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The Scenic Jade has relocated from Cologne to Duisburg as of today. The latter port is where it and other Scenic river ships spent the off-season. Hope this means the ship is being restocked and staffed to start its Rhine cruises on 18 May. Time will tell. The Passion Play in Oberammergau starts on Saturday. Scenic (and other river cruise lines) sold itineraries including the play. Given the issues Scenic has had the past couple of months, I hope it has purchased the tickets needed for clients. A river cruise can be rescheduled fairly easily, but a miss on securing tickets for the play that passengers were counting on would be a major failure--one that could not be rectified until 2030.

Apologies in advance if this question has already been addressed. I looked back through threads in 2022 and did not find it. We booked our first cruise with Oceania this week--a Caribbean itinerary on Sirena in December 2024. The Oceania agent spent some time trying to convince us to shift to an itinerary on Vista instead, saying he feared we would not like Sirena due to lack of specialty restaurants. (We ultimately decided on the Sirena cruise because the itinerary on Vista is virtually identical to the one we had on Regent Explorer in December 2021.) I do understand the smaller number of specialty restaurants on Sirena. And we've sailed on the old Pacific Princess, so have experienced--and really liked--an R-class ship. So those aspects are fine with us. My question, therefore, is whether there is a significant difference in food quality between the larger and small ships on Oceania? Or just the usual variation found on any line based on who is running the kitchen? We're looking at this booking on Sirena as literally a "tasting" to see if Oceania is a candidate to become our new preferred cruise line. Many thanks,