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	Feb. 14, 2014	Sep. 29, 2013	Sep. 28, 2014	Sep. 29, 2013	Sep. 28, 2014 Successor [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Successor [Member]	Feb. 14, 2014 Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Retained Earnings Successor [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Retained Earnings Successor [Member]	Feb. 14, 2014 Retained Earnings Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Retained Earnings Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Retained Earnings Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Non-Guarantors	Sep. 28, 2014 Non-Guarantors Successor [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Non-Guarantors Successor [Member]	Feb. 14, 2014 Non-Guarantors Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Non-Guarantors Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Non-Guarantors Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Non-Guarantors Retained Earnings Successor [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Non-Guarantors Retained Earnings Successor [Member]	Feb. 14, 2014 Non-Guarantors Retained Earnings Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Non-Guarantors Retained Earnings Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Non-Guarantors Retained Earnings Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Guarantor	Sep. 28, 2014 Guarantor Successor [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Guarantor Successor [Member]	Feb. 14, 2014 Guarantor Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Guarantor Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Guarantor Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Guarantor Retained Earnings Successor [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Guarantor Retained Earnings Successor [Member]	Feb. 14, 2014 Guarantor Retained Earnings Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Guarantor Retained Earnings Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Guarantor Retained Earnings Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Issuer	Sep. 28, 2014 Issuer Successor [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Issuer Successor [Member]	Feb. 14, 2014 Issuer Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Issuer Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Issuer Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Issuer Retained Earnings Successor [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Issuer Retained Earnings Successor [Member]	Feb. 14, 2014 Issuer Retained Earnings Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Issuer Retained Earnings Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Issuer Retained Earnings Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Eliminations	Sep. 28, 2014 Eliminations Successor [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Eliminations Successor [Member]	Feb. 14, 2014 Eliminations Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Eliminations Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Eliminations Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Eliminations Retained Earnings Successor [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Eliminations Retained Earnings Successor [Member]	Feb. 14, 2014 Eliminations Retained Earnings Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Eliminations Retained Earnings Predecessor [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Eliminations Retained Earnings Predecessor [Member]
REVENUES:
Food and beverage sales					$ 82,271	$ 224,197	$ 50,897	$ 87,170	$ 289,488							$ 1,900	$ 4,957	$ 1,062	$ 2,122	$ 7,031							$ 75	$ 196	$ 32	$ 269	$ 544							$ 80,296	$ 219,044	$ 49,803	$ 84,779	$ 281,913							$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Entertainment and merchandise sales					115,885	300,149	62,659	107,629	349,957							3,325	8,085	1,577	3,426	10,819							0	0	0	0	0							112,560	292,064	61,082	104,203	339,138							0	0	0	0	0
Total Company store sales					198,156	524,346	113,556	194,799	639,445							5,225	13,042	2,639	5,548	17,850							75	196	32	269	544							192,856	511,108	110,885	188,982	621,051							0	0	0	0	0
Franchise fees and royalties					1,533	3,493	687	1,107	3,708							0	0	0	0	0							1,007	2,041	334	572	1,953							526	1,452	353	535	1,755							0	0	0	0	0
International Association assessments and other fees	0		0	0	0			0								10,596	27,964	6,095	10,348	34,046							398	1,822	4,558	17,115	48,166							5,002	10,502	0	808	808							(15,996)	(40,288)	(10,653)	(28,271)	(83,020)
Total revenues					199,689	527,839	114,243	195,906	643,153							15,821	41,006	8,734	15,896	51,896							1,480	4,059	4,924	17,956	50,663							198,384	523,062	111,238	190,325	623,614							(15,996)	(40,288)	(10,653)	(28,271)	(83,020)
Company store operating costs:
Cost of food and beverage (exclusive of items shown separately below)					21,167	57,250	12,285	20,850	69,815							583	1,507	336	652	2,182							9	38	25	19	36							20,575	55,705	11,924	20,179	67,597							0	0	0	0	0
Cost of entertainment and merchandise (exclusive of items shown separately below)					6,669	17,426	3,729	6,976	23,256							223	527	131	231	716							(8)	(22)	0	(8)	(25)							6,566	17,013	3,618	6,785	22,597							(112)	(92)	(20)	(32)	(32)
Total cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise					27,836	74,676	16,014	27,826	93,071							806	2,034	467	883	2,898							1	16	25	11	11							27,141	72,718	15,542	26,964	90,194							(112)	(92)	(20)	(32)	(32)
Labor expenses					57,086	143,781	31,998	56,469	174,409							1,672	4,108	891	1,974	5,388							0	0	0	0	0							55,414	139,673	31,107	54,495	169,021							0	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization					31,622	84,141	9,733	19,603	58,666							949	2,267	303	474	1,626							0	0	0	0	0							30,673	81,874	9,430	19,129	57,040							0	0	0	0	0
Rent expense					22,587	53,012	12,365	19,672	58,648							787	1,816	403	689	2,099							0	0	0	0	0							21,800	51,196	11,962	18,983	56,549							0	0	0	0	0
Other store operating expenses					35,123	84,101	15,760	34,401	98,775							1,262	2,654	(82)	1,133	3,970							4,336	9,955	(44)	(318)	(290)							29,028	81,398	20,193	50,432	142,067							497	(9,906)	(4,307)	(16,846)	(46,972)
Total Company store operating costs					174,254	439,711	85,870	157,971	483,569							5,476	12,879	1,982	5,153	15,981							4,337	9,971	(19)	(307)	(279)							164,056	426,859	88,234	170,003	514,871							385	(9,998)	(4,327)	(16,878)	(47,004)
Other costs and expenses:
Advertising expense					10,114	24,802	5,903	10,644	32,960							9,709	24,003	5,853	10,476	32,473							0	(17)	17	0	0							10,778	28,513	6,144	10,516	34,508							(10,373)	(27,697)	(6,111)	(10,348)	(34,021)
General and administrative expenses					13,820	32,576	7,963	13,529	42,950							329	830	191	227	680							9,625	21,453	3,863	10,159	30,041							10,864	12,886	4,124	4,191	14,224							(6,998)	(2,593)	(215)	(1,048)	(1,995)
Transaction and severance costs					5,742	43,263	11,634	0	0							0	0	0									(15)	5,992	9,834									5,757	37,271	1,800									0	0	0
Asset impairment charge		500		800	0	0	0	537	763										0	0										0	0										537	763										0	0
Total operating costs and expenses					203,930	540,352	111,370	182,681	560,242							15,514	37,712	8,026	15,856	49,134							13,947	37,399	13,695	9,852	29,762							191,455	505,529	100,302	185,247	564,366							(16,986)	(40,288)	(10,653)	(28,274)	(83,020)
Operating income (loss)					(4,241)	(12,513)	2,873	13,225	82,911							307	3,294	708	40	2,762							(12,467)	(33,340)	(8,771)	8,104	20,901							6,929	17,533	10,936	5,078	59,248							990	0	0	3	0
Equity in earnings (loss) in affiliates					0	0	0	0	0							0	0	0	0	0							0	0	0	0	0							(10,913)	(21,779)	(4,523)	10,775	16,549							10,913	21,779	4,523	(10,775)	(16,549)
Interest expense (income)		1,278			15,974	43,256	1,151	1,278	5,509						201	152	396	100		628						(2,012)	(123)	(47)	(771)		(4,649)						3,086	14,955	42,907	1,822		9,530						3	990	0	0		0
Income (loss) before income taxes					(20,215)	(55,769)	1,722	11,947	77,402							155	2,898	608	(161)	2,134							(12,344)	(33,293)	(8,000)	10,116	25,550							(18,939)	(47,153)	4,591	12,767	66,267							10,913	21,779	4,523	(10,775)	(16,549)
Income tax expense (benefit)					(6,936)	(15,834)	1,018	4,508	29,467							84	705	171	(82)	682							(1,360)	(9,321)	(3,040)	(738)	10,453							(5,660)	(7,218)	3,887	5,328	18,332							0	0	0	0	0
Net income (loss)					(13,279)	(39,935)	704	7,439	47,935	(13,279)	(39,935)	704	7,439	47,935							71	2,193	437	(79)	1,452							(10,984)	(23,972)	(4,960)	10,854	15,097							(13,279)	(39,935)	704	7,439	47,935							10,913	21,779	4,523	(10,775)	(16,549)
Components of other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments					(652)	(151)	(541)	225	(596)							(652)	(151)	(541)	225	(596)							0	0	0	0	0							(652)	(151)	(541)	225	(596)							652	151	541	(225)	596
Total components of other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax					(652)	(151)	(541)	225	(596)							(652)	(151)	(541)	225	(596)							0	0	0	0	0							(652)	(151)	(541)	225	(596)							652	151	541	(225)	596
Comprehensive income (loss)					$ (13,931)	$ (40,086)	$ 163	$ 7,664	$ 47,339							$ (581)	$ 2,042	$ (104)	$ 146	$ 856							$ (10,984)	$ (23,972)	$ (4,960)	$ 10,854	$ 15,097							$ (13,931)	$ (40,086)	$ 163	$ 7,664	$ 47,339							$ 11,565	$ 21,930	$ 5,064	$ (11,000)	$ (15,953)