General	3 Months Ended
General	Mar. 31, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
General	General Description of Business We are a global cruise company. As of March 31, 2020, we control and operate four global cruise brands: Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Azamara Club Cruises and Silversea Cruises (collectively, our "Global Brands"). We also own a 50% joint venture interest in the German brand TUI Cruises and a 49% interest in the Spanish brand Pullmantur (collectively, our "Partner Brands"). We account for our investments in our Partner Brands under the equity method of accounting. Management's Plan and Liquidity As part of the global containment effort for the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company implemented a voluntary suspension of its global cruise operations effective March 13, 2020, which has subsequently been extended through at least July 31, 2020 and China sailings until at least June 30, 2020. On March 14, 2020, concurrent with our and the broader cruise industry’s suspension, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued a No Sail Order through April 13, 2020. On April 9, 2020, the CDC modified its existing No Sail Order to extend it until the earliest of (a) the expiration of the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ declaration that COVID-19 constitutes a public health emergency, (b) the date the Director of the CDC rescinds or modifies the No Sail Order or (c) 100 days after the order appears on the Federal Register, which would be July 24, 2020. Significant events affecting travel, including COVID-19, typically have an impact on the booking pattern for cruise vacations, with the full extent of the impact generally determined by the length of time the event influences travel decisions. Based on our assumptions and estimates and our financial condition, we believe that the liquidity described in the following paragraphs will be sufficient to fund our liquidity requirements for at least the next twelve months. However, there can be no assurance that our assumptions and estimates are accurate due to possible unknown variables, including, but not limited to, whether the CDC will issue additional No Sail Orders on cruises out of the United States. The No Sail Order is currently set to expire on or before July 24, 2020. The Company, working with the CDC, is developing its enhanced safety and health protocols as well as other operational procedures necessary to return its vessels to service and is targeting mid-summer of 2020 to begin sailings; however, if the ban on cruising is extended beyond the third quarter of 2020, it will have a material adverse impact on our current and forecasted liquidity levels. There are also other unknown variables related to the unprecedented suspension of our operations and, as such, there is significant uncertainty in our ability to predict future liquidity requirements. As of March 31, 2020, the Company had liquidity of $3.6 billion, consisting of cash and cash equivalents, net of our outstanding commercial paper notes. During the quarter ended March 31, 2020 and through the issuance of these financial statements, as described in Note 7. Debt, the Company: •increased the capacity under our revolving credit facilities by $0.6 billion and fully drew on both facilities; •entered into 364-day senior secured term loan for $2.2 billion, which was subsequently increased to $2.35 billion and was repaid in its entirety through the date of these financial statements; and •secured deferrals of existing debt amortization under our export-credit backed ship debt facilities which increased the Company’s liquidity by an additional $0.8 billion. The Company has also undertaken several proactive measures as well as has future plans to mitigate the financial and operational impacts of COVID-19, through new financing options, reduction of capital expenditures and operating expenses, including furloughing staff, laying up vessels, as well as agreeing with certain of our lenders not to pay dividends or engage in stock repurchases. We were in compliance with all of our debt covenants as of March 31, 2020 and the date these financial statements were issued. Subsequent to March 31, 2020, we amended each of our outstanding facilities to waive compliance with all financial covenants in such facilities through and including the first quarter of 2021. We also have agreements with a number of credit card processors that transact advance passenger ticket deposits and onboard transactions related to our cruise voyages. These agreements allow the credit card processors to require under certain circumstances, including the existence of a material adverse change, excessive chargebacks and other triggering events, that we maintain a reserve which could be satisfied by posting collateral. While we have not posted any collateral under these agreements as of the date of the issuance of the financial statements, we are currently in discussions with certain processors which may result in the posting of collateral to satisfy reserve requirements. Based on the triggers in the various agreements and the conversations to date, we believe the maximum reserve we may need to provide under these agreements in the next twelve months is approximately $300 million. Any covenant waiver may lead to increased costs, increased interest rates, additional restrictive covenants and other available lender protections that would be applicable. There can be no assurance that we would be able to obtain waivers in a timely manner, or on acceptable terms at all. If we were not able to obtain waivers or repay the debt facilities, this would lead to an event of default and potential acceleration of amounts due under all of our outstanding debt and derivative contract payables.