Richard A. Zimmerman, Cedar Fair President and Chief Executive Officer, Joins Board of Directors

Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN), a leader in regional amusement parks, water parks
and immersive entertainment, today announced that Richard A. Zimmerman,
Cedar Fair’s president and chief executive officer, has been appointed
to the Board of Directors of its general partner, Cedar Fair Management,
Inc. Zimmerman will serve the remaining portion of Tom Klein’s term,
which expires in 2020. Klein, a member of the Board since 2012, stepped
down from the Board effective April 10, 2019, to focus on his new role
as managing partner at Certares Management LLC, a leading investment and
management company.

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Cedar Fair President and CEO Richard A. Zimmerman appointed to Company's Board of Directors. (Photo: Business Wire)

“On behalf of the entire Board, I’d like to thank Tom Klein for his
valuable contributions to our success and for his years of dedicated
service to our organization. I wish him all the best in his new
endeavors,” said Matt Ouimet, Cedar Fair’s executive chairman. “At the
same time, I’m excited to welcome Richard Zimmerman as a director. His
clear vision of the Company’s future, which he has demonstrated as Cedar
Fair’s president and CEO, along with his years of experience in the
hospitality and leisure entertainment industry, will be valuable to our
Board.”

Zimmerman, 58, has more than 30 years of experience in the hospitality
and leisure entertainment industry. He became president and CEO of Cedar
Fair in 2018, after being named president in 2016 and chief operating
officer in 2011. He also served as executive vice president beginning in
2007 and served as vice president and general manager of the Kings
Dominion amusement park from 1998 to 2007. Prior to entering the
amusement park industry, Zimmerman served in various financial and
strategic planning roles with Paramount Communications, Inc.

About Cedar Fair

Cedar Fair Entertainment Company (NYSE: FUN), one of the largest
regional amusement-resort operators in the world, is a publicly traded
partnership headquartered in Sandusky, Ohio. Focused on its mission to
make people happy by providing fun, immersive and memorable experiences,
the Company owns and operates 11 amusement parks, including its flagship
park, Cedar Point, along with two outdoor water parks, one indoor water
park and four hotels. It also operates an additional theme park under a
management contract. Its parks are located in Ohio, California, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Missouri,
Michigan and Toronto, Ontario.

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