Bob Bone has specialized in covering cruising and cruise ships for more than 20 years.  (Click here to see a web page created at sea.) On this page are more than 60 article placements, dating to 1986. Titles in blue -- or photos surrounded by blue lines -- are clickable links usually leading to the full texts of the stories.
Bob reading Homer's Odyssey on the Royal Odyssey in 1994.

2008

Summer, 2008. Celebrated Living magazine. “The cruise picture is bigger and brighter than ever...” The "Platinum" list of the best cruise lines, as voted by thousands of CL readers. By Robert W. Bone.

May 4, 2008. Honolulu Star-Bulletin “Northern Exposure.” By Robert W. Bone. Featured cruise line: Princess Cruises.

February 3, 2008. Honolulu Star-Bulletin “A Cunard Lines cruise played a key role in shaping a young writer's life.” By Robert W. Bone. Featured cruise line: Cunard Lines.

2007

October 5, 2007.  Dallas Morning News “Black Sea Cruise: 3 continents in 12 days” By Robert W. Bone. Featured cruise line: Holland-America Line.

July 27, 2007.  Atlanta Journal-Constitution “Cruising the Black Sea” By Robert W. Bone. Featured cruise line: Holland-America Line.

July 27, 2007.  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette “Black Beauty -- A 12-day, nine-city cruise threads the needle of the Bosporus” By Robert W. Bone. Featured cruise line: Holland-America Line.

July 8, 2007. Honolulu Star-Bulletin “Egypt via the Black Sea” By Robert W. Bone. Featured cruise line: Holland-America Line.

September, 2005. Cruise Diva. (Ezine) “Sailing in a Dream Boat” By Robert W. Bone. Featured cruise line: SeaDream Yacht Club.

March, 2004. Cruise Diva. (Ezine) “Three Important Shipmates” By Robert W. Bone.
Featured cruise line: Crystal Cruises

February 2, 2004. Travel Weekly magazine. “Crystal to 'take a break' from interisland series.” By Robert W. Bone.
Featured cruise line: Crystal Cruises. (Also mentioned: Royal Caribbean, Holland America Line, and Celebrity Cruises.)

November 14, 2003. The Toronto Star. “Islands Get Set to Chart New Course” By Robert W. Bone.
Featured cruise lines: NCL America, Crystal Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Princess Cruises, and Holland America Cruises.

October, 2003. TravelLady Magazine. “Three Important Shipmates” By Robert W. Bone.
Featured cruise line: Crystal Cruises

February 9, 2003. The Dallas Morning News. “connected@ship” By Robert W. Bone.
Featured cruise lines: Carnival Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises, Radisson Seven Seas, and Seabourn Cruise Line.

February 9, 2003. The Dallas Morning News. “Celebrity Summit is the Silicon Valley of Cruise Ships” By Robert W. Bone.
Featured cruise line: Celebrity Cruises.

February 2, 2003. The Chicago Tribune. “Techies at Sea -- Celebrity Ship Leads the Pack in High-Tech” By Robert W. Bone.
Featured cruise line: Celebrity Cruises, several others in sidebar.

January 26, 2003. The Denver Post. “Out to Sea -- But Not Out of Touch” By Robert W. Bone.
Featured cruise line: Celebrity Cruises, several others in sidebar.

May 5, 2002. The Bergen Record. "Hawaii Welcomes Its New Cruise Ship."By Robert W. Bone. Featured cruise line: NCL, Limited.

April 14, 2002. The Vancouver Province.  “North to Alaska -- Alaska cruise enthusiasts aboard the Universe Explorer get an up-close and personal view of the 49th state." By Robert W. Bone. 
Featured cruise line: World Explorer Cruises.

 

March 31, 2002, Honolulu Star-Bulletin.  “Voyage to Idyllic Mexican Riviera,” (SB web version) by Robert W. Bone. Featured cruise line: Princess Cruises. (Also mentioned: Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Crystal.) Click  directly on the graphics > January, 2002, Costco Connection, page 59 (Travel section). “The Art of the Cruise -- Tips for making the best of your dream vacation at sea,” By Robert W. Bone     2002, Twenty-first edition of The Maverick Guide to Hawaii, by Robert W. Bone, page 132, “CRUISING INTERISLAND.” Featured cruise line: NCL Limited.

