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Document and Entity Information - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Document and Entity Information - USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2016	Jan. 19, 2017
Document Type	10-K
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Nov. 30, 2016
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Trading Symbol	CCL
Entity Registrant Name	CARNIVAL CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0000815097
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--11-30
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		535,835,649
Entity Public Float	$ 19,000,000,000
CARNIVAL PLC
Trading Symbol	CUK
Entity Registrant Name	CARNIVAL PLC
Entity Central Index Key	0001125259
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--11-30
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		216,038,487
Entity Public Float	$ 9,100,000,000

Carnival Corporation & Plc Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015	Nov. 30, 2014
Cruise
Passenger tickets	$ 12,090	$ 11,601	$ 11,889
Onboard and other	4,068	3,887	3,780
Tour and other	231	226	215
Revenues	16,389	15,714	15,884
Cruise
Commissions, transportation and other	2,240	2,161	2,299
Onboard and other	553	526	519
Payroll and related	1,993	1,859	1,942
Fuel	915	1,249	2,033
Food	1,005	981	1,005
Other ship operating	2,525	2,516	2,463
Tour and other	152	155	160
Operating expenses	9,383	9,447	10,421
Selling and administrative	2,197	2,067	2,054
Depreciation and amortization	1,738	1,626	1,637
Costs and Expenses	13,318	13,140	14,112
Operating Income	3,071	2,574	1,772
Nonoperating Income (Expense)
Interest income	6	8	8
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest	(223)	(217)	(288)
Losses on fuel derivatives, net	(47)	(576)	(271)
Other income, net	21	10	4
Nonoperating (Expense) Income, Total	(243)	(775)	(547)
Income Before Income Taxes	2,828	1,799	1,225
Income Tax Expense, Net	(49)	(42)	(9)
Net Income	$ 2,779	$ 1,757	$ 1,216
Earnings Per Share
Basic (USD per share)	$ 3.73	$ 2.26	$ 1.57
Diluted (USD per share)	3.72	2.26	1.56
Dividends Declared Per Share (USD per share)	$ 1.35	$ 1.1	$ 1.00

Carnival Corporation & Plc Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015	Nov. 30, 2014
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net Income	$ 2,779	$ 1,757	$ 1,216
Items Included in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Change in foreign currency translation adjustment	(675)	(1,078)	(746)
Other	(38)	(47)	(31)
Other Comprehensive Loss	(713)	(1,125)	(777)
Total Comprehensive Income	$ 2,066	$ 632	$ 439

Carnival Corporation & Plc Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Millions	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 603	$ 1,395
Trade and other receivables, net	298	303
Inventories	322	330
Prepaid expenses and other	466	423
Total current assets	1,689	2,451
Property and Equipment, Net	32,429	31,818
Goodwill	2,910	3,010
Other Intangibles	1,275	1,308
Other Assets	633	650
Total assets	38,936	39,237
Current Liabilities
Short-term borrowings	457	30
Current portion of long-term debt	640	1,344
Accounts payable	713	627
Accrued liabilities and other	1,740	1,683
Customer deposits	3,522	3,272
Total current liabilities	7,072	6,956
Long-Term Debt	8,357	7,413
Other Long-Term Liabilities	910	1,097
Commitments and Contingencies
Shareholders’ Equity
Additional paid-in capital	8,632	8,562
Retained earnings	21,843	20,060
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(2,454)	(1,741)
Treasury stock, 118 shares at 2016 and 70 shares at 2015 of Carnival Corporation and 27 shares at 2016 and 2015 of Carnival plc, at cost	(5,789)	(3,475)
Total shareholders’ equity	22,597	23,771
Liabilities and Equity, Total	38,936	39,237
Common Stock
Shareholders’ Equity
Common stock	7	7
Ordinary Shares
Shareholders’ Equity
Common stock	$ 358	$ 358

Carnival Corporation & Plc Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - $ / shares shares in Millions	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015
Common Stock
Common stock, par value (USD per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	1,960	1,960
Common stock, shares issued	654	653
Treasury stock, shares	118	70
Ordinary Shares
Common stock, par value (USD per share)	$ 1.66	$ 1.66
Common stock, shares issued	217	216
Treasury stock, shares	27	27

Carnival Corporation & Plc Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015	Nov. 30, 2014
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$ 2,779	$ 1,757	$ 1,216
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation and amortization	1,738	1,626	1,637
(Gains) losses on ship sales and ship impairments, net	(2)	(8)	2
Losses on fuel derivatives, net	47	576	271
Share-based compensation	55	55	52
Other, net	73	40	35
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities	4,690	4,046	3,213
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Receivables	(22)	4	75
Inventories	1	5	1
Prepaid expenses and other	11	131	422
Accounts payable	109	36	9
Accrued and other liabilities	(21)	(31)	(382)
Customer deposits	366	354	92
Net cash provided by operating activities	5,134	4,545	3,430
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Additions to property and equipment	(3,062)	(2,294)	(2,583)
Proceeds from sale of ships	26	25	42
Payments of fuel derivative settlements	(291)	(219)	(2)
Other, net	4	10	36
Net cash used in investing activities	(3,323)	(2,478)	(2,507)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from (repayments of) short-term borrowings, net	447	(633)	617
Principal repayments of long-term debt	(1,278)	(1,238)	(2,466)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	1,542	2,041	1,626
Dividends paid	(977)	(816)	(776)
Purchases of treasury stock	(2,340)	(533)	0
Sales of treasury stock	40	264	0
Other, net	(25)	(27)	(29)
Net cash used in financing activities	(2,591)	(942)	(1,028)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(12)	(61)	(26)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(792)	1,064	(131)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	1,395	331	462
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	$ 603	$ 1,395	$ 331

Carnival Corporation & Plc Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity - USD ($) $ in Millions	Total	Common Stock	Ordinary Shares	Additional paid-in capital	Retained earnings	Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	Treasury stock
Beginning Balance at Nov. 30, 2013	$ 24,492	$ 7	$ 358	$ 8,325	$ 18,718	$ 161	$ (3,077)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net Income	1,216				1,216
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(777)					(777)
Cash dividends declared	(777)				(777)
Other	50			59	1		(10)
Ending Balance at Nov. 30, 2014	24,204	7	358	8,384	19,158	(616)	(3,087)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net Income	1,757				1,757
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(1,125)					(1,125)
Cash dividends declared	(855)				(855)
Purchases and sales under the Stock Swap program, net	7			119			(112)
Purchases of treasury stock under the Repurchase Program and other	(217)			59			(276)
Ending Balance at Nov. 30, 2015	23,771	7	358	8,562	20,060	(1,741)	(3,475)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net Income	2,779				2,779
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(713)					(713)
Cash dividends declared	(996)				(996)
Purchases and sales under the Stock Swap program, net	1			14			(13)
Purchases of treasury stock under the Repurchase Program and other	(2,245)			56			(2,301)
Ending Balance at Nov. 30, 2016	$ 22,597	$ 7	$ 358	$ 8,632	$ 21,843	$ (2,454)	$ (5,789)

General	12 Months Ended
General	Nov. 30, 2016
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
General	General Description of Business Carnival Corporation was incorporated in Panama in 1972 and Carnival plc was incorporated in England and Wales in 2000. Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc operate a dual listed company (“DLC”), whereby the businesses of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc are combined through a number of contracts and through provisions in Carnival Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws and Carnival plc’s Articles of Association. The two companies operate as if they are a single economic enterprise with a single senior executive management team and identical Boards of Directors, but each has retained its separate legal identity. Each company’s shares are publicly traded; on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) for Carnival Corporation and the London Stock Exchange for Carnival plc. In addition, Carnival plc American Depository Shares are traded on the NYSE (see Note 3 - "DLC Arrangement"). We are among the largest, most profitable and financially strong leisure travel companies in the world. We are also the largest cruise company and a leading provider of vacations to all major cruise destinations throughout the world. We operate over 100 cruise ships within a portfolio of leading global, regional and national cruise brands that sell tailored cruise products, services and vacation experiences in all the world’s most important vacation geographic areas. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc and their respective subsidiaries. Together with their consolidated subsidiaries, they are referred to collectively in these consolidated financial statements and elsewhere in this 2016 Annual Report as “Carnival Corporation & plc,” “our,” “us” and “we.”

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

We consolidate entities over which we have control, as typically evidenced by a voting control of greater than 50% or for which we are the primary beneficiary, whereby we have the power to direct the most significant activities and the obligation to absorb significant losses or receive significant benefits from the entity (see Note 3 - "DLC Arrangement"). We do not separately present our noncontrolling interests in the consolidated financial statements since the amounts are insignificant. For affiliates we do not control but where significant influence over financial and operating policies exists, as typically evidenced by a voting control of 20% to 50%, the investment is accounted for using the equity method (see Note 5 - “Other Assets”).

Preparation of Financial Statements

The preparation of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed in our financial statements. Actual results may differ from the estimates used in preparing our consolidated financial statements. All significant intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated in consolidation. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified in the Consolidated Balance Sheets to conform to the current period presentation.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include investments with maturities of three months or less at acquisition, which are stated at cost.

Inventories

Inventories consist substantially of food and beverages, hotel and restaurant products and supplies, fuel and gift shop merchandise held for resale, which are all carried at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined using the weighted-average or first-in, first-out methods.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation and amortization were computed using the straight-line method over our estimates of useful lives and residual values, as a percentage of original cost, as follows:



	Years	Residual Values
Ships	30	15%
Ship improvements	3-30	0%
Buildings and improvements	10-40	0% or 10%
Computer hardware and software	3-12	0% or 10%
Transportation equipment and other	3-20	0% or 10%
Leasehold improvements, including port facilities	Shorter of lease term or related asset life (3-30)	0%

The cruise industry is very capital intensive, and at January 19, 2017, we operated 102 cruise ships. We have a capital program for the improvement of our ships and for asset replacements in order to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of our operations; to comply with, or exceed all relevant legal and statutory requirements related to health, environment, safety, security and sustainability; and to gain strategic benefits or provide newer improved product innovations to our guests.

We account for ship improvement costs by capitalizing those costs we believe add value to our ships and have a useful life greater than one year and depreciate those improvements over its estimated useful life. The costs of repairs and maintenance, including minor improvement costs and dry-dock expenses, are charged to expense as incurred and included in other ship operating expenses. Dry-dock costs primarily represent planned major maintenance activities that are incurred when a ship is taken out-of-service for scheduled maintenance. We capitalize interest as part of the cost of acquiring ships and other capital projects during their construction period. The specifically identified or estimated cost and accumulated depreciation of previously capitalized ship components are written-off upon retirement, which may result in a loss on disposal that is also included in other ship operating expenses. Liquidated damages received from shipyards as a result of late ship delivery are recorded as reductions to the cost basis of the ship.

We review our long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of these assets may not be fully recoverable. Upon the occurrence of a triggering event, the assessment of possible impairment is based on our ability to recover the carrying value of our asset from the asset’s estimated undiscounted future cash flows. If these estimated undiscounted future cash flows are less than the carrying value of the asset, an impairment charge is recognized for the excess, if any, of the asset’s carrying value over its estimated fair value. The lowest level for which we maintain identifiable cash flows that are independent of the cash flows of other assets and liabilities is at the individual ship level. A significant amount of judgment is required in estimating the future cash flows and fair values of our cruise ships.

Intangibles

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net assets acquired in a business acquisition. We review our goodwill for impairment at least annually and as events or circumstances dictate. All of our goodwill has been allocated to our reporting units. The impairment review for goodwill allows us to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the more detailed two-step quantitative goodwill impairment test. We would perform the quantitative test if our qualitative assessment determined it is more-likely-than-not that a reporting unit’s estimated fair value is less than its carrying amount. We may also elect to bypass the qualitative assessment and proceed directly to the quantitative test for any reporting unit. When performing the quantitative test, if the estimated fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying value, no further analysis or write-down of goodwill is required. However, if the estimated fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying value of its net assets, the estimated fair value of the reporting unit is assigned to all its underlying assets and liabilities, including both recognized and unrecognized tangible and intangible assets, based on their fair values. If necessary, goodwill is then written down to its implied fair value.

Trademarks represent substantially all of our other intangibles. For certain acquisitions, we have allocated a portion of the purchase prices to the acquiree’s identified trademarks. Trademarks are estimated to have an indefinite useful life and are not amortizable but are reviewed for impairment at least annually and as events or circumstances dictate. The impairment review for trademarks also allows us to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform a more detailed quantitative trademark impairment test. We would perform the quantitative test if our qualitative assessment determined it was more-likely-than-not that the trademarks are impaired. We may also elect to bypass the qualitative assessment and proceed directly to the quantitative test. Our trademarks would be considered impaired if their carrying value exceeds their estimated fair value. The costs of developing and maintaining our trademarks are expensed as incurred.

A significant amount of judgment is also required in estimating the fair values of our reporting units and trademarks.

Revenue and Expense Recognition

Guest cruise deposits represent unearned revenues and are initially included in customer deposit liabilities when received. Customer deposits are subsequently recognized as cruise revenues, together with revenues from onboard and other activities, and all associated direct costs and expenses of a voyage are recognized as cruise costs and expenses, upon completion of voyages with durations of ten nights or less and on a pro rata basis for voyages in excess of ten nights. The impact of recognizing these shorter duration cruise revenues and costs and expenses on a completed voyage basis versus on a pro rata basis is not significant. Future travel discount vouchers are included as a reduction of cruise passenger ticket revenues when such vouchers are utilized. Guest cancellation fees are recognized in cruise passenger ticket revenues at the time of cancellation. Revenue is recognized net of expected discounts.

Our sale to guests of air and other transportation to and from airports near the home ports of our ships are included in cruise passenger ticket revenues, and the related cost of purchasing these services are included in cruise transportation costs. The proceeds that we collect from the sales of third-party shore excursions and on behalf of our onboard concessionaires, net of the amounts remitted to them, are included in onboard and other cruise revenues as concession revenues. All of these amounts are recognized on a completed voyage or pro rata basis as discussed above.

Cruise passenger ticket revenues include fees, taxes and charges collected by us from our guests. A portion of these fees, taxes and charges vary with guest head counts and are directly imposed on a revenue-producing arrangement. This portion of the fees, taxes and charges is expensed in commissions, transportation and other costs when the corresponding revenues are recognized. These fees, taxes and charges included in passenger ticket revenues and commissions, transportation and other costs were $540 million in 2016, $524 million in 2015 and $532 million in 2014. The remaining portion of fees, taxes and charges are also included in cruise passenger ticket revenues and are expensed in other ship operating expenses when the corresponding revenues are recognized.

Revenues and expenses from our hotel and transportation operations, which are included in our Tour and Other segment, are recognized at the time the services are performed or expenses are incurred. Revenues from the long-term leasing of ships, which are also included in our Tour and Other segment, are recognized ratably over the term of the agreement.

Insurance

We maintain insurance to cover a number of risks including illness and injury to crew, guest injuries, pollution, other third-party claims in connection with our cruise activities, damage to hull and machinery for each of our ships, war risks, workers compensation, directors' and officers' liability, property damage and general liability for shoreside third-party claims. We recognize insurance recoverables from third-party insurers for recorded losses at the time the recovery is probable and upon settlement for amounts in excess of the recorded losses. All of our insurance policies are subject to coverage limits, exclusions and deductible levels. The liabilities associated with crew illnesses and crew and guest injury claims, including all legal costs, are estimated based on the specific merits of the individual claims or actuarially estimated based on historical claims experience, loss development factors and other assumptions.

Selling and Administrative Expenses

Selling expenses include a broad range of advertising, marketing and promotional expenses. Advertising is charged to expense as incurred, except for media production costs, which are expensed upon the first airing of the advertisement. Selling expenses totaled $630 million in 2016, $627 million in 2015 and $623 million in 2014. Administrative expenses represent the costs of our shoreside ship support, reservations and other administrative functions, and include salaries and related benefits, professional fees and building occupancy costs, which are typically expensed as incurred.

Foreign Currency Translations and Transactions

Each business determines its functional currency by reference to its primary economic environment. We translate the assets and liabilities of our foreign operations that have functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses of these foreign operations are translated at weighted-average exchange rates for the period. Their equity is translated at historical rates and the resulting foreign currency translation adjustments are included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”), which is a separate component of shareholders’ equity. Therefore, the U.S. dollar value of the non-equity translated items in our consolidated financial statements will fluctuate from period to period, depending on the changing value of the U.S. dollar versus these currencies.

