If you want to ride Splash Mountain this year, you will have a small window of opportunity from mid-November through early January. On January 8, 2018 the attraction will once again be closed for refurbishment. Splash Mountain is currently being refurbished, and is scheduled to re-open by November 15.
We held off on posting this until we had some concrete proof (as it seems a bit odd) but according to the Disney Travel Agents website, Splash Mountain will indeed be going down for maintenance in January as it usually does. It is scheduled to reopen on February 1, 2018.
Other planned maintenance includes the Liberty Square Riverboat, which will be down from January through June next year, and Kali River Rapids undergoing a typical January refurbishment.
[Source: Disney Travel Agents]
