After reading all the posts on this subject, I haven't found any challenge to the notion that the 2007 increases are excessive. Afer some analysis, I found them quite modest. I took two typical cruises, the Mariner to Alaska in July and the Voyager in the Baltic in July. Using the early booking fare, which I think most of us use, and a category G cabin, I adjusted the difference in fares between 2006 and 2007 for all-inclusive (Using the $15 per day that Richard got from RSSC)and for the 2006 fuel surcharge, which is included the 2007 base fares. The increases to cover all othe increased costs were 4.1 and 3.4 per cent reaspectively. As those per cents are roughly in line with inflation, I don't see how the increases can be seen as excessive.