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When to avoid the crowds and have the magic all to yourself!

Public holidays and school holidays are typically the busiest times at Disneyland Resort Paris, so if you’re able to be flexible and visit outside of these dates then you’ll be able to enjoy a quieter magic kingdom or studios and shorter queues.

Remember, though – to compensate for the lower guest numbers at these times, fewer Seasons & Events run and Park Hours may be shortened. Also, most Scheduled Closures are pencilled in for these dates and school groups can visit the parks in large numbers.

Another way to determine the usual attendance levels when booking a stay at the resort is to use the Price Guide – the higher the price, the busier the two Disney Parks will (usually!) be.

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• French Public Holidays
• British Public Holidays
• French School Holidays
• British School Holidays

French Public Holidays

• 1st January: Jour de l’an
• 9th April: Lundi de Pâques
• 1st May: Fête du premier mai
• 8th May: Fête de la Victoire 1945
• 17th May 2007: l’Ascencion
• 14th July: Fête nationale
• 15th August: l’Assomption
• 1st November: La Toussain
• 11th November: Jour d’armistice 1918
• 25th December: Noël
• 26th December: Noël

British Public Holidays

• 1st January: New Year’s Day
• 6th April 2007: Good Friday
• 9th April 2007: Easter Monday
• 7th May 2007: May Day Bank Holiday
• 28th May 2007: Late May Bank Holiday
• 27th August 2007: Summer Bank Holiday
• 25th December: Christmas Day
• 26th December: Boxing Day

French School Holidays

France organises its school holidays into three zones, A, B and C, each one referring to several departments of the country.  Paris is in Zone C.

• Vacances d’hiver 2007
  10th to 26th February 2007 [Zone A]
  24th February to 12th March 2007 [Zone B & C]
• Vacances de printemps 2007
  31st March to 16th April 2007 [Zone A]
  7th to 23rd April 2007 [Zone C]
  14th April to 2nd May 2007 [Zone B]
• Vacances d’été 2007
  4th July to 4th September 2007 [All Zones]
• Vacances de la Toussaint 2007
  27th October to 8th November 2007 [All Zones]
• Vacances de Noël 2007-08
  22nd December 2007 to 7th January 2008 [All Zones]

Remember, also, that Wednesday is often a day off for schoolchildren.

British School Holidays

School holidays in the United Kingdom vary between each country and each local council, and so are hard to pin down to exact, general dates. The government does, however, provide schedules to recommended term dates to each Local Education Authority in England. These can be seen below, and should provide a rough guide as to when more English tourists may be heading for the magic…

• February Half Term 2007
  18th to 26th February 2007
• Easter 2007
  5th to 18th April 2007
• June Half Term 2007
  26th May to 3rd June 2007
• Summer 2007
  19th July to 2nd September 2007
• October Half Term 2007
  20th to 28th October 2007
• Christmas 2007
  18th December 2007 to 2nd January 2008