CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 600,117	$ 1,935,005
Trade and other receivables, net of allowances of $7,899 and $11,612 at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively	360,151	531,066
Inventories	241,522	224,016
Prepaid expenses and other assets	508,832	455,836
Derivative financial instruments	70,087	59,083
Total current assets	1,780,709	3,205,006
Property and equipment, net	27,854,624	27,546,445
Operating lease right-of-use assets	529,721	537,559
Goodwill	809,206	809,277
Other assets, net of allowances of $62,777 and $71,614 at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively	1,794,412	1,678,074
Total assets	32,768,672	33,776,361
Current liabilities
Current portion of long-term debt	2,043,965	2,087,711
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	80,983	79,760
Accounts payable	715,386	646,727
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	1,210,858	1,459,957
Derivative financial instruments	158,165	131,312
Customer deposits	5,032,328	4,167,997
Total current liabilities	9,241,685	8,573,464
Long-term debt	17,924,927	21,303,480
Long-term operating lease liabilities	517,337	523,006
Other long-term liabilities	488,534	507,599
Total liabilities	28,172,483	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; 284,483,109 and 283,257,102 shares issued, September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively)	2,845	2,832
Paid-in capital	7,422,041	7,284,852
Accumulated deficit	(287,502)	(1,707,429)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(644,976)	(643,214)
Treasury stock (28,248,125 and 28,018,385 common shares at cost, September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively)	(2,069,432)	(2,068,229)
Total shareholders’ equity attributable to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.	4,422,976	2,868,812
Noncontrolling Interests	173,213	0
Total shareholders’ equity	4,596,189	2,868,812
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$ 32,768,672	$ 33,776,361