Below Market Lease, Amortization Period

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- Definition

The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 28

-Subparagraph (b)

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 350

-SubTopic 30

-Section 45

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Section 50

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- Definition

Amount of increase (decrease) to assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life for purchase accounting adjustments.

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- Definition

Amount of increase (decrease) from foreign currency translation adjustments and purchase accounting adjustments of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 350

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (f)

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- Definition

Amount of increase (decrease) of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit, from purchase accounting adjustments.

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- Definition

This element represents a liability associated with the acquisition of an off-market lease when the terms of the lease are unfavorable to the market terms for the lease at the date of acquisition.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.24)

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Narrative (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	7 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2014	Feb. 14, 2014	Mar. 29, 2015	Sep. 29, 2013	Sep. 29, 2013	Sep. 28, 2014
Favorable Lease Agreements [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization of Intangible Assets	$ 200,000	$ 0	$ 500,000	$ 0	$ 0
Franchise Agreements [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization of Intangible Assets	100,000	0		0	0	500,000
Successor [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Unfavorable lease amortization period			10 years
Successor [Member] \| Franchise Agreements [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization of Intangible Assets	500,000
CEC Entertainment, Inc. [Member] \| Successor [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Off-market Lease, Unfavorable			10,200,000
Peter Piper Pizza [Member] \| Successor [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Off-market Lease, Unfavorable			3,900,000
Peter Piper Pizza [Member] \| Successor [Member] \| Favorable Lease Agreements [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Purchase Accounting Adjustments			(1,120,000)
Peter Piper Pizza [Member] \| Additional PPP Goodwill recognized in Q1 2015 [Member] \| Successor [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill, Translation and Purchase Accounting Adjustments			539,000
Trade Names [Member] \| Peter Piper Pizza [Member] \| Successor [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets, Purchase Accounting Adjustments			$ 1,900,000