She spent her first seventeen years working for someone else. She came back with a different floor plan — and six restaurants where her sisters have four.
1999
built as “R Four”
2016
joined Oceania from Princess
6
restaurants, not four
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R-class ship with Red Ginger
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The short version
The R-class ship that took a detour. She sailed as Ocean Princess until 2016, and the different layout she brought back means she carries six restaurants including Red Ginger — the only small Oceania ship that does.
SailsPort-dense itineraries; Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, transatlantics
Hers aloneRed Ginger — no other R-class ship has it
Best forAnyone who wants a small Oceania ship without giving up the dining variety
The catchStill no Culinary Center — no ship this size has one
Seventeen years elsewhere left her better equipped than her sisters. Tap each one.
Oceania Sirena, specifically
Four ways she differs from the ships she otherwise resembles.
The context
Built as “R Four”, 1999
One of the six Renaissance hulls, ordered before the company collapsed in 2001.
On this ship
Ocean Princess, until 2016
She spent seventeen years with Princess Cruises before Oceania acquired her, and came back with a layout that had diverged from her sisters’.
The read: the detour is the reason she is the best-provisioned small ship in the fleet. Seventeen years elsewhere changed her floor plan in Oceania’s favor.
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Six rooms, not four
The reason to choose her over her three sisters, in one section.
Six restaurants rather than four — Polo Grill, Toscana, Red Ginger, the Terrace Café with its cook-to-order grill, Baristas and more. None carries a cover charge.
Red Ginger is the headline. Among the four R-class hulls she is the only one with it, and many guests rate it the best restaurant in the fleet. For a small-ship traveler who cares about dinner, that single room is the reason to book this sister over the other three.
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Her three sisters
Three sisters, all with a shorter dining rotation than hers.
Her advantage over her sisters is not widely advertised
The thing I’d want a client to hear
If you want a small Oceania ship, Sirena is the one to book, and the reasoning is not subtle: six restaurants against four, including the one many guests rate the best in the fleet. Her sisters are lovely ships with a genuinely short dining rotation. She is a lovely ship without that problem.
The reason this matters more than it sounds is the line’s own marketing. Oceania sells itself on cuisine. Book Regatta or Insignia expecting the full expression of that and you will find something narrower. Book Sirena and you get most of the way there on a hull half the size of the flagships.
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Ask Seabound about Oceania Sirena
The small ship, without the compromise
Tell us your region and dates — and we’ll check whether Sirena is sailing them, because among the small ships she is usually the one worth waiting for.
Why does Sirena have more restaurants?Does Oceania Sirena have Red Ginger?Was Sirena a Princess ship?Sirena or Regatta?How many restaurants on Oceania Sirena?Is Sirena the best R class ship?
Answers are always verified against current Oceania information before you book.
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Quick answers
Why does Oceania Sirena have more restaurants than her sisters?
Because she spent seventeen years elsewhere. She was built in 1999 as R Four for Renaissance Cruises, then sailed as Ocean Princess for Princess Cruises until Oceania acquired her in 2016. She came back with a layout that had diverged from her sisters', and that different floor plan made room for six restaurants rather than four.
Does Oceania Sirena have Red Ginger?
Yes, and she is the only R-class ship that does. Regatta, Insignia and Nautica do not carry it. Red Ginger is the Asian restaurant many guests rate the best room in the fleet, and like every Oceania specialty restaurant it carries no cover charge.
Was Oceania Sirena a Princess ship?
Yes. She sailed as Ocean Princess for Princess Cruises until 2016, when Oceania acquired her and gave her a 35-day, roughly $50 million refit in Marseille. That work included teak decks, custom tile, Villeroy and Boch china, Christofle flatware and Riedel glassware.
Sirena or Regatta?
Sirena, if dining matters. She carries six restaurants including Red Ginger; Regatta carries four and no Red Ginger. The hulls are otherwise near-identical at 30,277 gross tons and roughly 670 guests. Regatta's claim is heritage, as one of the two ships Oceania launched with in 2002.
How many restaurants does Oceania Sirena have?
Six, compared with four on her three sisters. The line-up includes Polo Grill, Toscana and Red Ginger alongside the Terrace Cafe and Baristas, and none of them carries a cover charge. She still has no Culinary Center, because no 30,000-ton hull has one.
Is Sirena the best R class ship?
For most travelers, yes, and the reason is the dining. Six restaurants against four, with Red Ginger being the difference that matters on a line selling itself on cuisine. Her sisters have their own claims — Regatta on heritage, Insignia on world voyages, Nautica on becoming Aurelia in 2027 — but on the food, Sirena wins clearly.
