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 *
Fain Richard D
  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
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chairman & CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD., 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/06/2015
(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 02/06/2015   A   35,176 (1) A $ 0 (2) 1,166,571 D  
Common Stock 02/06/2015   A   45,924 (3) A $ 0 (2) 1,212,495 D  
Common Stock 02/06/2015   M   14,606 A $ 47.925 1,227,101 D  
Common Stock               421,412 I See Footnotes (4) (5)
Common Stock               5,500 I See Footnotes (5) (6) (7)

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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
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 47.925 02/06/2015   M     14,606   (8) 02/10/2015 Common Stock 14,606 $ 0 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Fain Richard D
ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD.
1050 CARIBBEAN WAY
MIAMI, FL 33132
  X     Chairman & CEO  

Signatures

 Carrie Levine Schwartz, Attorney-in-Fact for Richard D. Fain   02/09/2015
**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 shares of common stock underlying restricted stock units granted to the reporting person under the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan. In accordance with our vesting into retirement policy, award vests in one installment on the first anniversary of the grant date but will be subject to restrictions on transferability which will lift with respect to one-quarter of the underlying shares on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversary of the grant date.
(2) Granted in consideration for service as an officer of the issuer.
(3) Represents shares of common stock underlying performance shares granted to the reporting person under the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan. The target award was authorized by the Board of Directors on February 5, 2014. The actual number of shares underlying the award was determined by the Compensation Committee on February 6, 2015 based on the Company's Return on Invested Capital for the year ended December 31, 2014. In accordance with our vesting into retirement policy, the award vested in one installment on February 6, 2015 but is subject to restrictions on transferability which will lift on February 5, 2017.
(4) Shares owned by Monument Capital Corporation as nominee for various trusts primarily for the benefit of certain members of the Fain family.
(5) The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of some or all of these shares.
(6) Shares owned by The Montana Trust primarily for the benefit of certain members of the Fain family.
(7) This form does not include 121,300 shares owned by other trusts for the benefit of members of the Fain family in which Mr. Fain does not have any beneficial or pecuniary interest nor shares directly or indirectly owned by Mr. Fain's adult children.
(8) Immediately.

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