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THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
We are making this filing to amend the proxy card included in our Proxy Statement filed on April 8, 2016. The proxy materials delivered to our shareholderswill include the attached proxy card. Other than this change to the proxy card, the Proxy Statement remains unchanged.
ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD. 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY MIAMI, FL 33132-2096 ATTN: INVESTORRELATIONS Vote 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week by Internet, Telephone or Mail. VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time theday before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXYMATERIALS If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up forelectronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years. VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tonetelephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions. VOTE BY MAIL Mark, sign and date your proxycard and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS: E07263-P78428 KEEP THIS PORTION FORYOUR RECORDS THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD. The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:1. Election of Directors For Against Abstain1a. John F. Brock 1b. Richard D. Fain For Against Abstain 1c. William L. Kimsey 1d. Maritza G. Montiel 1e. Ann S. Moore 1f. Eyal M. Ofer 2. Advisory approval of the Company’s compensation of its named executive officers. 3. Approval of theamended and restated 2008 Equity Incentive Plan. 4. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016. 1g. Thomas J. Pritzker 1h. William K. Reilly 1i. BerntReitan 1j. Vagn O. Sørensen 1k. Donald Thompson The Board of Directors makes no voting recommendation with respect to the following proposal: 5. The shareholder proposal regarding proxy access set forth in the accompanying proxy statement.NOTE: THE SHARES COVERED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS SPECIFIED. IF NO SPECIFICATIONS ARE MADE, THE PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” PROPOSALS 1, 2, 3 AND 4 AND, WITH RESPECT TO PROPOSAL 5, IN THE SAME PROPORTION AS OTHER SHARES FOR WHICH VALIDAND TIMELY INSTRUCTIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED HAVE BEEN VOTED. 1l. Arne Alexander Wilhelmsen Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such.Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer. Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date
Important Notice Regarding Internet Availability of Proxy Materials for the AnnualMeeting: The Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement and Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com. E07264-P78428 ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD. PROXY SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELDMAY 20, 2016 The undersigned hereby appoints Richard D. Fain and Jason T. Liberty, and each of them, as the undersigned’s attorneys and agents to vote as Proxy for the undersigned, as herein stated, at the annual meeting of shareholders ofRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. to be held at the Intercontinental London Park Lane, One Hamilton Place, Park Lane, London W1J 7QY, on Friday, May 20, 2016 at 9:00 A.M., local time, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, according to thenumber of votes the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present, on the proposals set forth on the reverse side and in accordance with their discretion on any other matters that may properly come before the meeting or anyadjournments or postponements thereof. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement dated April 8, 2016, and Annual Report to Shareholders for 2015. Continued and to be signed on reverse side
