Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Net revenues:
Admissions	$ 294,605	$ 304,626	$ 655,510	$ 679,917
Food, merchandise and other	190,713	192,313	421,185	423,230
Total revenues	485,318	496,939	1,076,695	1,103,147
Costs and expenses:
Cost of food, merchandise and other revenues	35,854	36,959	81,768	83,974
Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below and includes equity compensation of $505 and $267 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $10,371 and $595 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively)	198,754	196,931	570,480	541,944
Selling, general and administrative (includes equity compensation of $2,040 and $1,282 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively and $24,225 and $4,205 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively)	57,148	47,684	196,534	172,082
Restructuring and other related costs			112	267
Depreciation and amortization	40,921	44,505	156,677	138,469
Total costs and expenses	332,677	326,079	1,005,571	936,736
Operating income	152,641	170,860	71,124	166,411
Other expense, net	72	41	48	511
Interest expense	15,137	15,019	44,297	50,929
Loss on early extinguishment of debt and write-off of discounts and debt issuance costs				20,348
Income before income taxes	137,432	155,800	26,779	94,623
Provision for income taxes	71,777	57,850	27,405	34,462
Net income (loss)	65,655	97,950	(626)	60,161
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives, net of tax	1,489	(10,740)	(12,232)	(15,360)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$ 67,144	$ 87,210	$ (12,858)	$ 44,801
Income (loss) per share:
Net income (loss) per share, basic	$ 0.77	$ 1.14	$ (0.01)	$ 0.70
Net income (loss) per share, diluted	$ 0.77	$ 1.14	$ (0.01)	$ 0.70
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	85,290	86,006	84,787	86,096
Diluted	85,447	86,100	84,787	86,207
Cash dividends declared per share:
Cash dividends declared per share	$ 0.10	$ 0.21	$ 0.73	$ 0.84