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Segment Information Segment Information - Selected Information for Cruise and Tour and Other Segments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2015 | Nov. 30, 2014 | Nov. 30, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | $ 15,714 | $ 15,884 |  | $ 15,456 |
Operating costs and expenses |  | 9,447 | 10,421 |  | 10,645 |
Selling and administrative |  | 2,067 | 2,054 |  | 1,879 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 1,626 | 1,637 |  | 1,590 |
Operating income (loss) |  | 2,574 | 1,772 |  | 1,329 |
Capital expenditures |  | 2,294 | 2,583 |  | 2,149 |
Total assets |  | 39,237 | 39,448 |  | 40,042 |
North America Cruise Brands |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | [1] | 9,866 | 9,559 | [2] | 9,370 | [2]
Operating costs and expenses | [1] | 5,925 | 6,436 | [2] | 6,460 | [2]
Selling and administrative | [1] | 1,140 | 1,121 | [2] | 1,048 | [2]
Depreciation and amortization | [1] | 994 | 961 | [2] | 929 | [2]
Operating income (loss) | [1] | 1,807 | 1,041 | [2] | 933 | [2]
Capital expenditures | [1] | 854 | 1,315 | [2] | 1,350 | [2]
Total assets | [1] | 22,420 | 22,681 | [2] | 22,386 | [2]
EAA Cruise Brands |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | 5,636 | 6,148 |  | 5,906 |
Operating costs and expenses |  | 3,442 | 3,914 |  | 4,137 |
Selling and administrative |  | 695 | 725 |  | 686 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 561 | 616 |  | 599 |
Operating income (loss) |  | 938 | 893 |  | 471 | [3]
Capital expenditures |  | 1,265 | 1,054 |  | 642 |
Total assets |  | 14,076 | 15,228 |  | 16,126 |
Cruise Support |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | 119 | 90 |  | 96 |
Operating costs and expenses |  | 58 | 39 |  | 31 |
Selling and administrative |  | 223 | 200 |  | 136 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 27 | 25 |  | 26 |
Operating income (loss) |  | (189) | (174) |  | (97) |
Capital expenditures |  | 162 | 156 |  | 108 |
Total assets |  | 2,248 | 1,023 |  | 1,016 |
Tour and Other |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | [1] | 226 | 215 |  | 210 |
Operating costs and expenses | [1] | 155 | 160 |  | 143 |
Selling and administrative | [1] | 9 | 8 |  | 9 |
Depreciation and amortization | [1] | 44 | 35 |  | 36 |
Operating income (loss) | [1] | 18 | 12 |  | 22 |
Capital expenditures | [1] | 13 | 58 |  | 49 |
Total assets | [1],[4] | 493 | 516 |  | 514 |
Intersegment elimination |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | [1] | (133) | (128) |  | (126) |
Operating costs and expenses | [1] | $ (133) | $ (128) |  | $ (126) |
[1] | A portion of the North America cruise brands’ segment revenues includes revenues for the tour portion of a cruise when a land tour package is sold along with a cruise by either Holland America Line or Princess. These intersegment tour revenues, which are included in our Tour and Other segment, are eliminated directly against the North America cruise brands’ segment revenues and operating expenses in the line “Intersegment elimination.”
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[3] | Includes $13 million in 2013 of impairment charges related to Ibero’s trademarks.
[4] | Tour and Other segment assets primarily include hotels and lodges in the state of Alaska and the Canadian Yukon, motorcoaches used for sightseeing and charters, glass-domed railcars, which run on the Alaska Railroad, and our owned ships that we leased out under long-term charters to unaffiliated entities.

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