Debt - $400 Million Term Loan Facility - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014 Entity	Apr. 18, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional credit facility	$ 1,000,000,000	$ 925,000,000
$400 Million Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional credit facility	400,000,000
Maturity date	Jan. 15, 2021
Debt Instrument, description of interest rate	The interest rate on the Term Loan B was LIBOR plus 3.0%
Margin rate added to LIBOR rate to arrive at interest rate	3.00%
LIBOR floor rate	0.75%
Periodic payment, percentage on principal amount	1.00%
Line of credit facility repayment commencement period	Sep. 30, 2014
Percentage of advance borrowing based on appraisal value of hotel properties	55.00%
Percentage of advance borrowing based on appraisal value of hotel properties in the event of hotel property sold	50.00%
Number of Wholly-owned subsidiaries	4
$1 Billion Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional credit facility	$ 1,000,000,000
Maturity date	Apr. 18, 2017
Margin rate added to LIBOR rate to arrive at interest rate	2.00%
Number of Wholly-owned subsidiaries	4

Minimum LIBOR associated with the calculation of interest rate.

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Annual percentage of the original principal that amortizes in equal quarterly installments.

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- Definition

Number of wholly-owned subsidiaries that own the Gaylord Hotels properties.

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- Definition

Borrowing base based on the appraised value of the Company's four major hotels.

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- Definition

Borrowing base based on the appraised value of the Company's four major hotels in the event that one of those properties is sold.

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- Definition

Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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- Definition

The reference rate for the variable rate of the debt instrument, such as LIBOR or the US Treasury rate and the maturity of the reference rate used, such as three months or six months LIBOR.

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- Definition

Date the first payment under the line of credit must be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19, 22

-Article 5

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- Definition

Date the credit facility terminates, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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- Definition

Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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