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Unsecured Debt - Committed Ship Financings (Details) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Line of credit, maturity period | 12 years |
Amount | $ 6,492 |
North America Brands Carnival Cruise Line [Member] | Carnival Newbuild Twenty Eighteen Fiscal Year [Member] [Domain] [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Fiscal Year Scheduled for Funding | 2018 |
Amount | $ 478 |
North America Brands Holland America Line [Member] | Holland America Line Newbuild Twenty Eighteen Fiscal Year [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Fiscal Year Scheduled for Funding | 2018 |
Amount | $ 380 | [1]
North America Brands Princess [Member] | Princess Newbuild Twenty Sixteen Fiscal Year [Domain] [Member] [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Fiscal Year Scheduled for Funding | 2017 |
Amount | $ 478 | [1]
North America Brands Seabourn | Seabourn Newbuild Twenty Sixteen Fiscal Year |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Fiscal Year Scheduled for Funding | 2016 |
Amount | $ 190 | [1]
North America Brands Seabourn | Seabourn Ovation Twenty Eighteen Fiscal Year [Domain] [Domain] [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Fiscal Year Scheduled for Funding | 2018 |
Amount | $ 193 | [1]
North America Cruise Brands |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Amount | $ 2,647 |
Europe, Australia & Asia (EAA) AIDA | AIDAprima Twenty Sixteen Fiscal Year [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Fiscal Year Scheduled for Funding | 2016 |
Amount | $ 371 | [1]
Europe, Australia & Asia (EAA) AIDA | Aida Newbuild Twenty Seventeen Fiscal Year [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Fiscal Year Scheduled for Funding | 2017 |
Amount | $ 360 | [1]
Europe, Australia & Asia (EAA) AIDA | Aida Newbuild Twenty Eighteen Fiscal Year [Member] [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Fiscal Year Scheduled for Funding | 2018 |
Amount | $ 768 | [1]
Europe, Australia & Asia (EAA) AIDA | Aida Newbuild Twenty Twenty Fiscal Year [Member] [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Fiscal Year Scheduled for Funding | 2020 |
Amount | $ 785 | [1]
Europe, Australia & Asia (EAA) AIDA | Costa Newbuild Twenty Nineteen Fiscal Year [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Fiscal Year Scheduled for Funding | 2019 |
Amount | $ 776 | [1]
Europe, Australia & Asia (EAA) AIDA | Costa Newbuild Twenty Twenty Fiscal Year [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Fiscal Year Scheduled for Funding | 2020 |
Amount | $ 785 | [1]
EAA Cruise Brands |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Amount | $ 3,845 |
Euro Denominated [Member] | North America Brands Carnival Cruise Line [Member] | Carnival Vista 2016 Fiscal Year |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Fiscal Year Scheduled for Funding | 2016 |
Amount | $ 520 | [2]
Euro Denominated [Member] | North America Brands Holland America Line [Member] | Holland America Line Koningsdam 2016 Fiscal Year |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Fiscal Year Scheduled for Funding | 2016 |
Amount | $ 408 | [2]
[1] | We have the option to draw in either U.S. dollars or euros.
[2] | Euro-denominated.

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