We execute transactions in a number of different currencies. Exchange rate gains and losses arising from changes in foreign currency exchange rates between the time an expense is recorded and when it is settled are recognized currently in other income, net. The remeasurement of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the entity involved are also recognized in other income, net, unless such monetary liabilities have been designated to act as hedges of net investments in our foreign operations. The net gains or losses resulting from foreign currency transactions were insignificant in 2016, 2015 and 2014. In addition, the unrealized gains or losses on our long-term intercompany receivables which are denominated in a non-functional currency and which are not expected to be repaid in the foreseeable future are recorded as foreign currency translation adjustments.

Share-Based Compensation

We recognize compensation expense for all share-based compensation awards using the fair value method. For time-based share awards, we recognize compensation cost ratably using the straight-line attribution method over the expected vesting period or to the retirement eligibility date, if less than the vesting period. For performance-based share awards, we estimate compensation cost based on the probability of the performance condition being achieved and recognize expense ratably using the straight-line attribution method over the expected vesting period. If all or a portion of the performance condition is not expected to be met, the appropriate amount of previously recognized compensation expense will be reversed and future compensation expense will be adjusted accordingly. For market-based share awards, we recognize compensation cost ratably using the straight-line attribution method over the expected vesting period. If the target market conditions are not expected to be met, compensation expense will still be recognized. In addition, we estimate the amount of expected forfeitures based on historical forfeiture experience when calculating compensation cost. We revise our forfeiture estimates, if the actual forfeitures that occur are significantly different from our estimates.

Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of shares and common stock equivalents outstanding during each period. For earnings per share purposes, Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ordinary shares are considered a single class of shares since they have equivalent rights (see Note 3 - "DLC Arrangement").

Accounting Pronouncements

Amended guidance was issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) regarding the accounting for Service Concession Arrangements. The new guidance defines a service concession as an arrangement between a public-sector grantor, such as a port authority, and a company that will operate and maintain the grantor's infrastructure for a specified period of time. In exchange, the company may be given a right to charge the public, such as our cruise guests, for the use of the infrastructure. This guidance required us to record certain of the infrastructure we had constructed to be used by us pursuant to a service concession arrangement outside of property and equipment. On December 1, 2015, we adopted this guidance and, accordingly, reclassified $70 million from Property and Equipment, Net to Other Intangibles on our November 30, 2015 Consolidated Balance Sheet (see Note 11 - “Nonfinancial Instruments that are Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis”).

The FASB issued amended guidance regarding accounting for Interest - Imputation of Interest, which simplifies the presentation of debt issuance costs. The guidance requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented on the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability. We will adopt this guidance in the first quarter of 2017 on a retrospective basis. Adoption will not have a material impact to our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The FASB issued amended guidance regarding accounting for Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software, which clarifies the accounting for fees paid in a cloud computing arrangement. The amendments provide guidance to customers about whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license or if the arrangement should be accounted for as a service contract. The amendments will impact the accounting for software licenses but will not change a customer's accounting for service contracts. We will adopt this guidance in the first quarter of 2017 on a prospective basis. Adoption will not have a material impact to our consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued amended guidance regarding Compensation - Stock Compensation - Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which simplifies several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities and classification on the statement of cash flows. We intend to early adopt this guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2017 on a modified retrospective basis. Adoption will not have a material impact to our consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued amended guidance regarding accounting for Derivatives and Hedging - Effect of Derivative Contract Novations on Existing Hedge Accounting Relationships, which clarifies that a change in the counterparty to a derivative instrument that has been designated as a hedging instrument does not, in and of itself, require dedesignation of that hedging relationship provided that all other hedge accounting criteria continue to be met. This guidance is required to be adopted by us in the first quarter of 2018 and can be applied on either a prospective or modified retrospective basis. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact to our consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued amended guidance regarding accounting for Derivatives and Hedging - Contingent Put and Call Options in Debt Instruments, which clarifies the requirements for assessing whether contingent call and put options that can accelerate the payment of principal on debt instruments are clearly and closely related to their debt hosts or whether the embedded call and put options should be bifurcated from the related debt instrument and accounted for separately as a derivative. This guidance is required to be adopted by us in the first quarter of 2018 and must be applied using a modified retrospective approach. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact to our consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued amended guidance regarding Statement of Cash Flows - Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments, which clarifies how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The amendments are aimed at reducing the existing diversity in practice. The guidance is required to be adopted by us in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 and should be applied using a retrospective transition method for each period presented. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact to our consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued amended guidance regarding accounting for Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. When effective, this standard will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The standard also requires more detailed disclosures and provides additional guidance for transactions that were not comprehensively addressed in U.S. GAAP. This guidance is required to be adopted by us in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 by either recasting all years presented in our financial statements or by recording the impact of adoption as an adjustment to retained earnings at the beginning of the year of adoption. We are currently evaluating the impact this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued guidance regarding accounting for Leases, which requires an entity to recognize both assets and liabilities arising from financing and operating leases, along with additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures. This guidance is required to be adopted by us in the first quarter of fiscal 2020. We are currently evaluating the impact this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

DLC Arrangement	12 Months Ended
DLC Arrangement	Nov. 30, 2016
Dual Listed Company Arrangement [Abstract]
DLC Arrangement	DLC Arrangement In 2003, Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc completed a DLC transaction, which implemented Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc’s DLC arrangement. The contracts governing the DLC arrangement provide that Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc each continue to have separate boards of directors, but the boards and senior executive management of both companies are identical. The constitutional documents of each of the companies also provide that, on most matters, the holders of the common equity of both companies effectively vote as a single body. On specified matters where the interests of Carnival Corporation’s shareholders may differ from the interests of Carnival plc’s shareholders (a “class rights action” such as transactions primarily designed to amend or unwind the DLC arrangement), each shareholder body will vote separately as a class. Generally, no class rights action will be implemented unless approved by both shareholder bodies. Upon the closing of the DLC transaction, Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc also executed the Equalization and Governance Agreement, which provides for the equalization of dividends and liquidation distributions based on an equalization ratio and contains provisions relating to the governance of the DLC arrangement. Because the equalization ratio is 1 to 1, one Carnival plc ordinary share is entitled to the same distributions, subject to the terms of the Equalization and Governance Agreement, as one share of Carnival Corporation common stock. In a liquidation of either company or both companies, if the hypothetical potential per share liquidation distributions to each company’s shareholders are not equivalent, taking into account the relative value of the two companies’ assets and the indebtedness of each company, to the extent that one company has greater net assets so that any liquidation distribution to its shareholders would not be equivalent on a per share basis, the company with the ability to make a higher net distribution is required to make a payment to the other company to equalize the possible net distribution to shareholders, subject to certain exceptions. At the closing of the DLC transaction, Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc also executed deeds of guarantee. Under the terms of Carnival Corporation’s deed of guarantee, Carnival Corporation has agreed to guarantee all indebtedness and certain other monetary obligations of Carnival plc that are incurred under agreements entered into on or after the closing date of the DLC transaction. The terms of Carnival plc’s deed of guarantee mirror those of Carnival Corporation’s. In addition, Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc have each extended their respective deeds of guarantee to the other’s pre-DLC indebtedness and certain other monetary obligations, or alternatively have provided standalone guarantees in lieu of utilization of these deeds of guarantee, thus effectively cross guaranteeing all Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc indebtedness and certain other monetary obligations. Each deed of guarantee provides that the creditors to whom the obligations are owed are intended third-party beneficiaries of such deed of guarantee. The deeds of guarantee are governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Isle of Man. Subject to the terms of the deeds of guarantee, the holders of indebtedness and other obligations that are subject to the deeds of guarantee will have recourse to both Carnival plc and Carnival Corporation, though a Carnival plc creditor must first make written demand on Carnival plc and a Carnival Corporation creditor on Carnival Corporation. Once the written demand is made by letter or other form of notice, the holders of indebtedness or other obligations may immediately commence an action against the relevant guarantor. Accordingly, there is no requirement under the deeds of guarantee to obtain a judgment, take other enforcement actions or wait any period of time prior to taking steps against the relevant guarantor. All actions or proceedings arising out of or in connection with the deeds of guarantee must be exclusively brought in courts in England. Under the terms of the DLC transaction documents, Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc are permitted to transfer assets between the companies, make loans to or investments in each other and otherwise enter into intercompany transactions. The companies have entered into some of these types of transactions and may enter into additional transactions in the future to take advantage of the flexibility provided by the DLC arrangement, and to operate both companies as a single unified economic enterprise in the most effective manner. In addition, under the terms of the Equalization and Governance Agreement and the deeds of guarantee, the cash flows and assets of one company are required to be used to pay the obligations of the other company, if necessary. Given the DLC arrangement, we believe that providing separate financial statements for each of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc would not present a true and fair view of the economic realities of their operations. Accordingly, separate financial statements for both Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc have not been presented.

Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following (in millions):



	November 30,
	2016				2015
Ships, including ship improvements	$	44,122			$	42,401
Ships under construction	725				839
	44,847				43,240
Land, buildings and improvements, including leasehold improvements and port facilities	1,086				1,067			(b)
Computer hardware and software, transportation equipment and other	1,591				1,389
Total property and equipment	47,524				45,696			(b)
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(15,095		)		(13,878		)	(b)
	$	32,429		(a)	$	31,818		(a) (b)


(a)	At November 30, 2016 and 2015, the net carrying values of ships and ships under construction for our North America, EAA, Cruise Support and Tour and Other segments were $19.5 billion, $11.2 billion, $0.3 billion and $0.1 billion and $18.5 billion, $11.7 billion, $0.3 billion and $0.1 billion, respectively.


(b)	On December 1, 2015, we adopted the amended guidance issued by FASB regarding accounting for Service Concession Arrangements and, accordingly, reclassified $70 million from Property and Equipment, Net to Other Intangibles on our November 30, 2015 Consolidated Balance Sheet (see "Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies").

Ships under construction include progress payments for the construction of new ships, as well as design and engineering fees, capitalized interest, construction oversight costs and various owner supplied items. Capitalized interest amounted to $26 million in 2016, $22 million in 2015 and $21 million in 2014.

Repairs and maintenance expenses, including minor improvement costs and dry-dock expenses, were $963 million in 2016, $1.0 billion in 2015 and $936 million in 2014.

Sales of Ships

In March 2016, we entered into a bareboat charter/sale agreement for a 1,550-passenger capacity ship, which will be chartered to an unrelated entity from April 2017 through 2027. Under this agreement, ownership of the ship will be transferred to the buyer in 2027.

In 2014, we entered into a bareboat charter/sale agreement for a 1,490-passenger capacity ship, which was chartered to an unrelated entity from December 2014 through August 2021. Under this agreement, ownership of the ship will be transferred to the buyer in August 2021. We are recognizing the charter revenue over the term of the agreement.

In 2014, we sold a 670-passenger capacity ship for a total gain of $24 million, of which $14 million was recognized in the fourth quarter of 2014 as a reduction in other ship operating expenses. We provided $66 million of financing to the buyer, which is due in semi-annual installments through November 2019. The remaining gain of $10 million was recognized as a reduction in other ship operating expenses over the term of the bareboat charter agreement through March 2016.

In 2014, we entered into a bareboat charter/sale agreement for a 1,440-passenger capacity ship, which was chartered to an unrelated entity from January 2015 through March 2025. Under this agreement, ownership of the ship will be transferred to the buyer in March 2025. We are recognizing the charter revenue for this agreement over the term of the agreement.

During the second quarter of 2014, an 830-passenger capacity ship was sold and we recognized a $37 million gain as a reduction in other ship operating expenses.

See Note 11 - “Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” for a discussion regarding ship impairments.

Other Assets (Notes)	12 Months Ended
Other Assets (Notes)	Nov. 30, 2016
Other Assets [Abstract]
Other Assets	Other Assets We have a 40% noncontrolling interest in Grand Bahama Shipyard Ltd. ("Grand Bahama"), a ship repair and maintenance facility. Grand Bahama provided services to us of $58 million in 2016, $33 million in 2015 and $41 million in 2014.

Unsecured Debt

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Unsecured Debt

Long-term debt and short-term borrowings consisted of the following (in millions):



	November 30, 2016		November 30,
	Interest Rates	Maturities Through	2016			2015
Long-Term Debt
Export Credit Facilities
Fixed rate	2.4% to 5.0%	2027	$	941		$	1,032
Euro fixed rate	3.8% to 4.5%	2025	233			261
Floating rate	1.6% to 2.1%	2026	793			688
Euro floating rate	0.0% to 0.8%	2027	1,649			1,864
Bank Loans
Euro fixed rate	0.6% to 3.9%	2021	612			160
Floating rate	1.3% to 1.8%	2021	800			800
Euro floating rate	0.4% to 0.8%	2021	319			212
Private Placement Notes
Fixed rate	—%	2016	—			42
Euro fixed rate	7.3%	2018	51			130
Publicly-Traded Notes
Fixed rate	1.9% to 7.2%	2028	1,717			2,219
Euro fixed rate	1.1% to 1.9%	2022	1,857			1,324
Other	5.5% to 7.3%	2030	25			25
Short-Term Borrowings
Euro floating rate commercial paper	(0.1)%	2017	451			—
Euro floating rate bank loans	0.9%	2017	6			30
Total Debt			9,454			8,787
Less short-term borrowings			(457		)	(30		)
Less current portion of long-term debt			(640		)	(1,344		)
Total Long-term Debt			$	8,357		$	7,413

The debt table does not include the impact of our foreign currency and interest rate swaps. The composition of our debt, including the effect of foreign currency swaps and interest rate swaps, was as follows:



	November 30,
	2016		2015
Fixed rate	28	%	32	%
Euro fixed rate	35	%	28	%
Floating rate	14	%	18	%
Euro floating rate	23	%	22	%

Substantially all of our fixed rate debt can be called or prepaid by incurring additional costs. In addition, substantially all of our debt agreements, including our main revolving credit facility, contain one or more financial covenants that require us, among other things, to maintain minimum debt service coverage and minimum shareholders’ equity and to limit our debt to capital and debt to equity ratios and the amounts of our secured assets and secured and other indebtedness. Generally, if an event of default under any debt agreement occurs, then pursuant to cross default acceleration clauses, substantially all of our outstanding debt and derivative contract payables (see Note 11 - “Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”) could become due, and all debt and derivative contracts could be terminated. At November 30, 2016, we were in compliance with all of our debt covenants.

The interest rates on some of our debt, and in the case of our main revolver its commitment fees, fluctuate based on the applicable rating of senior unsecured long-term securities of Carnival Corporation or Carnival plc.

We use the net proceeds from our borrowings for general corporate purposes and purchases of new ships. At November 30, 2016, the scheduled annual maturities of our debt were as follows (in millions):



	Fiscal
	2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		Thereafter		Total
Short-term borrowings	$	457											$	457
Long-term debt	640		$	2,071	$	1,595	$	1,303	$	1,082	$	2,306	8,997
	$	1,097	$	2,071	$	1,595	$	1,303	$	1,082	$	2,306	$	9,454

Subsequent to November 30, 2016, we entered into an approximately $800 million export credit facility, which may be drawn in euro or U.S. dollars in 2021 and will be due in semi-annual installments through 2033. The interest rate on this export credit facility can be fixed or floating, at our discretion.

Debt issuance costs are generally amortized to interest expense using the straight-line method, which approximates the effective interest method, over the term of the debt. In addition, all debt issue discounts are amortized to interest expense using the effective interest rate method over the term of the notes.

Committed Ship Financings

We have unsecured euro and U.S. dollar long-term export credit committed ship financings. These commitments, if drawn at the time of ship delivery, are generally repayable semi-annually over 12 years. We have the option to cancel each one at specified dates prior to the underlying ship’s delivery date.

Revolving Credit Facilities

At November 30, 2016, we had $2.9 billion of total revolving credit facilities comprised of a $2.6 billion ($1.9 billion, €500 million and £169 million) multi-currency revolving credit facility that expires in 2021 (the "Facility") and a $300 million revolving credit facility that expires in 2020. A total of $2.4 billion of this capacity was available for drawing, which is net of outstanding commercial paper. The Facility currently bears interest at LIBOR/EURIBOR plus a margin of 30 basis points (“bps”). The margin varies based on changes to Carnival Corporation’s and Carnival plc’s long-term senior unsecured credit ratings. We are required to pay a commitment fee of 35% of the margin per annum on any undrawn portion. We will also incur an additional utilization fee of 10 bps, 20 bps or 40 bps if equal to or less than one-third, more than one-third or more than two-thirds of the Facility, respectively, is drawn on the total amount outstanding.

