Last week saw me turn 33. Only the day was such a disaster from start to finish, that I asked my husband to promise me I can re-celebrate when we get to Disney!
Do I really need to go in to details? I'd rather not relive it. I will tell you that our smallest disaster was when our Playstation3 decided to die, with my brand new DVD inside it. Yes, that's the smallest - there were many more and much more frustrating, upsetting and annoying!
So I am going to have a BIRTHDAY AT DISNEY WORLD!!! Squee! What better place to enjoy your special day? Although I am going to have to hold Liam to this and remind him - I expect a cake and a present if nothing else...
So what do you get for a birthday at WDW? I can answer this because we celebrated Frazer's last time we were there. His actual birthday was just a few days after our return but we couldn't book our holiday to cover it.
Don't expect a day full of freebies - I think this is something that many in our 'entitled' culture want. It's fun, but you wont be getting a free dinner with Cinderella for it! There must be hundreds of people (if not more) celebrating something at Disney World every day.
You can get a button for it. Button? A badge to my UK friends:
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| Err yeah it's a big button. Nothing to do with me being too lazy to resize... *ahem* |
And you write your name on the front and all day long people wish you a very happy birthday! If you're lucky, you might even get a little freebie - my Drummerboy was given a cupcake when we ate at Chef Mickey's. He wasn't expecting it and the poor love had eaten so much that he couldn't fit his birthday treat in!
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| Birthday wishes all day for the Drummerboy! |
You may also be in for other little treats, like a card signed by the characters, or even confetti on your (full service) table, if you let a CM know you're celebrating when you book and/or arrive that is!
Secretly, I'm hoping that my husband orders me a birthday cake while we're there. From what I've gathered on the disboards cake chatter thread, it can sometimes be a little hit and miss. Depending on what you want, how you ask for it and who you ask, it can be spectacular, or it can be just not special enough.
Of course there's the price too. These speciality cakes aren't going to cost the same as what you would pay in your local supermarket, but as I've read elsewhere, it is the experience you are paying for.
I highly recommend that if you're thinking of ordering a cake at WDW, that you do your research. Know who to call and how to explain specifically what you want from them. From what I have gathered if you call and don't get the response you hoped for, your best plan is to try again in a few hours and see if you can speak with someone else! The chefs are quite accommodating if you have something unusual to ask for, but the people on the phone cakeline often aren't aware of this.
Anyway, I don't want anything special! It was only a vague idea in the corner of my mind - UNTIL...
Until I saw this and it completely and utterly *melted my heart*
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| Taken from http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=13634732&postcount=3 |
OK well not exactly this cake. I'm sure the one I saw was round and chocolatey and a bit messier, but it had "Happy Birthday Mommy" written on it and I want that cake! I'd definitely need less (as in, none) flowers and more stars/hidden Mickeys though!
Not sure I can convince my husband...
Hmm, but a present. What Disney themed gift would you want? There are so many I would love to pick from if I could!
