Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Net revenues:
Admissions	$ 765,072	$ 817,793	$ 846,922
Food, merchandise and other	498,252	526,499	524,082
Total revenues	1,263,324	1,344,292	1,371,004
Costs and expenses:
Cost of food, merchandise and other revenues	95,914	100,643	103,980
Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below and includes equity compensation of $7,049, $11,033 and $863 for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively)	702,111	736,842	708,745
Selling, general and administrative (includes equity compensation of $16,154, $26,482 and $5,664 for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively)	228,836	238,557	214,072
Goodwill impairment charge	269,332
Restructuring and other related costs	5,200	9,016	2,268
Depreciation and amortization	163,294	199,649	182,503
Total costs and expenses	1,464,687	1,284,707	1,211,568
Operating (loss) income	(201,363)	59,585	159,436
Other (income) expense, net	(115)	125	129
Interest expense	78,001	62,661	65,571
Loss on early extinguishment of debt and write-off of discounts and debt issuance costs	8,143		20,905
(Loss) income before income taxes	(287,392)	(3,201)	72,831
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes	(85,006)	9,330	23,698
Net (loss) income	(202,386)	(12,531)	49,133
Other comprehensive (loss) income:
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives, net of tax	8,618	(557)	(12,654)
Comprehensive (loss) income	$ (193,768)	$ (13,088)	$ 36,479
(Loss) earnings per share:
Net (loss) income per share, basic	$ (2.36)	$ (0.15)	$ 0.57
Net (loss) income per share, diluted	$ (2.36)	$ (0.15)	$ 0.57
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	85,811	84,925	85,860
Diluted	85,811	84,925	85,981