Equity Method Investments

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2023

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Equity Method Investments

Equity Method Investments

We have a 40% noncontrolling interest in Grand Bahama Shipyard Ltd. (“Grand Bahama”), a ship repair and maintenance facility. Grand Bahama provided an immaterial amount of services to us in 2023, 2022 and 2021. As of November 30, 2023, our investment in Grand Bahama was $43 million, consisting of $25 million in equity and a loan of $18 million. As of November 30, 2022, our investment in Grand Bahama was $43 million, consisting of $10 million in equity and a loan of $33 million.

In September 2023, we acquired a 50% noncontrolling interest in Floating Docks S. de RL. (“Floating Docks”), an entity that will purchase two floating drydocks and will then lease them to Grand Bahama. As of November 30, 2023, our investment in Floating Docks consisted of a loan of $21 million. Additionally, we have provided payment guarantees of $46 million on behalf of Floating Docks.

We have a 45% noncontrolling interest in the White Pass & Yukon Route (“White Pass”) that includes port, railroad and retail operations in Skagway, Alaska. White Pass provided an immaterial amount of services to us in 2023, 2022 and 2021. As a result of the effects of the pause and subsequent resumption of our guest cruise operations on the 2022 and 2021 Alaska seasons, we evaluated whether our investment in White Pass was other than temporarily impaired and performed impairment assessments. As a result of our assessments, we recognized impairment charges for 2022 and 2021 of $30 million and $17 million in other income (expense), net. As of November 30, 2023, our investment in White Pass was $53 million, consisting of $21 million in equity and a loan of $32 million. As of November 30, 2022, our investment in White Pass was $50 million, consisting of $18 million in equity and a loan of $32 million.

During 2023, we completed the exit of our noncontrolling interest in Adora Cruises Limited, formerly CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping Limited, a China-based cruise company (“Adora Cruises”), and recognized losses on exit of $21 million within other income (expense). As of November 30, 2022, our investment in Adora Cruises was $70 million. We provided an immaterial amount of services to Adora Cruises during 2023, 2022 and 2021 and we paid Adora Cruises a total of $55 million for the lease of ships during 2021. During 2021 we made capital contributions to Adora Cruises in the amount of $90 million.