Acquisition of Peter Piper Pizza Table of Assets Acquired (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			7 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	11 Months Ended
		Oct. 16, 2014	Sep. 28, 2014	Sep. 27, 2015	Sep. 27, 2015
Peter Piper Pizza [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other current assets		$ 598		$ 598	$ 598
Cash and cash equivalents		5,267		5,267	5,267
Accounts receivable		511		511	511
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross		118,409			119,072
Inventories		820		820	820
Property, plant and equipment		14,383		14,383	14,383
Favorable lease interests		2,000		880	880
Chuck E. Cheese's tradename		24,800		26,700	26,700
Franchise agreements		39,300		39,300	39,300
Other non-current assets		154		154	154
Indebtedness		(120)		(120)	(120)
Below Market Lease, Gross		(3,290)		(3,870)	(3,870)
Deferred taxes		(12,935)		(12,904)	(12,904)
Other current and non-current liabilities		(4,061)		(4,061)	(4,061)
Net assets acquired		67,427		67,658	67,658
Goodwill, Fair Value Disclosure		$ 50,982		51,414	$ 51,414
Successor [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross			$ 0	663
Successor [Member] | Peter Piper Pizza [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross				663
Successor [Member] | Peter Piper Pizza [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Purchase Accounting Adjustments				(1,120)
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets, Purchase Accounting Adjustments				1,900
below market lease purchase accounting adjustment				(580)
Deferred Tax Liability, Increase (Decrease) Due to Tax Effect of Purchase Accounting Adjustments				31
Goodwill, Translation and Purchase Accounting Adjustments				231
Successor [Member] | Peter Piper Pizza [Member] | Additional PPP Goodwill recognized in Q1 2015 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill, Translation and Purchase Accounting Adjustments	[1]			$ 432

[1] SuccessorBalance at December 28, 2014$483,444Additions (1)432Balance at September 27, 2015$483,876__________________(1)During the nine months ended September 27, 2015, we recorded certain adjustments to the initial PPP purchase price allocation related to the final settlement of net working capital, the valuation of favorable and unfavorable lease interests, the valuation of PPP’s tradename and the valuation of net operating losses acquired and other tax positions that resulted in a net increase to goodwill of $0.4 million. See Note 2 “Peter Piper Acquisition” for a discussion of the measurement period adjustments.