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Related Party Disclosures - Additional Information (Detail)

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Related Party Disclosures - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
 1 Months Ended 9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2013
Jan. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Star Cruise Management Limited
Dec. 31, 2012
Crystal Aim Limited
Jan. 31, 2013
Genting Hk
Dec. 31, 2012
Genting Hk
Sep. 30, 2013
Genting Hk
Dec. 31, 2012
Sabre Inc
Sep. 30, 2013
Apollo Funds
Jan. 31, 2013
Apollo Funds
Dec. 31, 2012
Apollo Funds
Sep. 30, 2013
TPG Viking Funds
Jan. 31, 2013
TPG Viking Funds
Dec. 31, 2012
TPG Viking Funds
Sep. 30, 2013
Public Placement
Jan. 31, 2013
Public Placement
Sep. 30, 2013
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                                    
Accrued commission fee       $ 1,300,000                            
Payment to related party         500,000                          
Related party transaction, purchase price             259,300,000                      
Purchase price payment in cash             50,000,000                      
Remaining amount payable             209,300,000                      
Related party transaction, weighted-average interest rate             1.52%                      
Fair value             205,500,000                      
Related party transaction, imputed interest rate             2.26%                      
Amounts payable within fourteen days of IPO effective date             79,700,000                      
Commission fee paid                 3,700,000                  
Contribution to NCLC   460,000,000 460,000,000                              
Percentage of ownership           43.40% 50.00% [1] 37.50%   28.10% 32.50% 37.50% [2] 9.40% 10.80% 12.50% [3] 25.00% 13.30% 97.70%
Repayment in connection with the Norwegian Sky purchase agreement           98,200,000                        
Ordinary shares sold by Selling shareholder $ 0                                  
[1] Genting HK owns their ordinary shares indirectly through Star NCLC Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda wholly-owned subsidiary.
[2] The Apollo Funds own their ordinary shares indirectly through NCL Investment Ltd., a Bermuda company (2,795,968 ordinary shares) and NCL Investment II Ltd., a Cayman Islands company (5,079,032 ordinary shares).
[3] The TPG Viking Funds own their ordinary shares through TPG Viking I, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (1,957,525 ordinary shares), TPG Viking II, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (576,118 ordinary shares) and TPG Viking AIV-III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (91,357 ordinary shares).