August 12, 2001. Honolulu Star-Bulletin.    “North! To Alaska! -- It's clear from the start that a trip through the Inside Passage aboard the Universe Explorer is not your everyday cruise experience.”  Featured cruise line: World Explorer Cruises. Click directly on the graphic >

Chapter entitled “Oceania, a World of Water,” pages 157-176 in the coffee-table book, Voyages, the Romance of Cruising, published by Tehabi Books and DK Publishing, Inc.

September 25, Rocky Mountain News. “Cruise passengers find: Turkish Delights -- Istanbul's ancient treasures untouched by quake.” (Filed from the Grand Princess at sea via satellite.) Featured cruise line: Princess Cruises. September 12, Chicago Tribune. “Post Quake -- Tourists (and cruisers) need not worry about visiting Istanbul.” (Filed at sea via satellite.)  Featured cruise line: Princess Cruises.

1998

 November 17, Toronto Star. 
“Norwegian Captain Does Try to Amuse.”  
Featured cruise lines: Cunard, Crystal.

March 15 San Antonio Express-News.
“Sailmates: 12 tips for happy cruising.”
Featured cruise lines: Cunard, Celebrity, Crystal.

March 15. Spokane Spokesman-Review. "Once scorned as a rust bucket, the refurbished S.S. Independence offers a great way to see Hawaii by sea."
Featured cruise line: American Hawaii Cruises

March 1. St. Petersburg Times.
"Tips to Make for Smooth Sailing."
Featured cruise lines: Cunard, Celebrity, Crystal.

February 15. Anchorage Daily News.
"A dozen ways to improve your luxury sailing."
Featured cruise lines: Cunard, Celebrity, Crystal.

January 25. Rocky Mountain News.
"Smooth Sailing -- Tips for Making the Most of a Cruise."
Featured cruise lines: Cunard, Celebrity, Crystal.

January 25. Boulder Camera.
"Smooth Sailing."
Featured cruise lines: Cunard, Celebrity, Crystal.

January 18. Chicago Tribune.
"Tips for two, a dozen useful suggestions to boost onboard bliss for companions at sea."
Featured cruise lines: Cunard, Celebrity, Crystal.

September 28. Bergen Record.
"China's River Wild. Cruising the Yangtze, soon to submerge much in its path."
Featured cruise lines: Regal China Cruises. 

August 10. Spokane Spokesman-Review.
"A river's last gasp. China's Yangtze will rise 300 feet during the next decade..."
Featured cruise lines: Regal China Cruises.  

June 29. Arkansas Democrat & Gazette.
"Dam Yangtze -- Three Gorges project may turn ancient sites and the homes of a million Chinese into submerged memories."
Featured cruise lines: Regal China Cruises.

June 1. San Jose Mercury News.
"Yangtze cruise offers chance to see sites that will soon be lost."
Featured cruise lines: Regal China Cruises.

March 16. Boston Globe.
"Yangtze: a river in jeopardy."
Featured cruise lines: Regal China Cruises.

April 28. Honolulu Advertiser.
"Twin-hulled cruise ships: Calmer ride at sea." (Also carried on America Online.)
Featured cruise line: Radisson Seven Seas.

"Clipper Cruising." America Online.
Featured cruise line: Star Clipper Cruises.  (Clip will be posted here later.)

July 1. Honolulu Advertiser.
"It's a long, long way from Liverpool."
Featured cruise line: Crystal Cruises.

November 20. Honolulu Advertiser.
"Ancient history comes to life in the Strait of Messina."
Featured cruise line: Royal Odyssey Cruises.

March 17. Dallas Morning News.
"Hawaii Cruises -- Ships and programs are on the mend."
Featured cruise line: American Hawaii Cruises.

July 4. Chicago Sun Times.
"Father-Daughter Odyssey Across Mediterranean."
Featured cruise line: Royal Odyssey Cruises.

March 28. St. Petersburg Times.
(ALASKA CRUISE STORY. Headline unknown.)
Featured cruise lines: Holland America, Cunard, Costa, Regency, Royal, Royal Caribbean, World Explorer, Alaska Sightseeing, Special Expeditions, Clipper Cruises, Princess, Regency, others.

February 21. Miami Herald.
"By land and sea, Alaska's a delightful destination."
Featured cruise lines: Holland America, Cunard, Costa, Regency, Royal, Royal Caribbean, World Explorer, Alaska Sightseeing, Special Expeditions, Clipper Cruises, Princess, Regency, others.