Commitments

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments

Ship Commitments

At November 30, 2016, including ship construction contracts entered into through January 19, 2017, we had 19 ships under contract for construction. The estimated total future commitments, including the contract prices with the shipyards, design and engineering fees, capitalized interest, construction oversight costs and various owner supplied items, are $1.4 billion in 2017, $2.6 billion in 2018, $3.4 billion in 2019, $3.3 billion in 2020, $2.4 billion in 2021 and $1.6 billion in 2022.

Operating Leases, Port Facilities and Other Commitments

Rent expense under our operating leases, primarily for office and warehouse space, was $67 million in 2016, $70 million in 2015 and $63 million in 2014.

At November 30, 2016, minimum amounts payable for our operating leases, with initial or remaining terms in excess of one year, and for the annual usage of port facilities and other non-cancelable contractual commitments with remaining terms in excess of one year, were as follows (in millions):



	Fiscal
	2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		Thereafter		Total
Operating leases	$	47	$	42	$	38	$	36	$	30	$	198	$	391
Port facilities and other	228		195		117		108		102		875		1,625
	$	275	$	237	$	155	$	144	$	132	$	1,073	$	2,016

Contingencies	12 Months Ended
Contingencies	Nov. 30, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Contingencies	Contingencies Litigation In the normal course of our business, various claims and lawsuits have been filed or are pending against us. Most of these claims and lawsuits are covered by insurance and, accordingly, the maximum amount of our liability, net of any insurance recoverables, is typically limited to our self-insurance retention levels. Management believes the ultimate outcome of these claims and lawsuits will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. Contingent Obligations – Lease Out and Lease Back Type (“LILO”) Transactions At November 30, 2016, we had estimated contingent obligations totaling $366 million, excluding termination payments as discussed below, to participants in LILO transactions for two of our ships. At the inception of these leases, we paid the aggregate of the net present value of these obligations to a group of major financial institutions, who agreed to act as payment undertakers and directly pay these obligations. As a result, these contingent obligations are considered extinguished and neither the funds nor the contingent obligations have been included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. In the event that we were to default on our contingent obligations and assuming performance by all other participants, we estimate that we would, as of November 30, 2016, be responsible for a termination payment of $13 million. In January 2016, we exercised our options to terminate, at no cost, the LILO transactions on January 1, 2017 for one ship and January 1, 2018 for the second ship. In advance of the termination dates, if the credit rating of one of the financial institutions who is directly paying the contingent obligations falls below AA-, or below A- for the other financial institution, then we will be required to replace the applicable financial institution with another financial institution whose credit rating is at least AA or meets other specified credit requirements. In such circumstances, we would incur additional costs, although we estimate that they would not be significant to our consolidated financial statements. The financial institution payment undertaker subject to the AA- credit rating threshold has a credit rating of AA, and the financial institution subject to the A- credit rating threshold has a credit rating of A+. If our credit rating, which is A-, falls below BBB, we will be required to provide a standby letter of credit for $27 million, or, alternatively, provide mortgages for this aggregate amount on these two ships. Contingent Obligations – Indemnifications Some of the debt contracts that we enter into include indemnification provisions obligating us to make payments to the counterparty if certain events occur. These contingencies generally relate to changes in taxes or changes in laws which increase lenders' costs. The indemnification clauses are often standard contractual terms and were entered into in the normal course of business. There are no stated or notional amounts included in the indemnification clauses, and we are not able to estimate the maximum potential amount of future payments, if any, under these indemnification clauses. We have not been required to make any material payments under such indemnification clauses in the past and we do not believe a request for material future indemnification payments is probable.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for loss and gain contingencies. Describes any existing condition, situation, or set of circumstances involving uncertainty as of the balance sheet date (or prior to issuance of the financial statements) as to a probable or reasonably possible loss incurred by an entity that will ultimately be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur, and typically discloses the amount of loss recorded or a range of possible loss, or an assertion that no reasonable estimate can be made.

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Taxation	12 Months Ended
Taxation	Nov. 30, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Taxation	Taxation A summary of our principal taxes and exemptions in the jurisdictions where our significant operations are located is as follows: U.S. Income Tax We are primarily foreign corporations engaged in the business of operating cruise ships in international transportation. We also own and operate, among other businesses, the U.S. hotel and transportation business of Holland America Princess Alaska Tours through U.S. corporations. Our North American cruise ship businesses and certain ship-owning subsidiaries are engaged in a trade or business within the U.S. Depending on its itinerary, any particular ship may generate income from sources within the U.S. We believe that our U.S. source income and the income of our ship-owning subsidiaries, to the extent derived from, or incidental to, the international operation of a ship or ships, is currently exempt from U.S. federal income and branch profit taxes. Our domestic U.S. operations, principally the hotel and transportation business of Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, are subject to federal and state income taxation in the U.S. In general, under Section 883 of the Internal Revenue Code, certain non-U.S. corporations (such as our North American cruise ship businesses) are not subject to U.S. federal income tax or branch profits tax on U.S. source income derived from, or incidental to, the international operation of a ship or ships. Applicable U.S. Treasury regulations provide in general that a foreign corporation will qualify for the benefits of Section 883 if, in relevant part, (i) the foreign country in which the foreign corporation is organized grants an equivalent exemption to corporations organized in the U.S. in respect of each category of shipping income for which an exemption is being claimed under Section 883 (an “equivalent exemption jurisdiction”) and (ii) the foreign corporation meets a defined publicly-traded corporation stock ownership test (the “publicly-traded test”). Subsidiaries of foreign corporations that are organized in an equivalent exemption jurisdiction and meet the publicly-traded test also benefit from Section 883. We believe that Panama is an equivalent exemption jurisdiction and that Carnival Corporation currently satisfies the publicly-traded test under the regulations. Accordingly, substantially all of Carnival Corporation’s income is exempt from U.S. federal income and branch profit taxes. Regulations under Section 883 list certain activities that the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) does not consider to be incidental to the international operation of ships and, therefore, the income attributable to such activities, to the extent such income is U.S. source, does not qualify for the Section 883 exemption. Among the activities identified as not incidental are income from the sale of air transportation, transfers, shore excursions and pre- and post-cruise land packages to the extent earned from sources within the U.S. We believe that the U.S. source transportation income earned by Carnival plc and its Italian resident subsidiary currently qualifies for exemption from U.S. federal income tax under applicable bilateral U.S. income tax treaties. Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc and certain of their subsidiaries are subject to various U.S. state income taxes generally imposed on each state’s portion of the U.S. source income subject to U.S. federal income taxes. However, the state of Alaska imposes an income tax on its allocated portion of the total income of our companies doing business in Alaska and certain of their subsidiaries. UK and Australian Income Tax Cunard, P&O Cruises (UK) and P&O Cruises (Australia) are divisions of Carnival plc and have elected to enter the UK tonnage tax under a rolling ten-year term and, accordingly, reapply every year. Companies to which the tonnage tax regime applies pay corporation taxes on profits calculated by reference to the net tonnage of qualifying ships. UK corporation tax is not chargeable under the normal UK tax rules on these brands’ relevant shipping income. Relevant shipping income includes income from the operation of qualifying ships and from shipping related activities. For a company to be eligible for the regime, it must be subject to UK corporation tax and, among other matters, operate qualifying ships that are strategically and commercially managed in the UK. Companies within UK tonnage tax are also subject to a seafarer training requirement. Our UK non-shipping activities that do not qualify under the UK tonnage tax regime remain subject to normal UK corporation tax. Dividends received from subsidiaries of Carnival plc doing business outside the UK are generally exempt from UK corporation tax. P&O Cruises (Australia) and all of the other cruise ships operated internationally by Carnival plc for the cruise segment of the Australian vacation region are exempt from Australian corporation tax by virtue of the UK/Australian income tax treaty. Italian and German Income Tax In early 2015, Costa and AIDA re-elected to enter the Italian tonnage tax regime through 2024 and can reapply for an additional ten-year period beginning in early 2025. Companies to which the tonnage tax regime applies pay corporation taxes on shipping profits calculated by reference to the net tonnage of qualifying ships. Most of Costa’s and AIDA’s earnings that are not eligible for taxation under the Italian tonnage tax regime will be taxed at an effective tax rate of 5.5%. Substantially all of AIDA’s earnings are exempt from German income taxes by virtue of the Germany/Italy income tax treaty. Income and Other Taxes in Asian Countries Substantially all of our brands’ income from their international operation in Asian countries is exempt from local corporation tax by virtue of relevant income tax treaties. Other We recognize income tax benefits for uncertain tax positions, based solely on their technical merits, when it is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by the relevant tax authority. The tax benefit to be recognized is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate resolution. All interest expense related to income tax liabilities is included in income tax expense. Based on all known facts and circumstances and current tax law, we believe that the total amount of our uncertain income tax position liabilities and related accrued interest are not significant to our financial position. We do not expect to incur income taxes on future distributions of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries and, accordingly, no deferred income taxes have been provided for the distribution of these earnings. In addition to or in place of income taxes, virtually all jurisdictions where our ships call impose taxes, fees and other charges based on guest counts, ship tonnage, passenger capacity or some other measure, and these taxes, fees and other charges are included in commissions, transportation and other costs and other ship operating expenses.

Shareholders' Equity

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Equity [Abstract]

Shareholders' Equity

Shareholders’ Equity

Carnival Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation authorize its Board of Directors, at its discretion, to issue up to 40 million shares of preferred stock. At November 30, 2016 and 2015, no Carnival Corporation preferred stock had been issued and only a nominal amount of Carnival plc preference shares had been issued. Our Boards of Directors have authorized, subject to certain restrictions, the repurchase of up to an aggregate of $1.0 billion of Carnival Corporation common stock and/or Carnival plc ordinary shares (the “Repurchase Program”). On January 28, 2016 and on June 27, 2016, the Boards of Directors approved modifications of the Repurchase Program authorization that increased the remaining authorized repurchases at the time of each approval by $1.0 billion. The Repurchase Program does not have an expiration date and may be discontinued by our Boards of Directors at any time. Our repurchases under the Repurchase Program were as follows (in millions):



	Carnival Corporation		Carnival plc
	Number of Shares Repurchased	Dollar Amount Paid for Shares Repurchased	Number of Shares Repurchased	Dollar Amount Paid for Shares Repurchased
2016	47.8	$2,264	0.7	$35
2015	5.3	$276	—	—

In 2014, there were no repurchases of Carnival Corporation common stock or Carnival plc ordinary shares under the Repurchase Program. From December 1, 2016 through January 19, 2017, we repurchased 0.2 million shares of Carnival plc ordinary shares for approximately $10 million under the Repurchase Program. At January 19, 2017, the remaining Carnival Corporation availability under the Repurchase Program was $389 million.

In addition to the Repurchase Program, the Boards of Directors authorized, in January 2017, the repurchase of up to 22.0 million Carnival plc ordinary shares and, in February 2016, the repurchase of up to 26.9 million shares of Carnival Corporation common stock under the Stock Swap ("Stock Swap") programs described below. Under the Stock Swap programs, we sell shares of Carnival Corporation common stock or Carnival plc ordinary shares and use a portion of the net proceeds to purchase an equivalent number of Carnival plc ordinary shares or shares of Carnival Corporation common stock, as applicable. We use the Stock Swap programs in situations where we can obtain an economic benefit because either Carnival Corporation common stock or Carnival plc ordinary shares are trading at a price that is at a premium or discount to the price of Carnival plc ordinary shares or Carnival Corporation common stock. Any realized economic benefit under the Stock Swap programs is used for general corporate purposes, which could include repurchasing additional stock under the Repurchase Program.

Carnival plc ordinary share repurchases under both the Repurchase Program and the Stock Swap programs require annual shareholder approval. The existing shareholder approval is limited to a maximum of 21.5 million ordinary shares and is valid until the earlier of the conclusion of the Carnival plc 2017 annual general meeting or July 13, 2017. At January 19, 2017, the remaining availability under the Stock Swap programs was 22.0 million Carnival plc ordinary shares and 26.0 million shares of Carnival Corporation common stock. At January 19, 2017, the remaining Carnival plc availability under the Repurchase Program was 20.6 million ordinary shares.

During 2016 and 2015, under the Stock Swap programs, Carnival Investments Limited ("CIL"), a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, sold 0.9 million and 5.1 million of Carnival plc ordinary shares for net proceeds of $40 million and $264 million, respectively. Substantially all of the net proceeds from these sales were used to purchase 0.9 million shares in 2016 and 5.1 million shares in 2015 of Carnival Corporation common stock. Carnival Corporation sold these Carnival plc ordinary shares owned by CIL only to the extent it was able to repurchase shares of Carnival Corporation common stock in the U.S. on at least an equivalent basis. During 2016 and 2015, there were no sales of Carnival Corporation common stock or repurchases of Carnival plc ordinary shares under the Stock Swap program. During 2014, there were no sales or repurchases of Carnival Corporation common stock or Carnival plc ordinary shares under the Stock Swap programs.

Accumulated other comprehensive loss was as follows (in millions):



	November 30,
	2016			2015
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments, net	$	(2,266	)	$	(1,591	)
Unrecognized pension expenses	(120		)	(82		)
Unrealized losses on marketable securities	(3		)	(3		)
Net losses on cash flow derivative hedges	(65		)	(65		)
	$	(2,454	)	$	(1,741	)

During 2016 and 2015, $7 million and $13 million of unrecognized pension expenses were reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive loss, of which $4 million and $8 million were included in payroll and related expenses and $3 million and $5 million were included in selling and administrative expenses, respectively.

During 2016, our Board of Directors declared a 17% dividend increase to holders of Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ordinary shares from $0.30 per share to $0.35 per share. On October 20, 2016, our Board of Directors declared a $0.35 per share dividend ($254 million) for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 for shareholders of record on November 25, 2016, which was paid on December 16, 2016.

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Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

Fair Value Measurements

U.S. accounting standards establish a fair value hierarchy prioritizing the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurement). This hierarchy requires entities to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are as follows:


•	Level 1 measurements are based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that we have the ability to access. Valuation of these items does not entail a significant amount of judgment.


•	Level 2 measurements are based on quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active or market data other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities.


•	Level 3 measurements are based on unobservable data that are supported by little or no market activity and are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between independent and knowledgeable market participants. When quoted prices are not readily available, our own assumptions are set to reflect those that we believe market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

The fair value measurement of a financial asset or financial liability reflects the nonperformance risk of both parties to the contract. Therefore, the fair value measurement of our financial instruments reflects the impact of our counterparty’s creditworthiness for asset positions and our creditworthiness for liability positions. Creditworthiness did not have a significant impact on the fair values of our financial instruments at November 30, 2016 and 2015. Considerable judgment may be required in interpreting market data used to develop the estimates of fair value. Accordingly, certain estimates of fair value presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that could be realized in a current or future market exchange.

Financial Instruments that are not Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The carrying values and estimated fair values and basis of valuation of our financial instrument assets and liabilities not measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows (in millions):



	November 30, 2016								November 30, 2015
	Carrying Value		Fair Value						Carrying Value		Fair Value
	Carrying Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Carrying Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents (a)	$	256	$	256	$	—	$	—	$	647	$	647	$	—	$	—
Restricted cash (b)	41		41		—		—		7		7		—		—
Long-term other assets (c)	99		1		68		31		119		1		87		31
Total	$	396	$	298	$	68	$	31	$	773	$	655	$	87	$	31
Liabilities
Fixed rate debt (d)	$	5,436	$	—	$	5,727	$	—	$	5,193	$	—	$	5,450	$	—
Floating rate debt (d)	4,018		—		4,048		—		3,594		—		3,589		—
Total	$	9,454	$	—	$	9,775	$	—	$	8,787	$	—	$	9,039	$	—


(a)	Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of cash on hand and at November 30, 2015 also included a money market deposit account and time deposits. Due to their short maturities, the carrying values approximate their fair values.


(b)	Restricted cash is comprised of a money market deposit account and at November 30, 2016 also included funds held in escrow.


