Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Total revenues	$ 128,193	$ 128,964
Operating expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization shown separately below)	114,522	102,500
Selling, general and administrative expenses	40,110	40,938
Costs of products sold	10,275	10,463
Other net periodic pension benefit	(1,055)	(1,277)
Depreciation	28,470	28,018
Amortization	603	611
Loss on disposal of assets	1,136	1,911
Interest expense	28,630	26,122
Interest income	(282)	(237)
Other expense, net	(427)	1,935
Loss before income taxes	(93,789)	(82,020)
Income tax benefit	(24,657)	(19,675)
Net loss	$ (69,132)	$ (62,345)
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted (in shares)	84,126	84,457
Net loss per average common share outstanding - basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.82)	$ (0.74)
Cash dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.82	$ 0.78
Park Admissions
Total revenues	$ 66,080	$ 66,321
Park Food, Merchandise and Other
Total revenues	38,978	42,246
Sponsorship, International Agreements and Accommodations
Total revenues	$ 23,135	$ 20,397