American Holidays?

[gax]

Hey, I live in the UK (next to flamingoland ), and I'm planning a trip to America soon for all the parks, (including Florida etc.) and I'm just wondering when the holidays are in America (Florida especially) so I can work out when the least busy days will be , are they the same as the UK, and do they differ by state?

I was thinking April time possibly...

Thanks!

[Homer]

A basic overview of America's holidays.

 

WINTER

Martin Luther King Jr. Day- Third Monday in January.

 

Presidents Day- Monday in between Lincoln's and Washington's birthday (~3rd week of Feb.)

 

SPRING

Spring Break- Not really a holiday, but schools often have a week (or weeks) off for students around March/April. Can be a bit iffy here.

 

 

SUMMER

Memorial Day is the last Monday in May [considered the kickoff of Summer].

 

Independence Day on July 4th.

 

FALL

Columbus Day- First Monday in October. The celebration of this holiday is dying out thanks to political correctness, so don't worry about crowds around this date.

 

Thanksgiving- Last Thursday in November. Parks tend to get crowded and this is the start of the holiday season.

[BarryH]

Columbus Day isn't celebrated in Florida. Unless you work for a bank, a city facility (like garbage collection), or a government facility (like the U.S. Post Office), you don't get the day off. I don't think I ever got the day off in college.

[gax]

thanks a lot

[larrygator]

Labor Day - first Monday in September - the last weekday operating day for practically all parks outside of California and Florida. Some parks with Halloween events are open on weekends through October.

[alanjonesbath]

We've always gone to the US in the first two weeks of June, both to LA and Florida (and this year to D.C/New York area). Florida always seems quite quiet at that time fo year. In LA, there seemed to be a lot of school groups at SFMM the day we went, though Disneyland was relatively quiet.