Hi all, Count me as one who is NOT happy about this change. We have only sailed Regent once, and we love it so are doing it again, but will only become Silver during our next Regent cruise in 2012. I'm very concerned about this new policy. It looks like we may be locked out of dining reservations and shore excursions totally, as it seems 90% of Regent passengers are repeats, and they are all Silver or above already. That leaves us 'newbies' out in the cold, really. I'm not very happy about that. It is really forcing us to fork out for E or above, and Regent is pricey enough as it is. It's got us thinking about cancelling and going back to our previous cruise line. :( Very disappointing, as we love Regent.