Noncontrolling Interests, Partnership and Joint Ventures (Details) (USD $)	8 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		4 Months Ended	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012 park	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012 SFOT and SFOG	Dec. 31, 2011 SFOT and SFOG	Oct. 30, 2011 HWP Development, LLC (HWP)	Jan. 31, 2010 HWP Development, LLC (HWP)	Dec. 31, 2012 HWP Development, LLC (HWP)	Dec. 31, 2011 HWP Development, LLC (HWP)	Apr. 30, 2010 Predecessor	Jan. 31, 2013 Dick Clark Productions, Inc (DCP)	Oct. 31, 2012 Dick Clark Productions, Inc (DCP)	Jun. 30, 2007 Dick Clark Productions, Inc (DCP) Y	Sep. 30, 2010 Dick Clark Productions, Inc (DCP)	Dec. 31, 2007 Dick Clark Productions, Inc (DCP)	Dec. 31, 2011 Dick Clark Productions, Inc (DCP)	Dec. 31, 2012 Dick Clark Productions, Inc (DCP) Maximum
Noncontrolling Interests, Partnership and Joint Ventures
Number of less than wholly-owned parks		3
Changes in redeemable noncontrolling interests
Balance at the beginning of the period				$ 440,427,000	$ 441,655,000
Fresh start accounting fair market value adjustment for purchased units				(453,000)	(280,000)
Purchases of redeemable units				(2,033,000)	(948,000)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests				36,840,000	35,988,000
Distributions to noncontrolling interests				(36,840,000)	(35,988,000)
Balance at the end of the period				437,941,000	440,427,000
Redemption value of partnership units				348,200,000
Acquisition of third party's ownership interest in joint venture	4,794,000	2,033,000	948,000			1,000,000
Ownership interest in joint venture (as a percent)		49.00%				49.00%	41.00%
Changes in noncontrolling interests
Balance at the beginning of the period	5,219,000	3,670,000	4,455,000					3,670,000	4,455,000
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	(34,788,000)	(37,104,000)	(35,805,000)					264,000	(183,000)	(76,000)
Fresh start accounting fair market value adjustment for purchased ownership interests									(17,000)
Purchase of ownership interests									(585,000)
Balance at the end of the period	4,455,000	3,934,000	3,670,000					3,934,000	3,670,000
Investments under equity method and joint ventures
Percentage of interest in a venture													40.00%			39.20%
Percentage of dick clark productions, inc. (DCP) owned by joint venture													100.00%
Percentage of interest purchased by additional third party															2.00%
Distributions received														42,500,000
Proceeds from sale of DCP		69,987,000									300,000	70,000,000
Gain on the sale of investee		67,319,000
Recovered investment		2,500,000
Recovered license		500,000
Investment under equity method																4,700,000
Number of former directors of the entity who manage the other investor in joint venture													2
Additional proceeds to be received from the sale of DCP																	$ 10,000,000