(c)	Long-term other assets are substantially all comprised of notes and other receivables. The fair values of our Level 2 notes and other receivables were based on estimated future cash flows discounted at appropriate market interest rates. The fair values of our Level 3 notes receivable were estimated using risk-adjusted discount rates.


(d)	Debt does not include the impact of interest rate swaps. The fair values of our publicly-traded notes were based on their unadjusted quoted market prices in markets that are not sufficiently active to be Level 1 and, accordingly, are considered Level 2. The fair values of our other debt were estimated based on appropriate market interest rates being applied to this debt.

Financial Instruments that are Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The estimated fair value and basis of valuation of our financial instrument assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows (in millions):



	November 30, 2016						November 30, 2015
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets
Cash equivalents (a)	$	347	$	—	$	—	$	748	$	—	$	—
Restricted cash (b)	19		—		—		22		—		—
Short-term investments (c)	—		—		21		—		—		—
Marketable securities held in rabbi trusts (d)	93		4		—		105		8		—
Derivative financial instruments (e)	—		15		—		—		29		—
Long-term other asset (c)	—		—		—		—		—		21
Total	$	459	$	19	$	21	$	875	$	37	$	21
Liabilities
Derivative financial instruments (e)	$	—	$	434	$	—	$	—	$	625	$	—
Total	$	—	$	434	$	—	$	—	$	625	$	—


(a)	Cash equivalents are comprised of money market funds.


(b)	Restricted cash is substantially all comprised of money market funds.


(c)	The fair value of auction rate security included in short-term investments and long-term other asset was based on a broker quote in an inactive market, which is considered a Level 3 input. During fiscal 2016, there were no purchases or sales pertaining to this auction-rate security. This auction-rate security was sold in December 2016.


(d)	At November 30, 2016 and 2015, marketable securities held in rabbi trusts were comprised of Level 1 bonds, frequently-priced mutual funds invested in common stocks, and money market funds and Level 2 other investments. Their use is restricted to funding certain deferred compensation and non-qualified U.S. pension plans.


(e)	See “Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” section below for detailed information regarding our derivative financial instruments.

We measure our derivatives using valuations that are calibrated to the initial trade prices. Subsequent valuations are based on observable inputs and other variables included in the valuation models such as interest rate, yield and commodity price curves, forward currency exchange rates, credit spreads, maturity dates, volatilities and netting arrangements. We use the income approach to value derivatives for foreign currency options and forwards, interest rate swaps and fuel derivatives using observable market data for all significant inputs and standard valuation techniques to convert future amounts to a single present value amount, assuming that participants are motivated, but not compelled to transact.

Nonfinancial Instruments that are Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis

Impairments of Ships

As a result of the 2014 bareboat charter/sale agreement for a 1,440-passenger capacity ship, we performed a ship impairment review and recognized a $31 million impairment charge in other ship operating expenses during the fourth quarter of 2014. The estimated fair value of the ship was substantially all determined based on the expected collectability of the bareboat charter payments, which is considered a Level 3 input. See Note 4 - “Property and Equipment” for a discussion regarding ship sales.

Due to the expected absorption of Ibero Cruises’ (“Ibero”) operations into Costa in 2014, and certain ship specific facts and circumstances, such as size, age, condition, viable alternative itineraries and historical operating cash flows, we performed an undiscounted future cash flow analysis of a 1,490-passenger capacity ship as of May 31, 2014. The principal assumptions used in our undiscounted cash flow analysis consisted of forecasted future operating results, including net revenue yields and net cruise costs including fuel prices, and the estimated residual value, which are all considered Level 3 inputs. Based on its undiscounted cash flow analysis, we determined that the net carrying value for the ship exceeded its estimated undiscounted future cash flows. Accordingly, we then estimated the May 31, 2014 fair value of this ship based on its discounted future cash flows and recognized a $22 million ship impairment charge in other ship operating expenses during 2014.

Valuation of Goodwill and Other Intangibles

The reconciliation of the changes in the carrying amounts of our goodwill was as follows (in millions):



	North America Segment		EAA Segment			Total
Balance at November 30, 2014	$	1,898	$	1,229		$	3,127
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—		(117		)	(117		)
Balance at November 30, 2015	1,898		1,112			3,010
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—		(100		)	(100		)
Balance at November 30, 2016	$	1,898	$	1,012		$	2,910

At July 31, 2016, we performed our annual goodwill impairment reviews, which included performing a qualitative assessment for AIDA, Carnival Cruise Line, Cunard, P&O Cruises (UK) and Princess. Qualitative factors such as industry and market conditions, macroeconomic conditions, changes to the weighted-average cost of capital (“WACC”), overall financial performance, changes in fuel prices and capital expenditures were considered in the qualitative assessment to determine how changes in these factors would affect each of these cruise brands’ estimated fair values. Based on our qualitative assessments, we determined it was more-likely-than-not that each of these cruise brands’ estimated fair values exceeded their carrying values and, therefore, we did not proceed to the two-step quantitative goodwill impairment reviews.

As of July 31, 2016, we also performed our annual goodwill impairment reviews for Costa, Holland America Line and P&O Cruises (Australia). As part of our periodic process, we did not perform a qualitative assessment but instead proceeded directly to step one of the two-step quantitative goodwill impairment review and compared each of Costa's, Holland America Line's and P&O Cruises (Australia)’s estimated fair value to the carrying value of their allocated net assets. Their estimated fair values were based on discounted future cash flow analyses. The principal assumptions used in our cash flow analyses consisted of:


•	Forecasted operating results, including net revenue yields and net cruise costs including fuel prices


•	Capacity changes, including the expected rotation of vessels into, or out of, Costa, Holland America Line and P&O Cruises (Australia)


•	WACC of market participants, adjusted for the risk attributable to the geographic regions in which Costa, Holland America Line and P&O Cruises (Australia) operate


•	Capital expenditures, proceeds from forecasted dispositions of ships and terminal values, which are all considered Level 3 inputs

Based on the discounted cash flow analyses, we determined that each of Costa's, Holland America Line’s and P&O Cruises (Australia)’s estimated fair value significantly exceeded their carrying value and, therefore, we did not proceed to step two of the impairment reviews.

The reconciliation of the changes in the carrying amounts of our other intangible assets not subject to amortization, which represent trademarks, was as follows (in millions):



	North America Segment		EAA Segment			Total
Balance at November 30, 2014	$	927	$	338		$	1,265
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—		(31		)	(31		)
Balance at November 30, 2015	927		307			1,234
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—		(28		)	(28		)
Balance at November 30, 2016	$	927	$	279		$	1,206

At July 31, 2016, our cruise brands that had significant trademarks recorded included AIDA, P&O Cruises (Australia), P&O Cruises (UK) and Princess. As of that date, we performed our annual trademark impairment reviews for these cruise brands, which included performing a qualitative assessment for AIDA, P&O Cruises (UK) and Princess. Qualitative factors such as industry and market conditions, macroeconomic conditions, changes to the WACC, changes in royalty rates and overall financial performance were considered in the qualitative assessment to determine how changes in these factors would affect the estimated fair value for AIDA's, P&O Cruises (UK)'s and Princess' recorded trademarks. Based on our qualitative assessment, we determined it was more likely-than-not that the estimated fair value for AIDA's, P&O Cruises (UK)’s and Princess's recorded trademarks exceeded their carrying value and, therefore, none of these trademarks were impaired.

As of July 31, 2016, we did not perform a qualitative assessment for P&O Cruises (Australia)'s trademarks but instead proceeded directly to the quantitative trademark impairment reviews. Our quantitative assessment included estimating P&O Cruises (Australia)'s trademarks fair value based upon a discounted future cash flow analysis, which estimated the amount of royalties that we are relieved from having to pay for use of the associated trademarks, based upon forecasted cruise revenues and a market participant’s royalty rate. The royalty rate was estimated primarily using comparable royalty agreements for similar industries. Based on our quantitative assessment, we determined that the estimated fair values for P&O Cruises (Australia)’s trademarks significantly exceeded their carrying values and, therefore, none of these trademarks were impaired.

The determination of our reporting unit goodwill and trademark fair values includes numerous assumptions that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. We believe that we have made reasonable estimates and judgments. If there is a change in the conditions or circumstances influencing fair values in the future, then we may need to recognize an impairment charge.

The reconciliation of the changes in the net carrying amounts of our other intangible assets subject to amortization, which represent port usage rights, was as follows (in millions):



	Cruise Support Segment			EAA Segment			Total
Balance at November 30, 2015 (a)	$	62		$	12		$	74
Additions	—			1			1
Amortization	(3		)	(1		)	(4		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(2		)	—			(2		)
Balance at November 30, 2016	$	57		$	12		$	69

(a) See "Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies"

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

We utilize derivative and non-derivative financial instruments, such as foreign currency forwards, options and swaps, foreign currency debt obligations and foreign currency cash balances, to manage our exposure to fluctuations in certain foreign currency exchange rates. We use interest rate swaps to manage our interest rate exposure to achieve a desired proportion of fixed and floating rate debt. In addition, we have fuel derivatives settling in 2017 and 2018 to mitigate a portion of the risk to our future cash flows attributable to potential fuel price increases, which we define as our “economic risk.” Our policy is to not use any financial instruments for trading or other speculative purposes.

All derivatives are recorded at fair value. The changes in fair value are recognized currently in earnings if the derivatives do not qualify as effective hedges, or if we do not seek to qualify for hedge accounting treatment, such as for our fuel derivatives. If a derivative is designated as a fair value hedge, then changes in the fair value of the derivative are offset against the changes in the fair value of the underlying hedged item. If a derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge, then the effective portion of the changes in the fair value of the derivative is recognized as a component of AOCI until the underlying hedged item is recognized in earnings or the forecasted transaction is no longer probable. If a derivative or a non-derivative financial instrument is designated as a hedge of our net investment in a foreign operation, then changes in the fair value of the financial instrument are recognized as a component of AOCI to offset a portion of the change in the translated value of the net investment being hedged, until the investment is sold or substantially liquidated. We formally document hedging relationships for all derivative and non-derivative hedges and the underlying hedged items, as well as our risk management objectives and strategies for undertaking the hedge transactions.

We classify the fair values of all our derivative contracts as either current or long-term, depending on the maturity date of the derivative contract. The cash flows from derivatives treated as hedges are classified in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows in the same category as the item being hedged. Our cash flows related to fuel derivatives are classified within investing activities.

The estimated fair values of our derivative financial instruments and their location in the Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows (in millions):



		November 30,
	Balance Sheet Location	2016		2015
Derivative assets
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Net investment hedges (a)	Prepaid expenses and other	$	12	$	14
	Other assets – long-term	3		13
Interest rate swaps (b)	Prepaid expenses and other	—		2
Total derivative assets		$	15	$	29
Derivative liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Net investment hedges (a)	Accrued liabilities and other	$	26	$	—
Interest rate swaps (b)	Accrued liabilities and other	10		11
	Other long-term liabilities	23		27
Foreign currency zero cost collars (c)	Accrued liabilities and other	12		—
	Other long-term liabilities	21		26
		92		64
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Fuel (d)	Accrued liabilities and other	198		227
	Other long-term liabilities	144		334
		342		561
Total derivative liabilities		$	434	$	625

(a)

At November 30, 2016 and 2015, we had foreign currency forwards totaling $456 million and $43 million, respectively, that are designated as hedges of our net investments in foreign operations, which have a euro-denominated functional currency. At November 30, 2016, these foreign currency forwards settle through July 2017. At November 30, 2016 and 2015, we also had foreign currency swaps totaling $291 million and $387 million, respectively, that are designated as hedges of our net investments in foreign operations, which have a euro-denominated functional currency. At November 30, 2016, these foreign currency swaps settle through September 2019.

(b)

We have euro interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges whereby we receive floating interest rate payments in exchange for making fixed interest rate payments. These interest rate swap agreements effectively changed $500 million at November 30, 2016 and $568 million at November 30, 2015 of EURIBOR-based floating rate euro debt to fixed rate euro debt. At November 30, 2016, these interest rate swaps settle through March 2025. In addition, at November 30, 2015, we had U.S. dollar interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges whereby we receive fixed interest rate payments in exchange for making floating interest rate payments. At November 30, 2015, these interest rate swap agreements effectively changed $500 million of fixed rate debt to U.S. dollar LIBOR-based floating rate debt. These interest rate swaps settled in February 2016.


(c)	At November 30, 2016 and 2015, we had foreign currency derivatives consisting of foreign currency zero cost collars that are designated as foreign currency cash flow hedges for a portion of our euro-denominated shipbuilding payments. See “Newbuild Currency Risks” below for additional information regarding these derivatives.


(d)	At November 30, 2016 and 2015, we had fuel derivatives consisting of zero cost collars on Brent crude oil (“Brent”) to cover a portion of our estimated fuel consumption through 2018. See “Fuel Price Risks” below for additional information regarding these fuel derivatives.

Our derivative contracts include rights of offset with our counterparties. We have elected to net certain of our derivative assets and liabilities within counterparties. The amounts recognized within assets and liabilities were as follows (in millions):



	November 30, 2016
	Gross Amounts		Gross Amounts Offset in the Balance Sheet			Total Net Amounts Presented in the Balance Sheet		Gross Amounts not Offset in the Balance Sheet			Net Amounts
Assets	$	15	$	—		$	15	$	(15	)	$	—
Liabilities	$	434	$	—		$	434	$	(15	)	$	419

	November 30, 2015
	Gross Amounts		Gross Amounts Offset in the Balance Sheet			Total Net Amounts Presented in the Balance Sheet		Gross Amounts not Offset in the Balance Sheet			Net Amounts
Assets	$	73	$	(44	)	$	29	$	(29	)	$	—
Liabilities	$	669	$	(44	)	$	625	$	(29	)	$	596

The effective gain (loss) portions of our derivatives qualifying and designated as hedging instruments recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) were as follows (in millions):



	November 30,
	2016			2015			2014
Net investment hedges	$	(33	)	$	58		$	25
Foreign currency zero cost collars – cash flow hedges	$	(8	)	$	(57	)	$	(10	)
Interest rate swaps – cash flow hedges	$	8		$	2		$	(28	)

There are no credit risk related contingent features in our derivative agreements, except for bilateral credit provisions within our fuel derivative counterparty agreements. These provisions require cash collateral to be posted or received to the extent the fuel derivative fair value payable to or receivable from an individual counterparty exceeds $100 million. At November 30, 2016, no collateral was required to be posted to or received from our fuel derivative counterparties. At November 30, 2015, we had $25 million of collateral posted to one of our fuel derivative counterparties. At November 30, 2015, no collateral was required to be received from our fuel derivative counterparties.

The amount of estimated cash flow hedges’ unrealized gains and losses that are expected to be reclassified to earnings in the next twelve months is not significant. We have not provided additional disclosures of the impact that derivative instruments and hedging activities have on our consolidated financial statements as of November 30, 2016 and 2015 and for the years ended November 30, 2016, 2015 and 2014 where such impacts were not significant.

Fuel Price Risks

Substantially all of our exposure to market risk for changes in fuel prices relates to the consumption of fuel on our ships. We have Brent call options and Brent put options, collectively referred to as zero cost collars, that establish ceiling and floor prices and mitigate a portion of our economic risk attributable to potential fuel price increases. To maximize operational flexibility we utilized derivative markets with significant trading liquidity.

Our zero cost collars are based on Brent prices whereas the actual fuel used on our ships is marine fuel. Changes in the Brent prices may not show a high degree of correlation with changes in our underlying marine fuel prices. We will not realize any economic gain or loss upon the monthly maturities of our zero cost collars unless the average monthly price of Brent is above the ceiling price or below the floor price. We believe that these zero cost collars will act as economic hedges; however, hedge accounting is not applied.

