FelCor Capital Stock/FelCor LP Partners' Capital - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended			4 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	May. 31, 2015	Apr. 30, 2015	Feb. 26, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Aug. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2012
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock Repurchase Program, Period in Force	2 years
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock					$ 14,362,000	$ 0	$ 0
Stock Repurchased During Period, Value					$ 14,362,000
Preferred Stock, shares authorized (in shares/units)					20,000,000	20,000,000
Distributions payable					$ 15,140,000	$ 13,827,000
Payments for Repurchase of Redeemable Preferred Stock					169,986,000	0	0
Redemption of preferred stock					6,096,000	0	0
Net proceeds from common stock issuance					$ 198,648,000	$ 0	$ 0
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock, dividend rate, (in dollars per share/unit)					$ 1.95	$ 1.95	$ 1.95
Preferred stock, shares issued upon conversion (in shares/units)					0.7752
Series C Preferred Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock, dividend rate, (in dollars per share/unit)					$ 1.00	$ 2.00	$ 2.00
Preferred stock dividend rate (percent)			8.00%
Redeemable Preferred Stock Dividends		$ 491,000
Payments for Repurchase of Redeemable Preferred Stock		$ 170,400,000
Redemption of preferred stock					$ 169,986,000
Stock issuance Costs					5,500,000
Preferred Stock, Discount on Shares					538,000
Accumulated Deficit
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock Repurchased During Period, Value					14,342,000
Accumulated Deficit | Series C Preferred Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Redemption of preferred stock					6,096,000
Common Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount	$ 100,000,000
Stock Repurchased During Period, Value					$ 20,000
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares					1,971,000
Shares, Issued			18,400,000		141,808,000	124,605,000	124,051,000		124,117,000
Shares Issued, Price Per Share			$ 11.25
Net proceeds from common stock issuance			$ 199,000,000
Stock Repurchased During Period, Avg Cost per Share					$ 7.26
FelCor Lodging LP [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock					$ 14,362,000	$ 0	$ 0
Preferred Stock, shares authorized (in shares/units)					20,000,000	20,000,000
Distributions payable					$ 15,140,000	$ 13,827,000
Payments for Repurchase of Redeemable Preferred Stock					169,986,000	0	0
Redemption of preferred stock					$ 6,096,000	$ 0	$ 0
Ten Point Zero Zero Percent Due October 2014 [Member] | Senior Notes [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Interest rate								10.00%
Limited Partner [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Units of Partnership Interest, Amount			18,400,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock				$ 29,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] | Common Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares				4,300,000
Stock Repurchased During Period, Avg Cost per Share				$ 6.68