CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 726,424	$ 1,935,005
Trade and other receivables, net of allowances of $10,027 and $11,612 at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively	375,357	531,066
Inventories	215,915	224,016
Prepaid expenses and other assets	604,623	455,836
Derivative financial instruments	46,516	59,083
Total current assets	1,968,835	3,205,006
Property and equipment, net	27,935,922	27,546,445
Operating lease right-of-use assets	551,534	537,559
Goodwill	809,250	809,277
Other assets, net of allowances of $62,833 and $71,614 at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively	1,657,807	1,678,074
Total assets	32,923,348	33,776,361
Current liabilities
Current portion of long-term debt	1,713,299	2,087,711
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	81,797	79,760
Accounts payable	692,011	646,727
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	1,391,553	1,459,957
Derivative financial instruments	111,864	131,312
Customer deposits	5,676,341	4,167,997
Total current liabilities	9,666,865	8,573,464
Long-term debt	18,685,633	21,303,480
Long-term operating lease liabilities	537,641	523,006
Other long-term liabilities	492,127	507,599
Total liabilities	29,382,266	30,907,549
Shareholders’ equity
Preferred stock ($0.01 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; none outstanding)	0	0
Common stock ($0.01 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 284,405,911 and 283,257,102 shares issued, June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively)	2,844	2,832
Paid-in capital	7,406,818	7,284,852
Accumulated deficit	(1,296,578)	(1,707,429)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(680,004)	(643,214)
Treasury stock (28,248,125 and 28,018,385 common shares at cost, June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively)	(2,069,432)	(2,068,229)
Total shareholders’ equity attributable to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.	3,363,648	2,868,812
Noncontrolling Interests	177,434	0
Total shareholders’ equity	3,541,082	2,868,812
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$ 32,923,348	$ 33,776,361