Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest	Common Shares of Beneficial Interest	Paid-in Capital	Accumulated Deficit and Distributions in Excess of Net Earnings	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P.	Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P. Limited Partner	Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P. General Partner	Series A	Series A Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest	Series A Paid-in Capital	Series A Accumulated Deficit and Distributions in Excess of Net Earnings	Series B	Series B Common Shares of Beneficial Interest	Series B Paid-in Capital	Series B Accumulated Deficit and Distributions in Excess of Net Earnings
Beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2017		125	69,370,609
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2017	$ (186,924)	$ 0	$ 694	$ 394,082	$ (581,470)	$ (230)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss)	(8,640)				(8,640)		$ (8,640)		$ (86)	$ (8,554)
Other comprehensive loss	(938)					(938)	(938)	$ (938)
Redemption and distributions on preferred shares of beneficial interest – Series A											$ (134)		$ (133)	$ (1)
Redemption and distributions on preferred shares of beneficial interest – Series A (in shares)												(125)
Distributions on preferred shares of beneficial interest – Series B															$ (1,817)			$ (1,817)
Distributions on common shares	(21,436)				(21,436)
Share-based compensation expense	1,839			1,839			4,179		$ 42	$ 4,137
Share-based compensation expense (modification and acceleration of equity awards)	2,600			2,600
Common stock issuance related to share-based payment plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes (in shares)			125,763
Common share issuance related to share-based payment plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes	(259)		$ 1	(260)
Warrants exercise (in shares)			6,426,818
Warrants exercise	0		$ 64	(64)
Issuance of common shares (in shares)			33,350,000
Issuance of common shares	484,905		$ 334	484,571
Conversion of mezzanine Series B Preferred shares (in shares)																33,240,258
Conversion of mezzanine Series B Preferred shares	372,791															$ 332	$ 372,459
Ending balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2018		0	142,513,448
Ending balance at Mar. 31, 2018	641,987	$ 0	$ 1,425	1,255,094	(613,364)	(1,168)
Beginning balance (In shares) at Dec. 31, 2017									693,706.09	68,676,903
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2017							185,870	(230)	$ 1,860	$ 184,240
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Distributions to parent							(23,389)		$ (234)	$ (23,155)
Contributions to partners' capital (in shares)									731,428.39	72,411,411
Contributions to partners' capital							484,905		$ 4,849	$ 480,056
Ending balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2018									1,425,134	141,088,314
Ending balance at Mar. 31, 2018							641,987	(1,168)	$ 6,431	$ 636,724
Beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2017		125	69,370,609
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2017	(186,924)	$ 0	$ 694	394,082	(581,470)	(230)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss)	20,766						$ 20,766
Ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2018		0	143,459,052
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2018	$ 642,817	$ 0	$ 1,435	1,257,779	(611,208)	(5,189)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Distributions declared per common share of beneficial interest (in USD per share)	$ 0.362						$ 0.3226
Beginning balance (In shares) at Dec. 31, 2017									693,706.09	68,676,903
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2017							$ 185,870	(230)	$ 1,860	$ 184,240
Ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2018									1,434,590	142,024,462
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2018							642,817	(5,189)	$ 6,480	$ 641,526
Beginning balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2018		0	142,513,448
Beginning balance at Mar. 31, 2018	$ 641,987	$ 0	$ 1,425	1,255,094	(613,364)	(1,168)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss)	29,406				29,406		29,406		294	29,112
Other comprehensive loss	(4,021)					(4,021)	(4,021)	(4,021)
Distributions on common shares	(27,250)				(27,250)
Share-based compensation expense	2,256			2,256			$ 1,697		$ 17	$ 1,680
Share-based compensation expense (modification and acceleration of equity awards)	(559)			(559)
Common stock issuance related to share-based payment plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes (in shares)			945,604
Common share issuance related to share-based payment plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes	998		$ 10	988
Ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2018		0	143,459,052
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2018	$ 642,817	$ 0	$ 1,435	1,257,779	(611,208)	(5,189)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Distributions declared per common share of beneficial interest (in USD per share)	$ 0.1891						$ 0.1899
