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Indebtedness and Interest Expense - Narrative (Details) (USD $)
 2 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 10 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Feb. 14, 2014
Dec. 29, 2013
Dec. 28, 2014
Dec. 30, 2012
Feb. 14, 2014
Dec. 28, 2014
Nov. 07, 2014
Sep. 28, 2014
Feb. 19, 2014
Dec. 02, 2014
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Predecessor Facility [Member]                    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
Effective interest rate during period 1.60%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateDuringPeriod
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The Senior Secured Credit Facilities [Member]                    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
Line of credit facility additional borrowing capacity requestable 200,000,000.0cec_LineOfCreditFacilityAdditionalBorrowingCapacity
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Fronting fee percentage     0.125%cec_DebtInstrumentFrontingFee
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Required periodic payment, Percentage of debt principal     0.25%cec_DebtInstrumentRequiredPeriodicPaymentPercentageofDebtPrincipal
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Prepayment premium (fee)     1.00%cec_DebtInstrumentPrepaymentPremiumFee
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Percentage of capital stock first-tier of foreign subsidiaries securing obligations     65.00%cec_FirstTierForeignSubsidiariesPercentageofCapitalStockSecuringObligations
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The Senior Secured Credit Facilities [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]                    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
Variable interest rate     1.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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The Senior Secured Credit Facilities [Member] | Federal Funds Effective Swap Rate [Member]                    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
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Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
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The Senior Secured Credit Facilities [Member] | Base Rate [Member]                    
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Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
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Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
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Bridge Loan Facility [Member]                    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
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Secured Credit Facilities, Bridge Loan Facility and Senior Notes [Member]                    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
Effective interest rate during period     6.20%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateDuringPeriod
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Secured Credit Facilities And Senior Notes [Member]                    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
Effective interest rate during period     5.70%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateDuringPeriod
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Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Predecessor Facility [Member]                    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
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Term Loan Facility [Member]                    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
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Term Loan Facility [Member] | Term Loan Facility Maturing 2021 [Member]                    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
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Proceeds from issuance of debt net of issuance costs         756,200,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDebtNetOfIssuanceCosts
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Debt issuance discount 3,800,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount
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Term Loan Facility [Member] | Term Loan Facility Maturing 2021 [Member] | Prime Rate [Member]                    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
Variable interest rate           3.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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Senior Debt Obligations [Member] | Revolving Credit Facility [Member]                    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
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Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
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Senior Debt Obligations [Member] | Letter of Credit [Member] | Letter of Credit Sub-Facility [Member]                    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
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Senior Loans [Member] | Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Swingline Loan Facility, the Revolving Credit Facility [Member]                    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
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Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
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Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
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Minimum [Member] | Term Loan Facility [Member] | Term Loan Facility Maturing 2021 [Member] | Federal Funds Rate [Member]                    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
Variable interest rate     0.06%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= cec_TermLoanFacilityMaturing2021Member
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_TermLoanFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= us-gaap_FederalFundsPurchasedMember		              
Maximum [Member] | Term Loan Facility [Member] | Term Loan Facility Maturing 2021 [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]                    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
Variable interest rate           0.17%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= cec_TermLoanFacilityMaturing2021Member
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_TermLoanFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember		        
Maximum [Member] | Term Loan Facility [Member] | Term Loan Facility Maturing 2021 [Member] | Federal Funds Rate [Member]                    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                    
Variable interest rate     0.13%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= cec_TermLoanFacilityMaturing2021Member
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_TermLoanFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= us-gaap_FederalFundsPurchasedMember		              
[1] Includes amortization of original issue discount.