New York to be home to a new cruise line this fall as Windstar Cruises arrives

Windstar Cruises will offer voyages out of New York later this year — a first for the line. 

Windstar's 212-passenger Star Pride will arrive at the city on Sept. 8 after a 16-day sailing from Iceland and use it as a base for trips through late October. 

On Sept. 8, the ship will depart from New York on a 12-day voyage to Montreal that features stops at Newport, Rhode Island; Provincetown, Massachusetts; Bar Harbor, Maine; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Charlottetown, Price Edward Island; and Quebec City, Quebec. 

The vessel will operate the same itinerary in reverse on Oct. 11.

The trips to and from Montreal will mark the first time Windstar has offered a Canada and New England itinerary.  

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Star Pride also will sail out of New York on Oct. 23 on an 11-day voyage to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The sailing features stops at Baltimore, Maryland; Norfolk, Virginia; Bimini in The Bahamas; and Samana, Dominican Republic. 

Fares for the Canada sailings to and from New York start at $4,299 per person. Fares for the voyage to San Juan start at $1,699. 

Windstar has been rolling out a number of new routes over the past two years including an epic, 51-day sailing in the Mediterranean and an itinerary focuses on Malaysia and Thailand. 

The line operates six small ships, three of which are sailing vessels.