I'm wondering the same. Can't collect the skyshards, can't even finish two WBs because there is absolutely nobody around to do them because they lined up another event after the zone went live. I'd normally have them done day one. But since last Saturday, I have been signing on at random times, even during "prime times", and waiting by one WB for up to 10 minutes, not a single player comes by, not a single zone chat message pops up. I guess we're waiting another week to finish the zone...

Thanksgiving is a quite major US holiday.

Edit

In fact, it's really only second to Christmas, in terms of how hard people celebrate it.

ZOS stated somewhere it would be January. I'll try to dig the link out when I remember where. It was in one of the bug forum posts.

Edit: Found it - https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/8393330/#Comment_8393330

cozmic72 wrote: »

Very frustrating not to be able to collect eastern solstice skyshards and finish the achievement. Also Solstice treasure map IV is still bugged. Never preordering again.

I agree it is very sad and discouraging that they are choosing to leave Eastern Solstice broken on consoles until next year. Glad for the few PVPer’s that are left, they are now focusing on that part of the game [Vengeance], but it is taking away from the PVE side, I feel.

Personally, I am not even going to attempt to do the story or achievements until after the update. I wonder if many others are feeling the same and that is contributing to the empty zone. The only part I am doing is running my alternate characters through the new public dungeon to work on getting the fragments since only 1-4 drop each time I do the dungeon. Sure would have been nice to do the new zone during the holidays.

Stay safe