Hunting in Romania (Yugoslavia) hunted in Romania at Ceaușescu's invitation and used many of the designated hunting chalets and chateaux domains like Lăpuşna or Scrovistea for big game hunting. Between 1955–1989 it is unofficially estimated that Ceaușescu's hunting parties shot over 4000 brown bears. Starting in 1966, he also introduced mouflons as game animals at Neguresti, Timiş and Scrovistea but the numbers remain very low. After the fall of the communism, hunting returned to normal and was promoted, and foreign hunters also started to come. The country is now an international destination for sportsmen. One of these was King Juan Carlos of Spain,
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari remaining ride, "The Freedom Train", citing maintenance concerns; it was replaced by another train ride which the park named "Holidog Express". In Splashin' Safari, "Jungle Jets" was replaced with "Safari Sam's SplashLand" in 2011. In 2013, "AmaZOOM", "Bamboo Chute", "Congo River", and "Crocodile Isle" were removed to make room for a new Splashin' Safari entry plaza; in its place, "Hyena Falls" and "Hyena Springs" were added to the north of "Giraffica". On September 6, 2013, Holiday World announced plans for a 2014 expansion totaling $8 million. The highlight of the announcement was a new swinging ship ride called the "Mayflower",