Consolidating Financial Information Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Consolidation, Guarantor Subsidiary, Ownership Interest	100.00%
Assets, Current [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 71,838	$ 60,691	$ 53,940	$ 102,309
Receivables, net	75,532	115,667
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	55,502	70,647
Deferred income taxes	23,659	20,579
Assets held for sale	16,372	9,363
Intercompany	0	0
Total current assets	242,903	276,947
Long-term receivables	214,772	226,526
Property and equipment, net	345,603	474,154
Goodwill	697,470	697,470
Other intangible assets, net	809,217	822,361
Other assets, net	111,792	116,836
Investment in Subsidiaries	0	0
Total assets	2,421,757	2,614,294
Current Liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt	7,420	7,420
Accounts payable	31,959	29,013
Accrued employee compensation and benefits	19,701	26,191
Gift card liability	84,115	146,955
Income taxes payable	0
Other accrued expenses	69,698	48,065
Total current liabilities	212,893	257,644
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities	1,232,707	1,411,448
Financing obligations, less current maturities	93,774	162,658
Capital lease obligations	127,198	134,407
Deferred income taxes	366,529	383,810
Other liabilities	105,551	109,107
Total liabilities	2,138,652	2,459,074
Total stockholders' equity	283,105	155,220
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	2,421,757	2,614,294
Parent
Assets, Current [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	45,000	9,900	34,700	23,400
Receivables, net	1,100	600
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	140,200	85,300
Deferred income taxes	(2,600)	1,500
Assets held for sale	0	0
Intercompany	(376,800)	(300,200)
Total current assets	(193,200)	(202,900)
Long-term receivables	0	0
Property and equipment, net	24,700	24,600
Goodwill	0	0
Other intangible assets, net	0	0
Other assets, net	19,300	23,200
Investment in Subsidiaries	1,697,600	1,697,600
Total assets	1,548,400	1,542,500
Current Liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt	15,400	13,400
Accounts payable	1,800	2,800
Accrued employee compensation and benefits	7,100	6,700
Gift card liability	0	0
Income taxes payable	(46,400)
Other accrued expenses	42,400	(61,600)
Total current liabilities	20,300	(38,700)
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities	1,232,700	1,411,400
Financing obligations, less current maturities	0	0
Capital lease obligations	0	0
Deferred income taxes	6,600	8,900
Other liabilities	5,500	5,400
Total liabilities	1,265,100	1,387,000
Total stockholders' equity	283,300	155,500
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	1,548,400	1,542,500
Guarantor Subsidiaries
Assets, Current [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	26,200	50,400	18,600	77,300
Receivables, net	82,100	121,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	55,900	56,700
Deferred income taxes	25,400	19,000
Assets held for sale	15,400	7,300
Intercompany	371,200	294,500
Total current assets	576,200	548,700
Long-term receivables	214,800	226,500
Property and equipment, net	321,000	449,600
Goodwill	697,500	697,500
Other intangible assets, net	809,200	822,400
Other assets, net	92,500	93,500
Investment in Subsidiaries	0	0
Total assets	2,711,100	2,838,200
Current Liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts payable	30,200	26,200
Accrued employee compensation and benefits	12,600	19,500
Gift card liability	84,100	147,000
Income taxes payable	187,000
Other accrued expenses	26,800	180,600
Total current liabilities	340,700	373,300
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities	0	0
Financing obligations, less current maturities	93,800	162,700
Capital lease obligations	127,200	134,400
Deferred income taxes	360,200	375,300
Other liabilities	99,200	102,600
Total liabilities	1,021,100	1,148,300
Total stockholders' equity	1,690,000	1,689,900
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	2,711,100	2,838,200
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Assets, Current [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	600	400	600	1,600
Receivables, net	400	100
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0	0
Deferred income taxes	900	100
Assets held for sale	900	2,100
Intercompany	5,600	5,700
Total current assets	8,500	8,400
Long-term receivables	0	0
Property and equipment, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Other intangible assets, net	0	0
Other assets, net	0	100
Investment in Subsidiaries	0	0
Total assets	8,500	8,500
Current Liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts payable	0	0
Accrued employee compensation and benefits	0	0
Gift card liability	0	0
Income taxes payable	0
Other accrued expenses	500	400
Total current liabilities	500	400
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities	0	0
Financing obligations, less current maturities	0	0
Capital lease obligations	0	0
Deferred income taxes	(200)	(400)
Other liabilities	800	1,100
Total liabilities	1,100	1,100
Total stockholders' equity	7,400	7,400
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	8,500	8,500
Consolidation, Eliminations
Assets, Current [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Receivables, net	(8,000)	(6,000)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	(140,600)	(71,300)
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Assets held for sale	0	0
Intercompany	0	0
Total current assets	(148,600)	(77,300)
Long-term receivables	0	0
Property and equipment, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Other intangible assets, net	0	0
Other assets, net	0	0
Investment in Subsidiaries	(1,697,600)	(1,697,600)
Total assets	(1,846,200)	(1,774,900)
Current Liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt	(8,000)	(6,000)
Accounts payable		0
Accrued employee compensation and benefits		0
Gift card liability		0
Income taxes payable	(140,600)
Other accrued expenses		(71,300)
Total current liabilities	(148,600)	(77,300)
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities		0
Financing obligations, less current maturities		0
Capital lease obligations	0	0
Deferred income taxes		0
Other liabilities		0
Total liabilities	(148,600)	(77,300)
Total stockholders' equity	(1,697,600)	(1,697,600)
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ (1,846,200)	$ (1,774,900)