ATLANTIC: 1982 - Deluxe pre-maiden voyage intro brochure Orient Line a nursemaid looking in on

a nursemaid looking in on a sleeping child

The ship followed the old East Africa route through the Suez Canal with additional stops at Reunion Island

What fun it would have been to cruise aboard her and have full run of the ship

First Class has been renamed Cabin Class

I've decided the Alcantara Suite on D Deck would be my abode of choice

ATLANTIC: 1982 - Deluxe pre-maiden voyage intro brochure Orient Line a nursemaid looking in onHome Lines: A sixteen page, pre maiden voyage brochure for the ATLANTIC issued in June 1981, almost a year before her maiden voyage. The brochure is filled with artist renderings. Hype in the introduction gushes, "The Crest of the New Wave in Cruising: Combining the talents of 7 leading architects and decorators from 4 different countries to mark the end of the standardized look in cruise ship design."Whatever their directions were, beauty apparently