you can actually do your first jump alone, just with 2 instructors holding onto you. But you have to go through classes for that. It's called AFF, accelerated free fall. Its the learning program. It'll cost a lot more and you have to take classes/ground school.
Yea i've gone before, it is an amazing thrill. How high do you jump? We go about 14,000 ft. Where i went, it was $189, +$100 for the video which is definitely worth it. Definitely something anyone who's ever considered doing NEEDS to do.