Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Rice Brian J
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD [RCL] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP, Finance & CFO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD, 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/10/2009
(Street)

MIAMI, FL 33132		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 02/10/2009   F   206 (1) D $ 7.265 (2) 50,660 D  
Common Stock (3) 02/10/2009   A   92,911 (4) A $ 0 (5) 143,571 D  
Common Stock               10,000 I By Son (6)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Option to Purchase Common Stock (7) $ 7.265 (2) 02/10/2009   A   13,764     (8) 02/10/2019 Common Stock 13,764 $ 0 (9) 13,764 D  
Option to Purchase Common Stock (10) $ 7.265 (2) 02/10/2009   A   50,573     (11) 02/10/2019 Common Stock 50,573 $ 0 (9) 50,573 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Rice Brian J
ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD
1050 CARIBBEAN WAY
MIAMI, FL 33132		       EVP, Finance & CFO  

Signatures

 /s/ Richard Montes de Oca, Attorney-in-Fact for Brian J. Rice   02/12/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents the number of shares of common stock withheld by the issuer to cover the reporting person's tax liability associated with the vesting of 782 shares underlying certain restricted stock units on 2/10/09.
(2) Represents the average of the high and low prices for the issuer's common stock on the NYSE on 2/10/2009.
(3) The reporting person was granted restricted stock units under the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan.
(4) Represents the maximum number of shares of common stock underlying the restricted stock units, which vest as follows: 23,228 on each of 2/10/2010, 2/10/2011 and 2/10/2012 and 23,227 on 2/10/2013.
(5) The restricted stock units were granted to the reporting person without payment thereof as compensation for serving as an executive officer of the issuer.
(6) The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(7) The reporting person was granted the incentive stock option under the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan.
(8) The option is exercisable as follows: 3,441 on each of 2/10/2010, 2/10/2011, 2/10/2012 and 2/10/2013.
(9) The option was granted without payment thereof as compensation for serving as an executive officer of the issuer.
(10) The reporting person was granted the nonqualified stock option under the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan.
(11) The option is exercisable as follows: 12,644 on 2/10/2010 and 12,643 on each of 2/10/2011, 2/10/2012 and 2/10/2013.

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