From any open deck if you're upstairs, because they go way, way higher than those drones went on the other night. But right now, everybody, it is time to introduce the gentleman for the President's Cruise 2026. So, if possible, would you please welcome, for the ninth President's Cruise 2026, our President and CEO, Michael Bayley.
Good evening, Michael. And we've got Kelle as well. Give a big hand to Kelle, ladies and gentlemen.
Hello, everyone. Hello, everybody.
Well, it's hard to believe that how many nights have gone by — six nights. Well, it's going to be seven soon. Tomorrow, you've all got to go home. Unless you just refuse to leave. We'll kidnap the captain and we go for another voyage. What do you think?
But seriously, I sincerely hope that you will have an incredible week with Royal Caribbean on Icon of the Seas.
And I will tell you this: it's something that gives us great imagination, and the teams that help organize these special events on our ships, you know, on these on the annual President's Cruise, they put in a huge amount of passion and effort. There's a lot of details, and we want to thank them all for their incredible hard work to make this just a really great cruise. So, thank the team members for that.
For all of our Crown and Anchor members, I thank you for your loyalty. We love the fact that you sail with Royal Caribbean so many times. It's a beautiful thing. And as I said many times, we love the feedback that you give us almost on a constant, daily, minute-by-minute basis — in the elevators, in the bar, when I'm trying to go to the bathroom. I mean, it never ends. And I have to say that we genuinely appreciate the feedback. It makes us a better business, a better brand, a better cruise line, and we hope it makes it a better experience for all of you. But it's not all over. Tonight, we're going to party like never before. There's lots of fun activities. And I think now Ken has a huge firework show this evening. At what time is that firework show? At 8:30? You sure? Which side?
8:00 on the port. Did somebody tell the captain that seven and a half thousand people are going to go...
Well, they can really see it anywhere they want from here. You don't have to climb up and go high in the sky, so.
It already happened, yeah. I could tell you a funny story about fireworks, but not now.
Who are you talking about, Ken? I told him about it earlier. So...
8:00.
Hey, 8:00, port side. Port side as you face... Is that forward?
So, on the left as you face forward. So, remember, go over there. But if you just go to the top, you can see it as well. Or you can stay in your room and watch it on TV.
Or some people can watch it on the screen on the pool deck and on the screen...
Okay. So, thank you very much. Now, I think we've got some prizes that we want to give away.
Absolutely. Yeah. Well, before we do that, everybody, you know, this has been my pleasure to have been on nine — we have done nine President's Cruises. By the way, this is a better turnout than New Year's Eve. Would you look at this!
I mean, this is incredible how many people we've got in here. This is great.
But you know, you know why, right?
Because this is like 7:00 in the evening.
You don't want to meet me now, you know. So all of the boomers are here.
That's very true. That's very true. So again, nine times we've done the first President's Cruise. I've been there and I've had the pleasure of being on all nine of them. And isn't he the best?
Me too. I've been on all nine.
Michael Bayley, another huge round of applause, everybody.
What a great president, what a great guy. So down to earth, so transparent, so funny. People think that you've been funny all this long.
Yeah. All right. We're going to give away some great prizes here. You ready? How about a Sapphire World bling product anchor pendant?
All right. You don't need to be here to win. I know we'd love it if you were, so please really make some noise if you're here. Okay. Good luck, everybody. Okay. Wanda Martinez Hernandez. From deck nine. Not here, but we're going to send that to them. It's always more fun when people are here, but we got to make it fair so that it's open to everybody. So that's what we do.
But isn't everybody here?
Not everybody's here. This is a lot of people, but not 7,000.
Okay, now wait a minute. This is for a $250 Royal Caribbean gift card. Terri Dean O'Connor. Come on down.
Terri Dean, where are you?
Where are you? All right. Terri Dean, you can stay right back there. Don't worry, we're going to send it to your room, okay? Give Terri Dean a big round of applause, please. All right, Terri Dean. Who's next? Well, this is for another $250...
This is a lot faster. You're flush with cash.
Santiago Suarez Torres. Yeah! Come on down! Do they have to — do they have to spend it tonight, or can they spend it on another cruise to get back?
Any time. So, there's no pressure to use it tonight. Okay.
Devon. Devon Rich. Or DeVon Rich. Or DeVon Rich or Rich DeVon. Okay, Rich is here.
Nora Williams, come on down! Come on out! Nora. She's not here. Nora Williams. Nora Williams.
