MK on Memorial Day

[DME]

Anyone know why the Magic Kingdom is closing at 7pm on Memorial Day and also on Saturday the 31st? Why so early? Is there a special event going on?

 

[Vernonpush]

Mickey's Pirate & Princess Party.

 

[cinderellafan6]

Yea that would explain the closing. Disney thought it would be good to have the party during a day that people dont have to go to work and they can have an extra day to go to it

 

[Jellyfish]

Quick question:

Whats memorial day?

 

[maxe14]

Memorial Day is a federal holiday here in the US that is observed the last Monday if May. It commemorates US men and women who have died in military service to their country. :wave:

 

[Jellyfish]

Ahhhh, cool, yours is better than ours, you get a whole day, we do two minute silences [where everyone stops work, stands outside in school, etc, bows their head and thinks about what happened, in silence] on 11/11, 7/7 and of course 9/11. Yours seems a lot more thoughtful, haveing the day to remember it, rather than 2 minutes.

 

[DME]

Well...we also use Memorial Day as an official start to summer. It's the 'un-official' day that the BBQ's come out.

Thanks for the reply about the P&P party.