FelCor Capital Stock/FelCor LP Partners' Capital - Narrative (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended						1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2012	Jul. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Series C Preferred Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Series C Preferred Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Series C Preferred Stock [Member]	Apr. 30, 2011 Common Stock	Dec. 31, 2011 Common Stock	Dec. 31, 2013 FelCor Lodging LP [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 FelCor Lodging LP [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 FelCor Lodging LP [Member] Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 FelCor Lodging LP [Member] Series C Preferred Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Ten Point Zero Zero Percent Due October 2014 [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Apr. 30, 2011 Ten Point Zero Zero Percent Due October 2014 [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Ten Point Zero Zero Percent Due October 2014 [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Ten Point Zero Zero Percent Due October 2014 [Member] Senior Notes [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, shares authorized (in shares/units)	20,000,000	20,000,000												20,000,000	20,000,000
Preferred stock, dividend rate, (in dollars per share/unit)						$ 1.95	$ 1.95	$ 1.95	$ 2.00	$ 2.00	$ 2.00					$ 1.95	$ 2.00
Preferred stock, shares issued upon conversion (in shares/units)						0.7752										0.7752
Preferred stock, dividend rate									8.00%								8.00%
Preferred stock, redemption price (in dollars per share/unit)									$ 25.00								$ 25
Preferred stock, dividends in arrears, amount paid				$ 37,700,000	$ 30,000,000
Preferred stock, liquidation preference (in dollars per share/unit)									$ 2,500								$ 2,500
Distributions payable	11,047,000	8,545,000												11,047,000	8,545,000
Issuance of common stock - shares													27,600,000
Sale of stock (in dollars per share)												$ 6.00
Net proceeds from common stock issuance	0	0	158,476,000									158,000,000
Debt repaid																		258,000,000	144,000,000
Face amount of debt																				$ 234,000,000	$ 636,000,000
Interest rate																			10.00%	10.00%