This summer, skip the runway for a sail away. A Seacation. A no-fly holiday to the fjords, French ports, the land of fire and ice without ever boarding a plane. A no-fly escape that begins from a cruise port near you.

The sunrises we caught, the Mediterranean ports we visited, the sunsets that awed on Royal Caribbean's Mediterranean cruise.

There was a time (not too long ago) when the only boxes a family holiday needed to tick were: yes, it has a pool  and yes, it has Wi-Fi....