ron ics ▁from ▁America ▁S ings , ▁which ▁was ▁also ▁receiving ▁poor ▁attend ance . ▁It ▁was ▁Dick ▁N un is ▁who ▁ins isted ▁that ▁the ▁Im agine ers ▁create ▁a ▁log ▁fl ume ▁for ▁Disney land , ▁but ▁the ▁Im agine ers ▁were ▁initially ▁un enth us i astic ▁about ▁it , ▁ins isting ▁that ▁log ▁fl umes ▁were ▁too ▁ordinary ▁a ▁theme ▁park ▁att raction ▁to ▁include ▁in ▁a ▁park ▁like ▁Disney land . ▁While ▁trying ▁to ▁solve ▁the ▁problems ▁of ▁including ▁a ▁log ▁fl ume , ▁bringing ▁people ▁into ▁Bear ▁Country ▁and ▁re using ▁the ▁America ▁S ings ▁characters , ▁B ax ter ▁then ▁thought ▁of ▁Song ▁of ▁the ▁South . ▁ ▁Const ruction ▁began ▁at ▁Disney land ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 8 7 . ▁By ▁that ▁time , ▁S pl ash ▁Mountain , ▁whose ▁budget ▁had ▁ris en ▁greatly ▁to ▁$ 7 5 ▁million , ▁had ▁become ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁expensive ▁projects ▁created ▁by ▁W alt ▁Disney ▁Im agine ering . ▁The ▁entire ▁park ▁cost ▁around ▁$ 1 7 ▁million ▁to ▁build ▁back ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 , ▁which ▁transl ates ▁to ▁around ▁$ 8 0 ▁million ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 . ▁According ▁to ▁Alice ▁Davis ▁( w ife ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁Marc ▁Davis ), ▁when ▁America ▁S ings ▁closed ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁production ▁of ▁Disney land ' s ▁S pl ash ▁Mountain ▁had ▁gone ▁far ▁over ▁budget . ▁The ▁only ▁way ▁to ▁recover ▁was ▁to ▁close ▁down