Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Leases - Lease Balances (Details)

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Leases - Lease Balances (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Dec. 31, 2019
Finance leases    
Downward adjustment on leased assets $ 17,700  
Other long-term assets    
Operating leases    
Right-of-use assets $ 209,037 $ 236,604
Operating lease, right-of-use asset - Extensible List us-gaap:OtherAssetsNoncurrent us-gaap:OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Accrued expenses and other liabilities    
Operating leases    
Current operating lease liabilities $ 17,700 $ 39,126
Operating lease liability, current - Extensible list nclh:AccruedLiabilitiesAndOtherLiabilitiesCurrent nclh:AccruedLiabilitiesAndOtherLiabilitiesCurrent
Other long-term liabilities    
Operating leases    
Non-current operating lease liabilities $ 185,414 $ 207,243
Operating lease liability, non current - Extensible list us-gaap:OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent us-gaap:OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Property and equipment, net    
Finance leases    
Right-of-use assets $ 11,948 $ 13,873
Finance lease, right-of-use asset - Extensible List us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet us-gaap:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Current portion of long-term debt    
Finance leases    
Current finance lease liabilities $ 5,143 $ 6,419
Finance lease liability, current - Extensible list us-gaap:LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent us-gaap:LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent
Long-term debt.    
Finance leases    
Non-current finance lease liabilities $ 4,648 $ 8,812
Finance lease liability, noncurrent - Extensible list us-gaap:LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations us-gaap:LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations