Jon de Visser

Jon Thomas de Visser (born February 17, 1950) is an American artist, producer and director. He was the Chief Creative Officer of Carwardine Parks from 1980-1997, before Jeremy Vallejos took over in 1998, and the chain's acting Director of Entertainment from 1989 to 1990, when Tom Reynders took over.

He is currently the owner of Visser Productions of. Visser Productions would work with Carwardine's Dept. 2 Productions several times throughout the years.

Life and career
Jon de Visser, born in, joined Carwardine in 1980 as Chief Creative Officer. From 1989 to 1990, he also served as the chain's acting Director of Entertainment in-between the departure of Fred Bradbury and the arrival of Tom Reynders.

De Visser was responsible for the creation of such Carwardine hallmarks as the Street Shows and an ambitious style of live shows and parades, and helped pioneer extensive theming of coasters in regional chains of theme parks.

He resigned as Chief Creative Officer in 1997 due to the increasing corporate nature of the chain over the past few years after being sold from Carwardine Colony Real Estate to DreamWorks SKG.

Trivia

 * He was credited at the end of every Carwardine Parks queue TV tape between 1992-1997. On the last tape he made, instead of the normal "Chief Creative - Jon de Visser" credit, it says "Thank You for the Thrills - Jon de Visser" at the end before it loops instead.
 * His daughter is Maggie Visser, the General Manager of Whalom Park. One of her first Carwardine jobs was performing Baby Bear in the demo tape for the PBS Kids Neighborhood live show Neighborhood Premiere that was videotaped at Whalom Park.