Of course, you're a gambler and have zero reality as to what the normal cruiser pays for a cruise. This unique itinerary when it first came out sold out in like two days, so they came out with another date.
As a stockholder I'd like to thank you for cruising on a 21 year old ship. I've been cruising for over 35 years and the only time I've ever cruised on a ship that was over 10 years old was once, last year on the refurbished Oasis OTS. We took the Carnival blinders off years ago and spread the wealth around.
I fully realize that certain cruisers like yourself like the smaller to mid size ships. I will agree with you regarding sea days, we do like them, but it was highway robbery what Carnival was charging for these unique cruises. They have 3 of them next year, the May 2024 is over 2000 for an inside, while the other two sailings in Aug and Sept are around 1800. This is 10 times what you paid and the regular folk are not getting 300 in OBC or cash either unless they own Carnival stock. Enjoy your cruise and good luck with the bones.