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Shareholders' Equity (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Shareholders' Equity                      
Current quarter dividend declared and paid (in dollars per share)     $ 0.25rcl_CommonStockDividendDeclaredCurrentQuarterPaidCurrentQuarter $ 0.25rcl_CommonStockDividendDeclaredCurrentQuarterPaidCurrentQuarter     $ 0.12rcl_CommonStockDividendDeclaredCurrentQuarterPaidCurrentQuarter $ 0.12rcl_CommonStockDividendDeclaredCurrentQuarterPaidCurrentQuarter      
Common Stock, Dividend Declared Prior Quarter Paid Current Quarter (in dollars per share) $ 0.30rcl_CommonStockDividendDeclaredPriorQuarterPaidCurrentQuarter     $ 0.25rcl_CommonStockDividendDeclaredPriorQuarterPaidCurrentQuarter $ 0.25rcl_CommonStockDividendDeclaredPriorQuarterPaidCurrentQuarter     $ 0.12rcl_CommonStockDividendDeclaredPriorQuarterPaidCurrentQuarter      
Treasury stock, shares acquired 3.5us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired                    
Treasury stock acquired, price per share $ 67.45us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare                    
Number of shares sold to a third party investor by the shareholder 3.5rcl_Numberofsharessoldtoathirdpartyinvestorbytheshareholder                    
Total cost of treasury stock, acquired in current period $ 236,100us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod                 $ 236,074us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod  
Document Fiscal Year Focus                   2014  
Common stock dividends declared (in dollars per share) $ 0.30us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.30us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.25us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.25us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.25us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.25us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.12us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.12us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.12us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared    
Subsequent event                      
Shareholders' Equity                      
Common Stock, Dividend Declared Prior Quarter Paid Current Quarter (in dollars per share)                     $ 0.30rcl_CommonStockDividendDeclaredPriorQuarterPaidCurrentQuarter
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