Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Net revenues:
Admissions	$ 859,426	$ 921,016	$ 884,407
Food, merchandise and other	518,386	539,234	539,345
Total revenues	1,377,812	1,460,250	1,423,752
Costs and expenses:
Cost of food, merchandise and other revenues	109,024	114,192	118,559
Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below)	727,659	743,322	730,582
Selling, general and administrative	189,369	187,298	184,920
Restructuring and other related costs	11,567
Separation costs	2,574
Secondary offering costs	747	1,407
Termination of advisory agreement		50,072
Depreciation and amortization	176,275	166,086	166,975
Total costs and expenses	1,217,215	1,262,377	1,201,036
Operating income	160,597	197,873	222,716
Other income, net	(198)	(241)	(1,563)
Interest expense	81,543	90,622	110,565
Loss on early extinguishment of debt and write-off of discounts and deferred financing costs	461	29,858	2,053
Income before income taxes	78,791	77,634	111,661
Provision for income taxes	28,872	25,714	37,440
Net income	49,919	51,920	74,221
Other comprehensive income:
Unrealized (loss) gain on derivatives, net of tax	(494)	1,265	(1,254)
Comprehensive income	$ 49,425	$ 53,185	$ 72,967
Earnings per share:
Net income per share, basic	$ 0.57	$ 0.59	$ 0.90
Net income per share, diluted	$ 0.57	$ 0.59	$ 0.89
Weighted average commons shares outstanding:
Basic	87,183	87,537	82,480
Diluted	87,480	88,152	83,552