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Debt - $1 Billion Credit Facility - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Apr. 18, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Total credit facility   1,000,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity $ 925,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
Write-off of deferred financing costs 1,845,000us-gaap_WriteOffOfDeferredDebtIssuanceCost    
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Minimum [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Fee to be paid by the company on the average unused portion   0.30%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
 
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Maximum [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Fee to be paid by the company on the average unused portion   0.40%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
 
$1 Billion Credit Facility [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Total credit facility   1,000,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= rhp_OneBillionCreditFacilityMember
 
Maturity date   Apr. 18, 2017  
Accordion feature allowing potential increase to credit facility   500,000,000rhp_AccordionFeatureAllowingPotentialIncreaseToCreditFacility
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= rhp_OneBillionCreditFacilityMember
 
Rate added to LIBOR rate to arrive at interest rate   2.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= rhp_OneBillionCreditFacilityMember
 
Number of subsidiaries owing hotels   4rhp_NumberOfWhollyOwnedSubsidiaries
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= rhp_OneBillionCreditFacilityMember
 
$1 Billion Credit Facility [Member] | Senior secured credit facility [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Total credit facility   1,000,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= rhp_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= rhp_OneBillionCreditFacilityMember
 
$1 Billion Credit Facility [Member] | Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Total credit facility   700,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= rhp_OneBillionCreditFacilityMember
 
$1 Billion Credit Facility [Member] | Senior Secured Term Loan Facility [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Total credit facility   300,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= rhp_SecuredTermLoanFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= rhp_OneBillionCreditFacilityMember
 
$925 Million Credit Facility [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Write-off of deferred financing costs $ 1,300,000us-gaap_WriteOffOfDeferredDebtIssuanceCost
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= rhp_NineHundredTwentyFiveMillionCreditFacilityMember