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Equity Method Investment, Investment Loan

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Equity Method Investment, Number of Cruise Ships

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Equity Method Investment, Payment For Lease Of Ships

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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Amount of the entity's equity method investment which has been sold.

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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The amount of capital contributed by the limited partners.

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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Other Assets (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended			24 Months Ended
Other Assets (Details) $ in Millions	Nov. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2020 USD ($) cruise_ship	Nov. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Nov. 20, 2021 USD ($)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Impairment charge	$ 834	$ 4,063	$ 26
Grand Bahama Shipyard Ltd.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Services provided	11	38	$ 62
Investment, amount	47	55
Investment equity	14	13
Investment loan	33	42
White Pass and Yukon Route
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment, amount	76	94
Investment equity	49	75
Investment loan	27	19
Impairment charge	17
CSSC-Carnival
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment, amount	119	$ 140
EA Segment \| CSSC-Carnival
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of cruise ships \| cruise_ship		2
Investment amount sold, gain	283	$ 107
Capital contribution	$ 90	$ 81
Payment for lease of ships				$ 55