John Reilly was at BGW since his initial hire while he was still in High School all the way up to when he became park president. He then went to SWSD as their park president until he went to Corporate.
Kevin Lembke Leaving Busch Gardens
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John Reilly was at BGW since his initial hire while he was still in High School all the way up to when he became park president. He then went to SWSD as their park president until he went to Corporate.
It’s official.
www.vagazette.com
Busch Gardens and Water Country USA park president steps down
After a year and a half on the job, Kevin Lembke has left his position as park president for Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Water Country USA.
Moved the thread over to News. Sad to see him go. ?
What is with these park presidents and their sad, short runs? Kevin was a very good president who I thought continued the really good momentum that David Cromwell started and hopefully Kevin's influence will still be here after his departure.
Question is, who's going to succeed him?
Question is, who's going to succeed him?
So does that mean his pin is done? Will be interesting if the next president gets his own version.
A connection inside the park told me that they will have the current presidential pin at events until they run out then a new president will choose a ride for their own presidential pin.
They're still given out by the president; just not Lembke. His successor will still be the only one that has them.
They've been given out at pin events, traded amongst employees and guests, etc for a while now. It's not a very rare pin honestly.
kind of bittersweet, i met him in the que for finnegans, i will miss kevin, i’m the one with the f325 shirt on lol, and i am interested to see how his pin plays out
I don't know if they have their replacement yet but from what I have been told the people in Williamsburg who have enough experience are not interested in the position at this time. It's a combination of being close to retirement and having other job duties and responsibilities at the corporate level that they would have to give up. A few VPs at Busch are also run the corporate portion of their department. I know that currently Jeff Thomas is the interim president and he is the current VP of WCUSA and the corp VP of park operations. It seems likely that it's someone from another park but we'll see. I wouldn't mind if Carl came back personally.
Carl lum was the biggest corporate finance blah president for the park in recent history. You could tell by his tempesto announcement that he frankly didn’t seem to care much or have much knowledge of the industry. Kevin has been great.
