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Fair Value Measurements and Derivative Instruments - Interest Rate Risk (Details) - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Percentage of debt bearing fixed interest | 44.30% | 40.50%
Interest rate swaps |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Notional amount | $ 4,000,000,000 | $ 4,000,000,000
Interest rate swaps | Fair Value Hedging |  |
Interest Rate Fair Value Hedges [Abstract] |  |
Long-term Debt | 825,000,000 |
Interest rate swaps | Fair Value Hedging | Oasis of the Seas Unsecured Term Loan |  |
Interest Rate Fair Value Hedges [Abstract] |  |
Long-term Debt | $ 175,000,000 |
Debt Fixed Rate | 5.41% |
Interest rate swaps | Fair Value Hedging | Fixed Rate 5.25 Percent Debt |  |
Interest Rate Fair Value Hedges [Abstract] |  |
Unsecured term loan | $ 650,000,000 |
Debt Fixed Rate | 5.25% |
Interest rate swaps | Cash flow hedge |  |
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedges [Abstract] |  |
Swap Notional Amount | $ 3,189,117,000 |
Interest rate swaps | Cash flow hedge | Celebrity Reflection floating rate debt |  |
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedges [Abstract] |  |
Swap Notional Amount | $ 436,333,000 |
Derivative, Fixed Interest Rate | 2.85% |
Interest rate swaps | Cash flow hedge | Quantum of the Seas Unsecured Term Loan |  |
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedges [Abstract] |  |
Swap Notional Amount | $ 612,500,000 |
Derivative, Fixed Interest Rate | 3.74% |
Interest rate swaps | Cash flow hedge | Anthem of the Seas Unsecured Term Loan |  |
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedges [Abstract] |  |
Swap Notional Amount | $ 634,375,000 |
Derivative, Fixed Interest Rate | 3.86% |
Interest rate swaps | Cash flow hedge | Ovation of the Seas Unsecured Term Loan |  |
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedges [Abstract] |  |
Swap Notional Amount | $ 795,417,000 |
Derivative, Fixed Interest Rate | 3.16% |
Interest rate swaps | Cash flow hedge | Harmony of the Seas Unsecured Term Loan |  |
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedges [Abstract] |  |
Swap Notional Amount | $ 710,492,000 |
Derivative, Fixed Interest Rate | 2.26% |
LIBOR | Interest rate swaps | Fair Value Hedging | Oasis of the Seas Unsecured Term Loan |  |
Interest Rate Fair Value Hedges [Abstract] |  |
Swap Floating Rate: LIBOR plus | 3.87% |
All-in Swap Floating Rate | 5.13% |
LIBOR | Interest rate swaps | Fair Value Hedging | Fixed Rate 5.25 Percent Debt |  |
Interest Rate Fair Value Hedges [Abstract] |  |
Swap Floating Rate: LIBOR plus | 3.63% |
All-in Swap Floating Rate | 4.67% |
LIBOR | Interest rate swaps | Cash flow hedge | Celebrity Reflection floating rate debt |  |
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedges [Abstract] |  |
Margin on floating rate base | 0.40% |
LIBOR | Interest rate swaps | Cash flow hedge | Quantum of the Seas Unsecured Term Loan |  |
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedges [Abstract] |  |
Margin on floating rate base | 1.30% |
LIBOR | Interest rate swaps | Cash flow hedge | Anthem of the Seas Unsecured Term Loan |  |
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedges [Abstract] |  |
Margin on floating rate base | 1.30% |
LIBOR | Interest rate swaps | Cash flow hedge | Ovation of the Seas Unsecured Term Loan |  |
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedges [Abstract] |  |
Margin on floating rate base | 1.00% |
EURIBOR | Interest rate swaps | Cash flow hedge | Harmony of the Seas Unsecured Term Loan |  |
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedges [Abstract] |  |
Margin on floating rate base | 1.15% |

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