#SummerOfEpic2017 August 22-29 2017

[wwffan7385]

Here are our plans:

Me, 31, 8th trip on campus
My wife, 28, 2nd trip on campus

Staying at: Coronado Springs Water View
8-day park hoppers, deluxe dining plan, memory maker

August 19th: Driving from our home here in Milwaukee, WI to my mom's home in Kennesaw, GA (NW of Atlanta)

August 20th: Visiting the Georgia Aquarium, wife loves the dolphin show there

August 21st: Driving up to either SC or TN to view the solar eclipse

August 22nd: Flying out of ATL at 6am, getting in around 8am
Planning on doing EPCOT with the late EMH
Lunch: At CSR
Dinner: San Angel Inn (EPC)
Evening: Illuminations: Reflections of Earth (EPC)

August 23rd
Morning: Magic Kingdom for the opening show
Lunch: Tony's Town Square Restaurant (MK)
Afternoon: Hollywood Studios
Dinner: Sana'a (AKL)
Evening: Pool Time!

August 24th
Breakfast: Tusker House (AK)
Morning/Afternoon: Animal Kingdom
Dinner: Tiffins (AK)
Evening: Rivers of Light and evening Kilimanjaro Safari (AK)

August 25th
Breakfast: Chef Mickey's (CONT)
Morning: Magic Kingdom
Late Lunch: Cinderella's Royal Table (MK)
Afternoon & Evening: Our first ever Not-So-Scary Halloween Party!

August 26th
Morning: Pool time, late day to relax
Lunch: Sci-Fi Dine-In Restaurant
Afternoon: Hollywood Studios
Dinner: Artist Point (WL)
Evening: Pool time!

August 27th
Breakfast: Cape May Cafe (YC)
Morning/Afternoon: Epcot
Dinner: Yachtsman's Steakhouse (YC)
Evening: Hollywood Studios - Fantasmic! and/or Star Wars Celebration

August 28th
Breakfast: Ohana (POLY)
Morning/Afternoon: Magic Kingdom and Festival of Fantasy Parade
Early Dinner: Hoop-Dee-Doo (FTW)
Evening: Magic Kingdom and Happily Ever After

August 29th
Breakfast: The QS at CSR
Morning: Animal Kingdom
Lunch: T-REX (DS)
Afternoon: Disney Springs
Then flying back to ATL

August 30th
Driving home to Milwaukee

We'll probably add more as time goes on. Reasons and thoughts and such. Let me know what I can improve on!

 

[mantysk8coach]

Joining in! We're driving from Wisconsin as well...Manitowoc, so only about an hour north of you, and are also making a stop in Atlanta. We're leaving August 17 in the early evening, stopping overnight in Atlanta the night of 8/18. The kids (okay, and parents too) want to see World of Coke and Centennial Park, so we'll probably do that when we get into town, and then hopefully get to bed earlyish and drive the rest of the way. We're also doing the Halloween party on August 25.

Happy planning and waiting!

 

[wwffan7385]

Yay! You sure I don't know you?

 

[mantysk8coach]

Looking forward to more of you pre-trip/trip report.

I'm not ambitious enough to do one. LOL!

 

[wwffan7385]

And as of today, we are officially at zero balance.

I start the #SummerOfEpic on Sunday with more frequent updates.

 

[wwffan7385]

And with that, we have 107 days to go and our major countdown begins today!

Today, I'll introduce you to...well, us.

I'm on the right. I'm Zach. I'm a 31 year old civil engineer from Milwaukee. By way of Detroit and mostly Atlanta.

My wife is on the left. She's Alyssa. She's a 28 year old student also from Milwaukee. By way of Wisconsin and Wisconsin.

I was already a Disney World geek (my late uncle was in the DVC) but my wife is a huge Disney fan. Her biggest thing is Beauty and the Beast. And our love of Disney really worked wonders for our relationship. We started dating in 2012 and got married in 2014.

This is us from our first trip together in 2013. This is my 8th trip to WDW. This is her 2nd.

I've put this stuff on my Facebook and Twitter (@wwffan7385) profiles, so I'll put them here too. My cute and fun little countdown pictures. If you get sick of them let me know.

Hope you enjoy. It's a slow burn until our Disney trip.