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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * REILLY WILLIAM K   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD [RCL] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 1007 MARKET STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/08/2010 (Street) WILMINGTON, DE 19810 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 (1) 02/08/2010   A   2,385 (2) A $ 0 (3) 20,652 D

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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 (4)

$ 25.16 (5)

02/08/2010

A

2,586

(6)

02/08/2020

Common Stock

2,586

$ 0 (7)

2,586

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
REILLY WILLIAM K 1007 MARKET STREET WILMINGTON, DE 19810	X

Signatures

/s/ Richard Montes de Oca, Attorney-in-Fact for William K. Reilly		02/10/2010
**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)	The reporting person was granted restricted stock units under the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan.
(2)	Represents the maximum number of shares of common stock underlying the restricted stock units, which vest as follows: 597 on 2/08/2011 and 596 on each of 2/08/2012, 2/08/2013 and 2/08/2014.
(3)	The restricted stock units were granted to the reporting person without payment thereof as compensation for serving as a director of the issuer.
(4)	The reporting person was granted the nonqualified stock option under the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan.
(5)	Represents the average of the high and low prices of the issuer's common stock on the NYSE on the date of the grant.
(6)	The option is exercisable as follows: 647 on each of 2/08/2011 and 2/08/2012 and 646 on each of 2/08/2013 and 2/08/2014.
(7)	The option was granted without payment thereof as compensation for serving as a director of the issuer.

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