Business Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

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

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012

Theme park revenues	$	87,521		$	66,358
Theme park cash expenses	(113,558		)	(102,965		)
Aggregate park EBITDA	(26,037		)	(36,607		)
Equity in operations of investee—EBITDA	—			1,913
Corporate expenses	(11,187		)	(10,554		)
Stock-based compensation	(7,097		)	(17,009		)
Other income, net	242			781
Loss on disposal of assets	(1,070		)	(1,643		)
Reorganization items, net	180			(554		)
Equity in operations of investee — depreciation and other expense	—			(2,233		)
Depreciation and amortization	(35,146		)	(41,495		)
Interest expense	(18,722		)	(11,594		)
Interest income	325			231

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and discontinued operations	$	(98,512	)	$	(118,764	)

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

The following information reflects our long-lived assets, revenues and loss from continuing operations by domestic and foreign categories as of and for the first three months of 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):

	Domestic			Foreign		Total

2013
Long-lived assets	$	2,148,396		113,193		2,261,589
Revenue	68,701			18,820		87,521
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes and discontinued operations	(98,990		)	478		(98,512	)

2012
Long-lived assets	$	2,199,803		111,095		2,310,898
Revenue	52,063			14,295		66,358
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and discontinued operations	(117,237		)	(1,527	)	(118,764	)