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Debt Instrument, Duration Fee

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Debt Instrument, Extension Fee

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Debt Instrument, Percentage Of Equity Interests

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Debt Instrument, Term Extension

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Deferred Debt Amortization

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Deferred Debt Amortization Period

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Represents the percentage of loan obtained by the entity, for which guarantee to the lender for payment has been provided by third party.

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Line Of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity, Increase

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Amount of assets pledged to secure a debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Reflects the total carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of debt having initial terms less than one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended				4 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Apr. 30, 2019	May 11, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019
Shareholders' Equity
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 3,500,000,000
Minimum monthly cash and cash equivalents						$ 300,000,000
Deferred debt amortization					$ 800,000,000
Deferred debt, amortization period					4 years
Scenario, Forecast
Shareholders' Equity
Collateral, amount		$ 80,400,000
$1.15 billion unsecured revolving credit facility \| Revolving Credit Facility
Shareholders' Equity
Long term debt, principal amount						1,200,000,000		$ 1,150,000,000
Increase in borrowing capacity			400,000,000
$1.7 billion unsecured revolving credit facility \| Revolving Credit Facility
Shareholders' Equity
Long term debt, principal amount						$ 1,700,000,000
Increase in borrowing capacity			200,000,000
$1.7 billion unsecured revolving credit facility \| Revolving Credit Facility \| LIBOR
Shareholders' Equity
Margin on floating rate base (as a percent)						1.00%
Secured term loan \| Secured term loan
Shareholders' Equity
Long term debt, principal amount			$ 2,200,000,000		$ 2,200,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity					$ 2,350,000,000
Debt instrument, term			364 days		364 days
Term extension			364 days		364 days
Extension fee, percent			1.00%
Percentage of equity interests pledged			100.00%
Borrowings outstanding			$ 2,200,000,000
Secured term loan \| Secured term loan \| Subsequent event
Shareholders' Equity
Maximum borrowing capacity							$ 150,000,000
Secured term loan \| Secured term loan \| Board Member Two
Shareholders' Equity
Long term debt, principal amount			100,000,000
Secured term loan \| Secured term loan \| Board Member One
Shareholders' Equity
Long term debt, principal amount			$ 100,000,000
Secured term loan \| Secured term loan \| LIBOR
Shareholders' Equity
Margin on floating rate base (as a percent)			2.25%
Duration fee, percentage			0.25%
Secured term loan \| Secured term loan \| LIBOR \| Scenario, Forecast
Shareholders' Equity
Margin on floating rate base (as a percent)	2.75%	2.50%
Novation Agreement \| Unsecured term loans
Shareholders' Equity
Debt instrument, term				12 years
Maximum borrowing capacity				$ 908,000,000.0
Long term debt, stated interest rate (as a percent)				3.45%
Celebrity Apex Unsecured Term Loan \| Celebrity Apex \| BpiFAE
Shareholders' Equity
Percentage of unsecured term loan guaranteed by an export credit agency				100.00%
Celebrity Apex Unsecured Term Loan \| Unsecured term loans
Shareholders' Equity
Debt instrument, term				12 years
Maximum borrowing capacity				$ 722,200,000
Long term debt, stated interest rate (as a percent)				3.23%