Juan Carlos I of Spain Juan Carlos I of Spain Juan Carlos I (; Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a former King of Spain, reigning from 1975 until his abdication in 2014. Juan Carlos is the grandson of Alfonso XIII, the last king of Spain before the abolition of the monarchy in 1931 and the subsequent declaration of the Second Spanish Republic. Juan Carlos was born in Rome, Italy, during his family's exile. "Generalísimo" Francisco Franco, the Spanish dictator who initiated the civil war by means of a coup d'état against the constitutional republic in
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari New Waterpark Ride" by "Amusement Today" magazine. Over the next three years, Holiday World & Splashin' Safari opened several new additions. "Bakuli" and "Kima Bay" were added to Splashin' Safari, "Turkey Whirl" and Plymouth Rock Café were added to the Thanksgiving section, the "Star Spangled Carousel" replaced "Thunder Bumpers on Chesapeake Bay" in the Fourth of July section, and "Reindeer Games" replaced "Kids Castle" in the Christmas section. In 2009, Holiday World continued to break records by opening the world's tallest water ride, "Pilgrims Plunge", in the Thanksgiving section of the park. "Pilgrims Plunge" deviated from the standard of using