Those who travel a lot know the ways of the cruise industry…this happens probably way more than it should…but it does happen! It written in the fine print!!
It’s not just Olivia…anyone can choose to charter a ship and those who have pre-booked on that ship are offered a different ship, a refund or the ability to book another cruise in the future.
One of our Halloween cruises years ago to the Mexican Riviera on the Oosterdam happened that way…the people who were pre-booked were not happy about Olivia chartering the ship…but they were more upset with HAL than the fact that a bunch of women/lesbians did it…but knew it could have been any group.