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I had several talks with management about this. It seems so crazy! Not only is there no good place to sit near the window but the curtain between the two spaces, which used to made two effective spaces, is conpletely sheer in the new version. So no longer can someone sleep and someone read. The new version is now one big room. Apparently some people wanted/liked it although it continues to baffle me.

We absolutely hate the new rooms. The couch is really uncomfortable, and putting the bed by the window just seems crazy. No way to sit on the couch and look at the views. You have to perch on the side of the bed to do that or watch TV. If that were my only option I would pass and wait for a cruise with the original configuration.

I think they are called queen, but we usually have trouble in queen beds and these seem more like in-betweer king and queen. They are taken apart for two separate beds so I suspect they are like some hotels which use non-standard sizes. They are very comfortable for us and I never book hotel or airbnb rooms with queen sized beds.

Sunscreen is a must - everywhere and every weather if you care about your skin, and not just cosmetically but skin cancers. I am a physician and have patients who grew up in southern California in the "lay on the beach" days and are now having skin cancers removed. Should be part of a morning skin routine and more often for water and prolonged exposure.

I want to bring a small consumable gift for my neighbor who is watching our house and mail. I have brought her Kona coffee from Hawaii, jam from Paris in the past and she has brought me truffle spread from Italy, licorice from Amsterdam etc. Any ideas for Norway? I would like something she can consume, and have ideas about jam, rather than "stuff", especially of the tourist variety (reindeer themed etc.). Any thoughts?

Ah, thank you. I did look for an appropriate forum in which to post this but missed this one. I think the jam will do fine and thanks to 6rugrats I may get it ahead of time 😉.

This is not exactly a Windstar question but it is a popular cruise so someone might have ideas. I want to bring a small consumable gift for my neighbor who is watching our house and mail. I have brought her Kona coffee from Hawaii, jam from Paris in the past and she has brought me truffle spread from Italy, licorice from Amsterdam etc. Any ideas for Norway? I would like something she can consume rather than "stuff", especially of the tourist variety (reindeer themed etc.)

REALLY glad to hear it! It was just long enough ago that I have forgotten all the maneuvers needed to switch devices. I have three I will be using so this is good news indeed.

Oops, yes. 5/25 for the cruise. We are flying on 5/23. Thanks for clearing up the changeover day; we have been on several cruises during changeover days but I have never noticed that there are no excursions those days. What is a Star Collector cruise?

I sure hope so. I finally got the hang of it only because one of the staff in an elevator at 6 am must have been one of the IT people and finally showed me (I had been to the desk several times). I don't understand why they don't make an app just like everyone else!

We were on the Star Pride last fall and the ship's wifi was unnecessarily complicated to use to switch between devices. There was no app for the cruise so the information that is available about the cruise (daily program, meal times etc.) was klugy and not like other cruise lines that have an easy to use app. Any improvement by now?

Website has deteriorated also IMHO.

Thank you for that useful history lesson! Nice to learn something new every day. And it now understand why I could find Ireland but not Scotland or Wales.

Thank you and ah, I see. It is listed under United Kingdom. That certainly explains it, but still seems odd to me not to list by country and also that neither WS or the other company have excursions there as they seem to have them at every port. But I am sure we will make our own with this additional information!

[Aplolgies for the duplicate, but I posted this yesterday, saw that there was a ressponse and they both have disappeared for some reason!] We are leaving on the Star Legend 5/23 for a 3 week trip to the British Isles and the Norwegian fjords and were looking at excursion options today and Windstar had nothing for Edinburgh - not one. Another major site has nothing either and What's In Port which has 1200 ports in what seems like every country and they don't even list Scotland! Does anyone know what is up with this?? Seems beyond odd to me. (We will be there from 8 - 5 so it is not for lack of time.) I can't even imagine any reason for this.