Windstar Cruises’ new upcoming ship Star Seeker will be a part of the road’s fleet in December 2025. At the moment, Windstar has introduced itinerary plans for the vessel and opened bookings for its inaugural season.
The maiden voyage will depart from Málaga, Spain on December 28, 2025. It is going to be a transatlantic voyage with a particular cease in Santa Cruz de Tenerife within the Canary Islands for a New 12 months’s Eve celebration full with fireworks alongside sister ship Wind Star. As this voyage is an ocean crossing, there will likely be ample time to discover the yacht’s new facilities just like the health middle, World Spa by Windstar, a brand new specialty restaurant, and the Yacht Membership. The voyage will finish on January thirteenth in Miami, the place Windstar is headquartered.
Star Seeker‘s christening ceremony will take place in Miami. The maritime tradition marks the ship’s entry into service and is supposed to convey good luck and safety to the ship and its crew. The official naming features a chosen godmother/father of the ship breaking a champagne bottle towards the hull. Shoreside Windstar employees, journey advisors, and media may have an opportunity to interact with the brand new ship on a sequence of particular occasions and ship excursions in Miami to have fun the vessel’s addition to the fleet.
On January 15, 2026, Star Seeker will set sail on an eight-day christening voyage within the Caribbean from Miami to San Juan, with stops within the Dominican Republic and British Virgin Islands. That is the primary of a number of Star Seeker sailings within the Caribbean earlier than the yacht heads via the Panama Canal in the direction of Alaska and Japan.
The ship will then cross the Panama Canal in the direction of Alaska, the place it’ll sail from Could to August 2026. There are a number of epic choices to make the journey from San Juan to Juneau (49 days), Costa Rica to Juneau (25 days), and Mexico to Juneau (17 days). As soon as in Alaska, the ship will supply two predominant itineraries, a seven or eight-day Scenic Alaska cruise or an extended 10, 11, or 12-day Alaskan Splendors cruise, each crusing from Vancouver B.C. to Juneau, Alaska or reverse. Alaska cruises might be mixed with a five-day inland tour via the center of Denali Nationwide Park.
Windstar will convey again its widespread Signature Expedition program to get company nearer to Alaska’s surroundings together with up-close views of scenic fjords and tidewater glaciers, plus an opportunity to identify extra wildlife. Company can select to take a small RIB boat exploration or kayak instantly from the ship’s Watersports Platform in distant and scenic areas like Misty Fjords Nationwide Monument, Kenai Fjords Nationwide Park, and Tracy Arm Fjords. The group of educated expedition guides sail on board throughout the journey, and along with main expeditions, they provide shows on the pure surroundings, tradition, and historical past of Alaska.
Following Alaska, Star Seeker will cross the Pacific to Japan in early September, the place Windstar will convey again its widespread Grand Japan itinerary on 4 dates via October. Japan highlights embody scenic cruising the Inland Sea; crusing across the deserted island of Hashima; visiting the Peace Memorial Parks of Nagasaki and Hiroshima; and calling on smaller ports like Takamatsu and Karatsu. Cruisers can also choose so as to add on a three-day inland exploration of Osaka and Kyoto.
Windstar Cruises final sailed in Alaska and Japan in 2023. The addition of Star Seeker makes it attainable for the road to return to each areas. Further itineraries in southeast Asia are underneath growth for this new ship.
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