Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Net revenues:
Admissions	$ 238,451	$ 249,263	$ 375,291	$ 386,649
Food, merchandise and other	153,165	155,888	230,917	230,792
Total revenues	391,616	405,151	606,208	617,441
Costs and expenses:
Cost of food, merchandise and other revenues	31,112	33,651	47,015	50,411
Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below)	191,202	189,190	345,013	357,102
Selling, general and administrative	73,320	58,564	124,398	103,640
Restructuring and other related costs	122		267
Secondary offering costs		73		747
Depreciation and amortization	50,110	43,086	93,964	84,362
Total costs and expenses	345,866	324,564	610,657	596,262
Operating income (loss)	45,750	80,587	(4,449)	21,179
Other expense (income), net	209	(45)	470	(28)
Interest expense	15,732	20,526	35,910	40,230
Loss on early extinguishment of debt and write-off of discounts and debt issuance costs	20,348		20,348
Income (loss) before income taxes	9,461	60,106	(61,177)	(19,023)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	3,652	22,700	(23,388)	(7,212)
Net income (loss)	5,809	37,406	(37,789)	(11,811)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized loss on derivatives, net of tax	(3,747)	(872)	(4,620)	(1,080)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$ 2,062	$ 36,534	$ (42,409)	$ (12,891)
Earnings (loss) per share:
Net income (loss) per share, basic	$ 0.07	$ 0.43	$ (0.44)	$ (0.13)
Net income (loss) per share, diluted	$ 0.07	$ 0.43	$ (0.44)	$ (0.13)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	86,186	86,877	86,142	87,642
Diluted	86,291	87,189	86,142	87,642
Cash dividends declared per share:
Cash dividends declared per share	$ 0.21	$ 0.21	$ 0.63	$ 0.41