Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Employee Benefits and Share Option Plans - Summary of Restricted Share Activity (Detail 3)

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Employee Benefits and Share Option Plans - Summary of Restricted Share Activity (Detail 3) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
TBUs  
Number of Restricted Share Awards  
Granted 1,549,376us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
Forfeited or Expired (2,323)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value  
Granted $ 3.56us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
[1]
Forfeited or Expired $ 2.18us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
TBUs | Restricted Stock  
Number of Restricted Share Awards  
Nonvested as of beginning of period 10,756us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Granted 203,433us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
[2]
Vested (12,470)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Forfeited or Expired (5,075)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Non-vested as of end of period 196,644us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value  
Nonvested as of beginning of period $ 23.24us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Granted $ 3.53us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Vested $ 22.23us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Forfeited or Expired $ 3.32us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Non-vested as of end of period $ 3.43us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
PBUs  
Number of Restricted Share Awards  
Granted 1,747,973us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
Forfeited or Expired (3,453)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value  
Granted $ 3.69us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
[1]
Forfeited or Expired $ 3.72us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
PBUs | Restricted Stock  
Number of Restricted Share Awards  
Nonvested as of beginning of period   
Granted 1,208,608us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
[3]
Vested   
Forfeited or Expired   
Non-vested as of end of period 1,208,608us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value  
Nonvested as of beginning of period   
Granted $ 3.37us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Vested   
Forfeited or Expired   
Non-vested as of end of period $ 3.37us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
[1] Includes [] TBUS and [] PBUs associated with the Management Exchange Agreement.
[2] Includes 197,960 time-based restricted shares that were converted from Management NCL Corporation Units as a result of the Management Exchange Agreement.
[3] Represents performance-based restricted shares that were converted from Management NCL Corporation Units as a result of the Management Exchange Agreement.