Schedule I - Guarantees - Additional Information (Detail)	Dec. 31, 2015
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Percentage of common stock outstanding by partnership	22.20%
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc (SEA) [Member] \| Senior Secured Credit Facilities [Member]
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Percentage of common stock outstanding by partnership	100.00%

The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571

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