Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Net revenues:
Admissions	$ 224,951	$ 223,979	$ 340,040	$ 360,905
Food, merchandise and other	148,799	147,157	220,067	230,472
Total revenues	373,750	371,136	560,107	591,377
Costs and expenses:
Cost of food, merchandise and other revenues	29,061	28,913	43,544	45,914
Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below and includes equity compensation of $3,918 and $526 for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $4,854 and $9,866 for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively)	189,269	191,433	346,593	371,726
Selling, general and administrative (includes equity compensation of $7,988 and $1,935 for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively and $11,166 and $22,185 for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively)	69,152	72,032	121,570	139,386
Goodwill impairment charges	269,332		269,332
Restructuring and other related costs				112
Depreciation and amortization	39,500	40,708	78,367	115,756
Total costs and expenses	596,314	333,086	859,406	672,894
Operating (loss) income	(222,564)	38,050	(299,299)	(81,517)
Other expense (income), net	83	118	(3)	(24)
Interest expense	19,452	14,579	37,713	29,160
Loss on early extinguishment of debt and write-off of discounts and debt issuance costs	123		8,143
(Loss) income before income taxes	(242,222)	23,353	(345,152)	(110,653)
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes	(66,372)	5,585	(108,173)	(44,372)
Net (loss) income	(175,850)	17,768	(236,979)	(66,281)
Other comprehensive (loss) income:
Unrealized (loss) gain on derivatives, net of tax	(706)	(4,471)	1,698	(13,721)
Comprehensive (loss) income	$ (176,556)	$ 13,297	$ (235,281)	$ (80,002)
(Loss) income per share:
Net (loss) income per share, basic	$ (2.05)	$ 0.21	$ (2.77)	$ (0.78)
Net (loss) income per share, diluted	$ (2.05)	$ 0.21	$ (2.77)	$ (0.78)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	85,745	85,226	85,560	84,533
Diluted	85,745	85,358	85,560	84,533
Cash dividends declared per share:
Cash dividends declared per share		$ 0.21		$ 0.63