Starlink on Windstar - now on Star Pride

[ciaoYacht]

Anyone traveling on the Pride have experience with the new wifi service?

https://www.travelpulse.com/news/cruise/windstar-cruises-to-add-starlink-internet-service-to-entire-fleet.html

 

Will be traveling soon on Pride and excited to see how this is working out.

[marinaro44]

7 minutes ago, ciaoYacht said:

Anyone traveling on the Pride have experience with the new wifi service?

https://www.travelpulse.com/news/cruise/windstar-cruises-to-add-starlink-internet-service-to-entire-fleet.html

 

Will be traveling soon on Pride and excited to see how this is working out.

Should work fine except where Starlink does not yet have coverage.

[ciaoYacht]

15 minutes ago, marinaro44 said:

Should work fine except where Starlink does not yet have coverage.

Looks like per their coverage map it is available in parts of Puerto Rico (San Juan area) and St. Barts, both of which are on my upcoming cruise.  Not sure if this is available on the sea as the map only shows over land coverage.

 

https://www.starlink.com/map

Edited February 13, 2023 by ciaoYacht

[r&rd]

Will the price of internet increase with Starlink?

[ciaoYacht]

Not sure but I got the all inclusive plan so I'm not too concerned 

[Redtravel]

Nice that WS finally got a better wifi. The old one was awful.  WS needs to upgrade themselves to include internet complimentary for all guests.  It's the way we communicate.  It is not a luxury item. For many, it is crucial. I sail on other lines that include internet in their fare.  The cost of WS internet is absurdly high.  When I sailed on WS, I use my AT&T plan in ports. Not ideal, but refuse to buy WS internet. 

[Giskard]

Does anyone know if Starlink has been rolled out to WindSurf or will be by the end of summer?

[triom]

I'm currently on Windsurf and Starlink is active. It is great to have a more reliable internet connection!

[mnocket]

11 hours ago, triom said:

I'm currently on Windsurf and Starlink is active. It is great to have a more reliable internet connection!

That's certainly adequate.  It's interesting to note that Starlink is capable of 10X that download speed.  Much depends on how the cruise lines chose to implement it (throttling, onboard infrastructure, etc.)

[triom]

The internet ticket they printed for me said:

Max Download: 32768 kBits/s

Max Upload: 16384 kBits/s

[AmateurGO]

Glad to hear that StarPride has Starlink since we will be on board in a little over a month (Iceland).  About two years ago we did a cruise around Italy on Wind Surf and the internet performance was very good... as good as I have seen on a ship.  Then, about 3 months later, we were on Wind Surf again, in the Caribbean, and the internet was terrible.  Everyone was complaining.  Since I have an IT background, I talked to the ship's engineer (responsible for the internet connection) and he gave me several excuses which did not make sense.  Between the two cruises, the Wind Surf had spent a month in drydock for the usual annual "tune-up" and I suspect something was done, intentional or otherwise, that drastically impacted the internet connection.  Even after follow-up letters to WS, I never got a reasonable explanation.

[Cometman]

We are doing Transatlantic on the Windsurf in November, it will be interesting to see how it works on that voyage.

[wrk2cruise]

Starlink coverage across the Atlantic seems pretty good.   Did a TA from Tampa to Barcelona in April on another line with Starlink and had no problem streaming my TV service every night.

[ridethetide]

Just disembarked from the Star Pride this morning. Starlink is a huge improvement. I found the service to be quite efficient.

[RemPuck]

We disembarked Star Breeze in Vancouver on Thursday.  Starlink was up and running and a huge improvement. We never had any issues with browsing or streaming.  While we never used Facetime (or similar), we did use WiFi calling and regularly received text messages.