When do school holidays in Belgium not overlap with those in France so I can have a calmer visit to Disneyland Paris?
I'm hoping to one day take my godchild, along with his parents and my own parents, to Disneyland in Paris for a few days. However, I personally can't cope that well with busy places, and I'm hoping to go during a calm period. However, my godchild shouldn't miss his school for this, so I want to go during a school holiday period in Belgium. However, France also has school holidays, and a lot of them are the same as Belgium's.
Sometimes, when I visit certain Dutch cities, I do this on 11/11 (Armistice day for WW1, Netherlands was neutral then), because this is usually a normal workday in the Netherlands, but Belgium gets the day off. Is there a similar situation for france, where we get a day off, but the French don't? Obviously not 11/11 since France was also affected by WW1. I've considered 21st of July (which is National Day in Belgium), but:
- it would have to be a Monday or Friday for it to work properly;
- It's right in the middle of the Long Summer Break in France;
- I'd rather not have to go via Brussels on National Day since everyone is watching the parade;
- I like to see the King's Speech on National day.
Best Answer
I read your question as in 'which part of the Belgium summer holidays' is the best time for Disneyland in Paris. In that case, July and within the week, a Monday or Tuesday or a Thursday or Friday. See this page by Disneyland Paris. I guess the earlier in July the better as more countries get holidays in July and most do not get the whole of the month.
That is confirmed by this page.
mid-July to late August are very popular.
If you do not want to go in the summer holidays, try to find a public or school holiday in Belgium that is not a public holiday in France.
Edit: On reading the new version of the question I took out the 'list of national holidays' in my diary for France and Belgium. No joy there, all days mentioned for Belgium are also mentioned for France, (besides July 21, which you with good reasons do not want.)
July 11 is 'de dag voor de Vlaamse gemeenschap' (The day for the Flemish community.) This should be a day of for you, school holiday already for the young one and is early(ish) in July, but you ruled out the summer holidays (which I understand.)
The autumn holiday for the schools in Flanders is rather late in the year, but might work for you: 2 till 8 November 2015. I guess that even if there is a school holiday in France at the same time, you will find the park so much more quiet than in the summer. If you do not like that idea, the next likely option is the Easter holidays, where the Flemish schools two weeks: 28 March to 10 April.
A better option, in my view, is to talk with the parents and ask for a day the school of your godchild is closed while most others are still running. Maybe for a day the teachers have to get courses, ('studie dag' in the Netherlands) or for whatever other reason.
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