Easter and American school holidays.

[ORLANDO_MAGIC]

I know that Easter is always a busy time in Orlando,with loads of us Brits flocking there,but i was wondering if the American schools break up at the same time,and if so do they have as long off as we do here in the UK ?.

Thanks.

John

[mm69340]

Hi John.

It will depend on what part of the country you want to know about!

Routinely, Easter is not given as a holiday. Sometimes it does coincide with Easter but not always. If you are asking about 2005- I can tell you the NorthEast only has Good Friday off. Our Spring break is always the third Monday in April which in Massachusetts coincides with a bank holiday here called Patriots Day. Our break this year is April 18th to the 22nd- which would give us a chance to get away the 16th to the 24th.

For some useless trivia- the Boston Marathon is always run on Patriots Day!

[resorthomerentals]

In our area (Michigan), we have Good Friday and the week following Easter off. We also have a winter break which varies by school disctrict. Some are a long weekend in Feb. Others, like ours, have a full week off in February. Colleges and Universities will have different schedules.

[Ray&Sarah]

Sounds like the US holidays are as confusing and stretched out as the Uk ones now.[msnsmile2]

[LiesaAnna]

to many of the blooming things if you ask me!!!!!!!!

[mrsbabypowder]

kids break up in Osceola 21st march until 1st april then summer starts 25th may hope it helps

[kaysvacationvilla]

Also, being in Massachusetts like Karen we start school vacation the 3rd Monday in April(Florida here I come), as it does not matter when Easter is. I know a couple of states around us have the previous week off. We have school up until the end of June, so I think you will find that states that end school earlier will also have an earlier spring break.

[ctgirlscout]

Same for us in Connecticut. Third week of April is Spring Break.

[dogwalker]

I don't know if this is relevant but I have looked at the park opening hours for March. They are open until 7 or 8pm upto about March 19 then they go to 10pm until about April 2 when they drop back to 8pm. Could be they are expecting a busy period.

[Nostromo]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by dogwalker
I don't know if this is relevant but I have looked at the park opening hours for March. They are open until 7 or 8pm upto about March 19 then they go to 10pm until about April 2 when they drop back to 8pm. Could be they are expecting a busy period.[/quote]

Yes, I believe so. Since Easter is in the last weekend of March this year, the late opening hours on either isde of this would explain it. I have noticed this pattern during the Easter break every year, irrrespective of when Easter actually is. Therefore, it is best to assume that the parks will be busy from about a week before to a week after Easter. Arriving about 10 days after Easter is a good plan since it coincides with good weather and a 'dip' in the crowds.