Settlements & Privilege Fees
Carnival Settlement Software, Built by Operators
Settlement night should not be the hardest part of the week. CarnivalX tracks revenue by operator and source as it happens, applies your privilege fee structure automatically, and produces a clean settlement breakdown — so the end-of-night math is already done before the lights go down on the midway.
End-of-night math, gone
Most shows still settle the route on a spreadsheet at the end of the night — keying in ride counts, footage rates, and operator splits by hand while everyone waits to get paid. CarnivalX does that work continuously. Revenue is attributed the moment it lands, so the settlement statement is built throughout the day instead of reconstructed at midnight. Owners see the numbers in real time; nobody is doing arithmetic by flashlight.
Privilege fees, applied automatically
Privilege is the heart of a settlement, and every show runs it a little differently. CarnivalX encodes your fee structure — percentages, footage rates, flat privilege, multi-state tax routing with versioned rate tables — and applies it to every operator without a second thought. Change a rate for one spot on the route and the platform uses the right version for the right date, so a mid-season adjustment never quietly corrupts last week's books.
Transparent statements every operator trusts
Disputes happen when operators can't see how a number was reached. CarnivalX gives every operator a transparent statement that shows the revenue, the fees, and the split line by line — with a settlement approval workflow and dispute resolution built in. Role-based visibility means the right people see the right figures, and the conversation shifts from “how did you get that?” to “looks right, let's settle.”
One source of truth — no re-keying CATS into QuickBooks
When settlements live in one system, ticketing in another, and the books in a third, you pay for it in triple data entry and reconciliation errors. CarnivalX keeps settlements, ticketing revenue, and compliance in sync automatically, so the figures add up across the whole platform without re-keying anything. If you are weighing a move off legacy tooling, see how the modern CATS replacement handles the rest of the show.