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Lessee, Finance Lease, Cash Collateral Eliminated

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Lessee, Finance Lease, Option To Purchase, Purchase Price

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Represents the percentage of subsidiary which has been sold.

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Property, Plant And Equipment, Residual Value, As A Percent

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Amount of lease obligation assumed in business combination.

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from finance lease.

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Term of lessee's finance lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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Amount of variable lease cost, excluded from lease liability, recognized when obligation for payment is incurred for finance and operating leases.

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Leases - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Leases - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Nov. 12, 2021	Jul. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2017
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Present value of lease liabilities		$ 472,275,000	$ 213,365,000
Finance lease obligation		24,100,000	31,500,000
Variable lease cost		0
Lease, right-of-use asset impairment		$ 0	$ 65,900,000
Pullmantur
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Percentage of subsidiary which has been sold		51.00%				51.00%
Building \| Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Renewal term		1 year
Building \| Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Renewal term		10 years
Berthing Agreement \| Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Renewal term		1 year
Berthing Agreement \| Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Renewal term		20 years
Port Terminal
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Purchase price	$ 220,000,000
Cash collateral eliminated					$ 181,100,000
Ships \| Silver Dawn
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Finance lease term				15 years
Property, plant and equipment, useful life		30 years
Residual value		15.00%
Present value of lease liabilities		$ 283,700,000
Ships \| Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life		30 years
Ships \| Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life		35 years