On Board the Wind Surf

For people who didn't want to leave the boat, the WindSurf had all sorts of water sports. Sara and I always wanted to go on shore tho and see everything we could everywhere we went.
As you can see from these photos I took, the WindStar Line does not crowd their boats with people.
Many times , I'd go up to one of the upper decks on my way to the Internet room and there would be no one anywhere in sight on any of the upper decks.

The whole experience was just not the least bit crowded. I did ask what the occupancy rate of our trip was and they said it was about 95%. They just allow a lot of elbow room per person, which is wonderful. The cabin had so many drawers and closets we didn't even begin to use them all.

Also, since it is a small ship by cruise ship standards, there is almost no waiting involved at any time. Everything was very personalized. Of course, they don't have kid's activities, in fact, kids are not even encouraged to come. I think the youngest children were probably early teens. There are no comedians, floorshows (except the night that the Indonesian staff preformed), and best of all no phoney balooney meet-your-neighbor-rah-rah stuff. Over all it is a pretty soft spoken, kindly, sophisticated, group of travelers. Not snooty at all, just not crass. I can highly recommend the WindStar Line and this is from someone who will never do a 'regular' criuse again. I can also add that since the WindSurf was using it's sails about 50% of the time, there were almost no fumes in the air. It is a smooth, sailing experience.





















Adding photos of the WindSurf now...you can read all about the WindStar Line Here...even book YOUR cruise.
I booked ours online thru this same interface. It was the very best prices I could find anywhere--and believe me, I looked long and hard. They give the best prices the further out you book--the closer it gets, they tend to jump up in big increments. It might start at something like 47% off, then jump overnight to 24% off. etc.. Sara and I had a 'suite' it was wonderfully roomy and had two bathrooms. When this boat was purchased from the ClubMed people, WindStar took two cabins and combined them to make the suites, that is why you get two bathrooms. The suites are double the size of a regular cabin. They have a regular TV which plays about 4 or 5 stations, from satellite I think, plus a flat screen big LCD screen that is hooked to a DVD player and the movie DVD's can be borrowed from the ship's library for free. They have lots of popular titles, if you want to watch obscure or foreign films, bring them with you.
One of the nice things about the WindStar Line is that there is no assigned meal seating, you eat like a regular restaurant, when you want, with whom you want. There are two restaurants, and you can just make a reservation if you want the Bistro, the smaller of the two. We usually had dinner in the Bistro, they served the more creative and spicer food there.

Hi to all, we successfull made the ship and we are at sea and 100% under sail !
This will be way short, turns out that internet access is $.75 a minute onboard. Plus they will not let me connect by USP to compose on seperate computer and copy/paste so I can compose off line, and the have the computers programmed to not let me compose on them offline....bummer. I will consult with the internet dude tomorrow and see what I can work out.
So for now,............. moe latta. L.