ciaoYacht Posted February 13, 2023 #1 Share Posted February 13, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinaro44 Posted February 13, 2023 #2 Share Posted February 13, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaoYacht Posted February 13, 2023 Author #3 Share Posted February 13, 2023 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r&rd Posted February 14, 2023 #4 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Will the price of internet increase with Starlink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaoYacht Posted February 14, 2023 Author #5 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Not sure but I got the all inclusive plan so I'm not too concerned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redtravel Posted February 23, 2023 #6 Share Posted February 23, 2023 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giskard Posted June 15, 2023 #7 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Does anyone know if Starlink has been rolled out to WindSurf or will be by the end of summer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triom Posted July 8, 2023 #8 Share Posted July 8, 2023 I'm currently on Windsurf and Starlink is active. It is great to have a more reliable internet connection! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnocket Posted July 8, 2023 #9 Share Posted July 8, 2023 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.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triom Posted July 8, 2023 #10 Share Posted July 8, 2023 The internet ticket they printed for me said: Max Download: 32768 kBits/s Max Upload: 16384 kBits/s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmateurGO Posted July 30, 2023 #11 Share Posted July 30, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cometman Posted August 9, 2023 #12 Share Posted August 9, 2023 We are doing Transatlantic on the Windsurf in November, it will be interesting to see how it works on that voyage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrk2cruise Posted August 10, 2023 #13 Share Posted August 10, 2023 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridethetide Posted August 20, 2023 #14 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Just disembarked from the Star Pride this morning. Starlink is a huge improvement. I found the service to be quite efficient. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RemPuck Posted August 20, 2023 #15 Share Posted August 20, 2023 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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