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Subsequent Event
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2020
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Event Subsequent Event:
On April 27, 2020, we issued $1.0 billion of 5.500% senior secured notes due 2025 ("2025 senior notes") in a private placement. Cedar Fair, L.P., Canada's Wonderland Company ("Cedar Canada"), Magnum Management Corporation ("Magnum"), and Millennium Operations LLC ("Millennium") are the co-issuers of the 2025 senior notes. The notes have been fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, by each 100% owned subsidiary of Cedar Fair (other than Cedar Canada, Magnum and Millennium). The 2025 senior notes and the related guarantees are secured by first-priority liens on the issuers' and the guarantors' assets that secure all the obligations under our credit facilities. The net proceeds from the offering of the 2025 senior notes were used to repay $463.3 million of our outstanding senior secured term loan facility under the Amended 2017 Credit Agreement, and the remaining amount will be used for general corporate and working capital purposes, including fees and expenses related to the transaction. Following the prepayment of our senior secured term loan facility, the outstanding balance on our senior secured term loan facility was $264.3 million as of April 27, 2020, and we do not have any required remaining scheduled quarterly payments on our senior secured term loan facility.

In connection with the 2025 senior notes offering and the prepayment of a portion of our outstanding senior secured term loan facility, we further amended the Amended 2017 Credit Agreement (subsequently referred to as the "Second Amended 2017 Credit Agreement" or the "Second Amendment") to, among other things, suspend and revise certain of the financial covenants, in part, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Financial covenant revisions included: (i) suspended testing of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (which was previously set at a maximum of 5.50x Consolidated Total Debt-to-Consolidated EBITDA under the Amended 2017 Credit Agreement) after the first quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, (ii) replaced such Consolidated Leverage Ratio testing with a Senior Secured Leverage Ratio of 4.00x Total First Lien Senior Secured Debt-to-Consolidated EBITDA to be tested quarterly starting with the first quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, which will step down to 3.75x in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, with the covenant calculation to include Consolidated EBITDA from the first quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and the second, third and fourth quarters of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 (the "Deemed EBITDA Quarters") until the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, from and after which time the then current Consolidated EBITDA calculations will be used, (iii) added a requirement that we maintain a minimum liquidity level of at least $125.0 million, tested at all times, until the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the termination of the Additional Restrictions Period (which generally includes the period from the effective date of the Second Amendment until December 31, 2021), (iv) suspended certain restricted payments, including partnership distributions, certain payments in respect of senior unsecured debt, cash mergers and/or acquisition investments and the incurrence of incremental loans and commitments under the Second Amended 2017 Credit Agreement until the earlier of the delivery of the compliance certificate for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 or the termination of the Additional Restrictions Period, and (v) permitted the incurrence of the portion of the 2025 senior notes that were issued, the proceeds of which were not applied to repay a portion of the senior secured term loan facility. We may terminate the Additional Restrictions Period prior to December 31, 2021 by achieving compliance with the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio covenant as of the end of a fiscal quarter without giving effect to Deemed EBITDA Quarters for any fiscal quarter.

Additionally, the Second Amendment increased the interest rate for the senior secured revolving credit facility. Previously, borrowings under the senior secured revolving credit facility bore interest at LIBOR or CDOR plus 200 bps. Under the Second Amendment, borrowings under the senior secured revolving credit facility will bear interest at LIBOR plus 300 bps or CDOR plus 200 bps. Lastly, immediately after giving effect to the Second Amendment, we received additional commitments under the U.S. senior secured revolving credit facility of $100.0 million bringing our total senior secured revolving credit facility capacity to $375.0 million with a Canadian sub-limit of $15.0 million.

The 2025 senior notes pay interest semi-annually in May and November, beginning November 1, 2020, with the principal due in full on May 1, 2025. Prior to May 1, 2022, up to 35% of the notes may be redeemed with the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings at a price equal to 105.500% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any. The notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time prior to May 1, 2022 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes redeemed plus a "make-whole" premium together with accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the redemption date. Thereafter, the notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at various prices depending on the date redeemed.