It will be interesting to see what the benefits will be. Like others on this topic, I choose a cruise because I like the itinerary, price and the cruiseline although extra perks are nice.

Regarding issues about excursions, quality and service which are further up in this thread...

Since we have always used Radisson excursions, I can't make a comparison to other cruise lines. Most of the time we have been pleased and I haven't noticed much of a price increase. They are offering more varied and active excursions and I like that.

Alan and I talked about this topic over lunch today. We did not notice any "downgrading" of service or quality on our Nov. Voyager cruise. In fact, it was the best food we've had on a Radisson ship. That opinion was seconded by a fellow cruiser who was on his 40th (various cruiselines) cruise.

We couldn't come up with any negatives about the cruise which makes us sound like cheerleaders and unobjective. Not so, it was just a very good cruise. We did have an issue regarding communication with the travel desk regarding appropriate fitness level on some tours for my MIL but the problem could have been with the tour operator rather than Radisson. It was hard to tell. I inteneded to mention this in the review I've never written :) . I'm still too busy Christmasing!