"Jersey Week" around the Epcot resorts?

[mjc2003]

We are at BCV the 3rd-9th, "jersey week", and this is our first time arriving that week, we usually come the week after on the friday or saturday ending jersey week. We usually see some crowds for a day when we arrive, and then things taper off during that dead week when F&W is over but Thanksgiving is still a week away. (We LOVE that week, done it 3 years in a row)

Question is, what kind of crowds are we looking at at BCV and the whole area? SAB a mob scene? I know it's the last full week of F&W as well as Jersey week, so any feedback would be great.

 

[DeadHead]

My understanding from talking to my New Jersey teacher friends, "Jersey Week" at WDW doesn't start until the teachers convention starts on 11/8 (Thursday), so shouldn't affect you. At least that's what I'm hoping to be true, as we're there from 11/4 - 11/5, staying at BWV.

 

[kwelsh]

What is Jersey Week?

 

[mjc2003]

My understanding from talking to my New Jersey teacher friends, "Jersey Week" at WDW doesn't start until the teachers convention starts on 11/8 (Thursday), so shouldn't affect you. At least that's what I'm hoping to be true, as we're there from 11/4 - 11/5, staying at BWV.

We are from Jersey, most of the schools are off Tuesday/Thursday/Friday. So many parents take their kids out the entire week. Hence "Jersey Week", and not "Jersey Thursday"!!

I think it's going to be a busy week. I'm just curious as to how busy.

 

[crazybones27]

I'm curious as to how busy it will be also. We're also from Jersey, but we've never been during "Jersey Week". I booked our trip at the 11 month mark last year from Nov 2-12 for my husbands 30th bday. We never go during his bday and he wanted to go this year. I had no clue SO much was going to be going on during that week that I'm nervous it's going to be so over crowded. With Jersey Week, Fantasyland Previews, Festival of the Masters, and the very end of the Food & Wine I think we're in for a very crowded week. I think the weekends though will be worse then the weekdays .

 

[DebbieB]

Veterans Day weekend has been soldout for some time for DVC rooms, so that's November 9 to 11.

 

[DizDaD7]

Jersey week is from the Saturday b-4 till the Saturday after.

We've been down the last 2 Jersey weeks.....
Other than late April, to me theres probably no better time to go....

Crowds are about avg..like a 5
Weather is perfect Highs around 83* Lows around 60* Still good for swimming.
End of F&W festival, which is fun, But Just try to avoid on Friday or Saturday nights.
You'll have the best of both...Halloween decorations & X-Mas decorations....Also Osborne's Festivival of lights( Which Is AMAZING) Don't miss!!!

Jersey always has the Thur. & Fri. off, & The Tues. is 1/2 day for election day, unless a Presidential election like this yr, & full day off for that..

What we did was arrive there the Thursday prior to Jersey Week, which was also the last day for FD. So we were able to get FD for the whol trip. & kids were only out of school for only 3 & 1/2 days.

Enjoy your trips, as I'm a lil upset that we aren't going this Jersey week....Oh well, April here we come..

 

[mjc2003]

Jersey week is from the Saturday b-4 till the Saturday after.

We've been down the last 2 Jersey weeks.....
Other than late April, to me theres probably no better time to go....

Crowds are about avg..like a 5
Weather is perfect Highs around 83* Lows around 60* Still good for swimming.
End of F&W festival, which is fun, But Just try to avoid on Friday or Saturday nights.
You'll have the best of both...Halloween decorations & X-Mas decorations....Also Osborne's Festivival of lights( Which Is AMAZING) Don't miss!!!

Jersey always has the Thur. & Fri. off, & The Tues. is 1/2 day for election day, unless a Presidential election like this yr, & full day off for that..

What we did was arrive there the Thursday prior to Jersey Week, which was also the last day for FD. So we were able to get FD for the whol trip. & kids were only out of school for only 3 & 1/2 days.

Enjoy your trips, as I'm a lil upset that we aren't going this Jersey week....Oh well, April here we come..

Thanks! We always go the week after, but this year we had to move it up and didn't know what we were getting into. We don't have a big agenda this year, we have the fantasyland preview on the 5th and a few dinner reservations around Epcot and the BCV area. Glad to hear it's a good week, I have a feeling this might become our new "go-to" week!

 

[NewJerseyDVCMembers]

GSP Exit 40 here!

 

[joelp]

GSP Exit 40 here!

GSP Exit 88 ...

We'll be doing Jersey Week next year for the DD's 10th birthday ...

 

[DizDaD7]

LoL Exit 160 here...15 minutes from Giants Stadium.

 

[Mfgs]

GSP exit 114. But living in GA for the past 15 yrs. Once a Jersey Girl, always a Jersey Girl!

 

[DizDaD7]

GSP exit 114. But living in GA for the past 15 yrs. Once a Jersey Girl, always a Jersey Girl!

Is that Sea Bright.? They always get hammered with high winds and storm damage, don't they.?

 

[NewJerseyDVCMembers]

LoL Exit 160 here...15 minutes from Giants Stadium.

Paramus, Fairlawn or Rochelle Park? DH was originally from Paramus.

 

[mjc2003]

I guess we'd be exit 142? We are 30 minutes from the Parkway, north of Morristown. We are 287 folk!

I have a feeling being at BCV for Jersey week is going to be interesting. My wife and I already have a running joke about who we might run into in the hot tub that we know ....

 

[omalley1118]

Sadly, I am also from Jersey...LOL!! Yhis is our third year in a row going down then. All in all, I find it not crowded at all. Our kids have the whole week off, starting 11/5-11/9. The issue we have is that both kids play travel soccer, so week-ends are tough. Therefore, we are arriving 11/1 and staying at VWL until 11/5, at which time we go to Vero until the 9th. This is our first "split stay" per se. The kids think we are going to Vero for the whole time, so that's exciting!!!

I really enjoy this time of the year, and the weather is usually great. I would advise sweatshirts for the evenings...

 

[omalley1118]

You can tell I'm a transplant, as I don't know my exit... LOL!!! 47A of 295 if that helps...

 

[rynosmom]

GSP Exit 151 here and sadly we will not be at the World for "Jersey Week". DS21 is in college and DS17 is in a private hs we don't get off for NJ Teachers Convention. We did Jersey Week several times when they were younger and found the Sat-Wed on the light side for crowds and the Thur-Sat much worse. It is a great time of the year to go as the temperature is wonderful and there is so much going on.

 

[sgtpet]

Exit 27 off of Interstate 80.

 

[Niewoe]

GSP exit 160 and 98, although now I live in PA. No exits for this state because it is just too stinkn big!! LOL Now that I know there is a "Jersey Week" I may need to schedule our next trip then so I can get my Jersey on!!