Yes we are looking forward to our cruise on Arvia in September after our most favourite ship QM2 in May. We thought the specialty dining and choice on Iona was good and had excellent meals in Epicurean, Sindhu and Olive Grove but was somewhat disappointed with Beach House. I wonder if Iona, like all ships, varies in quality of food served depending on who the Executive Chef is. Normally I agree when having 4-5 course dinner that you don't need or require massive portions but on our recent cruise in March like I said no problem with quality but portion size was very poor and looked lost some evenings on the plate for main course.
Hope you both are well and continue to enjoy cruising whoever it may be with. We are back on our usual Canaries cruise in the Grills on Cunard in November.