Cedar Fair L.P., symbol FUN on New York, owns and operates 11 amusement parks including Knott’s Berry Farm in California and Canada’s Wonderland, six outdoor water parks, one indoor water park and five hotels.

For 2010, the U.S. stock’s revenue jumped 6.7%, to $977.6 million from $916.1 million in 2009. Park attendance rose 7.8%, and revenue from the company’s hotels rose 6.1%. Per-guest spending slipped less than 1% despite higher sales of season passes, which typically decrease the amount spent per visit.

Even so, the partnership lost $31.6 million, or $0.57 a unit, in 2010, compared to earnings of $35.4 million, or $0.63 a unit, in 2009.

One-time items were the main reason for the loss: The company paid a $35.3-million charge on the early retirement of debt, wrote off $62.8 million for aging amusement park rides, and incurred $10.4 million in costs after it cancelled a friendly takeover from a private investment firm. Also, in 2009 the company made a $23.1 million profit from a one-time sale of land, which pushed earnings higher that year.

In 2010, the U.S. stock’s long term debt fell by 2.9%, to $1.58 billion from $1.63 billion. That’s still 1.5 times its $1.1 billion market cap.

In 2011, the company will spend $75 million on new attractions for its parks.

To cut debt, Cedar Fair suspended its quarterly distributions of $0.25 per unit in the fourth quarter of 2009. However, the partnership resumed paying quarterly dividends again in December 2010. The new quarterly rate of $0.08 a unit yields of 1.6% on an annual basis.

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