Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Net revenues:
Admissions	$ 306,495	$ 340,183	$ 693,144	$ 747,610
Food, merchandise and other	189,339	198,206	420,131	440,681
Total revenues	495,834	538,389	1,113,275	1,188,291
Costs and expenses:
Cost of food, merchandise and other revenues	38,219	40,422	88,630	93,224
Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below)	200,891	202,625	557,993	573,892
Selling, general and administrative	50,438	47,426	154,078	149,581
Termination of advisory agreement				50,072
Secondary offering costs			747
Depreciation and amortization	44,371	42,322	128,733	124,154
Total costs and expenses	333,919	332,795	930,181	990,923
Operating income	161,915	205,594	183,094	197,368
Other income, net	(56)	(13)	(84)	(193)
Interest expense	20,857	20,211	61,087	70,439
Loss on early extinguishment of debt and write-off of discounts and deferred financing costs	461		461	29,858
Income before income taxes	140,653	185,396	121,630	97,264
Provision for income taxes	53,477	64,656	46,265	32,375
Net income	87,176	120,740	75,365	64,889
Other comprehensive income:
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives, net of tax	1,087	(1,127)	7	1,453
Comprehensive income	$ 88,263	$ 119,613	$ 75,372	$ 66,342
Earnings per share:
Net income per share, basic	$ 1.01	$ 1.35	$ 0.86	$ 0.75
Net income per share, diluted	$ 1.00	$ 1.34	$ 0.86	$ 0.74
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic, shares	86,715	89,610	87,329	86,867
Diluted, shares	87,024	90,206	87,648	87,531
Cash dividends declared per share:
Cash dividends declared per share	$ 0.21	$ 0.20	$ 0.62	$ 0.40