Couldn't agree more with all of your comments about the excellence of the RI - I've been an owner for 20 years and now go down for 3 weeks in January every year and am hopeful they'll be open this January. That being said, Spiker is right - they have not been particularly forthcoming with updates. Because the volume of the airport is limited, I'd like to start shopping for flights now because as the planes fill up the prices will increase. It will do the RI no good if they reopen and their owners can't get a flight or refuse to be raped by the airlines.