Richard Fain

“As always, it's a pleasure to give an update on what's happening within the Royal Caribbean Group. It's certainly been a horrible year-and-a-half. Looking at our financial statements and seeing that sea of red ink is painful.”

“You all know it's been almost 1.5 years since the onset of the pandemic and it's certainly been a difficult time. We've been in a virtual standstill in this long period.”

“Thank you, Jason, and thank you all for joining the call and thank you Carola for your help and consistent support over many years of Royal Caribbean.”

“Even though it's late February, I still want to say Happy New Year because I expect that this year will be so much better in so many ways than last year. At the same time, it's hard to believe that we're only seven weeks into 2021 because so much has already happened.”

“It's been almost seven months since we paused our cruise operations and every single day has been extremely frustrating and challenging on so many levels. But while emotionally and financially it hurts us tremendously to see our ships laid up, we've tried to use this time to good effect.”