Cedar Fair, L.P. announces planned retirement of Chief Financial Officer

Friday, 22 April 2005

Cedar Fair, L.P. Press Release

SANDUSKY, OHIO, April 22, 2005 -- Cedar Fair, L.P. (NYSE: FUN), a publicly traded partnership which owns and operates seven amusement parks and five water parks, today announced that its Corporate Vice President-Finance, Bruce A. Jackson, has made known his plans to retire in the coming months. Jackson, who has served as the Partnership’s Chief Financial Officer for the past sixteen years, did not set a definitive date for his departure, and has agreed to stay on through a transition period while a search is undertaken to identify his successor.

Cedar Fair’s seven amusement parks are Cedar Point, located on Lake Erie between Cleveland and Toledo; Knott’s Berry Farm near Los Angeles in Buena Park, California; Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom near Allentown, Pennsylvania; Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom near Cleveland, Ohio; Valleyfair near Minneapolis/St. Paul; Worlds of Fun, located in Kansas City, Missouri; and Michigan’s Adventure near Muskegon, Michigan. The Partnership’s water parks are located near San Diego and in Palm Springs, California, and adjacent to Cedar Point, Knott’s Berry Farm and Worlds of Fun. Cedar Fair also owns and operates the Castaway Bay Indoor Waterpark Resort in Sandusky, Ohio.