Long-term Debt and Credit Facilities (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		9 Months Ended					1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended							9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2012	Nov. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012 item	Jun. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012 item	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Apr. 30, 2007	Sep. 30, 2012 Minimum	Sep. 30, 2012 Maximum	Sep. 30, 2012 Fiscal quarter ending until September 30, 2012 Maximum	Sep. 30, 2012 Fiscal quarters ending December 31, 2012 through June 30, 2013 Maximum	Sep. 30, 2012 Fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2013 and until maturity Maximum	Apr. 30, 2007 Term loan	Sep. 30, 2012 Term loan	Jun. 30, 2012 Term loan	Mar. 31, 2012 Term loan	Sep. 30, 2011 Term loan	Jun. 30, 2011 Term loan	Mar. 31, 2011 Term loan	Dec. 31, 2011 Term loan	Sep. 30, 2012 Term loan Fiscal quarter beginning June 30, 2011, through December 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012 Term loan Fiscal quarter beginning March 31, 2013 through December 31, 2013	Apr. 30, 2007 Term loan Base rate	Sep. 30, 2012 Term loan Base rate	Apr. 30, 2007 Term loan LIBOR Rate	Sep. 30, 2012 Term loan LIBOR Rate	Sep. 30, 2012 Revolving loan commitment	Mar. 22, 2011 Revolving loan commitment	Apr. 30, 2007 Revolving loan commitment	Sep. 30, 2012 Revolving loan commitment Base rate	Sep. 30, 2012 Revolving loan commitment LIBOR Rate	Sep. 30, 2012 Capital leases	Dec. 31, 2011 Capital leases	Sep. 30, 2012 Letters of credit	Apr. 30, 2007 Letters of credit
Long-term Debt and Credit Facilities
Long-term debt			$ 347,386,000		$ 347,386,000		$ 363,300,000								$ 325,407,000						$ 362,601,000							$ 21,000,000					$ 979,000	$ 699,000
Less current maturities			(346,741,000)		(346,741,000)		(10,395,000)
Long-term debt excluding current maturities			645,000		645,000		352,905,000
Maximum borrowing capacity								675,000,000						625,000,000															25,000,000	50,000,000					7,500,000	15,000,000
Quarterly payment of loan														1,562,500								2,500,000	3,750,000
Variable rate basis					LIBOR																			bank's base rate	bank's base rate	LIBOR	LIBOR				bank's base rate	LIBOR
Margin (as a percent)																								1.00%	4.00%	1.00%	5.00%				4.00%	5.00%
Dividend payments per year					5,750,000
Debt issuance cost					(312,000)	(158,000)										(156,000)	(156,000)			(158,000)
Debt issuance cost incurred							2,700,000
Floor rate (as a percent)					1.50%
Actual consolidated leverage ratio			4.52	3.76
Allowable consolidated leverage ratio										4.00	4.00	3.75	3.50
Actual consolidated interest coverage ratio			2.60
Allowable consolidated interest coverage ratio									2.25
Limitation on indebtedness outstanding	5,000,000
Limitation on making capital expenditures	10,500,000
Minimum Consolidated EBITDA	4,543,000	8,701,000
Movie Revenue Per Room Decline Rate from prior year (as a percent)					13.00%		6.00%
Number of vendors with whom the entity entered into payment plans			2		2
Payment obligation to DirecTV			10,000,000		10,000,000
Payment obligation to HBO			4,000,000		4,000,000
Deferred payment obligations to DirecTV			20,000,000		20,000,000
Current payment obligations to HBO			1,500,000		1,500,000
Deferred payment obligations to HBO			6,000,000		6,000,000
Prepayment of debt																17,000,000	15,000,000			2,000,000
Outstanding letters of credit			350,000		350,000
Amount borrowed																												37,000,000
Amount repaid															2,500,000	2,500,000	2,500,000	2,500,000	2,500,000	1,000,000								16,000,000
Interest rate as of reporting date (as a percent)															6.50%													7.25%
Weighted average interest rate, end of period (as a percent)															6.60%
Additional margin (as a percent)															2.00%													2.00%
Interest rate including additional margin (as a percent)															8.50%													9.25%
Equipment acquired					$ 729,000