Star Pride Review
4.5 / 5.0
TCSpartan
10+ Cruises • Age 30s
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Sail Date: Oct 2016
Cabin: Ocean View Suite
We were on the Star Pride sailing on October 7, 2016 from Civitavecchia to Portoferraio, Cannes, Monte Carlo, Nice (nice surprise port), Portofino, and Portovenere.
I have sailed on Norwegian, Celebrity, Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Costa. This was my first Windstar experience and it did not disappoint. The staff is truly unbelievable with their friendliness, attention to detail, and they clearly try to go out of their way to make your trip enjoyable. It was an amazing cruise, A+ job by the staff.
We took a 1 hour regional train from Rome (~7 Euros each) and arrived at the port of Civitavecchia around 12:00pm and they began to board at exactly 1:00pm. With under 200 guests on board it took about 30-45 minutes to board, fill out the necessary paperwork and receive your room cards. After reading the tips on here I carried on 2 bottles of wine to consume in our stateroom and that was not an issue. I should note that this limitation is very relaxed and throughout several other ports I was able to carry on an extra bottle of the local wine with no questions asked.
Cabin Review
Ocean View Suite
Cabin S1
Cabin is large and spacious with a walk-in closet. The bathroom has a tub and double sinks although really needs new caulking throughout. The bath is starting to show its age.
Port Reviews
Elba
We didn't know what to expect in Portoferraio but this ended up being one of our favorite ports. We walked the old city streets and hiked up to the Fort. Friendly people and gorgeous scenery.
Cannes
We walked around town and people watched in this port. The water was plenty warm enough to swim in the middle of October! Free wifi at the port is very nice!
Monaco (Monte Carlo)
What more can you say, lots of money and fame here. Lots of good areas to get out and walk and explore.
Nice
Beautiful town with open markets and good shopping. Easy town to walk around and sight see. If docked, there is a free shuttle bus that saves you a 20 minute walk towards downtown but beware the driver takes a long lunch and doesn't tell anyone so there are no buses running during that time.
Portofino
Free wifi in the town square. Must do hike from downtown to the lighthouse. We also hiked the 3.5 miles from santa margarita to portofino and I would recommend that as well. It is all sidewalks and trails except for about 100 feet on the road.
La Spezia (Cinque Terre)
We were anchored in Portovenere. I was excited because we were going to take the Ferry to visit Cinque Terre. The day of our visit the ferries were all shut down and not running although the weather didnt seem that bad. I wish we would have docked in La Spezia because it would have allowed us to take the train directly to the Cinque Terre towns but being in Portovenere meant that the tours (and us if we wanted to push it) had to take a tender to shore, 45 minute bus ride to La Spezia, walk the 15 min to the train station, and then take the train to the towns and get back for an early 4:30pm departure. We just didnt have enough time. Portovenere is a lovely town, but you only need about 90 minutes to explore it.
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