{"id":10802,"date":"2021-07-17T02:05:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T07:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=10802"},"modified":"2021-07-17T21:16:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T02:16:45","slug":"small-ship-cruise-line-windstar-resumes-operations-in-tahiti-for-vaccinated-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=10802","title":{"rendered":"Small Ship Cruise Line Windstar Resumes Operations in Tahiti for Vaccinated Guests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seattle, Washington, July 16, 2021 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>U.S. headquartered small ship cruise line\u00a0Windstar Cruises\u00a0has resumed cruising this week in French Polynesia\/the Islands of Tahiti with vaccinated guests + crew aboard the line\u2019s 148-passenger\u00a0Wind Spirit\u00a0<\/em>sailing ship. Half of the line\u2019s six yacht fleet is now back in the water cruising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To celebrate Wind Spirit\u2019s <\/em>return, the line has added free drinks to its already enticing bundled pricing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windstar offers a convenient\u00a0Air + Hotel package\u00a0from Los Angeles International Airport that includes the round trip Air Tahiti Nui flight from Los Angeles, pre-cruise accommodations and a post-cruise day room, ground transfers in Tahiti, and a seven, 10, or 11 night boutique cruise in French Polynesia. Now on cruise vacations including air and hotel booked during the promotional period ending July 30, 2021, guests also receive the promise of a free beverage package (with unlimited select spirits, wine, beer, cocktails, and minibar items), guaranteeing an extra Mai Tai or three beneath a palm tree. If guests don\u2019t imbibe, they can alternately choose shipboard credit to put towards other experiences, like a relaxing onboard spa treatment or shore excursions such as SCUBA diving, reef snorkeling, or even harvesting Tahitian black pearls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windstar typically sails year-round from\u00a0Tahiti, where cruises take place on\u00a0Wind Spirit<\/em>, a 148- guest motorized sailing yacht specifically designed for the region and capturing the South Pacific trade winds in its billowing sails. However, Windstar\u2019s reimagined, new all-suite\u00a0Star Breeze\u00a0<\/em>yacht carrying 312 guests will begin sailings in the region on September 19 and will remain on a limited engagement in Tahiti until March of 2022, giving guests a unique chance to sail on the larger, more amenity-intensive yacht in gracious ocean view 277 square feet suites. Windstar offers guests a complimentary private event on their Tahiti cruises: a private beach party and locally sourced feast on one of Bora Bora\u2019s tiny motus, followed by a kinetic fire-dancing performance. It is available on all sailings\/both yachts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windstar is returning to operations in a phased manner, with its fleet of six yachts debuting on various dates through November, while requiring vaccines of all passengers amongst a host of health and safety precautions including testing, social distancing, masks, and high-tech air filtration.\u00a0On June 19, Windstar\u2019s\u00a0Wind Star\u00a0<\/em>yacht resumed revenue operations in Greece, and on July 10, Windstar\u2019s\u00a0Star Breeze\u00a0<\/em>began sailing in the Caribbean, both with vaccinated guests and crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windstar has plans to resume sailing on the following yachts in 2021 with vaccinated guests + crew:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wind Surf \u2013 August 8, 2021 \u2013 Mediterranean<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Star Legend \u2013 September 4, 2021 \u2013 Northern Europe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Star Pride \u2013 November 3, 2021 \u2013 Caribbean<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more details on Windstar Cruises, visit\u00a0www.windstarcruises.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seattle, Washington, July 16, 2021 \u2013 U.S. headquartered small ship cruise line Windstar Cruises has resumed cruising this week in French Polynesia\/the Islands of Tahiti with vaccinated guests + crew aboard the line\u2019s 148-passenger…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10174,797,89,5989,5637,13618,8222,10701,10700,5992,5670,7929,2203,5500,1770,5676,7067,13579,13156,10169,10617,10195,10171,868,10182,1103],"tags":[539,92,2446,2813,3013,14569,7993,988,4512,3353,1344,4659,1767,1483,1631,6480,9800,1254,199,2528,1795,2811,13095,14570,412,3172,14566,1557,5970,1685,14568,14563,10946,14565,247,3774,5209,563,2686,1424,14564,1784,14567,1691,1658,1916,631,13879,1013,3931,208,210],"class_list":["post-10802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airline","category-airline-news","category-aviation-news","category-boating-news","category-business-news","category-communications-news","category-consumer-news","category-coronavirus","category-covid-19","category-economic-news","category-economy-news","category-european-news","category-finance-news","category-frequent-flyer-news","category-hotel-news","category-international-news","category-luxury-news","category-marine-ocean-news","category-maritime","category-news","category-pacifica","category-transport","category-transportation","category-transportation-news","category-travel","category-travel-news","tag-air","tag-airport","tag-all","tag-angeles","tag-black","tag-bora","tag-breeze","tag-business","tag-communications","tag-crew","tag-cruise","tag-cruises","tag-europe","tag-fleet","tag-french","tag-guests","tag-headquartered","tag-hotel","tag-international","tag-islands","tag-line","tag-los","tag-mediterranean","tag-moorea","tag-news","tag-northern","tag-nui","tag-operations","tag-package","tag-passenger","tag-pearls","tag-polynesia","tag-resumes","tag-sailing","tag-seattle","tag-ship","tag-small","tag-spirit","tag-star","tag-suite","tag-surf","tag-tahiti","tag-tahitian","tag-transport","tag-transportation","tag-travel","tag-u-s","tag-vaccinated","tag-washington","tag-wind","tag-windstar","tag-yacht"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10804,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10802\/revisions\/10804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}