Do Cruise Lines Have Alternate Daily Planners in Advance?

[MCPayne]

Hi everyone.

I wasn't sure what thread to post this in. Admin, please move if necessary. This is just a general question. Do cruise lines keep alternate daily planners (or as RCI calls them, Cruise Compasses) on hand? Example, on my last cruise, we could not stop in Grand Cayman, and within 2 hours, the Cruise Director came over the PA and stated there was an addendum to the cruise compass now available that we could pick up at Guest Relations. Do cruise lines print these in advance and distribute them if needed, or do they literally have to print about 3,000 revisions that day?

[Sandy]

Most ships have onboard print shops that can turn out 3,000 copies of whatever they need without too much trouble. I suspect the addendum you received was printed as soon as the change in itinerary was clear.