New York and Oslo-listed Royal Caribbean booked a gain of $492.9m for the three months to the end of September, trumping the $377m of a year ago.
Earnings per share hit the tape at $2.20, in line with the company’s expectations.
However, its fourth quarter bottom line appears destined to miss Wall Street forecasts.
Royal Caribbean says its profit for the final three months of 2014 will come in at $0.35