vigo, A Coruna,
Brest, St. Malo and Cherbourg departing on
03 July and 07 September; as well as a sevenday
Idyllic British Isles itinerary departing 11
July and 31 August onboard Wind Surf
including calls to Portsmouth, Dartmouth,
Falmouth, Scilly Isles, Milford Haven/
Pembroke, Waterford/Dunmore East,
Holyhead and Dublin.
Wind Surf will also host a new Gaelic
Explorers itinerary calling at Dublin, Isle of
Man, Portrush, Stromness, Invergordon,
Peterhead and Edinburgh, departing on 18
July and 24 August; as well as an 11-day
Scandinavian Tapestry cruise which takes
guests to the Norwegian Fjords, Scandinavian
capital cities and regional villages.
For full program details, visit your travel
agent, or see www.traveltheworld.com.au.
