A white cruise ship is docked at a pier under a clear blue sky. It has two distinctive funnel towers, a canopy deck, and rows of small windows. A flag flies from the stern, where "Star Breeze" is faintly visible. The ship is secured to the concrete dock with heavy mooring lines.

Windstar Cruises

Costa Rica & Panama Canal

Panama Canal

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Trip Details

Departs: December 26, 2026

Returns: January 2, 2027

Departure Port: Puerto Caldera

Ship: Wind Star

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Wind Star

The ship the line is named after, still doing her original job at forty

Aboard

Four masts with computer-controlled self-furling sails, about 21,500 square feet
148 guests, the smallest capacity in the fleet along with her sister Wind Spirit
Launched at Le Havre in November 1985 and in service since 1986
First ship in the fleet to complete both phases of the Setting Sails refit, in April 2026
Announced to join Star Breeze in French Polynesia on the Dreams of Tahiti run

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Panama Canal

The Panama Canal

A hundred-year-old feat of engineering that lifts a ship eighty-five feet over a continent, and one of the few cruise days where nobody leaves the deck.

Best Time to Go: December through April, the dry season
Typical Length: 10 to 15 nights

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The Same Trip, Other Weeks

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Departs	Inside	Oceanview	Balcony	Suite	From
December 12, 2026
December 26, 2026This sailing
January 12, 2027
January 24, 2027
January 26, 2027
December 13, 2027
December 27, 2027
January 10, 2028
January 24, 2028
February 7, 2028