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Fair Value Measurements and Derivatives - Effects of foreign currency collar designated as cash flow hedges (Detail 8)

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Fair Value Measurements and Derivatives - Effects of foreign currency collar designated as cash flow hedges (Detail 8) (Designated as Hedging Instrument, Cash Flow Hedging, Foreign currency collar, USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Cash Flow Hedging | Foreign currency collar
     
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]      
Gain (loss) recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) - effective portion $ (1,588)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortion
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= nclh_ForeignCurrencyCollarMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember
$ 4,350us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortion
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= nclh_ForeignCurrencyCollarMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember
$ 8,152us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortion
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= nclh_ForeignCurrencyCollarMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember
Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) $ (333)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortion
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= nclh_ForeignCurrencyCollarMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember