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Additional Paid-in Capital [Member] \| FelCor Lodging LP [Member]
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Additional Paid-in Capital [Member] \| Rangers Sub I, LLC [Member]
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Additional Paid-in Capital [Member] \| Rangers Sub I, LLC [Member] \| Predecessor [Member]
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Retained Earnings [Member] \| FelCor Lodging LP [Member]
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Retained Earnings [Member] \| Rangers Sub I, LLC [Member]
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Retained Earnings [Member] \| Rangers Sub I, LLC [Member] \| Predecessor [Member]
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Preferred Stock [Member] \| FelCor Lodging LP [Member] \| Predecessor [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	478,749,000
Preferred Stock [Member] \| Rangers Sub I, LLC [Member] \| Predecessor [Member]
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Common Stock [Member] \| FelCor Lodging LP [Member] \| Predecessor [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	(175,759,000)
Common Stock [Member] \| Rangers Sub I, LLC [Member] \| Predecessor [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	1,246,000
Noncontrolling Interest, Operating Partnerships [Member] \| Rangers Sub I, LLC [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	14,768,000
Noncontrolling Interest, Consolidated Joint Venture [Member] \| FelCor Lodging LP [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	5,493,000
Noncontrolling Interest, Consolidated Joint Venture [Member] \| FelCor Lodging LP [Member] \| Predecessor [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	18,435,000
Noncontrolling Interest, Consolidated Joint Venture [Member] \| Rangers Sub I, LLC [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	5,493,000
Noncontrolling Interest, Consolidated Joint Venture [Member] \| Rangers Sub I, LLC [Member] \| Predecessor [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	18,435,000
Preferred Capital in Consolidated Joint Venture [Member] \| FelCor Lodging LP [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	44,430,000
Preferred Capital in Consolidated Joint Venture [Member] \| FelCor Lodging LP [Member] \| Predecessor [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	41,442,000
Preferred Capital in Consolidated Joint Venture [Member] \| Rangers Sub I, LLC [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	44,430,000
Preferred Capital in Consolidated Joint Venture [Member] \| Rangers Sub I, LLC [Member] \| Predecessor [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	$ 41,442,000
Restricted Stock [Member]
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number	us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber	596,560
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number	us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber	1,363,293

Amount of cash and cash equivalents, and cash and cash equivalents restricted to withdrawal or usage. Excludes amount for disposal group and discontinued operations. Cash includes, but is not limited to, currency on hand, demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, and other accounts with general characteristics of demand deposits. Cash equivalents include, but are not limited to, short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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