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Related Party Disclosures - Additional Information (Detail Textuals)

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Related Party Disclosures - Additional Information (Detail Textuals) (USD $)
 1 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Common stock shares sold in secondary offering 12,500,000nclh_SaleOfCommonStockThroughSecondaryPublicOfferingShares
SWB Yankees, LLC  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Pyament of annual fee for sponsorship and advertising 200,000nclh_PyamentOfAnnualFeeForSponsorshipAndAdvertising
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nclh_SwbYankeesLlcMember
Genting Hk | Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Percentage of ownership 22.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nclh_NorwegianCruiseLineHoldingsLtdMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= nclh_GentingHkMember
Apollo Funds | Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Percentage of ownership 23.80%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nclh_NorwegianCruiseLineHoldingsLtdMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= nclh_ApolloFundsMember
TPG Viking Funds | Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Percentage of ownership 4.30%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nclh_NorwegianCruiseLineHoldingsLtdMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= nclh_TpgVikingFundsMember
Public shareholders | Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Percentage of ownership 49.90%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nclh_NorwegianCruiseLineHoldingsLtdMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= nclh_PublicPlacementMember