Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail)

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Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail)
1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2013
USD ($)
Jan. 31, 2013
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2013
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2012
USD ($)
Jan. 31, 2013
Norwegian Pearl And Norwegian Gem Revolving Credit Facility
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2013
Norwegian Pearl And Norwegian Gem Revolving Credit Facility
EUR (€)
Jan. 31, 2013
Pride Of Hawaii Loan
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2013
Pride Of Hawaii Loan
EUR (€)
Jan. 31, 2013
Norwegian Jewel Term Loan
USD ($)
Jan. 31, 2013
Pride Of America Hermes Loan
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2013
Pride Of America Hermes Loan
EUR (€)
Jan. 31, 2013
Pride Of America Commercial Loan
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2013
Pride Of America Commercial Loan
EUR (€)
Jan. 31, 2013
Norwegian Sky
USD ($)
Jan. 31, 2013
Eleven Point Seven Five Percent Senior Secured Notes
USD ($)
Jan. 31, 2013
Nine Point Five Percent Senior Unsecured Notes
USD ($)
Feb. 28, 2013
First Semi-annual Period
Feb. 28, 2013
Second Semi-annual Period
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                    
Senior notes, principal amount $ 300,000,000                                  
Debt instrument, interest rate 5.00%                           11.75% 9.50%    
Senior notes, maturity date Feb. 15, 2018                                  
Semi annual payments of interest on notes payable                                 Payable semiannually on February 15 Payable semiannually on August 15
First interest payment debt on notes payable Aug. 15, 2013                                  
Discount rate on notes payable 99.451%                                  
Net proceeds from the IPO and Notes Offering   770,000,000                                
Prepayments of long term debt   55,600,000 1,093,009,000 277,776,000 21,300,000   14,700,000   8,000,000 10,100,000   1,500,000            
Long term debt, principal amount           624,000,000   308,100,000 334,100,000   258,000,000   40,000,000     350,000,000    
Payments to Genting HK                           79,700,000        
Redemption of senior secured notes                             450,000,000 122,500,000    
Debt instrument, maturity year                             2016 2018    
Expenses related to debt prepayments   $ 90,500,000 $ 6,124,000 $ 2,283,000