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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 * Kulovaara Harri U   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, Maritime (Last) (First) (Middle) ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINES, 6100 BLUE LAGOON DRIVE, SUITE 200 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/10/2009 (Street) MIAMI, FL 33126 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   212 (1) D $ 7.265 (2) 21,680 D   Common Stock (3) 02/10/2009   A   30,970 (4) A $ 0 (5) 52,650 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 (6)

$ 7.265 (2)

02/10/2009

A

64,337

(7)

02/10/2019

Common Stock

64,337

$ 0 (8)

64,337

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Kulovaara Harri U ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINES 6100 BLUE LAGOON DRIVE, SUITE 200 MIAMI, FL 33126			EVP, Maritime

Signatures

/s/ Richard Montes de Oca, Attorney-in-Fact for Hari U. Kulovaara		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 652 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: 7,743 on each of 2/10/2010 and 2/10/2011 and 7,742 on each of 2/10/2012 and 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 was granted the option under the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan.
(7)	The option is exercisable as follows: 16,085 on 02/10/2010 and 16,084 on each of 2/10/2011, 2/10/2012 and 2/10/2013.
(8)	The option was granted without payment thereof as compensation for serving as an executive officer of the issuer.

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