Schedule I - Description of Seaworld Entertainment, Inc. - Additional Information (Detail)	Dec. 31, 2014 Business Partnership	Oct. 02, 2009 Partnership
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of limited partnerships which owned the Company	10seas_NumberOfLimitedPartnerships	10seas_NumberOfLimitedPartnerships
Number of theme parks, owns and operates	11seas_NumberOfThemeParks

Number of theme parks owned and operated by the Company during the period.

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