Travel Advisory | COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement Accessibility Modified Accessible Cabins The Star Plus Class ships (Star Breeze, Star Pride and Star Legend) have a limited number of accessible suites (4 each) equipped for Disabled Persons. These suites have a smaller queen bed and reduced “wheel around” space. Not all areas or equipment on these ships are suitable for access for Disabled Persons or Persons with Reduced Mobility. The sailing ships (Wind Spirit, Wind Star and Wind Surf) are not equipped with accessible cabins and passengers with Reduced Mobility or Disabilities who require accessible cabins cannot unfortunately be carried. Passenger Condition There are risks inherent to being aboard the Ship. These include, by way of example, having to evacuate the Ship in case of emergency, having to move about on the Ship during rough seas and lack of access to full medical services. For people who are pregnant, ill or who are mentally or physically disabled or impaired, these risks are more significant. For example: access to all parts of the Ship, other means of transportation or to facilities on shore may be difficult or impossible for some passengers. In addition, medical evacuation during the cruise whether at sea, by tender, or by deviating from the scheduled itinerary, may create an increased risk of harm and may not be feasible for a variety of reasons. We reserve the right to determine, in our sole discretion exercised in good faith, whether and when a medical evacuation from the Ship will occur. Please note that Wind Star and Wind Spirit do not have elevators. For these reasons, we require that if you have any special medical or physical or other requirements, these be brought to our attention immediately and where possible before concluding your booking with the Organizer. Any Passenger with Disabilities or special needs must complete an SRI form. You may be asked questions in order to ensure your safety. In limited situations where you would be unable to satisfy certain specified safety and other criteria, even when provided with appropriate auxiliary aids and services, we reserve the right to refuse permission to participate in all or part of the Cruise. Passengers With Special Needs The Carrier reserves the right to refuse passage to passengers who have failed to notify the Ship of their specific needs with regard to accommodations, seating or services required from the Carrier or terminal operator, or their need to bring medical equipment, or to bring a pre-approved recognized service dog on board the Ship, or of any other known disabilities, or who in the Carrier’s and/or Master’s opinion is unfit or unable to travel, or anyone whose condition may constitute a danger to that person or others onboard on the grounds of safety. Passengers who need assistance and/or have special requests, or need special facilities or equipment with regard to accommodation, seating or services required or their need to bring medical and mobility equipment, must notify the Organizer at the time of booking. This is to ensure that the passenger can be carried safely and in accordance with all applicable safety requirements. In order to ensure that the Carrier can provide the necessary assistance and there are no issues relating to the design of the passenger ship or port infrastructure and equipment – including port terminals – which may make it impossible to carry out the embarkation, disembarkation or carriage of the passenger in a safe or operationally feasible manner. The Carrier is not obliged to provide any assistance or meet special requests unless the Carrier has agreed to do so in writing. If the passenger cannot be carried safely and in accordance with applicable safety requirements then the Carrier can refuse to accept a Passenger or embarkation of a Disabled Person or Person with Reduced Mobility on the grounds of safety. Those passengers confined to wheelchairs must furnish their own slim or low profile size wheelchairs which are less than 27 inches wide. The Ship’s wheelchairs are available for emergency use only. Larger, wider or motorized wheelchairs or scooters are generally too large to be accommodated on our ships. Wheelchairs may be difficult to accommodate in embarkation and disembarkation in certain ports and in tenders or rubber inflatable rafts (“RIBs”). The decision of the Officer in charge of tender operations as to whether wheelchairs can be accommodated is final. For reasons of health and safety the crew are forbidden from carrying passengers or passengers in the wheelchairs. Wheelchairs cannot be carried in RIBs. Tendering Ports are those ports that can be reached only by disembarking the Ship and boarding a smaller speed boat or Zodiac. Tendering Ports: Canada Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, Canada Cap aux Meules, Quebec, Canada