Juan Carlos I of Spain you shut up?"). Chávez had been interrupting the Spanish Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, while the latter was defending his predecessor and political opponent, José María Aznar, after Chávez had referred to Aznar as a fascist and "less human than snakes". The King shortly afterwards left the hall when President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua accused Spain of intervention in his country's elections and complained about some Spanish energy companies working in Nicaragua. This was an unprecedented diplomatic incident and a rare display of public anger by the King. In April 2012, Juan Carlos faced criticism for making an elephant-hunting
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari ranked among the top twenty wooden roller coasters in the world, as of the 2011 awards. In 2000, the park also began offering its guests free unlimited soft drinks, a service which brought international attention to the park. Holiday World was the first park in the world to offer this service to its guests. For the next five years, the park's additions grew steadily. In 2002, "ZOOMbabwe", the world's largest enclosed water slide, was added to Splashin' Safari. In 2003, Splashin' Safari added "Zinga" on top of The Legend's spiral drop, a ProSlide Tornado, while Holiday World replaced "Banshee" with