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Indebtedness and Interest Expense - Interest Expense (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
 12 Months Ended 10 Months Ended 2 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2013
Dec. 30, 2012
Dec. 28, 2014
Feb. 14, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Amortization of debt issuance costs $ 459us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts $ 447us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts    
Interest expense 7,453us-gaap_InterestExpense 9,401us-gaap_InterestExpense    
Term Loan Facility [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Interest expense 0us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_TermLoanFacilityMember		 [1] 0us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_TermLoanFacilityMember		 [1]    
Other (650)us-gaap_InterestExpenseOther
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_TermLoanFacilityMember		 321us-gaap_InterestExpenseOther
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_TermLoanFacilityMember		    
Senior Notes [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Interest expense, excluding amortization 0us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebtExcludingAmortization
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember		 0us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebtExcludingAmortization
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember		    
Predecessor Facility [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Interest expense, excluding amortization 6,034us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebtExcludingAmortization
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_PredecessorFacilityMember		 6,440us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebtExcludingAmortization
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_PredecessorFacilityMember		    
Bridge Loan [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Interest expense, excluding amortization 0us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebtExcludingAmortization
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BridgeLoanMember		 [2] 0us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebtExcludingAmortization
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BridgeLoanMember		 [2]    
Capital Lease Obligations [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Capital Leases, Income Statement, Interest Expense 1,610us-gaap_CapitalLeasesIncomeStatementInterestExpense
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsMember		 2,193us-gaap_CapitalLeasesIncomeStatementInterestExpense
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsMember		    
Successor [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Amortization of debt issuance costs     3,488us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember		  
Interest expense     60,952us-gaap_InterestExpense
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember		  
Successor [Member] | Term Loan Facility [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Interest expense     29,962us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_TermLoanFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember		 [1]  
Other     (400)us-gaap_InterestExpenseOther
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_TermLoanFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember		  
Successor [Member] | Senior Notes [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Interest expense, excluding amortization     17,697us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebtExcludingAmortization
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember		  
Successor [Member] | Predecessor Facility [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Interest expense, excluding amortization     0us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebtExcludingAmortization
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_PredecessorFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember		  
Successor [Member] | Bridge Loan [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Interest expense, excluding amortization     4,943us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebtExcludingAmortization
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BridgeLoanMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember		 [2]  
Successor [Member] | Capital Lease Obligations [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Capital Leases, Income Statement, Interest Expense     1,541us-gaap_CapitalLeasesIncomeStatementInterestExpense
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember		  
Successor [Member] | Sale Leaseback Obligations [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
InteretExpenseSaleLeaseback     3,721cec_InteretExpenseSaleLeaseback
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_SaleLeasebackObligationsMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember		  
Predecessor [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Amortization of debt issuance costs       58us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember
Interest expense       1,151us-gaap_InterestExpense
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember
Predecessor [Member] | Term Loan Facility [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Interest expense       0us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_TermLoanFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember		 [1]
Other       73us-gaap_InterestExpenseOther
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_TermLoanFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember
Predecessor [Member] | Senior Notes [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Interest expense, excluding amortization       0us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebtExcludingAmortization
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember
Predecessor [Member] | Predecessor Facility [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Interest expense, excluding amortization       745us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebtExcludingAmortization
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_PredecessorFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember
Predecessor [Member] | Bridge Loan [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Interest expense, excluding amortization       0us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebtExcludingAmortization
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BridgeLoanMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember		 [2]
Predecessor [Member] | Capital Lease Obligations [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Capital Leases, Income Statement, Interest Expense       275us-gaap_CapitalLeasesIncomeStatementInterestExpense
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember
Predecessor [Member] | Sale Leaseback Obligations [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
InteretExpenseSaleLeaseback $ 0cec_InteretExpenseSaleLeaseback
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_SaleLeasebackObligationsMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember		 $ 0cec_InteretExpenseSaleLeaseback
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_SaleLeasebackObligationsMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember		   $ 0cec_InteretExpenseSaleLeaseback
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cec_SaleLeasebackObligationsMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember
[1] Includes amortization of original issue discount.
[2] Includes debt issuance costs of $4.7 million related to the issuance of the Bridge Loan and $0.2 million interest.