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Cedar Fair LP – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/14 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

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

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

 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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report on Form 10-K                          HTML   1.27M 
 2: EX-10.31    Material Contract                                   HTML    157K 
 4: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     25K 
 5: EX-23       Consent of Independent Registered Public            HTML     23K 
                Accounting Firm                                                  
 3: EX-12.1     Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges                  HTML     49K 
 6: EX-31.1     Section 302 Certification                           HTML     30K 
 7: EX-31.2     Section 302 Certification                           HTML     30K 
 8: EX-32       Section 906 Certification                           HTML     25K 
56: R1          Document and Entity Information Document            HTML     54K 
45: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    188K 
54: R3          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML    127K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
58: R4          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    179K 
74: R5          Consolidated Statements of Partners' Equity         HTML    115K 
47: R6          Partnership Organization                            HTML     30K 
53: R7          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     88K 
41: R8          Long-Lived Assets                                   HTML     31K 
30: R9          Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     93K 
75: R10         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     83K 
60: R11         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    123K 
59: R12         Partners' Equity                                    HTML    108K 
65: R13         Retirement Plans                                    HTML     29K 
66: R14         Income and Partnership Taxes                        HTML    151K 
63: R15         Operating Lease Commitments and Contingencies       HTML     34K 
67: R16         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     71K 
55: R17         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   HTML    101K 
                (Notes)                                                          
57: R18         Consolidating Financial Information of Guarantors   HTML   1.12M 
                and Issuers                                                      
62: R19         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML    139K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)                    
80: R20         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     60K 
                (Tables)                                                         
70: R21         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     87K 
50: R22         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     65K 
61: R23         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    115K 
52: R24         Partners' Equity (Tables)                           HTML     83K 
23: R25         Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Tables)        HTML    149K 
71: R26         Operating Lease Commitments and Contingencies       HTML     31K 
                (Tables)                                                         
77: R27         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     59K 
35: R28         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   HTML     71K 
                (Tables)                                                         
34: R29         Consolidating Financial Information of Guarantors   HTML   1.12M 
                and Issuers (Tables)                                             
39: R30         Partnership Organization (Details)                  HTML     38K 
40: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Useful   HTML     33K 
                Lives (Details)                                                  
42: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     56K 
                Earnings per Unit (Details)                                      
21: R33         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     48K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
68: R34         Long-Lived Assets (Details)                         HTML     27K 
49: R35         Goodwill (Details)                                  HTML     34K 
51: R36         Other Intangible Assets (Details)                   HTML     46K 
26: R37         Debt Instruments (Details)                          HTML     60K 
79: R38         Long-Term Debt Narrative (Details)                  HTML    219K 
15: R39         Schedule of Debt Maturities (Details)               HTML     46K 
43: R40         Derivative Financial Instruments Balance Sheet      HTML     67K 
                Location (Details)                                               
73: R41         Derivative Financial Instruments Schedule of        HTML    156K 
                Derivatives (Details)                                            
25: R42         Derivative Financial Instruments Income Statement   HTML     71K 
                Location (Details)                                               
33: R43         Partners' Equity Narrative (Details)                HTML    172K 
38: R44         Unit Option Activity (Details)                      HTML     62K 
46: R45         Vested Unit Options Outstanding (Details)           HTML     45K 
20: R46         Partners' Equity Nonvested Unit Options Activity    HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
29: R47         Retirement Plans (Details)                          HTML     33K 
17: R48         Income and Partnership Taxes Narrative (Details)    HTML     76K 
72: R49         Income Tax Expense (Details)                        HTML     53K 
24: R50         Income Before Taxes (Details)                       HTML     32K 
69: R51         Effective Income Tax Reconciliation (Details)       HTML     46K 
27: R52         Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details)       HTML     83K 
44: R53         Income and Partnership Taxes Unrecognized Tax       HTML     38K 
                Benefits (Details)                                               
16: R54         Contingencies (Details)                             HTML     25K 
19: R55         Future Minimum Lease Payments (Details)             HTML     44K 
37: R56         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML    107K 
22: R57         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   HTML     68K 
                - Changes in AOCI (Details)                                      
76: R58         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   HTML     49K 
                - Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other                     
                Comprehensive Income (Details)                                   
48: R59         Consolidating Financial Information of Guarantors   HTML    253K 
                and Issuers (Details)                                            
64: R60         Consolidating Financial Information of Guarantors   HTML    315K 
                and Issuers Balance Sheet (Details)                              
28: R61         Consolidating Financial Information of Guarantors   HTML    281K 
                and Issuers Income Statement (Details)                           
31: R62         Consolidating Financial Information of Guarantors   HTML    286K 
                and Issuers Cash Flows (Details)                                 
78: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    115K 
18: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    415K 
32: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   4.33M 
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11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- fun-20141231_cal                XML    293K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- fun-20141231_def                 XML   1.15M 
13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- fun-20141231_lab                      XML   2.08M 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- fun-20141231_pre               XML   1.29M 
10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- fun-20141231                          XSD    200K 
36: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000811532-15-000057-xbrl      Zip    379K

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