Our unrealized and realized gains (losses), net on fuel derivatives were as follows (in millions):



	November 30,
	2016			2015			2014
Unrealized gains (losses) on fuel derivatives, net	$	236		$	(332	)	$	(268	)
Realized losses on fuel derivatives, net	(283		)	(244		)	(3		)
Losses on fuel derivatives, net	$	(47	)	$	(576	)	$	(271	)

At November 30, 2016, our outstanding fuel derivatives consisted of zero cost collars on Brent as follows:



Maturities (a)	Transaction Dates	Barrels (in thousands)	Weighted-Average Floor Prices		Weighted-Average Ceiling Prices
Fiscal 2017
	February 2013	3,276	$	80	$	115
	April 2013	2,028	$	75	$	110
	January 2014	1,800	$	75	$	114
	October 2014	1,020	$	80	$	113
		8,124
Fiscal 2018
	January 2014	2,700	$	75	$	110
	October 2014	3,000	$	80	$	114
		5,700

(a) Fuel derivatives mature evenly over each month within the above fiscal periods.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risks

Overall Strategy

We manage our exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates through our normal operating and financing activities, including netting certain exposures to take advantage of any natural offsets and, when considered appropriate, through the use of derivative and non-derivative financial instruments. Our primary focus is to monitor our exposure to and manage the economic foreign currency exchange risks faced by our operations and realized if we exchange one currency for another. We currently only hedge certain of our ship commitments and net investments in foreign operations. The financial impacts of the hedging instruments we do employ generally offset the changes in the underlying exposures being hedged.

Operational Currency Risks

Our EAA segment operations generate significant revenues and incur significant expenses in their functional currencies, which subjects us to “foreign currency translational” risk related to these currencies. Accordingly, exchange rate fluctuations in their functional currencies against the U.S. dollar will affect our reported financial results since the reporting currency for our consolidated financial statements is the U.S. dollar. Any strengthening of the U.S. dollar against these foreign currencies has the financial statement effect of decreasing the U.S. dollar values reported for these segment’s revenues and expenses. Any weakening of the U.S. dollar has the opposite effect.

Substantially all of our operations also have non-functional currency risk related to their international sales. In addition, we have a portion of our operating expenses denominated in non-functional currencies. Accordingly, we also have “foreign currency transactional” risks related to changes in the exchange rates for our revenues and expenses that are in a currency other than the functional currency. The revenues and expenses which occur in the same non-functional currencies create some degree of natural offset.

Investment Currency Risks

We consider our investments in foreign operations to be denominated in stable currencies. Our investments in foreign operations are of a long-term nature. We have $5.5 billion of euro-denominated debt, including the effect of foreign currency swaps, which provides an economic offset for our operations with euro functional currency. We also partially mitigate our net investment currency exposures by denominating a portion of our foreign currency intercompany payables in our foreign operations’ functional currencies.

Newbuild Currency Risks

Our shipbuilding contracts are typically denominated in euros. Our decision to hedge a non-functional currency ship commitment for our cruise brands is made on a case-by-case basis, considering the amount and duration of the exposure, market volatility, economic trends, our overall expected net cash flows by currency and other offsetting risks. We use foreign currency derivative contracts and have used non-derivative financial instruments to manage foreign currency exchange rate risk for some of our ship construction payments.

At November 30, 2016, we had foreign currency zero cost collars that are designated as cash flow hedges for a portion of euro-denominated shipyard payments for the following newbuilds:



	Entered Into	Matures in	Weighted-Average Floor Rate		Weighted- Average Ceiling Rate
Majestic Princess	2015	March 2017	$	1.07	$	1.25
Carnival Horizon	2016	March 2018	$	1.02	$	1.25
Seabourn Ovation	2016	April 2018	$	1.02	$	1.25
Holland America Nieuw Statendam	2016	November 2018	$	1.05	$	1.25

If the spot rate is between the weighted-average ceiling and floor rates on the date of maturity, then we would not owe or receive any payments under these collars.

In November 2016, we settled our foreign currency zero cost collars that were designated as cash flow hedges for the final euro-denominated shipyard payments of Seabourn Encore, which didn't result in any gain or loss in other comprehensive income.

At January 19, 2017, our remaining newbuild currency exchange rate risk primarily relates to euro-denominated newbuild contract payments, which represent a total unhedged commitment of $5.7 billion and substantially relates to newbuilds scheduled to be delivered 2019 through 2022 to non-euro functional currency brands.

The cost of shipbuilding orders that we may place in the future that is denominated in a different currency than our cruise brands’ or the shipyards’ functional currency is expected to be affected by foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. These foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations may affect our desire to order new cruise ships.

Interest Rate Risks

We manage our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates through our debt portfolio management and investment strategies. We evaluate our debt portfolio to determine whether to make periodic adjustments to the mix of fixed and floating rate debt through the use of interest rate swaps and the issuance of new debt or the early retirement of existing debt.

The composition of our debt, including the effect of foreign currency swaps and interest rate swaps, was as follows:



	November 30,
	2016		2015
Fixed rate	28	%	32	%
Euro fixed rate	35	%	28	%
Floating rate	14	%	18	%
Euro floating rate	23	%	22	%

Concentrations of Credit Risk

As part of our ongoing control procedures, we monitor concentrations of credit risk associated with financial and other institutions with which we conduct significant business. We seek to minimize these credit risk exposures, including counterparty nonperformance primarily associated with our cash equivalents, investments, committed financing facilities, contingent obligations, derivative instruments, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees, by:


•	Conducting business with large, well-established financial institutions, insurance companies and export credit agencies


•	Diversifying our counterparties


•	Having guidelines regarding credit ratings and investment maturities that we follow to help safeguard liquidity and minimize risk


•	Generally requiring collateral and/or guarantees to support notes receivable on significant asset sales, long-term ship charters and new ship progress payments to shipyards

We currently believe the risk of nonperformance by any of our significant counterparties is remote. At November 30, 2016, our exposures under foreign currency and fuel derivative contracts and interest rate swap agreements were not material.

We also monitor the creditworthiness of travel agencies and tour operators in Asia, Australia and Europe, which includes charter-hire agreements in Asia, and credit and debit card providers to which we extend credit in the normal course of our business prior to sailing. Our credit exposure also includes contingent obligations related to cash payments received directly by travel agents and tour operators for cash collected by them on cruise sales in Australia and most of Europe where we are obligated to honor our guests' cruise payments made by them to their travel agents and tour operators regardless of whether we have received these payments. Concentrations of credit risk associated with these trade receivables, charter-hire agreements and contingent obligations are not considered to be material, principally due to the large number of unrelated accounts, the nature of these contingent obligations and their short maturities. We have not experienced significant credit losses on our trade receivables, charter-hire agreements and contingent obligations. We do not normally require collateral or other security to support normal credit sales.

Segment Information

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

We have four reportable segments that are comprised of (1) North America, (2) EAA (3) Cruise Support and (4) Tour and Other. Our segments are reported on the same basis as the internally reported information that is provided to our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), who is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc. The CODM assesses performance and makes decisions to allocate resources for Carnival Corporation & plc based upon review of the results across all of our segments.

Our North America segment includes Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess and Seabourn. Our EAA segment includes AIDA, Costa, Cunard, P&O Cruises (Australia), P&O Cruises (UK). The operations of these reporting units have been aggregated into two reportable segments based on the similarity of their economic and other characteristics, including types of customers, regulatory environment, maintenance requirements, supporting systems and processes and products and services they provide. Our Cruise Support segment represents certain of our port and related facilities and other services that are provided for the benefit of our cruise brands.

Our Tour and Other segment represents the hotel and transportation operations of Holland America Princess Alaska Tours and ships that we bareboat charter to unaffiliated entities.

Selected information for our segments as of and for the years ended November 30 was as follows (in millions):



	Revenues			Operating costs and expenses			Selling and administrative		Depreciation and amortization		Operating income (loss)			Capital expenditures		Total assets
2016
North America (a)	$	10,267		$	5,786		$	1,220	$	1,056	$	2,205		$	2,069	$	23,454
EAA	5,906			3,524			691		599		1,092			667		13,456
Cruise Support	131			67			278		42		(256		)	310		1,568
Tour and Other (a)	231			152			8		41		30			16		458		(b)
Intersegment elimination (a)	(146		)	(146		)	—		—		—			—		—
	$	16,389		$	9,383		$	2,197	$	1,738	$	3,071		$	3,062	$	38,936
2015
North America (a)	$	9,866		$	5,925		$	1,140	$	994	$	1,807		$	854	$	22,420
EAA	5,636			3,442			695		561		938			1,265		14,076
Cruise Support	119			58			223		27		(189		)	162		2,248
Tour and Other (a)	226			155			9		44		18			13		493		(b)
Intersegment elimination (a)	(133		)	(133		)	—		—		—			—		—
	$	15,714		$	9,447		$	2,067	$	1,626	$	2,574		$	2,294	$	39,237
2014
North America (a)	$	9,559		$	6,436		$	1,121	$	961	$	1,041		$	1,315	$	22,681
EAA	6,148			3,914			725		616		893			1,054		15,228
Cruise Support	90			39			200		25		(174		)	156		1,023
Tour and Other (a)	215			160			8		35		12			58		516		(b)
Intersegment elimination (a)	(128		)	(128		)	—		—		—			—		—
	$	15,884		$	10,421		$	2,054	$	1,637	$	1,772		$	2,583	$	39,448

(a)

A portion of the North America segment's 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 segment's revenues and operating expenses in the line “Intersegment elimination.”


(b)	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.

Our non-U.S. revenues represent sales generated from outside the U.S. principally by non-U.S. travel agents and tour operators. Substantially all of our long-lived assets are located outside of the U.S. and consist of our ships and ships under construction.

Revenues by geographic areas, which are based on where our guests are sourced, were as follows (in millions):



	Years Ended November 30,
	2016		2015		2014
North America	$	8,327	$	8,015	$	7,762
Europe	5,254		5,133		5,676
Australia and Asia	2,506		2,256		2,097
Other	302		310		349
	$	16,389	$	15,714	$	15,884

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The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.

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Compensation Plans

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Compensation Plans

Equity Plans

We issue our share-based compensation awards, which at November 30, 2016 included time-based share awards (restricted stock awards and restricted stock units), performance-based share awards and market-based share awards (collectively “equity awards”), under the Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc stock plans. Equity awards are principally granted to management level employees and members of our Boards of Directors. The plans are administered by a committee of our independent directors (the “Committee”) that determines which employees are eligible to participate, the monetary value or number of shares for which equity awards are to be granted and the amounts that may be exercised or sold within a specified term. We had an aggregate of 17.3 million shares available for future grant at November 30, 2016. We fulfill our equity award obligations using shares purchased in the open market or with unissued shares or treasury shares. Our equity awards generally vest over a three-year period, subject to earlier vesting under certain conditions.

During the years ended November 30, 2014, 2015 and 2016, the equity award activity was as follows:



	Equity Awards
	Shares		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding at November 30, 2013	3,630,997		$	37.11
Granted	1,589,368		$	44.61
Vested	(893,930	)	$	45.52
Forfeited	(273,378	)	$	40.81
Outstanding at November 30, 2014	4,053,057		$	37.94
Granted	1,253,050		$	45.70
Vested	(1,298,318	)	$	31.35
Forfeited	(398,394	)	$	39.48
Outstanding at November 30, 2015	3,609,395		$	42.84
Granted	1,451,917		$	53.98
Vested	(1,454,381	)	$	38.18
Forfeited	(193,806	)	$	47.76
Outstanding at November 30, 2016	3,413,125		$	48.03

As of November 30, 2016, there was $50 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to equity awards, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.4 years.

Defined Benefit Pension Plans

We have several single-employer defined benefit pension plans, which cover some of our shipboard and shoreside employees. The U.S. and UK shoreside employee plans are closed to new membership and are funded at or above the level required by U.S. or UK regulations. The remaining defined benefit plans are primarily unfunded. In determining all of our plans’ benefit obligations at November 30, 2016 and 2015, we assumed a weighted-average discount rate of 2.9% for 2016 and 3.5% for 2015. The net of our benefit obligations and plan assets under these single-employer defined benefit pension plans is a liability of $88 million.

In addition, we participate in two multiemployer defined benefit pension plans in the UK, the British Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (registration number 10005645) (“MNOPF”), which is divided into two sections, the “New Section” and the “Old Section” and the British Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund (registration number 10005646) (“MNRPF”), which are referred to as “the multiemployer plans.” The multiemployer plans are maintained for the benefit of the employees of the participating employers who make contributions to the plans. However, contributions made by employers, including us, may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers, and if any of the participating employers withdraw from the multiemployer plans or fail to make their required contributions, any unfunded obligations would be the responsibility of the remaining participating employers. We are contractually obligated to make all required contributions as determined by the plans’ trustees. All of our multiemployer plans are closed to new membership. The MNOPF Old Section is also closed to further benefit accrual and is fully funded. The MNOPF New Section was closed to further benefit accrual at March 31, 2016.

We expense our portion of the MNOPF New Section deficit as amounts are invoiced by, and become due and payable to, the trustees. We accrue and expense our portion of the MNRPF deficit based on our estimated probable obligation from the most recent actuarial review. Total expense for all defined benefit pension plans, including the multiemployer plans, was $27 million in 2016, $47 million in 2015 and $69 million in 2014. Based on the most recent valuation at March 31, 2015 of the MNOPF New Section and at March 31, 2014 of the MNRPF, it was determined that these plans were 90% and 67% funded, respectively. In 2016, 2015 and 2014, our contributions to the MNOPF New Section and in 2016, our contributions to the MNRPF did not exceed 5% of total contributions to the fund. In 2015 and 2014, our contributions to the MNRPF exceeded 5% of total contributions to the fund. These contributions were not material to us. It is possible that we will be required to fund and expense additional amounts for the multiemployer plans in the future, however, such amounts are not expected to be material to our consolidated financial statements.

Defined Contribution Plans

We have several defined contribution plans available to most of our employees. We contribute to these plans based on employee contributions, salary levels and length of service. Total expense for these plans was $30 million in 2016 and 2015 and $25 million in 2014.

Earnings Per Share

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

Our basic and diluted earnings per share were computed as follows (in millions, except per share data):



	Years Ended November 30,
	2016		2015		2014
Net income for basic and diluted earnings per share	$	2,779	$	1,757	$	1,216
Weighted-average common and ordinary shares outstanding	745		777		776
Dilutive effect of equity plans	2		2		2
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding	747		779		778
Basic earnings per share	$	3.73	$	2.26	$	1.57
Diluted earnings per share	$	3.72	$	2.26	$	1.56
Anti-dilutive equity awards excluded from diluted earnings per share computations	—		—		1

Supplemental Cash Flow Information	12 Months Ended
Supplemental Cash Flow Information	Nov. 30, 2016
Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]
Supplemental Cash Flow Information	Supplemental Cash Flow Information Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest, was $211 million in 2016, $216 million in 2015 and $297 million in 2014. In addition, cash paid for income taxes, net of recoveries, was $48 million in 2016, $40 million in 2015 and $5 million in 2014.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation, Policy

Basis of Presentation

Preparation of Financial Statements, Policy

Preparation of Financial Statements

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include investments with maturities of three months or less at acquisition, which are stated at cost.

Inventories, Policy

Inventories

Property and Equipment, Policy

Property and Equipment



	Years	Residual Values
Ships	30	15%
Ship improvements	3-30	0%
Buildings and improvements	10-40	0% or 10%
Computer hardware and software	3-12	0% or 10%
Transportation equipment and other	3-20	0% or 10%
Leasehold improvements, including port facilities	Shorter of lease term or related asset life (3-30)	0%

Intangibles, Policy

Intangibles

A significant amount of judgment is also required in estimating the fair values of our reporting units and trademarks.

Revenue and Expense Recognition, Policy

Revenue and Expense Recognition

Insurance, Policy

Insurance

Selling and Administrative Expenses, Policy

Selling and Administrative Expenses

Foreign Currency Translations and Transactions, Policy

Foreign Currency Translations and Transactions

Share-Based Compensation, Policy

Share-Based Compensation

Earnings Per Share, Policy

Earnings Per Share

Accounting Pronouncements, Policy

Accounting Pronouncements

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Depreciation and Amortization Expense Computation



	Years	Residual Values
Ships	30	15%
Ship improvements	3-30	0%
Buildings and improvements	10-40	0% or 10%
Computer hardware and software	3-12	0% or 10%
Transportation equipment and other	3-20	0% or 10%
Leasehold improvements, including port facilities	Shorter of lease term or related asset life (3-30)	0%

Property and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following (in millions):



	November 30,
	2016				2015
Ships, including ship improvements	$	44,122			$	42,401
Ships under construction	725				839
	44,847				43,240
Land, buildings and improvements, including leasehold improvements and port facilities	1,086				1,067			(b)
Computer hardware and software, transportation equipment and other	1,591				1,389
Total property and equipment	47,524				45,696			(b)
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(15,095		)		(13,878		)	(b)
	$	32,429		(a)	$	31,818		(a) (b)


(a)	At November 30, 2016 and 2015, the net carrying values of ships and ships under construction for our North America, EAA, Cruise Support and Tour and Other segments were $19.5 billion, $11.2 billion, $0.3 billion and $0.1 billion and $18.5 billion, $11.7 billion, $0.3 billion and $0.1 billion, respectively.


