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Revenue
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
Revenue
Note 3. Revenue
Revenue Recognition
Revenues are measured based on consideration specified in our contracts with customers and are recognized as the related performance obligations are satisfied.
The majority of our revenues are derived from passenger cruise contracts which are reported within Passenger ticket revenues in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss). Our performance obligation under these contracts is to provide a cruise vacation in exchange for the ticket price. We receive payment before we satisfy this performance obligation and recognize revenue over the duration of each cruise, which generally ranges from three to 14 nights.
Passenger ticket revenues include charges to our guests for port costs that vary with passenger head counts. These types of port costs, along with port costs that do not vary by passenger head counts, are included in our operating expenses. The amounts of port costs charged to our guests and included within Passenger ticket revenues on a gross basis were $420 million and $371 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and $1.1 billion and $965 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
Our total revenues also include Onboard and other revenues, which consist primarily of revenues from the sale of goods and services onboard our ships that are not included in passenger ticket prices. We receive payment before or concurrently with the transfer of these goods and services to cruise passengers and recognize revenue over the duration of the related cruise.
As a practical expedient, we have omitted disclosures on our remaining performance obligations as the duration of our contracts with customers is less than a year.
Disaggregated Revenues
The following table disaggregates our total revenues by geographic regions where we provide cruise itineraries (in millions):
Quarter Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2026202520262025
Revenues by itinerary
North America (1)
$3,220 $3,030 $9,489 $8,727 
Asia/Pacific198 212 1,159 1,161 
Europe1,796 1,520 2,881 2,500 
Other regions (2)
89 111 591 602 
Total revenues by itinerary5,303 4,873 14,120 12,990 
Other revenues (3)
288 266 756 686 
Total revenues$5,591 $5,139 $14,876 $13,676 
(1) Includes the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
(2) Includes primarily South American and seasonality impacted itineraries.
(3) Includes revenues primarily related to cancellation fees, vacation protection insurance, pre- and post-cruise tours, and fees for operating certain port facilities. Amounts also include revenues related to procurement and management related services we perform on behalf of our unconsolidated affiliates. Refer to Note 5. Investments and Other Assets for more information on our unconsolidated affiliates.
Passenger ticket revenues are attributed to geographic areas based on where the reservation originates. For the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, our guests were sourced from the following areas:
Quarter Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2026202520262025
Passenger ticket revenues:
United States 72 %73 %75 %75 %
All other countries (1)
28 %27 %25 %25 %
(1) No other individual country's revenue exceeded 10% for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025.
Customer Deposits and Contract Liabilities
Our payment terms generally require an upfront deposit to confirm a reservation, with the balance due prior to the cruise. Deposits received on sales of passenger cruises are initially recorded as Customer deposits in our consolidated balance sheets and subsequently recognized as passenger ticket revenues or onboard revenues during the duration of the cruise. ASC 606, Revenues from Contracts with Customers, defines a “contract liability” as an entity’s obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer for which the entity has received consideration from the customer. We do not consider customer deposits to be a contract liability until the customer no longer retains the unilateral right, resulting from the passage of time, to cancel such customer's reservation and receive a full refund. Customer deposits presented in our consolidated balance sheets include contract liabilities of $3.0 billion and $3.1 billion as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
Contract Receivables and Contract Assets
Although we generally require full payment from our customers prior to their cruise, we grant credit terms to a relatively small portion of our revenue sourced in select markets outside of the United States. As a result, we have outstanding receivables from passenger cruise contracts in those markets. We also have receivables from credit card merchants for cruise ticket purchases and goods and services sold to guests during cruises that are collected before, during or shortly after the cruise voyage. In addition, we have receivables due from concessionaires onboard our vessels. These receivables are included within Trade and other receivables, net in our consolidated balance sheets.
Our credit card processing agreements require us, under certain circumstances, to maintain a reserve that can be satisfied by posting collateral. As of September 30, 2026, none of our credit card processors required us to maintain a reserve.
We have contract assets that are conditional rights to consideration for satisfying the construction services performance obligations under service concession arrangements. As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, our contract assets were
$241 million and $187 million, respectively, and were included within Other assets in our consolidated balance sheets. Given the short duration of our cruises and our collection terms, we do not have any other significant contract assets.
Assets Recognized from the Costs to Obtain a Contract with a Customer
Prepaid travel advisor commissions and prepaid credit and debit card fees are an incremental cost of obtaining contracts with customers that we recognize as an asset and include within Prepaid expenses and other assets in our consolidated balance sheets. Prepaid travel advisor commissions and prepaid credit and debit card fees were $256 million and $245 million as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. Our prepaid travel advisor commissions and prepaid credit and debit card fees are recognized at the time of revenue recognition or at the time of voyage cancellation, and are reported primarily within Commissions, transportation and other in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss).