Temp Landing Page using .htaccess

I’m trying to create a temporary splash page that you can click through a link to go to the main site. I’ve setup the .htaccess file and it works fine, however what do I need to make the link direct to? My site is http://ueapanthers.co.uk and my splash page is called splash.html. I’ve set the .htaccess to privilege splash.html then index.php which all works fine, however what do I need to point my click through link to? If I make it point to http://ueapanthers.co.uk/index.php it just gives me the splash again, how do I bypass the splash with the click through link where I want them to actually get to the website. At the moment it’s just looping.