Cedar Fair, L.P. (FUN)

CEDAR FAIR REPORTS RESULTS FOR 2008

SANDUSKY, OHIO, February 12, 2009 — Cedar Fair (NYSE: FUN), a leader in regional amusement parks, water parks and active entertainment, today announced results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008.

Cedar Fair’s operations generated full-year net revenues of $996.2 million and net income of $5.7 million, or $0.10 per diluted limited-partner (LP) unit. In 2007 the Company achieved net revenues of $987.0 million and reported a net loss of $4.5 million, or $0.08 per diluted LP unit. Included in the 2008 results are non-cash impairment charges totaling $95.4 million, or $1.71 per diluted LP unit. Of these total non-cash charges, the majority, or $87.0 million, relates to a preliminary estimate of impairment of goodwill and other long-lived intangibles we recorded when we acquired the Paramount Parks in 2006. The 2007 results include a non-cash impairment charge of $54.9 million, or $1.01 per diluted LP unit, relating to the Geauga Lake restructuring.

Adjusted EBITDA, which management believes is a meaningful measure of the company’s park-level operating results, increased 4.5% to $355.9 million from $340.7 million a year ago. See the attached table for a reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to net income.

“I am pleased to report that 2008 was another successful year for the company,” said Dick Kinzel, Cedar Fair’s chairman, president and chief executive officer. “While 2008 was not without its economic challenges, we were able to position ourselves as an affordable vacation alternative. In 2008, our combined parks entertained 22.7 million visitors, up 3% from 2007 and generated average in-park guest per capita spending of $40.13. The result of this solid operating performance was a record $355.9 million in adjusted EBITDA.”

Operating income for the year was $133.9 million compared with $154.6 million in 2007. Cash operating costs decreased 1% to $640.3 million versus $646.3 million in the prior year. The decrease in cash operating costs is a result of our continued focus on controlling operating costs and expenses, as well as the closure of the company’s Star Trek: The Experience operation in Las Vegas in September due to the expiration of its lease. Non-cash costs increased to $222.0 million from $186.1 million in 2007, due entirely to the charge for impairment of intangible assets we recorded when we acquired the Paramount Parks. Although the acquisition continues to meet our collective operating and profitability goals, the performance of the individual properties has been somewhat mixed, with certain parks outperforming others to this point. Based on the accounting rules which require us to evaluate our goodwill and trade-names for impairment at the individual reporting unit, or park level, the performance of those parks that have fallen below our original expectations, coupled with a higher cost of capital, have resulted in the estimated recognition of full impairment of goodwill at two of the acquired parks and the additional estimated impairment of trade names at several of the parks.