CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 229,705	$ 189,241
Trade and other receivables, net	297,073us-gaap_ReceivablesNetCurrent	261,392us-gaap_ReceivablesNetCurrent
Inventories	125,063us-gaap_InventoryNet	123,490us-gaap_InventoryNet
Prepaid expenses and other assets	299,362	226,960
Total current assets	951,203us-gaap_AssetsCurrent	801,083us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Property and equipment, net	18,232,115us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	18,193,627us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Goodwill	405,422us-gaap_Goodwill	420,542us-gaap_Goodwill
Other assets	1,280,853us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent	1,297,938us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Total assets	20,869,593us-gaap_Assets	20,713,190us-gaap_Assets
Current liabilities
Current portion of long-term debt	1,089,345	799,630
Accounts payable	336,869us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent	331,505us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Accrued interest	77,848us-gaap_InterestPayableCurrent	49,074us-gaap_InterestPayableCurrent
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	521,408us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	635,138us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Gross Liability Including Not Subject to Master Netting Arrangement	318,252	266,986
Customer deposits	1,992,569us-gaap_CustomerDepositsCurrent	1,766,914us-gaap_CustomerDepositsCurrent
Total current liabilities	4,336,291us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent	3,849,247us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Long-term debt	7,470,260	7,644,318
Other long-term liabilities	1,089,132us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	935,266us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Commitments and contingencies (Note 6)
Shareholders’ equity
Preferred stock ($0.01 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; none outstanding)	0us-gaap_PreferredStockValue	0us-gaap_PreferredStockValue
Common stock ($0.01 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 233,696,581 and 233,106,019 shares issued, March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively)	2,337us-gaap_CommonStockValue	2,331us-gaap_CommonStockValue
Paid-in capital	3,257,809	3,253,552
Retained earnings	6,554,522	6,575,248
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,190,980)	(896,994)
Treasury stock (13,808,683 common shares at cost, March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014)	(649,778)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue	(649,778)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue
Total shareholders’ equity	7,973,910us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	8,284,359us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ 20,869,593	$ 20,713,190

Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of liabilities incurred (and for which invoices have typically been received) and payable to vendors for goods and services received that are used in an entity's business. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19

-Subparagraph a

-Article 5

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(a))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682