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Windstar Cruises

Wind Surf

Ship profile · flagged in The Bahamas. Browse upcoming sailings and route previews for this ship.

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Tonnage
14,745
Capacity
308
Built
1,989
Length
188 m
Upcoming
38

Reviewer read

One of the fleet's best ships. No category rates below the middle of the fleet.

Wind Surf rates higher overall than 97% of the ships we track. Dining and value are exceptional.

Why reviewers choose it

  • Dining9.2

    Higher than 99% of ships · 323 ratings

  • Value8.3

    Higher than 98% of ships · 232 ratings

  • Service9.4

    Higher than 97% of ships · 317 ratings

  • Public areas8.9

    Higher than 94% of ships · 240 ratings

Nothing to warn you about

No category on this ship rates below the middle of the fleet. Reviewers did single out family (22% positive across 23 mentions).

That is what the reviews show, not a guarantee — see what we can’t tell you below.

Everything else, in two lines

Four categories rate in the top tenth of the fleet — dining, value, service and public areas.

Ship quality rates that highly too, but only 81 people scored it, so treat it as a hint.

Four are good without being remarkable: fitness, embarkation, entertainment and cabins. They rate higher than 64% to 89% of ships.

Activities and Disembarkation sit in the middle of the fleet too, on 69 and 50 ratings — too few to lean on.

Family has too few ratings on this ship to compare with the fleet, so it is shown without a comparison.

Who says it suited them

First-time cruisers (20 of 20), seniors (12 of 13) and couples (9 of 9).

Families with young kids (9 of 11) described it as a poor fit.

What we can’t tell you

How it handles mobility needs
Too few reviewers mentioned accessibility here.
How it suits solo travelers
Too few reviewers on this ship described traveling alone.
Whether it's good value today
Reviews describe the fare people paid, not the one you'll be quoted.

Every category, compared

The mark on each bar is where the typical ship sits.

CategoryRatingCompared with other shipsEvidence
Ship quality9.6Higher than 95%81 ratings · limited
Service9.4Higher than 97%317 ratings · useful
Dining9.2Higher than 99%323 ratings · useful
Embarkation9.0Higher than 87%292 ratings · useful
Disembarkation9.0Higher than 66%50 ratings · limited
Public areas8.9Higher than 94%240 ratings · useful
Cabins8.6Higher than 64%343 ratings · useful
Activities8.6Higher than 90%69 ratings · limited
Value8.3Higher than 98%232 ratings · useful
Fitness8.1Higher than 89%203 ratings · useful
Entertainment7.9Higher than 74%301 ratings · useful
Family5.7Too few ratings to compare16 ratings · too little

354 published reviews · 39 from the last three years · 2,172 individual comments read.

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