Yes, I saw that Cruise Radio piece yesterday.
I did my last 2 cruises solo and I really enjoyed them but I got both without the single surcharge.
As I live in Florida, booking right before sailing or within 90 days is easy, so filling a cabin "last minute" is right up my alley. Unfortunately, the market is filling the ships right now...it's a sellers market so at least for awhile, looks like barring finding a compatible PIC for cruises...I'll be doing domestic excursions.
I just caught Elite status...
It sucks but welcome to the current reality...
Let's see what all the new cruise ships coming to market this year do to cabin sales...fingers crossed we get some empty cabins needing filled.