▁to ▁make ▁them ▁less ▁likely ▁to ▁spl ash ▁so ▁much ▁water ▁ab o ard . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁construction ▁began ▁for ▁the ▁S pl ash ▁Mountains ▁at ▁W alt ▁Disney ▁World ' s ▁Magic ▁Kingdom ▁and ▁Tokyo ▁Disney land . ▁On ▁July ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁soft ▁open ings ▁began ▁at ▁the ▁Magic ▁Kingdom . ▁The ▁two ▁S pl ash ▁Mountains ▁officially ▁opened ▁within ▁a ▁day ▁of ▁each ▁other ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 9 2 : ▁the ▁Magic ▁Kingdom ▁att raction ▁opened ▁on ▁October ▁ 2 , ▁and ▁the ▁Tokyo ▁Disney land ▁att raction ▁opened ▁on ▁October ▁ 1 . ▁ ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁S pl ash ▁Mountain ▁at ▁Magic ▁Kingdom ▁received ▁lap ▁bars ▁for ▁safety ▁reasons . ▁Each ▁row ▁of ▁two ▁to ▁three ▁passengers ▁shares ▁one ▁lap ▁bar . ▁Meanwhile , ▁Tokyo ▁Disney land ▁received ▁individual ▁lap ▁bars , ▁which ▁makes ▁the ▁height ▁restriction ▁ 5 ▁inches ▁shorter ▁than ▁the ▁other ▁two ▁versions . ▁ ▁A ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁popular ▁att raction ▁was ▁planned ▁for ▁Disney land ▁Paris , ▁but ▁was ▁scra pped ▁due ▁to ▁budget ▁reasons ▁and ▁the ▁cold ▁weather ▁in ▁Europe . ▁ ▁Att raction ▁All ▁of ▁the ▁r ides ▁feature ▁the ▁same ▁scenes ▁and ▁a ▁nearly ▁identical ▁layout . ▁The ▁story ▁of ▁S pl ash ▁Mountain ▁" Br ' er ▁Rab bit ▁Le aves ▁Home " ▁is ▁told ▁in ▁the ▁dark ▁ride ▁segment ▁on ▁the ▁me and ering ▁river . ▁The ▁fl