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I was lucky enough to obtain a copy of the new Cruise Atlas last night. It is fabulous and eagerly awaited and I enjoyed flipping through the 225 full colour pages (as opposed to looking at them on-line).

 

Then today, when cleaning out some old "In & Out" magazines from Barbados I came across the first HAL cruise planner I had when planning our first cruise in August 2011...all 75 pages of it. It spanned from September 2011 through November 2012 and has no pricing but all the itineraries for the same ships that exist today (includes Ryndam and Statendam.

 

I am not sure if this document was the initial Cruise Atlas or an abridged version that I picked up on the Volendam. But the size difference is very noticeable. Also that it spanned 14 months instead of 12.

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[Krazy Kruizers]

Your 2011 - 2012 Atlas (Planner) was the way we were able to see cruises and prices and deck plans. We were able to get them all the time on the ships.

Now it is hard to get the new Atlas's.

[chefestelle]

Because of the nature of it, it's not as nice as paper, but the cruise atlas is available online. I do a tin of reading on my iPad but some things are nicer to hold in your hands. HAL told me they don't mail it out any more. Guess you have to pick it up on a cruise or through a TA.

[sail7seas]

Cruise Planner and Cruise Atlas are two different publications.

 

[chefestelle]

Ah! Well, I've never seen a cruise planner. Sounds intriguing.

[rkacruiser]

Ah! Well, I've never seen a cruise planner. Sounds intriguing.

 

The Cruise Planner is the lesser of the two publications. Not really sure why HAL bothers to produce both. The Cruise Atlas is far more informative and helpful.

[sail7seas]

Cruise Atlas has deck plans; Cruise Planners do not.

 

I actually still have that green covered brochure pictured above. :)

[richstowe]

I thought that I saw stacks of the plain "Cruise Planners" guide next to the "Cruise Planners" desk on board the Veendam .