Information Concerning Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Entity
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Number of wholly owned subsidiaries \| Entity	4
Ownership percentage in subsidiaries	100.00%
Guarantors [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Number of wholly owned subsidiaries \| Entity	4
$350 Million 5% Senior Notes [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Interest rate of Senior Notes	5.00%
Senior notes, principal amount \| $	$ 350,000,000
$400 Million 5% Senior Notes [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Interest rate of Senior Notes	5.00%
Senior notes, principal amount \| $	$ 400,000,000

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

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 55
-Paragraph 8
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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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