Acquisition of Peter Piper Pizza Table of Assets Acquired (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	11 Months Ended
	Oct. 16, 2014	Apr. 03, 2016	Mar. 29, 2015	Sep. 27, 2015	Sep. 27, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross		$ 0	$ 663
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
Peter Piper Pizza [Member] | Additional PPP Goodwill recognized in Q1 2015 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill, Translation and Purchase Accounting Adjustments		$ 432
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