Employee Benefits and Share Option Plans - Summary of Profits Interests Pursuant to Profits Sharing Agreement (Detail) (USD $)
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12 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2014
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TBUs |
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Number of Management NCL Corporation Units |
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Outstanding as of beginning of period |
1,749,659nclh_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsOutstandingNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember |
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Exchanged for NCLH shares |
(1,549,376)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember |
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Exchanged for NCLH restricted shares |
(197,960)nclh_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsRestrictedShares / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember |
[1] |
Forfeited or Expired |
(2,323)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember |
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Outstanding as of end of period |
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Weighted- Average Grant-Date Fair Value |
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Outstanding as of beginning of period |
$ 3.45nclh_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember |
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Exchanged for NCLH shares |
$ 3.56us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember |
[2] |
Exchanged for NCLH restricted shares |
$ 2.62nclh_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShare-BasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsRestrictedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember |
[1] |
Forfeited or Expired |
$ 2.18us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = nclh_TimeBasedUnitsMember |
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Outstanding as of end of period |
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PBUs |
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Number of Management NCL Corporation Units |
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Outstanding as of beginning of period |
2,960,034nclh_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsOutstandingNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember |
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Exchanged for NCLH shares |
(1,747,973)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember |
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Exchanged for NCLH restricted shares |
(1,208,608)nclh_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsRestrictedShares / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember |
[1] |
Forfeited or Expired |
(3,453)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember |
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Outstanding as of end of period |
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Weighted- Average Grant-Date Fair Value |
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Outstanding as of beginning of period |
$ 3.57nclh_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember |
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Exchanged for NCLH shares |
$ 3.69us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember |
[2] |
Exchanged for NCLH restricted shares |
$ 3.37nclh_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShare-BasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsRestrictedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember |
[1] |
Forfeited or Expired |
$ 3.72us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember |
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Outstanding as of end of period |
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