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Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Apr. 30, 2014
Apr. 01, 2015
Aug. 12, 2014
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]            
Common stock, shares issued 90,204,351us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued 90,191,100us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued        
Unvested shares of common stock 4,045,960us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber          
Number of shares repurchased 4,105,970us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares 4,105,970us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares        
Secondary offering costs     $ 674,000seas_SecondaryOfferingCosts      
Share Repurchase Program, authorized amount           250,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
Shares repurchased 0us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired 855,970us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired        
Stock repurchase during period under Share Repurchase Program, average price per share   $ 17.50seas_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodAveragePricePerShare        
Share Repurchase Program, remaining authorized repurchase amount   235,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1        
Stock repurchased during period, total cost   15,000,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod        
Shares repurchased payment settlement during period 5,650,000seas_TreasuryStockSettledInCurrentPeriod          
Treasury stock at cost 109,871,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue 109,871,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue        
Dividends paid to common stockholders 18,098,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock   17,691,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock      
Dividends payable 18,373,000us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrent 172,000us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrent        
Dividends payable on unvested restricted performance shares probable of vesting 18,373,000us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent   18,015,000us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent      
Secondary Offering [Member]            
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]            
Common stock, shares issued       0us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= seas_SecondaryOfferingMember
   
Number of shares repurchased       1,750,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= seas_SecondaryOfferingMember
   
Shares offered and sold by the selling stockholders       17,250,000seas_SharesOfferedAndSoldDuringPeriodBySellingShareholders
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= seas_SecondaryOfferingMember
   
Treasury stock at cost 109,871,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= seas_SecondaryOfferingMember
109,871,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= seas_SecondaryOfferingMember
       
Subsequent Event [Member]            
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]            
Dividends paid         18,100,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends
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= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
 
2.25x Performance Restricted Shares [Member]            
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]            
Unvested shares of common stock 1,438,569us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= seas_TwoPointTwoFivePerformanceRestrictedSharesMember
1,451,453us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= seas_TwoPointTwoFivePerformanceRestrictedSharesMember
       
Dividends payable on unvested restricted performance shares not probable of vesting 2,360,000seas_DividendsOnUnvestedRestrictedShares
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= seas_TwoPointTwoFivePerformanceRestrictedSharesMember
         
2.75x Performance Restricted Shares [Member]            
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]            
Unvested shares of common stock 1,438,569us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= seas_TwoPointSevenFivePerformanceRestrictedSharesMember
1,451,453us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= seas_TwoPointSevenFivePerformanceRestrictedSharesMember
       
Dividends payable on unvested restricted performance shares not probable of vesting 2,360,000seas_DividendsOnUnvestedRestrictedShares
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= seas_TwoPointSevenFivePerformanceRestrictedSharesMember
         
Bonus Performance Restricted Shares [Member]            
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]            
Unvested shares of common stock 420,004us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= seas_BonusPerformanceRestrictedSharesMember
         
Dividends payable on unvested restricted performance shares not probable of vesting 88,000seas_DividendsOnUnvestedRestrictedShares
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= seas_BonusPerformanceRestrictedSharesMember
         
Long-Term Incentive Performance Restricted Shares [Member]            
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]            
Unvested shares of common stock 75,832us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= seas_LongTermIncentivePerformanceRestrictedSharesMember
         
Dividends payable on unvested restricted performance shares not probable of vesting 30,000seas_DividendsOnUnvestedRestrictedShares
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= seas_LongTermIncentivePerformanceRestrictedSharesMember
         
Dividends payable on unvested restricted shares, maximum 50,000seas_DividendsOnUnvestedRestrictedSharesMaximum
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= seas_LongTermIncentivePerformanceRestrictedSharesMember
         
Long-Term Incentive Performance Restricted Shares [Member] | Target Performance [Member]            
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]            
Dividends payable on unvested restricted performance shares probable of vesting $ 20,000us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent
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= seas_LongTermIncentivePerformanceRestrictedSharesMember
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= seas_TargetPerformanceMember