Wayne Carwardine II

Wayne Carwardine II 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 2009 until 2016.

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 is the only person of the Carwardine family to work at a theme park that isn't Disney or Carwardine.
 * 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.