February 21. Arizona Daily Star.
"Alaska's Allure -- Honolulu based travel writer Robert W. Bone has been exploring Alaska and cruise ships for more than a decade." Also "Cruise ship captain makes a difference."
Featured cruise lines: Holland America, Cunard, Costa, Regency, Royal, Royal Caribbean, World Explorer, Alaska Sightseeing, Special Expeditions, Clipper Cruises, Princess, Regency, others.  (Click here for clip)

February 21. Atlanta Journal Constitution.
"Alaska on Ice. In cruise-ship comfort armchair naturalists flock to the North for amazing views of glacial wilderness."
Featured cruise line: Holland America.

February 14. San Francisco Examiner.
"Alaska by sea: A guide to cruises."
Featured cruise lines: Holland America, Cunard, Costa, Regency, Royal, Royal Caribbean, World Explorer, Alaska Sightseeing, Special Expeditions, Clipper Cruises, Princess, Regency, others.

February 14. Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Luxurious cruise captures the spirit of the Far East."
Featured cruise line: Seabourne Cruises.

February 14. Daily News of Los Angeles.
"Don't miss the boat on cool deals."
Featured cruise lines: Holland America, Cunard, Costa, Regency, Royal, Royal Caribbean, World Explorer, Alaska Sightseeing, Special Expeditions, Clipper Cruises, Princess, Regency, others.

February 14. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Cruising Alaska's spectacular Inside Passage."
Featured cruise line: Cunard, Holland America, Princess, Costa, Regency, Royal Cruises, Royal Caribbean.

January 17. Chicago Tribune.
"Alaska adventures. Ships offer pretty much same views, so subtleties make the difference."
Featured cruise lines: Holland America, Clipper Cruises, Costa, Cunard, Princess, Regency, Royal Caribbean, Royal Cruise Line, Special Expeditions, World Explorer.

February 9. San Jose Mercury News.
"Wilderness Highway -- Seattle-to-Juneau cruise offers casual sailing and the chance to explore tiny settlements in one of Alaska's most isolated areas."
Featured cruise line: Alaska Sightseeing.

September 29, 1991 San Diego Union.
"Tour the Hawaiian islands by liner.
Featured cruise line: American Hawaii Cruises.

June 16. Miami Herald.
"Hawaiian cruises blend aloha spirit with nostalgia."
Featured cruise line: American Hawaii Cruises.

May issue. Recommend Magazine.
"Cruising the Aloha Way."
Featured cruise line: American Hawaii Cruises.

April 7. Chicago Tribune.
"'White bottoms' make a genteel comeback in Hawaii."
Featured cruise lines: American Hawaii, Royal Viking, Princess, Holland America, Cunard, Crystal, Royal Cruises.

Feb. 10. Anchorage Daily News.
"Cruise Hawaii -- Cruise line owners lure tourists back to ships."
Featured cruise line: American Hawaii Cruises.

January 20. Chicago Tribune.
"Ships sail through a loophole for Hawaiian trips.
Featured cruise lines: Cunard, American Hawaii, Royal Cruises, Royal Viking, Princess, Holland America.

January 6. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Island-hopping by ship to see exotic Hawaii."
Featured cruise line: American Hawaii Cruises.

Exact date unknown: St. Petersburg Times.
"Sailing Safe Seas."
Featured cruise line: American Hawaii Cruises.

December 2. Chicago Tribune.
"2 Live Cruise -- Once threadbare ships steaming back in Hawaii."
Featured cruise line: American Hawaii Cruises.

September 9. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"New cruise ship could pass as a floating hotel."
Featured cruise line: Crystal Cruises.

September 2. Dallas Morning News.
"The Crystal Harmony -- not just another cruise ship."
Featured cruise line: Crystal Cruises.

July 22. San Diego Union.
"New Japanese cruise ship sails in American Waters."
Featured cruise line: Crystal Cruises.

September 13. Long Island Newsday.
"Sound and Glory Down Under -- Sailing through New Zealand's Milford Sound provides an eye-filling climax to a cruise across the Tasman Sea."
Featured cruise line: Royal Viking.

September 28. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Fiords in focus on cruise to New Zealand."
Featured cruise line: Royal Viking.

September 7. Orange County Register.
"A cruise to wilderness -- New Zealand's Milford Sound is unspoiled and beautiful."
Featured cruise line: Royal Viking.

April 27. Honolulu Advertiser.
"Cruising the fiords of New Zealand."
Featured cruise line: Royal Viking.

April 6. Chicago Tribune.
"Fiord cruise takes a look Down Under."
Featured cruise line: Royal Viking.

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