Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Net revenues:
Admissions	$ 223,979	$ 238,451	$ 360,905	$ 375,291
Food, merchandise and other	147,157	153,165	230,472	230,917
Total revenues	371,136	391,616	591,377	606,208
Costs and expenses:
Cost of food, merchandise and other revenues	28,913	31,112	45,914	47,015
Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below and includes equity compensation of $526 and $259 for the three months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $9,866 and $328 for the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively)	191,433	191,202	371,726	345,013
Selling, general and administrative (includes equity compensation of $1,935 and $1,139 for the three months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively and $22,185 and $2,923 for the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively)	72,032	73,320	139,386	124,398
Restructuring and other related costs		122	112	267
Depreciation and amortization	40,708	50,110	115,756	93,964
Total costs and expenses	333,086	345,866	672,894	610,657
Operating income (loss)	38,050	45,750	(81,517)	(4,449)
Other expense (income), net	118	209	(24)	470
Interest expense	14,579	15,732	29,160	35,910
Loss on early extinguishment of debt and write-off of discounts and debt issuance costs		20,348		20,348
Income (loss) before income taxes	23,353	9,461	(110,653)	(61,177)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	5,585	3,652	(44,372)	(23,388)
Net income (loss)	17,768	5,809	(66,281)	(37,789)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized loss on derivatives, net of tax	(4,471)	(3,747)	(13,721)	(4,620)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$ 13,297	$ 2,062	$ (80,002)	$ (42,409)
Income (Loss) per share:
Net income (loss) per share, basic	$ 0.21	$ 0.07	$ (0.78)	$ (0.44)
Net income (loss) per share, diluted	$ 0.21	$ 0.07	$ (0.78)	$ (0.44)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	85,226	86,186	84,533	86,142
Diluted	85,358	86,291	84,533	86,142
Cash dividends declared per share:
Cash dividends declared per share	$ 0.21	$ 0.21	$ 0.63	$ 0.63