Windstar Cruises announced that its owner, Xanterra Parks

Windstar Cruises announced that its owner, Xanterra Parks & Resorts ® , has reached an agreement with Seabourn, a cruise company that operates six luxury cruise ships, carnival miracle to purchase three of their ships:  Seabourn Pride, Seabourn Legend,  carnival miracle and  carnival miracle Seabourn Spirit . Under the project name  Global Windstar , the expansion will double the size of Windstar’s recently renovated, three luxury sailing yacht fleet, making the company the market carnival miracle leader in small-ship cruising with 300 or fewer passengers, with a total of 1,230 berths. The purchase on February 15, 2013, is one of several carnival miracle recent Xanterra Parks & Resorts ®  acquisitions, including VBT, an adventure travel company, and The Grand Hotel in Tusayan, AZ, adjoining the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
The delivery of the three 104 all-suite ships, which hold 208 passengers carnival miracle each, will take place over the next two years in the Mediterranean. The  Seabourn Pride  will be the first ship to enter into Windstar’s luxury fleet in April of 2014.  Following a Windstar branded renovation, which will give the ship a new name and casually elegant look, the  Pride  with set sail a month later in May 2014; voyages are expected carnival miracle to go on sale in May of this year. Windstar Cruises will take possession of  Seabourn Legend  in April 2015 and  Seabourn Spirit  in May 2015. These two yachts are scheduled to start sailing in May of 2015 following their dry-dock period.
The fleet expansion will provide Windstar Cruises access to new destinations such as Asia and South America, in addition to the fifty countries the company already sails to. Known for visiting hidden harbors and secluded coves of the world, Windstar will continue to focus on the unique destinations that large ships cannot call on.  The opportunities of  Global Windstar  are already carnival miracle evident with the recent announcement of Windstar’s return to Tahiti in May of 2014. Tahiti has been one of the top destinations requested by Windstar guests and travel partners. carnival miracle