(b)	On December 1, 2015, we adopted the amended guidance issued by FASB regarding accounting for Service Concession Arrangements and, accordingly, reclassified $70 million from Property and Equipment, Net to Other Intangibles on our November 30, 2015 Consolidated Balance Sheet (see "Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies").

Unsecured Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-Term Debt and Short-Term Borrowings

Long-term debt and short-term borrowings consisted of the following (in millions):



	November 30, 2016		November 30,
	Interest Rates	Maturities Through	2016			2015
Long-Term Debt
Export Credit Facilities
Fixed rate	2.4% to 5.0%	2027	$	941		$	1,032
Euro fixed rate	3.8% to 4.5%	2025	233			261
Floating rate	1.6% to 2.1%	2026	793			688
Euro floating rate	0.0% to 0.8%	2027	1,649			1,864
Bank Loans
Euro fixed rate	0.6% to 3.9%	2021	612			160
Floating rate	1.3% to 1.8%	2021	800			800
Euro floating rate	0.4% to 0.8%	2021	319			212
Private Placement Notes
Fixed rate	—%	2016	—			42
Euro fixed rate	7.3%	2018	51			130
Publicly-Traded Notes
Fixed rate	1.9% to 7.2%	2028	1,717			2,219
Euro fixed rate	1.1% to 1.9%	2022	1,857			1,324
Other	5.5% to 7.3%	2030	25			25
Short-Term Borrowings
Euro floating rate commercial paper	(0.1)%	2017	451			—
Euro floating rate bank loans	0.9%	2017	6			30
Total Debt			9,454			8,787
Less short-term borrowings			(457		)	(30		)
Less current portion of long-term debt			(640		)	(1,344		)
Total Long-term Debt			$	8,357		$	7,413

Schedule of Composition of Debt

The composition of our debt, including the effect of foreign currency swaps and interest rate swaps, was as follows:



	November 30,
	2016		2015
Fixed rate	28	%	32	%
Euro fixed rate	35	%	28	%
Floating rate	14	%	18	%
Euro floating rate	23	%	22	%

The composition of our debt, including the effect of foreign currency swaps and interest rate swaps, was as follows:



	November 30,
	2016		2015
Fixed rate	28	%	32	%
Euro fixed rate	35	%	28	%
Floating rate	14	%	18	%
Euro floating rate	23	%	22	%

Scheduled Annual Maturities of Debt

At November 30, 2016, the scheduled annual maturities of our debt were as follows (in millions):



	Fiscal
	2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		Thereafter		Total
Short-term borrowings	$	457											$	457
Long-term debt	640		$	2,071	$	1,595	$	1,303	$	1,082	$	2,306	8,997
	$	1,097	$	2,071	$	1,595	$	1,303	$	1,082	$	2,306	$	9,454

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of long-debt instruments or arrangements, including identification, terms, features, collateral requirements and other information necessary to a fair presentation. These are debt arrangements that originally required repayment more than twelve months after issuance or greater than the normal operating cycle of the entity, if longer.

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Commitments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Operating Leases, Port Facilities and Other Commitments



	Fiscal
	2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		Thereafter		Total
Operating leases	$	47	$	42	$	38	$	36	$	30	$	198	$	391
Port facilities and other	228		195		117		108		102		875		1,625
	$	275	$	237	$	155	$	144	$	132	$	1,073	$	2,016

Shareholders' Equity (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Equity [Abstract]

Schedule of Repurchases

Our repurchases under the Repurchase Program were as follows (in millions):



	Carnival Corporation		Carnival plc
	Number of Shares Repurchased	Dollar Amount Paid for Shares Repurchased	Number of Shares Repurchased	Dollar Amount Paid for Shares Repurchased
2016	47.8	$2,264	0.7	$35
2015	5.3	$276	—	—

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Accumulated other comprehensive loss was as follows (in millions):



	November 30,
	2016			2015
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments, net	$	(2,266	)	$	(1,591	)
Unrecognized pension expenses	(120		)	(82		)
Unrealized losses on marketable securities	(3		)	(3		)
Net losses on cash flow derivative hedges	(65		)	(65		)
	$	(2,454	)	$	(1,741	)

Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Estimated Carrying and Fair Values of Financial Instrument Assets and (Liabilities) Not Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The carrying values and estimated fair values and basis of valuation of our financial instrument assets and liabilities not measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows (in millions):



	November 30, 2016								November 30, 2015
	Carrying Value		Fair Value						Carrying Value		Fair Value
	Carrying Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Carrying Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents (a)	$	256	$	256	$	—	$	—	$	647	$	647	$	—	$	—
Restricted cash (b)	41		41		—		—		7		7		—		—
Long-term other assets (c)	99		1		68		31		119		1		87		31
Total	$	396	$	298	$	68	$	31	$	773	$	655	$	87	$	31
Liabilities
Fixed rate debt (d)	$	5,436	$	—	$	5,727	$	—	$	5,193	$	—	$	5,450	$	—
Floating rate debt (d)	4,018		—		4,048		—		3,594		—		3,589		—
Total	$	9,454	$	—	$	9,775	$	—	$	8,787	$	—	$	9,039	$	—


(a)	Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of cash on hand and at November 30, 2015 also included a money market deposit account and time deposits. Due to their short maturities, the carrying values approximate their fair values.


(b)	Restricted cash is comprised of a money market deposit account and at November 30, 2016 also included funds held in escrow.


(c)	Long-term other assets are substantially all comprised of notes and other receivables. The fair values of our Level 2 notes and other receivables were based on estimated future cash flows discounted at appropriate market interest rates. The fair values of our Level 3 notes receivable were estimated using risk-adjusted discount rates.


(d)	Debt does not include the impact of interest rate swaps. The fair values of our publicly-traded notes were based on their unadjusted quoted market prices in markets that are not sufficiently active to be Level 1 and, accordingly, are considered Level 2. The fair values of our other debt were estimated based on appropriate market interest rates being applied to this debt.

Estimated Fair Value and Basis of Valuation of Financial Instrument Assets and (Liabilities) Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis

The estimated fair value and basis of valuation of our financial instrument assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows (in millions):



	November 30, 2016						November 30, 2015
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets
Cash equivalents (a)	$	347	$	—	$	—	$	748	$	—	$	—
Restricted cash (b)	19		—		—		22		—		—
Short-term investments (c)	—		—		21		—		—		—
Marketable securities held in rabbi trusts (d)	93		4		—		105		8		—
Derivative financial instruments (e)	—		15		—		—		29		—
Long-term other asset (c)	—		—		—		—		—		21
Total	$	459	$	19	$	21	$	875	$	37	$	21
Liabilities
Derivative financial instruments (e)	$	—	$	434	$	—	$	—	$	625	$	—
Total	$	—	$	434	$	—	$	—	$	625	$	—


(a)	Cash equivalents are comprised of money market funds.


(b)	Restricted cash is substantially all comprised of money market funds.


(c)	The fair value of auction rate security included in short-term investments and long-term other asset was based on a broker quote in an inactive market, which is considered a Level 3 input. During fiscal 2016, there were no purchases or sales pertaining to this auction-rate security. This auction-rate security was sold in December 2016.


(d)	At November 30, 2016 and 2015, marketable securities held in rabbi trusts were comprised of Level 1 bonds, frequently-priced mutual funds invested in common stocks, and money market funds and Level 2 other investments. Their use is restricted to funding certain deferred compensation and non-qualified U.S. pension plans.


(e)	See “Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” section below for detailed information regarding our derivative financial instruments.

Reconciliation of Changes in Carrying Amounts of Goodwill

The reconciliation of the changes in the carrying amounts of our goodwill was as follows (in millions):



	North America Segment		EAA Segment			Total
Balance at November 30, 2014	$	1,898	$	1,229		$	3,127
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—		(117		)	(117		)
Balance at November 30, 2015	1,898		1,112			3,010
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—		(100		)	(100		)
Balance at November 30, 2016	$	1,898	$	1,012		$	2,910

Reconciliation of Changes in Carrying Amounts of Intangible Assets Not Subject to Amortization, which Represents Trademarks

The reconciliation of the changes in the carrying amounts of our other intangible assets not subject to amortization, which represent trademarks, was as follows (in millions):



	North America Segment		EAA Segment			Total
Balance at November 30, 2014	$	927	$	338		$	1,265
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—		(31		)	(31		)
Balance at November 30, 2015	927		307			1,234
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—		(28		)	(28		)
Balance at November 30, 2016	$	927	$	279		$	1,206

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets

The reconciliation of the changes in the net carrying amounts of our other intangible assets subject to amortization, which represent port usage rights, was as follows (in millions):



	Cruise Support Segment			EAA Segment			Total
Balance at November 30, 2015 (a)	$	62		$	12		$	74
Additions	—			1			1
Amortization	(3		)	(1		)	(4		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(2		)	—			(2		)
Balance at November 30, 2016	$	57		$	12		$	69

(a) See "Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies"

Estimated Fair Values of Derivative Financial Instruments and Location on Consolidated Balance Sheets

The estimated fair values of our derivative financial instruments and their location in the Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows (in millions):



		November 30,
	Balance Sheet Location	2016		2015
Derivative assets
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Net investment hedges (a)	Prepaid expenses and other	$	12	$	14
	Other assets – long-term	3		13
Interest rate swaps (b)	Prepaid expenses and other	—		2
Total derivative assets		$	15	$	29
Derivative liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Net investment hedges (a)	Accrued liabilities and other	$	26	$	—
Interest rate swaps (b)	Accrued liabilities and other	10		11
	Other long-term liabilities	23		27
Foreign currency zero cost collars (c)	Accrued liabilities and other	12		—
	Other long-term liabilities	21		26
		92		64
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Fuel (d)	Accrued liabilities and other	198		227
	Other long-term liabilities	144		334
		342		561
Total derivative liabilities		$	434	$	625

(a)

(b)


(c)	At November 30, 2016 and 2015, we had foreign currency derivatives consisting of foreign currency zero cost collars that are designated as foreign currency cash flow hedges for a portion of our euro-denominated shipbuilding payments. See “Newbuild Currency Risks” below for additional information regarding these derivatives.


(d)	At November 30, 2016 and 2015, we had fuel derivatives consisting of zero cost collars on Brent crude oil (“Brent”) to cover a portion of our estimated fuel consumption through 2018. See “Fuel Price Risks” below for additional information regarding these fuel derivatives.

Offsetting Derivative Instruments

The amounts recognized within assets and liabilities were as follows (in millions):



	November 30, 2016
	Gross Amounts		Gross Amounts Offset in the Balance Sheet			Total Net Amounts Presented in the Balance Sheet		Gross Amounts not Offset in the Balance Sheet			Net Amounts
Assets	$	15	$	—		$	15	$	(15	)	$	—
Liabilities	$	434	$	—		$	434	$	(15	)	$	419

	November 30, 2015
	Gross Amounts		Gross Amounts Offset in the Balance Sheet			Total Net Amounts Presented in the Balance Sheet		Gross Amounts not Offset in the Balance Sheet			Net Amounts
Assets	$	73	$	(44	)	$	29	$	(29	)	$	—
Liabilities	$	669	$	(44	)	$	625	$	(29	)	$	596

Derivatives Qualifying and Designated as Hedging Instruments Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income

The effective gain (loss) portions of our derivatives qualifying and designated as hedging instruments recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) were as follows (in millions):



	November 30,
	2016			2015			2014
Net investment hedges	$	(33	)	$	58		$	25
Foreign currency zero cost collars – cash flow hedges	$	(8	)	$	(57	)	$	(10	)
Interest rate swaps – cash flow hedges	$	8		$	2		$	(28	)

(Losses) gains on fuel derivatives, net

Our unrealized and realized gains (losses), net on fuel derivatives were as follows (in millions):



	November 30,
	2016			2015			2014
Unrealized gains (losses) on fuel derivatives, net	$	236		$	(332	)	$	(268	)
Realized losses on fuel derivatives, net	(283		)	(244		)	(3		)
Losses on fuel derivatives, net	$	(47	)	$	(576	)	$	(271	)

Fuel Derivatives Outstanding

At November 30, 2016, our outstanding fuel derivatives consisted of zero cost collars on Brent as follows:



Maturities (a)	Transaction Dates	Barrels (in thousands)	Weighted-Average Floor Prices		Weighted-Average Ceiling Prices
Fiscal 2017
	February 2013	3,276	$	80	$	115
	April 2013	2,028	$	75	$	110
	January 2014	1,800	$	75	$	114
	October 2014	1,020	$	80	$	113
		8,124
Fiscal 2018
	January 2014	2,700	$	75	$	110
	October 2014	3,000	$	80	$	114
		5,700

(a) Fuel derivatives mature evenly over each month within the above fiscal periods.

Schedule of Composition of Debt

The composition of our debt, including the effect of foreign currency swaps and interest rate swaps, was as follows:



	November 30,
	2016		2015
Fixed rate	28	%	32	%
Euro fixed rate	35	%	28	%
Floating rate	14	%	18	%
Euro floating rate	23	%	22	%

The composition of our debt, including the effect of foreign currency swaps and interest rate swaps, was as follows:



	November 30,
	2016		2015
Fixed rate	28	%	32	%
Euro fixed rate	35	%	28	%
Floating rate	14	%	18	%
Euro floating rate	23	%	22	%

Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Selected Information for Cruise and Tour and Other Segments

Selected information for our segments as of and for the years ended November 30 was as follows (in millions):



	Revenues			Operating costs and expenses			Selling and administrative		Depreciation and amortization		Operating income (loss)			Capital expenditures		Total assets
2016
North America (a)	$	10,267		$	5,786		$	1,220	$	1,056	$	2,205		$	2,069	$	23,454
EAA	5,906			3,524			691		599		1,092			667		13,456
Cruise Support	131			67			278		42		(256		)	310		1,568
Tour and Other (a)	231			152			8		41		30			16		458		(b)
Intersegment elimination (a)	(146		)	(146		)	—		—		—			—		—
	$	16,389		$	9,383		$	2,197	$	1,738	$	3,071		$	3,062	$	38,936
2015
North America (a)	$	9,866		$	5,925		$	1,140	$	994	$	1,807		$	854	$	22,420
EAA	5,636			3,442			695		561		938			1,265		14,076
Cruise Support	119			58			223		27		(189		)	162		2,248
Tour and Other (a)	226			155			9		44		18			13		493		(b)
Intersegment elimination (a)	(133		)	(133		)	—		—		—			—		—
	$	15,714		$	9,447		$	2,067	$	1,626	$	2,574		$	2,294	$	39,237
2014
North America (a)	$	9,559		$	6,436		$	1,121	$	961	$	1,041		$	1,315	$	22,681
EAA	6,148			3,914			725		616		893			1,054		15,228
Cruise Support	90			39			200		25		(174		)	156		1,023
Tour and Other (a)	215			160			8		35		12			58		516		(b)
Intersegment elimination (a)	(128		)	(128		)	—		—		—			—		—
	$	15,884		$	10,421		$	2,054	$	1,637	$	1,772		$	2,583	$	39,448

(a)


(b)	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.

