Donna, free internet is a great bonus for me also. When we were on our Alaska cruise I overheard or talked to several people who were monitoring their internet minutes. It's so nice not to have to do that.

If our first 10-night cruise on Song of Flower in 2001 counted -- it was a Smithsonian tour and I didn't pursue getting those nights added until several years later after we had "rediscovered" RSSC, and it was too late by then -- we would turn Gold after our Ft. Lauderdale to Reykjavik cruise next year. As it stands, we'll have to do another seven nights to get to Gold. That's not an onerous task, though. Happy to book another cruise!

Marc, like you, we would enjoy the free newspaper. Newspaper work was my first career and my husband's lifelong career, so we are news junkies.