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Related Party Disclosures - Ownership percentages of NCLH's ordinary shares (Detail)

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Related Party Disclosures - Ownership percentages of NCLH's ordinary shares (Detail)
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]    
Number of Shares 227,630,430us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding 205,160,340us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
Genting Hk    
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]    
Number of Shares 56,819,334us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
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= nclh_GentingHkMember
[1]  
Percentage Ownership 25.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
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= nclh_GentingHkMember
[1]  
Apollo Funds    
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]    
Number of Shares 54,659,020us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
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= nclh_ApolloFundsMember
[2]  
Percentage Ownership 24.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
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= nclh_ApolloFundsMember
[2]  
TPG Viking Funds    
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]    
Number of Shares 16,079,834us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
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= nclh_TpgVikingFundsMember
[3]  
Percentage Ownership 7.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
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= nclh_TpgVikingFundsMember
[3]  
[1] Genting HK owns our ordinary shares indirectly through Star NCLC Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda wholly-owned subsidiary.
[2] The Apollo Funds include AAA Guarantor Co-Invest VI (B), L.P., AIF VI NCL (AIV), L.P., AIF VI NCL (AIV II), L.P., AIF VI NCL (AIV III), L.P., AIF VI NCL (AIV IV), L.P., Apollo Overseas Partners (Delaware) VI, L.P., Apollo Overseas Partners (Delaware 892) VI, L.P., Apollo Overseas Partners VI, L.P., Apollo Overseas Partners (Germany) VI, L.P., AAA Guarantor- Co-Invest VII, L.P., AIF VI Euro Holdings, L.P., AIF VII Euro Holdings, L.P., Apollo Alternative Assets, L.P., Apollo Management VI, L.P. and Apollo Management VII, L.P.
[3] The TPG Viking Funds include TPG Viking, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, TPG Viking AIV I, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, TPG Viking AIV II, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership and TPG Viking AIV III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.