Avoiding Crowds During Public and School Holidays

When not to go?

So you want to avoid the crowds?
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.

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 resort (usually!).

Top 5 Busiest Seasons

The top 5 busiest seasons at Disneyland Park, in no particular order:

New Year’s Eve

Halloween Night

Easter

Early/Mid August

Bastille Day (F�te
nationale)

French Public Holidays

1st January

Jour de l’an

9th April

Lundi de P�ques

1st May

F�te du premier mai

8th May

F�te de la Victoire 1945

17th May 2007

l’Ascencion

14th July

F�te nationale

15th August

l’Assomption

1st November

La Toussain

11th November

Jour d’armistice 1918

25th December

No�l

26th December

No�l (Alsace and Lorraine only)

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

Where no year is listed, the date remains the same
each year.

Where a French Bank Holiday falls on a Tuesday or
Thursday, workers are occasionally also given the nearest Monday or Friday
respectively as holiday.

Useful Links

French School Holidays

Le Calendrier
Scolaire

British School Holidays

LGA Standard School
Year

French School Holidays

France organises its school holidays into three
zones, A, B and C, each one referring to several departments of the country. 
You can see a map of departments and full holidays listing at the
gouvernement’s official website

here.  Paris is in Zone C.

Vacances de la Toussaint 2006

25th October to 6th November 2006 [All
Zones]

Vacances de No�l 2006-07

23rd December 2006 to 8th January 2007 [All
Zones]

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’�t� 2007

4th July to 4th September 2007 [All Zones]

Vacances de la Toussaint 2007

27th October to 8th November 2007 [All
Zones]

Vacances de No�l 2007-08

22nd December 2007 to 7th January 2008 [All
Zones]

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 Local Government Association (LGA) does, however, provide
schedules to recommended term dates to each Local Education Authority (LEA).
These can be seen below, and should provide a rough guide as to when more
English tourists will be heading for the magic…

— England —

October Half Term 2006

21st to 31st October 2006

Christmas 2006-07

20th December 2006 to 2nd January 2007

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 2007-08

18th December 2007 to 2nd January 2008