Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation - Additional Information (Detail)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014 Segment Partnership Business
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of limited partnerships which owned the Company	10
Number of theme parks owned and operated	11
Number of reportable segment	1

Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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