Havre, St. Pierre, Quebec, Canada L’Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada Red Bay, Labrador, Canada St. Anthony, Newfoundland, Canada Tendering Ports: Arabia Galle, Sri Lanka Hurghada, Egypt Tendering Ports: Asia Boracay, Philippines Halong Bay, Vietnam Hundred Islands, Philippines Ipoh (Lumut), Malaysia Ko Kut, Thailand Ko Phi Phi, Thailand Ko Yao Noi, Thailand Malacca, Malaysia Phuket/Patong Bay, Thailand Tomonoura, Japan Tendering Ports: Caribbean Anse Mitan, Martinique Barbuda, Barbuda Basseterre, St. Kitts Bequia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines Charlestown, St. Kitts & Nevis Esperanza, Vieques, Puerto Rico Falmouth Harbour, Antigua Georgetown, Grand Cayman Island Gustavia, St. Barthelemy Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands Les Saintes, Guadeloupe Little Bay, Montserrat Man-O-War, Tobago Marigot, St. Martin Mayreau, St. Vincent & the Grenadines Norman Island, British Virgin Islands Pigeon Island, St. Lucia Road Bay, Anguilla Soper's Hole, Tortola, British Virgin Islands Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands Tendering Ports: Costa Rica & Panama Bahia Drake, Costa Rica Bahia Herradura, Costa Rica Balboa (Fuerte Amador), Panama Bocas del Toro, Panama Golfo Dulce (Puerto Jiminez), Costa Rica Isla Contadora, Pearl Islands, Panama Isla Parida, Panama Playa Flamingo, Costa Rica Quepos, Costa Rica San Blas Islands, Panama Tendering Ports: Europe Alghero, Italy Amalfi, Italy Antibes, France Bornholm, Denmark Calvi, France Cannes, France Chania, Crete, Greece Douglas, Isle of Man Dubrovnik, Croatia Flam, Norway Geiranger, Norway Giardini Naxos (Taormina), Italy Gozo, Malta Gythion, Greece Hvar, Croatia Ile Rousse, Corsica, France Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom Kirkwall, Scotland Komiza, Vis Island, Croatia Le Lavandou, France Le Palais, Belle-Ile, France Lipari, Italy Monemvasia, Greece Mykonos, Greece Myrina, Lemnos, Greece Nanortalik, Greenland Narsaq, Greenland Oban, Scotland Patmos, Greece Piran, Slovenia Ponza, Italy Port Vendres, France Portofino, Italy Portovenere, Italy Portree, Scotland Portrush, Northern Ireland Qaqortoq, Greenland Rovinj, Croatia Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France San Remo, Italy Sanary-sur-Mer, France Santa Margherita, Italy Santorini, Greece Sorrento, Italy St-Malo, France St Peter Port, Guernsey, UK St. Tropez, France Tobermory (Isle of Mull), United Kingdom Ullapool, Scotland Waterford, Ireland Tendering Ports: Tahiti/South Pacific Bora Bora, Society Islands Fakarava Biosphere Reserve Huahine, Society Islands Ile de Pins, New Caledonia Kokas, Indonesia Lifou Island, New Caledonia Loh Liang, Indonesia Mare, New Caledonia Moorea, Society Islands Mystery Island, Vanuatu Pantara Island, Indonesia Probolinggo, Indonesia Pulau Banda, Indonesia Pulau Bintan, Indonesia Pulau Menyawakan, Indonesia Rangiroa, Tuamotu Islands Rarotonga, Cook Islands SavuSavu, Fiji Tahaa, Society Islands Taveuni, Fiji Triton Bay, Indonesia Tual, Kai Islands, Indonesia Yasawa-I-Rara, Fiji Tendering Ports: United States Bar Harbor, Maine Haines, Alaska Inian Islands, Alaska Juneau, Alaska Metlakatla, Alaska Newport, Rhode Island Provincetown, Massachusetts Rockland, Maine Sand Point, Alaska Santa Barbara, California Tendering Ports: Central America/Mexico Belize City, Belize Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Isla de Providencia, Colombia Isla de San Andres, Colombia Loreto, Mexico Tendering Ports: Australia/New Zealand Airlie Beach, Australia Cooktown, Australia Doubtful Sound, New Zealand Dusky Sound, New Zealand Fraser Island, Australia Freycinet National Park, Australia Lizard Island, Australia Middle Percy Island, Australia Mooloolaba, Australia Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand Port Douglas, Australia Thursday Island, Australia Yirrkala, Australia Tendering Process Disembarking times will be announced and guests will line up in the hallway outside the designated doorway Guests who have purchased a shore excursion will meet in the lounge until their excursion is called. Once guests reach the gangway to board, they will be required to make steps down to the tender boat The crew will offer some assistance. Once at the pier, guests may be required to make steps up onto the dock. Cruises in Costa Rica and Panama utilize wet landings to get you up-close to natural wonders. Zodiacs, rugged inflatable boats, deliver you directly from the yacht to the beach, where you will disembark directly in the water. More information on Wet Landings can be found here . The Carrier reserves the right to require any passenger to produce medical evidence of fitness to travel in order to assess whether that passenger can be carried safely in accordance with applicable international, US, or Canadian law. 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