Hi, I'm Gary Bembridge and I'm on board an old
ship that's now become a new ship in
2015 the Seabourn Spirit became
part of the Windstar Cruise
Line. It was remodelled, revamped and was
relaunched as the Star Breeze and I'm
going to take you on a tour of the ship
from top to toe from stern to bow as
we take a look at the Star Breeze.
It holds around about 200 guests and a
hundred and fifty crew, so it's a very
high cruise-to-passenger ratio, which makes
it on the luxury end and it is a
gorgeous gorgeous ship.
It's a small cruise ship and it has lots
of character and lots of great things
about it. So if you're looking for a
cruise ship that's not modern and
glitzy, but has a sense of tradition and
character to it, I think you'll like
Windstar. Although it's a small ship
it does have some choice like a number of
different bars and lounges. One of my
favorites on board the ship is the Yacht
Club which is right up and on the top of
the ship on deck 10 and looks over the
bow of the ship.
This is a great place. It has an early
riser breakfast it also serves
sandwiches and light meals during the
day. It's a really comfortable and great
room. In the evening people tend to
migrate more to Compass Rose. That's
partly because in the evening
they have entertainment. There is also
a small casino where you
can play blackjack and poker and has about
ten fruit machines.
There's also a lounge which tends to be
used more for the nightly port briefings,
and sometimes if there's local
entertainment on board that also
takes place in this lounge.
In terms of dining there are a number of
options. There's a buffet breakfast and
lunch which is served in the Veranda. In
the evening it transforms
itself and becomes Candles and that is
included in the fare, although you have to make
reservations. You can go roughly once
per week. The main restaurant in the
evenings is a gorgeous gorgeous dining
room called AmphorA, and it's open seat dining.
It can hold everybody on the ship at one
time, and you can go whenever you want to.
You can either sit by yourself as a
couple or ask to sit at the big
tables. It has a huge huge choice
including a daily chef special which is
something that has been bought in a
local market. Of course there's also room
service well. In terms of
fitness there is a Spa
and a large fitness center which
also has classes many which are
complementary. There's a hairdressers and
of course the usual spa services.
There is a couple of hot tubs on board one
on the bow at the front of the ship
and one up on deck seven along with
a small swimming pool, which really is
one of those counter-current swimming
pools where you can be swimming against
the current.
There's the usual things like
the reception and
shore excursion des. The ship also
has a couple of other features such as a
screening room where you can watch shows
and movies, and a small library
which has guide books and novels
that you can take out. There are
two really interesting features also to
the ship. One of which is, being a smaller
ship, it has an open bridge policy so
other than when the ship's has a Pilot
on board coming into or out of a port, you
can normally go and visit the bridge
and chat to the bridge crew and see how they
operate. One of the big innovations,
which is really fantastic, is the water
sports platform. When the ship is
anchored in a harbour and the
sea conditions are suitable, it can open
the back of the ship and you can go kayaking,
on RIB tours and
jump off these
trampolines.
Splashing around in the
Mediterranean or the Caribbean or
somewhere warm is fantastic as a perk with
the back of the ship open. You can
go and splash around in the gorgeous
waters. Despite the ship being quite small
there's a lot of deck space and, because
it only holds around about 200,
guests will actually find there's always
plenty of space to be found on board. The
great thing about this ship is because
it's one of the older ships, the cabin
sizes are really large and substantial.
It's definitely for those people looking
for a small ship and they want to have lots
of space
some choice of course and a lot of
attentive service because the passenger
to crew ratio is very high, and being a small
ship it can get into lots of smaller
ports as well. So there you have it, that is
Star Breeze. I would appreciate it if
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