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Cedar Fair LP – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/16 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 2/24/17, at 4:43pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/16   ·   Accession #:  811532-17-62   ·   File #:  1-09444

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/24/17  Cedar Fair LP                     10-K       12/31/16   80:13M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report on Form 10-K                          HTML   1.11M 
 3: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     25K 
 4: EX-23       Consent of Independent Registered Public            HTML     22K 
                Accounting Firm                                                  
 2: EX-12.1     Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges                  HTML     45K 
 5: EX-31.1     Section 302 Certification                           HTML     30K 
 6: EX-31.2     Section 302 Certification                           HTML     30K 
 7: EX-32       Section 906 Certification                           HTML     25K 
14: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     50K 
15: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    135K 
16: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     24K 
17: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML    104K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
18: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    127K 
19: R6          Consolidated Statements of Partners' Equity         HTML     76K 
20: R7          Consolidated Statements of Partners' Equity         HTML     32K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
21: R8          Partnership Organization                            HTML     29K 
22: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     87K 
23: R10         Long-Lived Assets                                   HTML     31K 
24: R11         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     84K 
25: R12         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     74K 
26: R13         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML     67K 
27: R14         Partners' Equity                                    HTML     91K 
28: R15         Retirement Plans                                    HTML     28K 
29: R16         Income and Partnership Taxes                        HTML    139K 
30: R17         Operating Lease Commitments and Contingencies       HTML     34K 
31: R18         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     63K 
32: R19         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   HTML     90K 
33: R20         Consolidating Financial Information of Guarantors   HTML    876K 
                and Issuers                                                      
34: R21         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    111K 
                (Policies)                                                       
35: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     57K 
                (Tables)                                                         
36: R23         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     78K 
37: R24         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     63K 
38: R25         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML     56K 
39: R26         Partners' Equity (Tables)                           HTML     69K 
40: R27         Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Tables)        HTML    134K 
41: R28         Operating Lease Commitments and Contingencies       HTML     31K 
                (Tables)                                                         
42: R29         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     55K 
43: R30         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   HTML     89K 
                (Tables)                                                         
44: R31         Consolidating Financial Information of Guarantors   HTML    876K 
                and Issuers (Tables)                                             
45: R32         Partnership Organization (Details)                  HTML     35K 
46: R33         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     45K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
47: R34         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Useful   HTML     32K 
                Lives (Details)                                                  
48: R35         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     43K 
                Earnings per Unit (Details)                                      
49: R36         Long-Lived Assets (Details)                         HTML     36K 
50: R37         Goodwill (Details)                                  HTML     35K 
51: R38         Other Intangible Assets (Details)                   HTML     42K 
52: R39         Debt Instruments (Details)                          HTML     53K 
53: R40         Long-Term Debt Narrative (Details)                  HTML    123K 
54: R41         Schedule of Debt Maturities (Details)               HTML     43K 
55: R42         Derivative Financial Instruments Narrative          HTML     63K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R43         Derivative Financial Instruments Balance Sheet      HTML     41K 
                Location (Details)                                               
57: R44         Derivative Financial Instruments Income Statement   HTML     37K 
                Location (Details)                                               
58: R45         Partners' Equity Narrative (Details)                HTML    141K 
59: R46         Unit Option Activity (Details)                      HTML     46K 
60: R47         Vested Unit Options Outstanding (Details)           HTML     40K 
61: R48         Partners' Equity Nonvested Unit Options Activity    HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R49         Retirement Plans (Details)                          HTML     31K 
63: R50         Income and Partnership Taxes Narrative (Details)    HTML     64K 
64: R51         Income Before Taxes (Details)                       HTML     30K 
65: R52         Income Tax Expense (Details)                        HTML     45K 
66: R53         Effective Income Tax Reconciliation (Details)       HTML     43K 
67: R54         Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details)       HTML     61K 
68: R55         Income and Partnership Taxes Unrecognized Tax       HTML     34K 
                Benefits (Details)                                               
69: R56         Future Minimum Lease Payments (Details)             HTML     41K 
70: R57         Contingencies (Details)                             HTML     24K 
71: R58         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     59K 
72: R59         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   HTML     49K 
                - Changes in AOCI (Details)                                      
73: R60         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   HTML     41K 
                - Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other                     
                Comprehensive Income (Details)                                   
74: R61         Consolidating Financial Information of Guarantors   HTML     38K 
                and Issuers (Details)                                            
75: R62         Consolidating Financial Information of Guarantors   HTML    181K 
                and Issuers Balance Sheet (Details)                              
76: R63         Consolidating Financial Information of Guarantors   HTML    142K 
                and Issuers Income Statement (Details)                           
77: R64         Consolidating Financial Information of Guarantors   HTML    133K 
                and Issuers Cash Flows (Details)                                 
79: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    139K 
78: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    106K 
 8: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- fun-20161231                        XML   4.64M 
10: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- fun-20161231_cal                XML    278K 
11: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- fun-20161231_def                 XML    709K 
12: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- fun-20161231_lab                      XML   1.75M 
13: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- fun-20161231_pre               XML   1.12M 
 9: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- fun-20161231                          XSD    163K 
80: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000811532-17-000062-xbrl      Zip    307K

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