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World Voyager Enters Emergency Drydock Before Antarctic Season
German engineers from SKF will assist with replacing the stabilizer, while World Voyager's repositioning voyage to Antarctica is set to begin the week of October 19, 2026.
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West Sea Plans €24M Drydock Expansion for 2028
West Sea is converting the 224-passenger World Explorer into Windstar’s all-suite Star Explorer, due to debut in December 2026 from Barcelona.
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Windstar Skips Short U.S. Cruises to Focus on Longer Itineraries
The 224-passenger Star Explorer will begin its first Mediterranean winter with a Dec. 28, 2026, New Year’s sailing, including itineraries timed for Carnival in Venice.
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Windstar Adds Tablet Ordering to Star Explorer Before December Debut
Originally built in Portugal in 2019 as World Explorer, the 112-suite vessel is set for a December 28 nine-night New Year’s sailing roundtrip from Barcelona.
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Windstar Announces Five James Beard Chef-Hosted Voyages for 2027
Since 2016, the partnership has produced more than 80 dishes served across Windstar’s fleet, with 31 chefs contributing recipes to Amphora menus.
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Windstar Reviews Star Explorer Conversion Ahead of 2026 Debut
The former World Explorer was built at West Sea in 2019 and will sail a nine-night Western Mediterranean maiden voyage calling at Cartagena, Gibraltar and Malaga.
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Windstar Opens 2028 Europe Bookings With 348 Itineraries
The longest sailing is a fifty-three-day Grand Mediterranean Adventure from Tenerife in the Canary Islands to Venice aboard Wind Spirit. Inis Mor is also new.
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Windstar Expands Destination Discovery Events Fleetwide in 2027
Star Pride will carry the first two after-hours Tower of London departures in May 2027, followed by Star Explorer's Ireland christening voyage on May 31.
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Atlas Adventurer Sets 128-Night Asia-Africa Debut in 2028
The longest inaugural-season voyage is the one hundred twenty-eight-night Grand Odyssey Expedition from Kobe to Cape Town, departing November 30, 2028.
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Windstar Adds 2027 Mystery Cruises in Northern Europe and Japan
On the Spanish voyage, guests receive each undisclosed port’s identity about 36 hours before arrival; Amsterdam arrival is timed for tulip season.
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Windstar's Star Legend Begins 80-Night European Voyage
Windstar’s Star Collector format links back-to-back cruises into longer regional voyages with few or no repeated ports, and includes complimentary laundry on longer sailings.
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Windstar’s Star Explorer Arrives in Portugal for Conversion
The project will add Basil + Bamboo Restaurant and two 74-square-meter Horizon Owner's Suites, which Windstar says will be the largest staterooms on the ship.