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If you do a mock booking for 1 person vs 2 people you can see that the solo person is now charged 100% of the "Required Cruise Fees and Expenses" when in the past we only had to pay our 50% share. I spoke with someone from Carnival and they agreed the price had increased but weren't sure why.

Have any other solo travelers noticed that Carnival increased the Taxes and Fees/Required Cruise Fees & Expenses for solo travelers? I'm not sure what the "Required Cruise Fees & Expenses" consists of but that amount seems to be maybe by cabin and not individual?? When I do a mock booking of cruises I already have booked - they are all $50 - $75 more.

I did this early this year to Budget. The strange part for me was that you go up into a parking garage next to Budget to bring your car back. Once I figured out where to return the car - it wasn't horrible. There were quite a few people waiting to go to the pier (around 11:00 am) so I had to wait. If you don't want to wait there were taxi's/other people which were willing to shuttle for a pretty reasonable amount if you didn't want to wait for Budget's shuttle. Now getting a vehicle after the cruise would be a different story - the line was quite long OUTSIDE the building.