Carwardine Parks/Sonic The Hedgehog Mascot History

Wave 1 (1995-1999)
These costumes were based on the 1992 (Sonic/Tails)-1995 (Knuckles) UK costumes. Sonic would last until 1995, while Tails and Knuckles would last until 1999.

Known Park Appearances

 * Akron Acres
 * Billings' Wild Kingdom
 * Carwardine Colony
 * Carwardine's Great America
 * Chippewa Lake Park

Trivia

 * The Tails and Knuckles costumes were put into use once again for promotion for Sonic Mania at Carwardine Colony, but Sonic's "Classic Style" costume was the Wave 2 costume that was also sitting in storage.

Known Park Appearances

 * Akron Acres
 * Billings' Wild Kingdom
 * Carwardine Colony
 * Carwardine's Great America
 * Chippewa Lake Park
 * Dylan Park
 * Hawaii Luna Park
 * Kid's World
 * Rose Island
 * Rose Park

Full Use

 * Entertainment Park Down Under
 * Carwardine Colony (Sally and Dr. Robotnik only)

Energetic Use Only

 * Carwardine Colony
 * Carwardine's Great America

Trivia

 * The wave is known as the "DiC era" by fans.

Known Park Appearances

 * Carwardine Colony
 * Dylan Park
 * Rose Island

Trivia

 * As of October 2022, Rouge and Cream are the only Wave 3 costumes still being regularly used across the chain, mainly due to the fact a newer version of either has yet to debut.

Wave 3.1 (2001-2002)
Wears SOAP shoes.

Known Park Appearances

 * Carwardine Colony
 * Carwardine's Great America
 * Dylan Park
 * Rose Island

Wave 4 (2003)
Originally used for parks that either needed a replacement suit or new-for-2003 parks, this Sonic costume was never used otherwise.

Known Park Appearances

 * Carwardine's Magic Planet
 * Cherokee Park
 * Mount Amazement
 * New Mexico's Backyard
 * Opryland

Known Park Appearances

 * Carwardine's Magic Planet
 * Cherokee Park
 * Mount Amazement
 * New Mexico's Backyard
 * Opryland

Trivia

 * This costume is referred to as "Stout Sonic" by fans.

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Trivia

 * As of December 2022, the Wave 10 Tails and Amy are still used at a number of parks, including Carwardine Colony, though most of them have switched back to Amy's older dress (Whalom Park currently uses the Wave 7 Amy's dress with the Wave 10 head, hands and shoes; while Carwardine Colony rotates between the regular "Sonic Boom-style" Wave 10 dress and shoes and a custom-made set of "classic" Amy dress and shoes) and nearly all of them have removed Tails' goggles, belt and strap.

Wave 11 (2016-present)