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Cedar Fair LP – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/14 – ‘XML’

On:  Thursday, 2/26/15, at 3:30pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/14   ·   Accession #:  811532-15-57   ·   File #:  1-09444

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 2/26/15  Cedar Fair LP                     10-K       12/31/14   80:24M

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

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                Accounting Firm                                                  
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                Comprehensive Income                                             
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67: R16         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     71K 
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                (Notes)                                                          
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                and Issuers                                                      
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                of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)                    
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                and Issuers (Tables)                                             
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                Lives (Details)                                                  
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                Earnings per Unit (Details)                                      
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                Narrative (Details)                                              
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                Benefits (Details)                                               
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                and Issuers (Details)                                            
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                and Issuers Cash Flows (Details)                                 
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 2/16/24  Cedar Fair LP                     10-K       12/31/23   83:8.3M
 2/17/23  Cedar Fair LP                     10-K       12/31/22   80:9.1M
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 2/19/21  Cedar Fair LP                     10-K       12/31/20   83:9.4M
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