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Commitments and Contingencies | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Commitments and Contingencies | Note 9. Commitments and Contingencies Ship Purchase Obligations As of September 30, 2025, our Global Brands and our Partner Brands have the following ships on order:
Ship |  | Shipyard |  | Expected delivery |  | Approximate Berths
Royal Caribbean — |  |  |  |  |  |
Oasis-class: |  |  |  |  |  |
Unnamed |  | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |  | 2nd Quarter 2028 |  | 5,700
Icon-class: |  |  |  |  |  |
Legend of the Seas |  | Meyer Turku Oy |  | 2nd Quarter 2026 |  | 5,600
Unnamed |  | Meyer Turku Oy |  | 3rd Quarter 2027 |  | 5,600
Celebrity Cruises — |  |  |  |  |  |
Edge-class: |  |  |  |  |  |
Celebrity Xcel |  | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |  | 4th Quarter 2025 |  | 3,250
Celebrity Xcite |  | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |  | 4th Quarter 2028 |  | 3,250
Mein Schiff — |  |  |  |  |  |
Mein Schiff Flow |  | Fincantieri |  | 2nd Quarter 2026 |  | 4,100
Unnamed |  | Fincantieri |  | 1st Quarter 2031 |  | 4,100
Unnamed |  | Fincantieri |  | 4th Quarter 2032 |  | 4,100
Total Berths |  |  |  |  |  | 35,700
In January 2025, we announced the launch of Celebrity River Cruises, a premium river cruise vacation. We entered into agreements for the commitment to an initial order of 10 ships with plans to sail in 2027. In October 2025, we executed definitive building contracts for the first four ships in the initial order. In March 2025, we entered into a credit agreement for the unsecured financing of the seventh Oasis-class ship for approximately 80% of the ship’s contract price and our building contract with Chantiers de l'Atlantique became effective. Bpifrance Assurance Export, the official French export credit agency, has agreed to guarantee to the lenders 100% of the financing. The maximum loan amount under the facility is not to exceed the United States dollar equivalent of €1.7 billion, or approximately $2.0 billion based on the exchange rate at September 30, 2025. The loan will amortize semi-annually and will mature 12 years following delivery of the ship. Interest on the loan will accrue at a floating rate equal to Term SOFR + 0.85%. The seventh Oasis-class ship will have a capacity of approximately 5,700 berths. In May 2025, we amended the credit agreement for the third Icon-class ship, Legend of the Seas, to increase the maximum loan amount by €334 million or $392 million based on the exchange rate at September 30, 2025. Interest on the incremental portion of the loan will accrue at a floating rate equal to Term SOFR plus 0.90%. In May 2025, the conditions for effectiveness including financing on our agreement with Meyer Turku Oy to build a fourth Icon-class ship for delivery in 2027 became effective. In June 2025, we entered into a credit agreement for the unsecured financing of the sixth Edge-class ship, Celebrity Xcite, for approximately 80% of the ship’s contract price and our building contract with Chantiers de l'Atlantique became effective. Bpifrance Assurance Export, has agreed to guarantee to the lenders 100% of the financing. The maximum loan amount under the facility is not to exceed the United States dollar equivalent of €1.0 billion, or approximately $1.2 billion based on the exchange rate at September 30, 2025. The loan will amortize semi-annually and will mature 12 years following delivery of the ship. Interest on the loan will accrue at a floating rate equal to Term SOFR plus 0.85% per annum. Celebrity Xcite will have a capacity of approximately 3,250 berths. As of September 30, 2025, the aggregate cost of our ships on order presented in the table above, not including any ships on order by our Partner Brands, was approximately $9.7 billion, of which we had deposited $1.0 billion. Refer to Note 12. Fair Value Measurements and Derivative Instruments for further information. Litigation As previously reported, a lawsuit was filed against us in August 2019 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (the "Court") under Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, also known as the Helms-Burton Act. The complaint filed by Havana Docks Corporation ("Havana Docks Action") alleges it holds an interest in the Havana Cruise Port Terminal, which was expropriated by the Cuban government. The complaint further alleges that we trafficked in the terminal by embarking and disembarking passengers at these facilities. The plaintiffs seek all available statutory remedies, including the value of the expropriated property, plus interest, treble damages, attorneys’ fees and costs. The Court entered final judgment in December 2022 in favor of the plaintiff and awarded damages and attorneys' fees to the plaintiff in the aggregate amount of approximately $112 million. We then appealed the judgment to the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. On October 22, 2024, the 11th Circuit issued an opinion reversing the lower court’s judgment. The plaintiff's petition for a rehearing by the full 11th Circuit was subsequently denied. The plaintiff petitioned the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari, which was granted on October 3, 2025. During the fourth quarter of 2022, we recorded a charge of approximately $130 million to Other (expense) income within our consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) related to the Havana Docks Action, including post-judgment interest and related legal defense costs and bonding fees. Following the 11th Circuit's denial of the rehearing petition, we released approximately $124 million of the previously recorded loss contingency for the year ended December 31, 2024, recognized within Other (expense) income within our consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss). The outcome of the litigation is inherently unpredictable and subject to significant uncertainties, and there can be no assurances that the final outcome of this case will be favorable. In addition, we are routinely involved in claims typical within the cruise vacation industry. The majority of these claims are covered by insurance. We believe the outcome of such claims, net of expected insurance recoveries, will not have a material adverse impact on our financial condition or results of operations and cash flows. Other Some of the contracts that we enter into include indemnification provisions that obligate us to make payments to the counterparty if certain events occur. These contingencies generally relate to changes in taxes, increased lender capital costs and other similar costs. The indemnification clauses are often standard contractual terms and are entered into in the normal course of business. There are no stated or notional amounts included in the indemnification clauses and we are not able to estimate the maximum potential amount of future payments, if any, under these indemnification clauses. We have not been required to make any payments under such indemnification clauses in the past and, under current circumstances, we do not believe an indemnification in any material amount is probable. If any person acquires ownership of more than 50% of our common stock or, subject to certain exceptions, during any 24-month period, a majority of our Board of Directors is no longer comprised of individuals who were members of our Board of Directors on the first day of such period, we may be obligated to prepay indebtedness outstanding under our credit facilities, which we may be unable to replace on similar terms. Our public debt securities also contain change of control provisions that would be triggered by a third-party acquisition of greater than 50% of our common stock coupled with a ratings downgrade. If this were to occur, it would have an adverse impact on our liquidity and operations.

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