The charge will be applied to food items selected from the Light Snacks menu, listed in the stateroom guest services directory. Guests can enjoy complimentary room service from 5 a.m. to midnight, which includes breakfast service delivered 7 to 10 a.m. daily. In conjunction with the room service charge and to ensure guests have a no-charge option during the late night hours, Royal Caribbean is introducing newly extended hours in either the Solarium Café or Sorrento’s Pizzeria, depending on the ship. On Voyager- and Freedom-class ships, Cafe Promenade is open 24 hours a day, offering finger sandwiches, cookies and snacks.

MIAMI – December 5, 2008

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today announced the suspension of its fuel supplement for Royal Caribbean

®, Celebrity Cruises® and Azamara CruisesSM

sailings that depart on or after January 1, 2009,

anywhere in the world.

The decision reflects the recently sustained lower price of fuel.

Effective Monday, December 8, guests making new bookings for sailings that depart on or after January

1, 2009, will not be charged the fuel supplement.

Guests already booked on sailings that depart on or after January 1, 2009, will receive a refund of any fuel

supplement paid, as follows:

• Guests with existing bookings for sailings that depart on or after January 1, 2009, and who are now

paid in full, will have the supplement automatically refunded to them in the form of an onboard credit

during their sailing.

• Guests with existing bookings for sailings that depart on or after January 1, 2009, and who are not

yet paid in full, will have the supplement automatically removed from their outstanding balance.

The company reserves the right to reinstate fuel supplement charges if the price of West Texas

Intermediate fuel exceeded $65 per barrel, on the quarterly milestone dates mentioned in the company’s

October 24, 2008, press release.

The company announced on October 24, 2008, that no fuel supplement would be charged for new

bookings made on or after November 10, 2008, for sailings that depart on or after January 1, 2010, unless

there is an upturn in fuel prices. Today’s announcement does not affect those previous terms.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is a global cruise vacation company that operates Royal Caribbean

®, Celebrity Cruises®, Pullmantur, Azamara CruisesSM

and CDF Croisieres de France. The

company has a combined total of 38 ships in service and six under construction. It also offers unique

land-tour vacations in Alaska, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Europe and South America.

Additional information can be found on www.royalcaribbean.com, www.celebrity.com,

www.pullmantur.es, www.azamaracruises.com, www.cdfcroisieresdefrance.com or www.rclinvestor.com.

®

is operated by RCL (UK) Ltd., a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

Royal Caribbean International’s newest Freedom-class ship, Independence of the Seas, made its US debut today as it docked at Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale.Sharing the title of world’s largest cruise ship with sister-ships Freedom of the Seas and Liberty of the Seas, the 3,634-guest Independence will be the line’s first Freedom-class ship to sail from Port Everglades.

The ship will sail from Ft. Lauderdale and alternate between eight-night Eastern Caribbean and six-night Western Caribbean itineraries. The Eastern Caribbean itinerary will call at San Juan, Charlotte Amalie (St. Thomas), Phillipsburg (St. Maarten) and Labadee, RCI’s private beach destination in Haiti. The Western Caribbean itinerary will call at Belize City (Belize), Costa Maya and Cozumel in Mexico.

In addition to standard Freedom-class amenities, such as the FlowRider, H20 Zone water park, adults-only Solarium and others, the Independence also features some of the other offerings RCI is known for including, an ice-skating rink, a rock-climbing wall, several choices of dining venue and the Royal Promenade — an entertainment boulevard stretching the length of the ship with shops, restaurants, bars and lounges.

With just a little less than a year until its debut, Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas, currently under construction at STX Europe in Turku, Finland, was “floated out” from drydock to wet dock late last week. The final stages of interior work will be completed while the ship remains in wet dock.At official ceremonies held at the shipyard, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. executives, Richard Fain, chairman and CEO, and Harri Kulovaara, executive vice president, maritime, were joined by Martin Landtman, president, STX Finland Cruise Oy, and Toivo Ilvonen, project director, Oasis-class, to turn the valve releasing 87 million gallons of water into the wet dock area.

“This is a historic day for our company,” Fain said. “After more than three years of intense planning and collaboration and with 65% of the ship already complete, it’s exciting to see Oasis entering its final stages. Oasis of the Seas truly represents the innovative spirit that our company is known for and to see that come to fruition is wonderful.”

In other news, Royal Caribbean International has introduced new procedures fleetwide to ease the departure process on all ships, as well as provide a seamless transition for consecutive cruisers — guests who are immediately continuing on the following voyage aboard the same ship.

On departure day, guests will have extended access to their staterooms, as well as continued in-stateroom TV entertainment. Guests also will receive an “As You Depart” notice, which explains the new enhancements and the location of departure lounges offering refreshment and entertainment.

Among the departure lounges will be a dedicated Family Zone, which will offer refreshments, toys and games geared toward younger cruisers.

Guests in suite category staterooms will be treated to an exclusive continental breakfast hosted by guest services or the concierge.

Guests may also take advantage of Royal Caribbean’s Express Departure option, a window of time when guests can hand carry their own luggage. Express Departure allows guests to disembark the ship first and as soon as the gangway is opened and cleared by local authorities.

Guests sailing with Royal Caribbean over multiple consecutive cruises will receive a “sneak peek” Compass, a variation of the daily Cruise Compass program schedule. The special Compass will offer an overview that includes the following sailing’s itinerary highlights — such as entertainment and dining events — as well as special events exclusively for consecutive cruises guests.