ORIANA as PIANO LAND

With just 10 days until ORIANA makes her Chinese debut as PIANO LAND for the still somewhat mysterious Astro Ocean Cruise she arrived earlier today in her new homeport of Xiamen.

 A world away from her previous homeport ORIANA as PIANO LAND alomgside her new home Xiamen. Photos: Singapore Cruise Society

Following her departure from Singapore earlier this week she was initially scheduled to arrive in Hong Kong before heading to mainland China however perhaps due to unrest in Hong Kong she made headed for Xiamen instead.
She is due to sail for Hong Kong for her naming ceremony ahead of her 'maiden voyage' on the 30th September.
While there is still very little information regarding Astro Ocean Cruise from the small amount of info we have been able to find we have put together a deck plan showing the ship's new venue names.

From photographs taken on board during her delivery voyage and some taken since her arrival in China it appears there have been very little in the way of changes to the majority of ORIANA's interiors.

The atrium still sporting the carpets and furniture from her final P&O years.

A new name but few other differences for the former Curzon Room/Sindhu

While some work has most certainly been done such as rebuilding the former Crichtons card room as the Twinkle Little Stars Club childrens area and removal of the Terrace bar it appears for the most part her venues have remained pretty much the same with little to no changes.
Some of the ship's other venues have also have retained their names such as Chaplins Cinema  or the two main restaurants on E Deck which have been renamed thier new names are somewhat close to their original names East (Oriental) and Byland (Peninsular) Byland also being an alterantive to the word Peninsula.
For a ship which VShips is claiming is the first "Custom designed for the Chinese Market" it is perhaps surprising that very little on board has been changed, and while ORIANA's design, and fixtures, fittings and finish far exceeds anything else in the P&O fleet she left behind last month (with the exception of AURORA) it can hardly Chinese in any way shape or form.
And of the renamed spaces only the 'Xinghai Theater' ,seen below, Lan Kwai Fong Steak Bar and Silk Road have a Chinese ring about them,

Not quite the Headliners, practicing in the theatre: SeaCruise UK

 With the Chinese Cruise Market being non existent we do not know what the future holds for her and while we do wish her the best of luck we also hope that at some point sooner rather than later she may come under the ownership of a company who will give her the attention she so rightly deserves.

The officers and crew who once cared for her long gone V Ships keep an eye over her systems