Commitments and Contingencies (Details 2) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended							50 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		24 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013 ground	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013 Domestic time	Nov. 15, 2003 Domestic	Nov. 15, 2002 Domestic	Dec. 31, 2013 Domestic and Canada	Dec. 31, 2008 Domestic and Canada	Dec. 31, 2013 Multi-layered general liability policies	Dec. 31, 2013 Workers' compensation claims	Nov. 15, 2003 Workers' compensation claims	Dec. 31, 2013 Information security and privacy liability insurance policy	Dec. 31, 2012 Information security and privacy liability insurance policy	Nov. 20, 2013 Personal injury due to altercation	Dec. 31, 2013 Personal injury due to altercation individual	Dec. 31, 2013 Termination of employment	Dec. 31, 2013 Personal injury	Dec. 31, 2013 Civil Action Due to SFOT Accident	Dec. 31, 2013 HWP Guarantee	Nov. 05, 2007 HWP Guarantee	Feb. 28, 2006 HWP Guarantee	Dec. 31, 2012 Tax and other contingencies claim	Dec. 31, 2013 Tax and other contingencies
Insurance
Excess liability coverage per occurrence										$ 100,000,000.0
Self-insured retention per occurrence					2,500,000.0	2,000,000.0	1,000,000.0							250,000.00
Number of times additional self-insured retention taken					1
Additional one time self-insured retention									500,000.0
Deductible per occurrence applicable to all claims in the policy year								2,000,000.0			750,000.00	500,000.0
Insurance value maintained													10,000,000.0
Number of grounds on which defendants moved for summary judgment that United States Patent No. 5,277,125 was invalid	4
Litigation
Numbers of individuals who allegedly participated in the altercation																4
Amount of interim award																	23,700,000
Restructuring charge recorded to reflect the full settlement and related costs after consideration of amounts previously accrued		0	(47,000)	25,086,000													25,100,000
Self Insurance Reserve																2,500,000.0		2,500,000.0	2,500,000.0
Loss Contingency, Damages Awarded, Value															35,000,000
Loss Contingency, Damages Awarded, Percentage Allocated															92.00%
HWP Guarantee
Payment guaranteed for construction term loan incurred by HWP																						32,200,000
Refinance of construction term loan with new term loan																					33,000,000
Amount of letter of credit as additional security for the loan																				1,000,000.0
Tax and other contingencies
Accrued tax liabilities and indemnification contingencies																							500,000	400,000
Number of large claims related to parks closed																							2
Losses from discontinued operations recovered																							$ 7,300,000