While I realize it is very disappointing to miss the Canadian part of the inside passage, compared to a trip to Japan, it is a minor part of the voyage, it is not nearly as dramatic as say the inside passage in Chile. We have had 2 chances at the inside passage and one was fogged out and the other was a pleasant sail among misty islands at dusk. I am sure everyone who cruises regularly has had disappointment over routes and ports, but that is life on a cruise.