Debt - Credit Facility - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) Entity	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of wholly owned subsidiaries \| Entity	4
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%
Write off of deferred financing costs	$ 925,000	$ 1,926,000
$200 Million Term Loan A [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total credit facility	200,000,000
$500 Million Term Loan B [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total credit facility	500,000,000
Senior Secured Term Loan Facility [Member] \| $1 Billion Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Write off of deferred financing costs	900,000	$ 1,900,000
$700 Million Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total credit facility	$ 700,000,000

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

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

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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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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
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