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Employee Benefits and Share Option Plans - Summary of Restricted Share Activity (Details 1)

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Employee Benefits and Share Option Plans - Summary of Restricted Share Activity (Details 1) (Restricted Stock, USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Time-Based Awards  
Number of Restricted Share Awards  
Non-vested as of January 1, 2015 196,644us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Granted 4,815us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Vested (14,994)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Forfeited or Expired (70,668)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Non-vested and expected to vest as of March 31, 2015 115,797us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value  
Non-vested as of January 1, 2015 $ 3.43us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Granted $ 46.70us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Vested $ 11.16us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Forfeited or Expired $ 2.70us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Non-vested and expected to vest as of March 31, 2015 $ 4.68us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Performance-Based Awards  
Number of Restricted Share Awards  
Non-vested as of January 1, 2015 1,208,608us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Granted   
Vested (56,687)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Forfeited or Expired (587,870)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Non-vested and expected to vest as of March 31, 2015 564,051us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value  
Non-vested as of January 1, 2015 $ 3.37us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Granted   
Vested $ 4.13us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Forfeited or Expired $ 2.79us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
Non-vested and expected to vest as of March 31, 2015 $ 3.90us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
/ nclh_ShareBasedAwardAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember