Former CEO Matt Ouimet offered his views on the routing of tenured leadership at the merged Cedar Fair/Six Flags.  Ouimet indicates he retired and left Cedar Fair a year prior to the merger to avoid being a part of the cost cutting dismissals of top leadership.  

This Orange County Register article covers Ouimett's statements in its broad article reporting on the elimination of the Park President positions across the entire Six Flags Entertainment chain:

https://www.ocregister.com/2025/05/23/six-flags-lays-off-knotts-and-magic-mountain-presidents/

 

 

 

Its behind a paywall

Here is an open story, which includes Ouimett's quotes:

https://www.amusementsource.media/news/2025/5/24/more-six-flags-cuts-all-park-president-positions-eliminated-former-cedar-fair-ceo-responds

And yet, the most well compensated alligator mouth that promised the lofty (knowingly unattainable) number to the investors remains at the helm, sigh.

 

Sparky, watching this from afar, $1500 richer this year and indescribably happier.