Revenue by Geographic Area, Based on Where Guests are Sourced

Revenues by geographic areas, which are based on where our guests are sourced, were as follows (in millions):



	Years Ended November 30,
	2016		2015		2014
North America	$	8,327	$	8,015	$	7,762
Europe	5,254		5,133		5,676
Australia and Asia	2,506		2,256		2,097
Other	302		310		349
	$	16,389	$	15,714	$	15,884

Compensation Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

TBS, PBS, and MBS Award Activity

During the years ended November 30, 2014, 2015 and 2016, the equity award activity was as follows:



	Equity Awards
	Shares		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding at November 30, 2013	3,630,997		$	37.11
Granted	1,589,368		$	44.61
Vested	(893,930	)	$	45.52
Forfeited	(273,378	)	$	40.81
Outstanding at November 30, 2014	4,053,057		$	37.94
Granted	1,253,050		$	45.70
Vested	(1,298,318	)	$	31.35
Forfeited	(398,394	)	$	39.48
Outstanding at November 30, 2015	3,609,395		$	42.84
Granted	1,451,917		$	53.98
Vested	(1,454,381	)	$	38.18
Forfeited	(193,806	)	$	47.76
Outstanding at November 30, 2016	3,413,125		$	48.03

Earnings Per Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2016

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share Computation

Our basic and diluted earnings per share were computed as follows (in millions, except per share data):



	Years Ended November 30,
	2016		2015		2014
Net income for basic and diluted earnings per share	$	2,779	$	1,757	$	1,216
Weighted-average common and ordinary shares outstanding	745		777		776
Dilutive effect of equity plans	2		2		2
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding	747		779		778
Basic earnings per share	$	3.73	$	2.26	$	1.57
Diluted earnings per share	$	3.72	$	2.26	$	1.56
Anti-dilutive equity awards excluded from diluted earnings per share computations	—		—		1

General - Summary of Information for Cruise Brands (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016 company CruiseShip
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of companies operating as a single economic enterprise \| company	2
Number of Cruise Ships \| CruiseShip	100

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Estimates of Average Useful Lives and Residual Values of Property and Equipment (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016
Ships
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Average useful lives of property and equipment	30 years
Residual value as a percentage of original cost	15.00%
Ship improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Residual value as a percentage of original cost	0.00%
Ship improvements \| Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Average useful lives of property and equipment	3 years
Ship improvements \| Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Average useful lives of property and equipment	30 years
Buildings and improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Residual value as a percentage of original cost, lower limit	0.00%
Residual value as a percentage of original cost, upper limit	10.00%
Buildings and improvements \| Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Average useful lives of property and equipment	10 years
Buildings and improvements \| Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Average useful lives of property and equipment	40 years
Computer hardware and software
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Residual value as a percentage of original cost, lower limit	0.00%
Residual value as a percentage of original cost, upper limit	10.00%
Computer hardware and software \| Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Average useful lives of property and equipment	3 years
Computer hardware and software \| Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Average useful lives of property and equipment	12 years
Transportation equipment and other
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Residual value as a percentage of original cost, lower limit	0.00%
Residual value as a percentage of original cost, upper limit	10.00%
Transportation equipment and other \| Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Average useful lives of property and equipment	3 years
Transportation equipment and other \| Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Average useful lives of property and equipment	20 years
Leasehold improvements, including port facilities
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Residual value as a percentage of original cost	0.00%
Leasehold improvements, including port facilities \| Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Average useful lives of property and equipment	3 years
Leasehold improvements, including port facilities \| Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Average useful lives of property and equipment	30 years

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($) CruiseShip	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jan. 19, 2017 CruiseShip	Dec. 01, 2015 USD ($)
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of cruise ships \| CruiseShip	100
Fees, taxes, and charges	$ 540	$ 524	$ 532
Advertising expenses	630	627	$ 623
Other Intangibles	$ 1,275	$ 1,308
Subsequent Event
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of cruise ships \| CruiseShip				102
Adjustments for New Accounting Pronouncement
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Other Intangibles					$ 70

DLC Arrangement - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
DLC Arrangement - Additional Information (Detail)	Nov. 30, 2016
Dual Listed Company Arrangement [Abstract]
DLC arrangement current equalization ratio	1

Property and Equipment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]
Ships, including ship improvements	$ 44,122	$ 42,401
Ships under construction	725	839
Ships And Ships Under Construction Gross, Total	44,847	43,240
Land, buildings and improvements, including leasehold improvements and port facilities	1,086	1,067
Computer hardware and software, transportation equipment and other	1,591	1,389
Total property and equipment	47,524	45,696
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(15,095)	(13,878)
Property and Equipment, Net	$ 32,429	$ 31,818

Property and Equipment (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Nov. 30, 2016	Dec. 01, 2015	Nov. 30, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Other Intangibles	$ 1,275		$ 1,308
North America Segment
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Net carrying values of ships and ships under construction	19,500		18,500
EAA Segment
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Net carrying values of ships and ships under construction	11,200		11,700
Cruise Support
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Net carrying values of ships and ships under construction	300		300
Tour and Other
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Net carrying values of ships and ships under construction	$ 100		$ 100
Adjustments for New Accounting Pronouncement
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Other Intangibles		$ 70

Property and Equipment - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2014 USD ($) Passenger	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2014 USD ($) Passenger	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) Passenger
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Capitalized interest, primarily on ships under construction		$ 26	$ 22	$ 21
Repairs and maintenance expenses, including minor improvement costs and dry-dock expenses		$ 963	$ 1,000	$ 936
Pacific Pearl
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Passenger Capacity \| Passenger					1,550
Costa Celebration
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Passenger Capacity \| Passenger				1,490
Ocean Princess
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Passenger Capacity \| Passenger				670
Total gain on sale-lease back				$ 24
Recognized gain on sale-lease back transaction				14
Financing provided to buyer				$ 66
Remaining gain to be recognized					$ 10
Grand Holiday
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Passenger Capacity \| Passenger				1,440
Costa Voyager
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Passenger Capacity \| Passenger	830
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	$ 37

Other Assets (Details) - Grand Bahama Shipyard Ltd. - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015	Nov. 30, 2014
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest percentage	40.00%
Services Provided	$ 58	$ 33	$ 41

Unsecured Debt - Long-Term Debt And Short-Term Borrowings (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Total	$ 9,454	$ 8,787
Less short-term borrowings	(457)	(30)
Less current portion of long-term debt	(640)	(1,344)
Total Long-term Debt	8,357	7,413
Export Credit Facilities Fixed Rate
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	941	1,032
Export Credit Facilities Euro Fixed Rate
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	233	261
Export Credit Facilities Floating Rate
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	793	688
Export Credit Facility Euro Floating Rate
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	1,649	1,864
Bank Loans Euro Fixed Rate
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	612	160
Bank Loans Floating Rate
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	800	800
Bank Loans Euro Floating Rate
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	319	212
Private Placement Notes Fixed Rate
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	0	42
Private Placement Notes Euro Fixed Rate
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	51	130
Publicly Traded Notes Fixed Rate
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	1,717	2,219
Publicly Traded Notes Euro Fixed Rate
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	1,857	1,324
Other
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	25	25
Commercial Paper
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings	451	0
Euro Bank Loans
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings	$ 6	$ 30

Unsecured Debt - Long-Term Debt And Short-Term Borrowings (Details 1)	Nov. 30, 2016
Export Credit Facilities Fixed Rate \| Minimum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	2.40%
Export Credit Facilities Fixed Rate \| Maximum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	5.00%
Export Credit Facilities Euro Fixed Rate \| Minimum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	3.80%
Export Credit Facilities Euro Fixed Rate \| Maximum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	4.50%
Export Credit Facilities Floating Rate \| Minimum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	1.60%
Export Credit Facilities Floating Rate \| Maximum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	2.10%
Export Credit Facility Euro Floating Rate \| Minimum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	0.00%
Export Credit Facility Euro Floating Rate \| Maximum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	0.80%
Bank Loans Euro Fixed Rate \| Minimum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	0.60%
Bank Loans Euro Fixed Rate \| Maximum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	3.90%
Bank Loans Floating Rate \| Minimum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	1.30%
Bank Loans Floating Rate \| Maximum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	1.80%
Bank Loans Euro Floating Rate \| Minimum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	0.40%
Bank Loans Euro Floating Rate \| Maximum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	0.80%
Private Placement Notes Fixed Rate
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	0.00%
Private Placement Notes Euro Fixed Rate
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	7.30%
Publicly Traded Notes Fixed Rate \| Minimum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	1.90%
Publicly Traded Notes Fixed Rate \| Maximum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	7.20%
Publicly Traded Notes Euro Fixed Rate \| Minimum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	1.10%
Publicly Traded Notes Euro Fixed Rate \| Maximum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	1.90%
Debt Other \| Minimum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	5.50%
Debt Other \| Maximum
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	7.30%
Commercial Paper
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	(0.10%)
Euro Bank Loans
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	0.90%

Unsecured Debt Unsecured Debt - Schedule of Composition of Debt (Details)	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015
U.S. Dollar Denominated Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of debt bore fixed interest rates, including the effect of interest rate swaps	28.00%	32.00%
Percentage of debt bore floating interest rates, including the effect of interest rate swaps	14.00%	18.00%
Euro Denominated
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of debt bore fixed interest rates, including the effect of interest rate swaps	35.00%	28.00%
Percentage of debt bore floating interest rates, including the effect of interest rate swaps	23.00%	22.00%

Unsecured Debt - Scheduled Annual Maturities of Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]
Debt maturities in 2017	$ 1,097
Debt maturities in 2018	2,071
Debt maturities in 2019	1,595
Debt maturities in 2020	1,303
Debt maturities in 2021	1,082
Debt maturities thereafter	2,306
Total	9,454	$ 8,787
Short-term borrowings
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]
Debt maturities in 2017	457
Total	457
Long-term debt
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]
Debt maturities in 2017	640
Debt maturities in 2018	2,071
Debt maturities in 2019	1,595
Debt maturities in 2020	1,303
Debt maturities in 2021	1,082
Debt maturities thereafter	2,306
Total	$ 8,997

Unsecured Debt - Committed Ship Financings (Details)	12 Months Ended
Unsecured Debt - Committed Ship Financings (Details)	Nov. 30, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Line of credit, maturity period	12 years

Unsecured Debt - Additional Information (Details) € in Millions, £ in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Nov. 30, 2016 GBP (£)	Dec. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2016 EUR (€)	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity					$ 2,900
Long-term debt					300
Line of credit facility available amount					2,400
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate		30.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Main Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt					2,600
Commitment fee percentage	35.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Main Credit Facility \| U.S. Dollar Denominated Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt					$ 1,900
Revolving Credit Facility \| Main Credit Facility \| Euro Denominated
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt \| €				€ 500
Revolving Credit Facility \| Main Credit Facility \| Sterling Denominated Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt \| £		£ 169
Revolving Credit Facility \| Main Credit Facility \| Utilization of less than One Third of Available Line of Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional utilization fee		0.10%		0.10%	0.10%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Main Credit Facility \| Utilization of more than One Third of Available Line of Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional utilization fee		0.20%		0.20%	0.20%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Main Credit Facility \| Utilization of more than Two Thirds of Available Line of Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional utilization fee		0.40%		0.40%	0.40%
Subsequent Event \| Export Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity			$ 800

Commitments Commitments - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($) ship	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Commitments [Line Items]
Rent expense under operating leases	$ 67	$ 70	$ 63
Ship Commitments
Commitments [Line Items]
Ships under contract for construction \| ship	19
Anticipated payment for cost of ships due in 2017	$ 1,400
Anticipated payment for cost of ships due in 2018	2,600
Anticipated payment for cost of ships due in 2019	3,400
Anticipated payment for cost of ships due in 2020	3,300
Anticipated payment for cost of ships due in 2021	2,400
Anticipated payment for cost of ships due in 2022	$ 1,600

Commitments Commitments - Operating Leases, Port Facilities and Other Commitments (Detail) $ in Millions	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Operating leases
Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In 2017	$ 47
Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In 2018	42
Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In 2019	38
Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In 2020	36
Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In 2021	30
Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due Thereafter	198
Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due	391
Port Facilities And Other
Port Facilities And Other Contractual Commitments Due In 2017	228
Port Facilities And Other Contractual Commitments Due In 2018	195
Port Facilities And Other Contractual Commitments Due In 2019	117
Port Facilities And Other Contractual Commitments Due In 2020	108
Port Facilities And Other Contractual Commitments Due In 2021	102
Port Facilities And Other Contractual Commitments Due Thereafter	875
Port Facilities And Other Contractual Commitments Due	1,625
Leases And Other Future Minimum Payments
Leases And Other Future Minimum Payments Due In 2017	275
Leases And Other Future Minimum Payments Due In 2018	237
Leases And Other Future Minimum Payments Due In 2019	155
Leases And Other Future Minimum Payments Due In 2020	144
Leases And Other Future Minimum Payments Due In 2021	132
Leases And Other Future Minimum Payments Due Thereafter	1,073
Leases And Other Future Minimum Payments Due	$ 2,016

Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($) ship	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Contingencies [Line Items]
LILO transactions, number of ships with contingent obligations \| ship	2
Required standby letter of credit if Carnival Corporation's credit rating falls below BBB or, alternatively, provide mortgages for this aggregate amount on these two ships
Lease Out And Lease Back Type Transactions
Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated contingent obligations	366
Estimated termination payment in the event that Carnival Corporation were to default on its contingent obligations and assuming performance by all other participants	13
Required standby letter of credit if Carnival Corporation's credit rating falls below BBB or, alternatively, provide mortgages for this aggregate amount on these two ships	$ 27

Taxation - Additional Information (Details) - ITALY	12 Months Ended
Taxation - Additional Information (Details) - ITALY	Nov. 30, 2016
Income Tax [Line Items]
Additional tax rate election period beginning 2025	10 years
Effective tax rate	5.50%

Shareholders' Equity - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)		2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 20, 2016	Jan. 19, 2017	Nov. 30, 2016	Oct. 20, 2016	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015	Nov. 30, 2014	Jan. 31, 2017	Jun. 27, 2016	Feb. 29, 2016	Jan. 28, 2016
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Share repurchase program, aggregate value authorized for repurchase									$ 1,000,000,000		$ 1,000,000,000
Dollar Amount Paid for Shares Repurchased					$ 2,340,000,000	$ 533,000,000	$ 0
Sales of treasury stock					40,000,000	264,000,000	$ 0
Unrecognized pension expenses reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income					$ 7,000,000	$ 13,000,000
Dividends declared per share (USD per share)					$ 1.35	$ 1.1	$ 1.00
Carnival Corp
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Preferred stock, authorized			40,000,000		40,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued			0		0	0
Number of Shares Repurchased					900,000	5,100,000
Share repurchase program additional authorized shares for repurchase										26,900,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Treasury Stock Reissued					900,000	5,100,000
Sales of treasury stock					$ 40,000,000
Dividend rate, percentage increase					17.00%
Dividends declared per share (USD per share)	$ 0.35			$ 0.30
Dividends, common stock			$ 254,000,000
CARNIVAL PLC
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Share repuchase program, number of shares authorized to be repurchased			21,500,000		21,500,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Treasury Stock Reissued							0
Sales of treasury stock						$ 264,000,000
Dividend rate, percentage increase					17.00%
Dividends declared per share (USD per share)	$ 0.35			$ 0.30
Dividends, common stock			$ 254,000,000
Subsequent Event
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program, remaining authorized amount		$ 400,000,000
Subsequent Event \| Carnival Corp
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program, remaining authorized shares		26,000,000
Subsequent Event \| CARNIVAL PLC
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Share repurchase program additional authorized shares for repurchase								22,000,000
Stock repurchase program, remaining authorized shares		22,000,000
Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Carnival Corp
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Number of Shares Repurchased					47,800,000	5,300,000
Dollar Amount Paid for Shares Repurchased					$ 2,264,000,000	$ 276,000,000
Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| CARNIVAL PLC
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Number of Shares Repurchased					700,000	0
Dollar Amount Paid for Shares Repurchased					$ 35,000,000	$ 0
Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Subsequent Event \| CARNIVAL PLC
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Number of Shares Repurchased		0
Dollar Amount Paid for Shares Repurchased		$ 10,000,000
Stock repurchase program, remaining authorized shares		20,600,000
Payroll and Related Expenses
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Unrecognized pension expenses reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income					4,000,000	8,000,000
General and Administrative Expense
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Unrecognized pension expenses reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income					$ 3,000,000	$ 5,000,000

Shareholders' Equity - Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015
Equity [Abstract]
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments, net	$ (2,266)	$ (1,591)
Unrecognized pension expenses	(120)	(82)
Unrealized losses on marketable securities	(3)	(3)
Net losses on cash flow derivative hedges	(65)	(65)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	$ (2,454)	$ (1,741)

Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Estimated Carrying and Fair Values of Financial Instrument Assets and (Liabilities) Not Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Details) - Financial Instruments Not Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis - USD ($) $ in Millions	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015
Carrying Value
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 256	$ 647
Restricted cash	41	7
Long-term other assets	99	119
Total	396	773
Liabilities
Total	9,454	8,787
Carrying Value \| Fixed Rate
Liabilities
Debt	5,436	5,193
Carrying Value \| Floating Rate
Liabilities
Debt	4,018	3,594
Fair Value \| Level 1
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	256	647
Restricted cash	41	7
Long-term other assets	1	1
Total	298	655
Fair Value \| Level 2
Assets
Long-term other assets	68	87
Total	68	87
Liabilities
Total	9,775	9,039
Fair Value \| Level 2 \| Fixed Rate
Liabilities
Debt	5,727	5,450
Fair Value \| Level 2 \| Floating Rate
Liabilities
Debt	4,048	3,589
Fair Value \| Level 3
Assets
Long-term other assets	31	31
Total	$ 31	$ 31

Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Estimated Fair Value and Basis of Valuation of Financial Instrument Assets And (Liabilities) Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015
Assets
Derivative financial instruments	$ 15	$ 73
Liabilities
Derivative financial instruments	434	669
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 1
Assets
Total	459	875
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 1 \| Money market funds
Assets
Cash equivalents	347	748
Restricted cash	19	22
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 1 \| Marketable securities held in rabbi trusts
Assets
Investments	93	105
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 2
Assets
Total	19	37
Liabilities
Total	434	625
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 2 \| Marketable securities held in rabbi trusts
Assets
Investments	4	8
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 2 \| Derivative financial instruments
Assets
Derivative financial instruments	15	29
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 2 \| Derivative financial instruments
Liabilities
Derivative financial instruments	434	625
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 3
Assets
Total	21	21
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 3 \| Short-term investments
Assets
Investments	$ 21
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 3 \| Long-term other assets
Assets
Long-term other assets		$ 21

Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Sale and Impairment of Ships (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2014 USD ($) Passenger	May 31, 2014 USD ($) Passenger
Grand Holiday
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Passenger Capacity \| Passenger	1,440
Impairment of long-lived assets to be disposed of \| $	$ 31
Grand Celebration
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Passenger Capacity \| Passenger		1,490
Impairment of long-lived assets to be disposed of \| $		$ 22

Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Reconciliation of Changes in Carrying Amounts of Goodwill (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	$ 3,010	$ 3,127
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(100)	(117)
Ending Balance	2,910	3,010
North America Segment
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	1,898	1,898
Ending Balance	1,898	1,898
EAA Segment
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	1,112	1,229
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(100)	(117)
Ending Balance	$ 1,012	$ 1,112

Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Reconciliation of Changes in Carrying Amounts of Intangible Assets Not Subject to Amortization, Which Represents Trademarks (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	$ 1,234	$ 1,265
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(28)	(31)
Ending Balance	1,206	1,234
North America Segment
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	927	927
Ending Balance	927	927
EAA Segment
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	307	338
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(28)	(31)
Ending Balance	$ 279	$ 307

Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Intangible Assets (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Finite-lived intangible assets	$ 74
Additions	1
Amortization	(4)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(2)
Finite-lived intangible assets	69
Cruise Support
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Finite-lived intangible assets	62
Additions	0
Amortization	(3)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(2)
Finite-lived intangible assets	57
EAA Segment
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Finite-lived intangible assets	12
Additions	1
Amortization	(1)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	0
Finite-lived intangible assets	$ 12

Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Estimated Fair Values of Derivative Financial Instruments and Location on Consolidated Balance Sheets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset	$ 15	$ 29
Derivative liability	434	625
Designated as hedging instruments
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability	92	64
Not designated as hedging instrument
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability	342	561
Net investment hedges \| Designated as hedging instruments \| Prepaid expenses and other
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset	12	14
Net investment hedges \| Designated as hedging instruments \| Other assets – long-term
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset	3	13
Net investment hedges \| Designated as hedging instruments \| Accrued liabilities and other
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability	26
Interest rate swaps – cash flow hedges \| Designated as hedging instruments \| Prepaid expenses and other
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset		2
Interest rate swaps – cash flow hedges \| Designated as hedging instruments \| Accrued liabilities and other
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability	10	11
Interest rate swaps – cash flow hedges \| Designated as hedging instruments \| Other long-term liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability	23	27
Foreign currency zero cost collars \| Designated as hedging instruments \| Accrued liabilities and other
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability	12
Foreign currency zero cost collars \| Designated as hedging instruments \| Other long-term liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability	21	26
Fuel \| Not designated as hedging instrument \| Accrued liabilities and other
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability	198	227
Fuel \| Not designated as hedging instrument \| Other long-term liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability	$ 144	$ 334

Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Estimated Fair Values of Derivative Financial Instruments and Location on Consolidated Balance Sheets (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability	$ 434	$ 625
Net investment hedges
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Total foreign currency forwards designated as hedges of net investments in foreign operations for euro-denominated functional currency	456	43
Interest rate swaps – cash flow hedges \| Cash Flow Hedging
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Amount of interest rate swap agreements change, of EURIBOR-based floating rate debt to fixed rate debt, for euro interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges	500	568
Interest rate swaps – cash flow hedges \| Fair Value Hedging
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Amount of interest rate swap agreements change, of fixed rate debt to U.S. dollar LIBOR-based floating rate debt, for U.S. dollar interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges		500
Designated as hedging instruments
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability	92	64
Currency Swap \| Designated as hedging instruments
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability	$ 291	$ 387

Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Offsetting Derivative Instruments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Derivative assets, gross amount	$ 15	$ 73
Derivative assets, gross amounts offset in the Balance Sheet	0	(44)
Derivative assets, total net amounts presented in the Balance Sheet	15	29
Derivative assets, gross amounts not offset in the balance sheet	(15)	(29)
Derivative assets, net amount	0	0
Derivative liabilities, gross amount	434	669
Derivative liabilities, gross amounts offset in the Balance Sheet	0	(44)
Derivative liabilities, total net amounts presented in the Balance Sheet	434	625
Derivative liabilities, gross amounts not offset in the balance sheet	(15)	(29)
Derivative liabilities, net amount	$ 419	$ 596

Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Derivatives Qualifying and Designated as Hedging Instruments Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($) counterparty	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Collateral posted		$ 25,000,000
Fuel Derivative, Counterparty \| counterparty	1
Collateral Required to be Received		0
Net investment hedges \| Designated as hedging instruments
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Effective portions of derivatives qualifying and designated as hedging instruments recognized in other comprehensive loss	$ (33,000,000)	58,000,000	$ 25,000,000
Foreign currency zero cost collars – cash flow hedges \| Designated as hedging instruments
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Effective portions of derivatives qualifying and designated as hedging instruments recognized in other comprehensive loss	(8,000,000)	(57,000,000)	(10,000,000)
Interest rate swaps – cash flow hedges \| Designated as hedging instruments
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Effective portions of derivatives qualifying and designated as hedging instruments recognized in other comprehensive loss	8,000,000	$ 2,000,000	$ (28,000,000)
Fuel
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Collateral Required to be Received	0
Collateral Required to be Posted	0
Minimum
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative asset, cash collateral netting threshold, fair value	$ 100,000,000

Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Fuel Derivatives Outstanding (Details) bbl in Thousands, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($) bbl $ / bbl	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Derivative [Line Items]
Unrealized gains (losses) on fuel derivatives, net \| $	$ 236	$ (332)	$ (268)
Realized losses on fuel derivatives, net \| $	(283)	(244)	(3)
Losses on fuel derivatives, net \| $	$ (47)	$ (576)	$ (271)
Fuel Derivatives 2017 Maturity
Derivative [Line Items]
Barrels \| bbl	8,124
Fuel Derivatives 2017 Maturity February 2013 Transaction Date
Derivative [Line Items]
Barrels \| bbl	3,276
Weighted-Average Floor Price (in dollars per BBL)	80
Weighted-Average Ceiling Price (in dollars per BBL)	115
Fuel Derivatives 2017 Maturity April 2013 Transaction Date
Derivative [Line Items]
Barrels \| bbl	2,028
Weighted-Average Floor Price (in dollars per BBL)	75
Weighted-Average Ceiling Price (in dollars per BBL)	110
Fuel Derivatives 2017 Maturity January 2014 Transaction Date
Derivative [Line Items]
Barrels \| bbl	1,800
Weighted-Average Floor Price (in dollars per BBL)	75
Weighted-Average Ceiling Price (in dollars per BBL)	114
Fuel Derivatives 2017 Maturity October 2014 Transaction Date
Derivative [Line Items]
Barrels \| bbl	1,020
Weighted-Average Floor Price (in dollars per BBL)	80
Weighted-Average Ceiling Price (in dollars per BBL)	113
Fuel Derivatives 2018 Maturity [Domain]
Derivative [Line Items]
Barrels \| bbl	5,700
Fuel Derivatives 2018 Maturity January 2014 Transaction Date
Derivative [Line Items]
Barrels \| bbl	2,700
Weighted-Average Floor Price (in dollars per BBL)	75
Weighted-Average Ceiling Price (in dollars per BBL)	110
Fuel Derivatives 2018 Maturity October 2014 Transaction Date
Derivative [Line Items]
Barrels \| bbl	3,000
Weighted-Average Floor Price (in dollars per BBL)	80
Weighted-Average Ceiling Price (in dollars per BBL)	114

Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Foreign Currency Exchange Risks (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jan. 19, 2017	Nov. 30, 2016
Euro Denominated
Fair Value, Measurement Inputs, Disclosure [Line Items]
Debt instrument		$ 5,500
Majestic Princess \| Cash Flow Hedging \| Minimum
Fair Value, Measurement Inputs, Disclosure [Line Items]
Currency exchange risk hedged		1
Majestic Princess \| Cash Flow Hedging \| Maximum
Fair Value, Measurement Inputs, Disclosure [Line Items]
Currency exchange risk hedged		1
Carnival Horizon \| Cash Flow Hedging \| Minimum
Fair Value, Measurement Inputs, Disclosure [Line Items]
Currency exchange risk hedged		1
Carnival Horizon \| Cash Flow Hedging \| Maximum
Fair Value, Measurement Inputs, Disclosure [Line Items]
Currency exchange risk hedged		1
Seabourn Ovation \| Cash Flow Hedging \| Minimum
Fair Value, Measurement Inputs, Disclosure [Line Items]
Currency exchange risk hedged		1
Seabourn Ovation \| Cash Flow Hedging \| Maximum
Fair Value, Measurement Inputs, Disclosure [Line Items]
Currency exchange risk hedged		1
Holland America Nieuw Statendam \| Cash Flow Hedging \| Minimum
Fair Value, Measurement Inputs, Disclosure [Line Items]
Currency exchange risk hedged		1
Holland America Nieuw Statendam \| Cash Flow Hedging \| Maximum
Fair Value, Measurement Inputs, Disclosure [Line Items]
Currency exchange risk hedged		$ 1
Subsequent Event
Fair Value, Measurement Inputs, Disclosure [Line Items]
Foreign currency contract commitments	$ 5,700

Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Schedule of Composition of Debt (Details)	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015
U.S. Dollar Denominated Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of debt bore fixed interest rates, including the effect of interest rate swaps	28.00%	32.00%
Percentage of debt bore floating interest rates, including the effect of interest rate swaps	14.00%	18.00%
Euro Denominated
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of debt bore fixed interest rates, including the effect of interest rate swaps	35.00%	28.00%
Percentage of debt bore floating interest rates, including the effect of interest rate swaps	23.00%	22.00%

Segment Information Segment Information - Selected Information for Cruise and Tour and Other Segments (Details 1)	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016 Segment
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Reportable cruise segments	4
Number of reportable segments	2

Segment Information Segment Information - Selected Information for Cruise and Tour and Other Segments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015	Nov. 30, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 16,389	$ 15,714	$ 15,884
Operating costs and expenses	9,383	9,447	10,421
Selling and administrative	2,197	2,067	2,054
Depreciation and amortization	1,738	1,626	1,637
Operating income (loss)	3,071	2,574	1,772
Capital expenditures	3,062	2,294	2,583
Total assets	38,936	39,237	39,448
North America Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	10,267	9,866	9,559
Operating costs and expenses	5,786	5,925	6,436
Selling and administrative	1,220	1,140	1,121
Depreciation and amortization	1,056	994	961
Operating income (loss)	2,205	1,807	1,041
Capital expenditures	2,069	854	1,315
Total assets	23,454	22,420	22,681
EAA Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	5,906	5,636	6,148
Operating costs and expenses	3,524	3,442	3,914
Selling and administrative	691	695	725
Depreciation and amortization	599	561	616
Operating income (loss)	1,092	938	893
Capital expenditures	667	1,265	1,054
Total assets	13,456	14,076	15,228
Cruise Support
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	131	119	90
Operating costs and expenses	67	58	39
Selling and administrative	278	223	200
Depreciation and amortization	42	27	25
Operating income (loss)	(256)	(189)	(174)
Capital expenditures	310	162	156
Total assets	1,568	2,248	1,023
Tour and Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	231	226	215
Operating costs and expenses	152	155	160
Selling and administrative	8	9	8
Depreciation and amortization	41	44	35
Operating income (loss)	30	18	12
Capital expenditures	16	13	58
Total assets	458	493	516
Intersegment elimination
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	(146)	(133)	(128)
Operating costs and expenses	$ (146)	$ (133)	$ (128)

Segment Information Segment Information - Revenue by Geographic Area, Based on Where Guests are Sourced (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015	Nov. 30, 2014
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 16,389	$ 15,714	$ 15,884
North America
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	8,327	8,015	7,762
Europe
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	5,254	5,133	5,676
Australia and Asia
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	2,506	2,256	2,097
Other
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 302	$ 310	$ 349

Compensation Plans - Additional Information (Details) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($) plan shares	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014
Employee Benefits Disclosure [Line Items]
Shares available for future grant \| shares	17.3
Award vesting period	3 years
Unrecognized compensation cost	$ 50
Weighted-average period over which cost is expected to be recognized	1 year 4 months 24 days
Pension expense	$ 27	$ 47	$ 69
Defined contribution plans, total expense	$ 30	$ 30	$ 25
Restricted Stock Awards
Employee Benefits Disclosure [Line Items]
Award vesting period	3 years
Restricted Stock Units
Employee Benefits Disclosure [Line Items]
Award vesting period	3 years
Pension Plan
Employee Benefits Disclosure [Line Items]
Weighted-average discount rates	2.90%	3.50%
Net of benefit obligations and plan assets	$ 88
Multiemployer Defined Benefit Pension Plan
Employee Benefits Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of multiemployer plans \| plan	2
Multiemployer Defined Benefit Pension Plan \| MNOPF
Employee Benefits Disclosure [Line Items]
Funded percentage				90.00%
Employer contribution as a percentage of total contributions made by all plan participants	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%
Multiemployer Defined Benefit Pension Plan \| MNRPF
Employee Benefits Disclosure [Line Items]
Funded percentage				67.00%
Employer contribution as a percentage of total contributions made by all plan participants	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%

Compensation Plans - TBS, PBS, and MBS Award Activity (Details) - Equity Awards - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015	Nov. 30, 2014
Shares
Shares Outstanding Beginning Balance	3,609,395	4,053,057	3,630,997
Shares Granted	1,451,917	1,253,050	1,589,368
Shares Vested	(1,454,381)	(1,298,318)	(893,930)
Shares Forfeited	(193,806)	(398,394)	(273,378)
Shares Outstanding Ending Balance	3,413,125	3,609,395	4,053,057
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value, Outstanding Beginning Balance (USD per share)	$ 42.84	$ 37.94	$ 37.11
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value, Granted (USD per share)	53.98	45.70	44.61
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value, Vested (USD per share)	38.18	31.35	45.52
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value, Forfeited (USD per share)	47.76	39.48	40.81
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value, Outstanding Ending Balance (USD per share)	$ 48.03	$ 42.84	$ 37.94

Earnings Per Share - Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share Computation (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015	Nov. 30, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Net income for basic and diluted earnings per share	$ 2,779	$ 1,757	$ 1,216
Weighted-average common and ordinary shares outstanding	745	777	776
Dilutive effect of equity plans	2	2	2
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding	747	779	778
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 3.73	$ 2.26	$ 1.57
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 3.72	$ 2.26	$ 1.56
Anti-dilutive stock options excluded from diluted earnings per share computations	0	0	1

Supplemental Cash Flow Information - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015	Nov. 30, 2014
Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest	$ 211	$ 216	$ 297
Cash (paid) received, net for income taxes	$ 48	$ 40	$ 5