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Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Impact of Corrections on Affected Financial Statements (Previously Issued Quarterly Periods) (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Selected Statements of Comprehensive Loss Data:    
Interest expense $ 20,178us-gaap_InterestExpense $ 19,704us-gaap_InterestExpense
Loss before income taxes (70,638)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest (79,129)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Benefit from income taxes (27,040)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (29,912)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net loss (43,598)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss (49,217)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Loss per share:    
Net loss per share, basic $ (0.51)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ (0.56)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Net loss per share, diluted $ (0.51)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ (0.56)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
As Previously Reported [Member]    
Selected Statements of Comprehensive Loss Data:    
Interest expense   20,046us-gaap_InterestExpense
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioPreviouslyReportedMember
Loss before income taxes   (79,471)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioPreviouslyReportedMember
Benefit from income taxes   (30,040)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioPreviouslyReportedMember
Net loss   (49,431)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioPreviouslyReportedMember
Loss per share:    
Net loss per share, basic   $ (0.56)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioPreviouslyReportedMember
Net loss per share, diluted   $ (0.56)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioPreviouslyReportedMember
Adjustments [Member]    
Selected Statements of Comprehensive Loss Data:    
Interest expense   (342)us-gaap_InterestExpense
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_RestatementAdjustmentMember
Loss before income taxes   342us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_RestatementAdjustmentMember
Benefit from income taxes   128us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_RestatementAdjustmentMember
Net loss   214us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_RestatementAdjustmentMember
As Revised [Member]    
Selected Statements of Comprehensive Loss Data:    
Interest expense   19,704us-gaap_InterestExpense
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= seas_ScenarioAsRevisedMember
Loss before income taxes   (79,129)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= seas_ScenarioAsRevisedMember
Benefit from income taxes   (29,912)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= seas_ScenarioAsRevisedMember
Net loss   $ (49,217)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= seas_ScenarioAsRevisedMember
Loss per share:    
Net loss per share, basic   $ (0.56)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= seas_ScenarioAsRevisedMember
Net loss per share, diluted   $ (0.56)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= seas_ScenarioAsRevisedMember