Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 1998	Dec. 31, 2013 park	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011 Term Loan B	May 31, 2013 Six Flags Over Georgia (SFOG) and Six Flags Over Texas (SFOT)	May 31, 2013 Six Flags Over Georgia (SFOG)	Dec. 31, 2013 Six Flags Over Georgia (SFOG) multiplier	May 31, 2013 Six Flags Over Texas (SFOT)	Dec. 31, 2013 Six Flags Over Texas (SFOT) multiplier	Dec. 31, 2013 Obligations guaranteed of general partner	Dec. 31, 2013 Obligations guaranteed of general partner Minimum	Dec. 31, 2013 Obligations guaranteed of subsidiaries
Details of commitments and contingencies
Acquisition of capital stock of the former Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, paid in cash	$ 976,000,000
Annual distributions by general partners to limited partners in partnership parks												67,300,000
Share of Partnership Parks' annual distributions paid to Six Flags Entertainment Corporation											29,200,000
Percentage of capital expenditures to Partnership Parks' revenues											6.00%
Weighted average period of the park's EBITDA for calculation of value of purchase price (in years)													4 years
Specified multiple for purchase price valuation (in multipliers)								8.0		8.5
Specified price for purchase of partnership parks								282,200,000		375,600,000
Limited partner interests owned (as a percent)								30.50%		53.10%
Remaining redeemable units (as a percent)								69.50%		46.90%
Current redemption value for limited partnership units		372,500,000
Units purchased in partnership parks (in shares)							0		0.18
Units purchased pursuant to annual offer						300,000
Accordion feature available for borrowing for future put obligations					300,000,000
Capital expenditures incurred on parks		19,400,000
Estimated capital expenditures on partnership parks in the next fiscal year		18,300,000
Number of partnerships (in parks)		2
Cash generated from operating activities by partnerships, after deduction of capital expenditures and excluding the impact of short-term intercompany advances		55,200,000
Total loans receivable from the partnerships that own partnership parks		239,300,000	239,300,000
Operating Leases
Rental expense under the rent agreements		6,500,000	6,000,000	5,700,000
Total rental expense from continuing operations		13,200,000	12,100,000	11,900,000
Future minimum obligations under non-cancellable operating leases
2014		6,141,000
2015		6,055,000
2016		6,061,000
2017		5,969,000
2018		3,735,000
2019 and thereafter		151,286,000
Total		$ 179,247,000