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I'm afraid to point out that the Saga Ruby has not been lost. At the moment she is in New Zealand. I presume you mean the Saga Rose. Having done several cruises on the Spirit of Adventure and Saga Rose I would say the Spirit of Adventure has had success, to a degree, in increasing the mobility and out-going nature of the passengers in comparison to the Rose/Ruby product. For example, the Spirit is only permitted one wheelchair bound passenger - this is less than the likes of Fred Olsen, Celebrity, Royal Caribbean, P&O, etc... The issue with the average age is not important. What is important is someone's physical ability. I've seen a lady of 92 wanting to go white water rafting, and I've seen couples in their early 60's who appear to be waiting to die. From our cruises, when we attend the repeat passengers party, there is always well over 50% of the passengers there. The likes of Carnival could only dream of such loyal custom and enthusiasm for the product. Having said all that, I too spoke with the shore excursion team last time I was onboard and raised concern that the adventure side of the tours was diminishing. They assured me that the Head Office were aware of this and steps are being taken to re-dress the balance. We first sailed on her in 2006, her inaugual season, and have seen various changes since then. But it's been evolution rather than revolution. Give her time, give her a chance, and have faith in her excellent crew and I'm sure she will be around for many years to come. Having seen the reviews on this website of rivals like the re-launched Swan Hellenic then the Spirit of Adventure must be doing something right!