Timed to coincide with the opening of reservations for the 15 new cruises, Windstar's 'Star Perks Event' offers a choice of free pre-/post-cruise hotel stay, premium beverage package for two, a free, unlimited Wi-Fi package, or up to $1,000 shipboard credit.
The Star Perks Event includes nearly 300 sailings and 40 new ports in 2017 and 2018, aboard five of six vessels (excluded are Wind Spirit's year-round cruises to Tahiti and the Tuamotus).
Eligible cruises include all freshly announced Asia and Arabia itineraries aboard the 212-passenger, all-suite Star Legend. Also featured are all Caribbean, Costa Rica and Panama Canal cruises, and all destination-immersive Europe itineraries including popular Iceland and Croatia voyages, as well as trans-Atlantic crossings in 2017.
The Star Perks Event applies to bookings made by Dec. 9.
'We’re returning to Asia bigger than ever before [with] longer cruises from the right embarkation ports like Singapore and Hong Kong, and sailing further north. The lovely Star Legend yacht lets discerning travelers explore the wonders of Asia in Windstar’s classy, casual style,' Windstar president John Delaney said.
Pricing for Star Perks cruises starts at $1,299 for a 12- to 14-day trans-Atlantic crossing in April 2017, and $1,399 for seven-day Caribbean cruises in November and December 2016 and 2017. The new Asia and Arabia cruises start at $3,999 for a 10-day 'Grand Japan' cruise offered on two dates in April 2018.
Brand new for Windstar is 'Best of the Philippines & Borneo,' a 14-day sailing between Singapore and Hong Kong via Malaysian Borneo, Brunei and the Philippines that stops at gorgeous islands like Palawan and Boracay. Windstar's Filipino crew will be getting to see friends and family, promising this will be a memorable and emotional cruise. The voyage features an overnight in Manila and a stop at Hundred Islands National Park.
'Marvels of China & the Japanese Islands' takes passengers from Hong Kong to Beijing via Taiwan, Japan and mainland China over 14 days. Star Legend docks in the heart of Hong Kong at Kowloon's Ocean Terminal, and the cruise ends with an overnight at the port for Beijing.
Some of the other new Asia itineraries include 'Splendors of Japan & South Korea,' sailing from Beijing to Tokyo over 14 days and including Jeju City in South Korea and the island of Shikoku in Japan, rarely visited by cruise ships. 'Grand Japan,' between Tokyo and Osaka, visits Hiroshima, Shingu and Shimizu, along with South Korea's Busan.
Southeast Asia, including Thailand and Vietnam, and a pair of repositioning cruises that feature destinations in the Indian Ocean, Dubai and Singapore are additional new voyages.
In the Caribbean and Central America, 'Adventures in Panama & Costa Rica' cruises from Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica, to Colón, Panama, over 11 days, or the reverse over 10 days. The 11-day version includes Isla Contadora in Panama’s Pearl Islands, known as a location for the American and British television show 'Survivor.'
'Caribbean Legends' sails from St. Maarten to Barbados over seven days, with Anguilla, Antigua, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Lucia and Grenada in between, while 'Saints of the Caribbean' breezes from Barbados to St. Maarten over seven days, with St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Guadeloupe, St. Kitts, St. Barthélemy (for a late-night stay) and Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands.
Further cruises operate round-trip from San Juan, between Barbados and Colón and from Colón to St. Maarten.
'Caribbean Collection' entails a 14-day adventure round-trip from Barbados or St. Maarten. A highlight is Montserrat, where a volcanic explosion in 1995 left half the island an Eden and the other half buried in ash.
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