I suspect January/February 2023 because that’s when very suddenly, ALL of the Japanese sailings were admittedly “red-flagged” and disappeared from the market. We, and countless others, strongly suspected that the sailings were under cancellation consideration at the time. Little did we know…
I realize that Celebrity asking for volunteers would’ve been an even bigger hassle for them. But really, since it was entirely their fault, they should’ve handled it in this fairest, least destructive, way to the fullest extent possible. They could’ve made voluntary cancellation attractive enough to generate results and saved a LOT of grief, hard feelings and bad press for the heavy-handed way they did go about it. Just my opinion…