Beginning balance (In shares) at Mar. 31, 2018									1,425,134	141,088,314
Beginning balance at Mar. 31, 2018							$ 641,987	(1,168)	$ 6,431	$ 636,724
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Distributions to parent							(27,250)		$ (272)	$ (26,978)
Contributions to partners' capital (in shares)									9,456.04	936,148
Contributions to partners' capital							998		$ 10	$ 988
Ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2018									1,434,590	142,024,462
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2018							642,817	(5,189)	$ 6,480	$ 641,526
Beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018			148,234,959
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2018	$ 706,755		$ 1,482	1,356,133	(638,345)	(12,515)	706,755
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss)	(4,629)				(4,629)		(4,629)		(46)	(4,583)
Other comprehensive loss	(2,832)					(2,832)	(2,832)	(2,832)
Distributions on common shares	(30,235)				(30,235)
Share-based compensation expense	2,625			2,625			5,669		57	5,612
Share-based compensation expense (modification and acceleration of equity awards)	3,044			3,044
Common stock issuance related to share-based payment plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes (in shares)			897,849
Common share issuance related to share-based payment plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes	3,974		$ 9	3,965
Other	1,775				(88)	1,863	1,775	1,863	$ (1)	$ (87)
Ending balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2019			149,132,808
Ending balance at Mar. 31, 2019	680,477		$ 1,491	1,365,767	(673,297)	(13,484)
Beginning balance (In shares) at Dec. 31, 2018									1,482,350	146,752,609
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2018							706,755	(12,515)	$ 7,192	$ 712,078
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Distributions to parent							(30,235)		$ (302)	$ (29,933)
Contributions to partners' capital (in shares)									8,978.49	888,871
Contributions to partners' capital							3,974		$ 40	$ 3,934
Other	1,775				(88)	1,863	1,775	1,863	$ (1)	$ (87)
Ending balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2019									1,491,328	147,641,480
Ending balance at Mar. 31, 2019							680,477	(13,484)	$ 6,940	$ 687,021
Beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018			148,234,959
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2018	706,755		$ 1,482	1,356,133	(638,345)	(12,515)	706,755
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss)	262						262
Ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2019			191,634,460
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2019	$ 1,855,657		$ 1,916	2,577,888	(707,170)	(16,977)	$ 1,855,657
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Distributions declared per common share of beneficial interest (in USD per share)	$ 0.416						$ 0.4176
Beginning balance (In shares) at Dec. 31, 2018									1,482,350	146,752,609
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2018							$ 706,755	(12,515)	$ 7,192	$ 712,078
Ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2019									1,916,345	189,718,115
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2019							1,855,657	(16,977)	$ 18,727	$ 1,853,907
Beginning balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2019			149,132,808
Beginning balance at Mar. 31, 2019	$ 680,477		$ 1,491	1,365,767	(673,297)	(13,484)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss)	4,891				4,891		4,891		49	4,842
Other comprehensive loss	(4,476)					(4,476)	(4,476)	(4,476)
Distributions on common shares	(38,764)				(38,764)
Share-based compensation expense	3,171			3,171			3,171		32	3,139
Common stock issuance related to share-based payment plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes (in shares)			439,152
Common share issuance related to share-based payment plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes	2,327		$ 4	2,323
Other	983				0	983	983	983	$ 0	$ 0
Issuance of common shares (in shares)			42,062,500
Issuance of common shares	1,207,048		$ 421	1,206,627
Ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2019			191,634,460
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2019	$ 1,855,657		$ 1,916	$ 2,577,888	(707,170)	(16,977)	$ 1,855,657
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Distributions declared per common share of beneficial interest (in USD per share)	$ 0.2126						$ 0.2133
Beginning balance (In shares) at Mar. 31, 2019									1,491,328	147,641,480
Beginning balance at Mar. 31, 2019							$ 680,477	(13,484)	$ 6,940	$ 687,021
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Distributions to parent							(38,764)		$ (388)	$ (38,376)
Contributions to partners' capital (in shares)									425,016.52	42,076,635
Contributions to partners' capital							1,209,375		$ 12,094	$ 1,197,281
Other	$ 983				$ 0	$ 983	983	983	$ 0	$ 0
Ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2019									1,916,345	189,718,115
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2019							$ 1,855,657	$ (16,977)	$ 18,727	$ 1,853,907