Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended							4 Months Ended	8 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Aug. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017	Aug. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Other			$ (1,209)							$ (1,209)		$ (1,209)
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Gross			$ (1,209)							$ (1,209)		$ (1,209)
REIT Dividends Qualified Business Income Deduction			20.00%							20.00%		20.00%
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent										34.00%		35.00%
Tax Reform Act, New Corporate Income Tax Rate			21.00%							21.00%		21.00%
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Amount										$ 1,627
GAAP Net Income (loss) from REIT Operations											$ (105,888)		$ (21,332)	$ (21,838)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)										0	500		900	1,200
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards			$ 5,805							5,805		$ 5,805
Net income (loss) attributable to FelCor LP											(41,356)		(18,050)	4,526
Net income (loss) attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests in FelCor LP											495		93	$ 194
Deferred Tax Assets, Historic Tax Credits			631							631		631
Deferred Tax Assets, Property, Plant and Equipment			$ 9,841							$ 9,841		$ 9,841
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Deferred Expense, Compensation and Benefits, Employee Benefits						$ 4,966							4,966
Deferred Tax Assets, Foreign Exchange						19,357							19,357
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Credit Carryforwards						26							26
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross						$ 123,412							$ 123,412
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance Percentage			100.00%			100.00%				100.00%		100.00%	100.00%
Deferred Tax Assets, Historic Tax Credits, Vesting Period														5 years
Disqualification of REIT status												4 years
Income Tax Reconciliation, Income (Loss) of Passthrough Entities										$ (560)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) at TRS										1,067
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Change in Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance, Amount										(879)
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Change in Enacted Tax Rate, Amount										$ (188)
Minimum Percentage of Adjusted Taxable Income Currently Distributed to Qualify as REIT										(11.70%)		90.00%
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Change in Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance, Percent										(18.40%)
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Change in Enacted Tax Rate, Percent										(3.90%)
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent										0.00%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance			$ (15,068)							$ (15,068)		$ (15,068)
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance			1,209							1,209		$ 1,209
FelCor Lodging LP
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)										0
Net income (loss) attributable to FelCor LP	$ 4,366		$ (235)								(97,340)		$ 3,405	$ (9,059)
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss)										4,784
FelCor Lodging LP | Predecessor
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)											(499)		(873)	(1,245)
Net income (loss) attributable to FelCor LP		$ (59,449)		$ (1,794)	$ (36,097)	$ 102	$ (5,149)	$ 13,422	$ (4,970)		(97,340)		3,405	(9,059)
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss)											(96,906)		4,193	(3,465)
FelCor Lodging Trust
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Net income (loss) attributable to FelCor LP											(96,845)		3,498	(8,865)
Subsidiaries
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards						94,219							94,219
GAAP Net Loss from REIT Operations											105,888		21,332	21,838
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss)											9,043		24,830	12,973
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Disposition of Asset, Amount											0		0	(872)
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Nondeductible Expense, Depreciation and Amortization, Amount											1,571		(12,437)	(1,877)
Income Tax Reconciliation, Nondeductible Expense, Employee Benefits											1,531		(2,965)	(588)
Income Tax Reconciliation, Management Fee Recognition											0		0	(107)
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Other Adjustments, Amount											5,480		386	3,827
Income Tax Reconciliation, Tax Income (Loss) Before Utilization of Net Operating Losses											17,625		9,814	13,356
Income Tax Reconciliation, Utilization of Net Operating Loss											(17,625)		(9,814)	(13,356)
Net Tax Income (Loss)											0		0	0
Deferred Tax Assets, Property, Plant and Equipment						4,844							4,844
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance						(123,412)							(123,412)
Deferred Tax Assets, Net						0							0
Parent Company [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Nondeductible Expense, Impairment Losses, Amount											35,109		26,459	20,861
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Disposition of Asset, Amount											(46,054)		(16,572)	18,335
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Nondeductible Expense, Depreciation and Amortization, Amount											12,908		19,582	3,937
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Other Adjustments, Amount											10,035		(446)	1,505
Net Tax Income (Loss)											(58,344)		30,015	43,976
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Deduction, Dividends, Amount											17,794		25,650	24,809
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Noncontrolling Interest Income (Loss), Amount											(495)		(93)	(400)
Income Tax Reconciliation, Conversion Costs											(2,155)		(3,233)	(3,233)
Income Tax Reconciliation, Compensation											20,402		0	0
Parent Company [Member] | FelCor Lodging LP
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss)										$ 4,131
Parent Company [Member] | FelCor Lodging LP | Predecessor
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)											(35)		559	(252)
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss)											$ (97,340)		3,405	$ (9,059)
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards						0							0
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member] | Subsidiaries
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards						$ 0							$ 0
Series A Preferred Stock
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Capital Gains											$ 0.975		$ 0	$ 1.23
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Capital Gains, Percent											3.25515%		0.00%	63.08%
Income Taxes, Cash Liquidating Distributions											$ 0.4875		$ 0.00	$ 0.00
Income Taxes, Cash Liquidating Distributions, Percent											1.62%		0.00%	0.00%
Income Taxes, Non-cash Liquidating Distributions											$ 28.49		$ 0.00	$ 0.00
Income Taxes, Non-cash Liquidating Distributions, Percent											95.12%		0.00%	0.00%
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Dividend Income											$ 0		$ 1.03	$ 0.72
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Dividend Income, Percent											0.00%		52.82%	36.92%
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Non-Dividend Distribution											$ 0.0000		$ 0.92	$ 0.00
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Non-Dividend Distribution, Percent											0.00%		47.18%	0.00%
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Total											$ 29.9525000		$ 1.95000	$ 1.95000
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Total, Percent											100.00%		100.00%	100.00%
Series C Preferred Stock [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Capital Gains											$ 0		$ 0	$ 0.63
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Capital Gains, Percent											0.00%		0.00%	63.00%
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Dividend Income											$ 0		$ 0	$ 0.37
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Dividend Income, Percent											0.00%		0.00%	37.00%
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Non-Dividend Distribution											$ 0.00		$ 0.00	$ 0.00
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Non-Dividend Distribution, Percent											0.00%		0.00%	0.00%
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Total											$ 0		$ 0	$ 1.000
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Total, Percent											0.00%		0.00%	100.00%
Common Stock
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Capital Gains											$ 0.12		$ 0	$ 0
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Capital Gains, Percent											1.59363%		0.00%	0.00%
Income Taxes, Cash Liquidating Distributions											$ 0.10		$ 0.00	$ 0.00
Income Taxes, Cash Liquidating Distributions, Percent											1.33%		0.00%	0.00%
Income Taxes, Non-cash Liquidating Distributions											$ 7.31		$ 0.00	$ 0.00
Income Taxes, Non-cash Liquidating Distributions, Percent											97.08%		0.00%	0.00%
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Dividend Income											$ 0		$ 0	$ 0
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Dividend Income, Percent											0.00%		0.00%	0.00%
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Non-Dividend Distribution											$ 0.00		$ 0.24	$ 0.16
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Attributable to Non-Dividend Distribution, Percent											0.00%		100.00%	100.00%
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Total											$ 7.53000		$ 0.24000	$ 0.16000
Income Taxes, Cash Dividends Distributed Total, Percent											100.00%		100.00%	100.00%
Minimum
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Distribution % of annual taxable income to stockholders												90.00%	90.00%
Maximum
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Distribution % of annual taxable income to stockholders													100.00%