Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Description of Business and Organization (Detail Textuals)

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Description of Business and Organization (Detail Textuals) (USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
 1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2011
Dec. 31, 2014
CruiseShip
Seat
Destination
Jan. 24, 2013
Jan. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2013
Jan. 31, 2008
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]            
Number of cruises ships   21nclh_NumberOfCruiseShips        
Capacity of ship, berths   40,000nclh_ShipPassengerCapacityBerths        
Number of destinations visited worldwide   420nclh_NumberOfWorldwideDestinationVisited        
Number of additional ships   6nclh_NumberOfAdditionalCruiseShips        
Increased number of berths   58,000nclh_ShipPassengerCapacityAdditionalBerths        
Number of ordinary shares issued 10,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues          
Ordinary shares, par value (in dollars per shares) $ 0.001us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.001us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare     $ 0.001us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare  
NCLC            
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]            
Ownership percentage     100.00%nclh_InvestmentOwnershipPercentage
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nclh_NorwegianCruiseLineMember 		     
Contribution to NCLC     $ 460us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireLimitedPartnershipInterests
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= nclh_NorwegianCruiseLineMember 		     
Share exchange ratio     1.0 to 8.42565      
Percentage of economic interest   100.00%nclh_PercentageOfEconomicInterests
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nclh_NorwegianCruiseLineMember 		97.30%nclh_PercentageOfEconomicInterests
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nclh_NorwegianCruiseLineMember 		     
Remaining percentage of economic interest held by former management   2.70%nclh_RemainingPercentageOfEconomicInterests
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nclh_NorwegianCruiseLineMember 		       
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.            
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]            
Contribution to NCLC       $ 460us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireLimitedPartnershipInterests
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nclh_NorwegianCruiseLineHoldingsLtdMember 		   
Apollo Funds | NCLC            
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]            
Percentage of outstanding ordinary share capital acquired           50.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nclh_NorwegianCruiseLineMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= nclh_ApolloFundsMember
TPG Viking Funds | NCLC            
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]            
Percentage of outstanding ordinary share capital acquired           12.50%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nclh_NorwegianCruiseLineMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= nclh_TpgVikingFundsMember
Sponsors            
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]            
Ownership percentage   56.00%nclh_InvestmentOwnershipPercentage
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= nclh_SponsorsMember