Wayne Carwardine II

Wayne Barnaby Carwardine II (born February 26, 1970) is an American businessman, entrepreneur and entertainer. He is the son of Christopher R. Carwardine, since Chris' 2016 retirement, he's the CEO of Carwardine Parks and owner of the Virginia Maestros baseball team of Major League Baseball (MLB). He used to be the CXO at Cedar Fair from 2006 until 2016.

Birth
He was born on February 26, 1970.

Childhood
In 1980, at the age of 10, he attended the grand opening of Carwardine Colony.

Relationship with Mandy Cetkovska
The two started dating in 1990. They had Fran Louise and Kate Ann Carwardine born in 1993. They finally married in 1995.

Work At Paramount Parks
He joined as general manager of Paramount's Columbia Gardens in 1999.

Work At Cedar Fair
He left Carwardine once again to pursue a job at Cedar Fair in 2005 as a ride operator at Cedar Point; due to his notability, the next year, he was promoted to CXO of Cedar Fair.

Return To Carwardine
After Chris retired in 2016, he returned to the company, and Chris has named him CEO.

Unlike his father, who preferred to simply appear in opening ceremonies and walk around the park for "casual" meet and greets, he has taken on a more active performing role at Carwardine Colony since taking over most of his father's duties in 2016, including as the presenter of the queue tapes, and has even performed as himself in a number of live shows, including performing daily as part of Carwardine's Licensed Property Musical alongside the licensed characters, Marv Simpleton, the Carwardine Horns, the Carwardine Kids and Carwardine Youth, and performing across the park with the Fun Crew.

Kids
Wayne has had several kids.


 * Fran Louise and Kate Ann Carwardine (twins; both born 1993)
 * Steve Carwardine (born 1994)
 * Wayne Carwardine III (born 1998)
 * Sammy "Slinky" J. Carwardine (born 2000)

Trivia

 * He lives in with his wife Mandy Cetkovska.
 * He was 10 when Carwardine Colony opened.
 * He was 17 when he got his first job for Carwardine in 1988 as a walkaround at Carwardine Colony (including stints as Grumpy Bear and Bedtime Bear for Care Bears shows and meet-and-greets). He later quit Carwardine Parks in 1999 to focus on his personal life and to pursue other opportunities. After a 3-year stint as general manager of Paramount's Columbia Gardens, he came back in early 2003 to work as the Entertainment Director of Carwardine Colony, while also doing some walkaround roles (such as Zak & Wheezie from Dragon Tales for some live shows).
 * He still owns 32 stock shares in Cedar Fair and knows the password of Cedar Point's Facebook page.
 * He and Landon Franck both worked at Carwardine Colony in 1992. Franck often jokes that they met while "powerwashing away graffiti."
 * He has ridden over 1,000 coasters around the world.