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I'm Gary benridge of tips of Travelers
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join me as we go on a tour of Windstar
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star Pride a beautiful yacht style ship
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which holds just over 200 guests has 150
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crew and we're going to go and explore
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this whole ship well the star Pride was
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originally launched and it's hard to
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believe almost 30 years ago as a Seaborn
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ship and in 2014 it got bought by
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WinStar and turned into a Windstar yacht
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so let's go take a look around the ship
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starting with the center of the ship so
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the real heart of the ship is the
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circular staircase which is on one level
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where you have your reception area you
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have the sh excursions desk and then
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just leading off that you have the
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lounge the lounge is where you have your
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nightly Port TS and if there's any form
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of entertainment whether it's a cruise
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show or whether it's one of the musical
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Duos that are based on board the ship
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they will perform in here so as we head
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up the ship we head up onto the upper
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levels and you get the area which is the
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open decks this 's no large sized
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swimming pool here there is one of these
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small pools which you can basically swim
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against the tide and a hot tub up on the
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open deck you have the Star Bar which is
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very popular of course particularly for
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sways when the ship selling in Sunny
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climates this is a very popular area for
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sways and hanging out also up here on
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the top is probably one of my favorite
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rooms of all which is the yacht club
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it's a beautiful space it uh is really
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nicely done on three sides you have
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fantastic views across to the bow of the
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ship and on two sides now in here you
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have a small sort of coffee shop area
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and it has various snacks during the day
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and you can have uh specialty coffees
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hot chocolate you can also uh play games
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up here it's also where the uh
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photographs are displayed and sold so
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the onboard photographer has this
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computer here where you can basically go
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on and Order various photographs um that
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are taken of you during the cruise
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there's a very nice space outside you
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can go and stand outside watching
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yourself coming in and out of port or
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just general sightseeing as we head back
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down into the ship uh one of the popular
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venues particularly before and after
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dinner is the compass rose again a very
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nice space it's towards the back of the
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ship so you obviously have the bar where
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you can have drinks you have one of the
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two Duos that are based on the ship they
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will perform here before dinner and
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after dinner giving you a chance to
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dance there is also the small casino
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here so you have some t taes and you
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know some slot machines just a bit
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further along from the compass rows is
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the library now in the library they have
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both books uh reference books you know
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Port guides and also quite a large DVD
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library because there's DVD players in
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the various cabins there's also some
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space here to sit and relax and read or
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just if you want some quiet time now
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what on this level is the shop it's not
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particularly big shop but has quite a
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nice big range of the usual stuff you'll
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find you know watch just jewelry and a
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very big selection of of Windstar
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Cruisers branded merchandise so a very
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nice little shop so let's talk about
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dining venues now the most important
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dining venue of all is the Amora
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restaurant now the Amora restaurant if
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you are on a colder climate Cruise will
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be the main restaurant for both
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breakfast lunch and dinner breakfast
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being buffet lunch being Buffet although
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there are also uh alop menus and then
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it's open seated dining in the evening
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and it's great because you can basically
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get tables for one if you want tables
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for two four whatever you want basically
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the the restaurant can hold everybody so
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they can do whatever peration you want
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very big menus here it's a very
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beautiful venue now if you are actually
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on a warmer climate Cruise The Veranda
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is actually where breakfast and lunch
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are held so although in this particular
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shots that I've got because I was on a
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slightly colder Cruise you don't see it
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it's at its big Advantage but it's a
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nice big open space and then it has
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inside space at night this becomes the
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candles restaurant this is the specialty
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dining restaurant it's a seafood and
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steak restaurant it's included in your
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fair and all you have to do is pre-book
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another great feature of the ship is uh
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in terms of spa and fitness so there's
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obviously a spa on board it has a
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fitness center hairdresses and of course
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the usual spa treatments the star pride
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has a space at the back of the ship
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which can be opened when in warm cruises
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and it's basically a water sports deck
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so you can have an RB boat they'll put
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out stuff that you can go and splash
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around and swim off the back of the ship
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if you're also looking for some deck
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space right in the front of the ship
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here is another whirl poool right down
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on the bow of the ship and this is also
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a great place particularly on nice sunny
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days heading in out of port it's a great
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place to relax have a drink and spend
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some time in the whirlpool another great
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feature of Windstar is the open Bridge
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policy so pretty much at any time during
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the cruise you can go onto the bridge
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chat to the bridge crew and find out
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what's going on so as you can see the
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ship it's a nice size it's got about
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holds about 212 guests has about 150
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crew just over a 100 suets the suets
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themselves are very large if you just
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take a look at the cabin that I was
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staying in as you can see it's a large
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space it's a great size ver yacht siiz
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chip it was built as a very luxurious
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ship so these are Big comfortable cabins
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so there you have it that is a tour of
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uh Windstar star Pride beautiful ship
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step hopefully you enjoyed that video
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tour I'd really appreciate it if you
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gave the video a like and very
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importantly also watch my other video
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tours of WinStar where I give you uh
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ship tours and also I give you a whole
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series of tips if you're thinking of
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cruising on Windstar both in terms of
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deciding if it's the right line for you
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but also how you get the most once
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you're on board very important also
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