Business Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Business Segments

Schedule of segment financial information and a reconciliation of the primary segment performance measure to income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

The following table presents segment financial information and a reconciliation of the primary segment performance measure to (loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes (in thousands). Park level expenses exclude all non-cash operating expenses, principally depreciation and amortization and all non-operating expenses.

	Successor									Predecessor
							Eight Months Ended December 31, 2010			Four Months Ended April 30, 2010
	Year Ended December 31, 2012			Year Ended December 31, 2011
Theme park revenues	$	1,070,332		$	1,013,174		$	847,812		$	128,077
Theme park cash expenses		(610,010	)		(594,047	)		(451,320	)		(159,444	)
Aggregate park EBITDA		460,322			419,127			396,492			(31,367	)
Equity in income of investee—EBITDA		5,520			10,027			6,337			3,701
Corporate expenses		(44,838	)		(41,911	)		(31,606	)		(15,214	)
Stock-based compensation		(62,875	)		(54,261	)		(18,668	)		(718	)
Other (expense) income, net		(612	)		(73	)		(956	)		802
Loss on disposal of assets		(8,105	)		(7,615	)		(11,727	)		(1,923	)
Gain on sale of investee		67,319			—			—			—
Loss on debt extinguishment		(587	)		(46,520	)		(18,493	)		—
Restructure recovery (costs)		47			(25,086	)		(37,417	)		—
Reorganization items, net		(2,168	)		(2,455	)		(7,479	)		819,473
Equity in loss of investee—depreciation and other expense		(7,742	)		(13,138	)		(7,709	)		(3,107	)
Depreciation and amortization		(148,045	)		(168,999	)		(118,349	)		(45,675	)
Interest expense		(47,444	)		(66,214	)		(54,455	)		(74,375	)
Interest income		820			997			613			241
Income from continuing operations before reorganization items and income taxes	$	211,612		$	3,879		$	96,583		$	651,838

Schedule of information reflecting long-lived assets, revenues and income (loss) from continuing operations by domestic and foreign categories

The following information reflects our long-lived assets, revenues and income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes by domestic and foreign categories for 2012, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

	Domestic			Foreign		Total
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation—Successor
As of and for the year ended December 31, 2012:
Long-lived assets	$	2,151,771		$	109,671	$	2,261,442
Revenues		956,732			113,600		1,070,332
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes		193,028			18,584		211,612
As of and for the year ended December 31, 2011:
Long-lived assets	$	2,209,597		$	105,036	$	2,314,633
Revenues		904,453			108,721		1,013,174
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes		(14,478	)		18,357		3,879
As of and for the eight months ended December 31, 2010:
Long-lived assets	$	2,282,806		$	123,282	$	2,406,088
Revenues		772,084			75,728		847,812
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		80,619			15,964		96,583
Six Flags, Inc.—Predecessor
As of and for the four months ended April 30, 2010:
Revenues	$	108,478		$	19,599	$	128,077
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		647,532			4,306		651,838