Celebrating Anniversaries at Disney

[The House of Mouse]

This thread is inspired by one I subscribed to where it turned out others are also celebrating their anniversaries in the world. Here's what I want to know:

Who has celebrated their anniversaries in Disney?
We already have plans made for ours; TL during the day, SOA in the evening, but what did you do?
We would like to buy each other something special to mark the day, any ideas? We got the Mickey and Minnie stuffed bride and groom when we were there for our 8th, watches on our 6th.
Has anyone ever had a little surprise planned or something delivered to their room?

Thanks in advance for your ideas.

[gingermommy94]

Oh my goodness..we are celebrating our 10th anniversary at Disney too!!

It's a family trip, so DH and I will have the kiddos with us, but I wouldn't have it any other way ;)

We are going to get the bride and groom ears to wear at our Rehitching ceremony at Garden Grill. Other than that, we don't have any other plans except to just have a magical memory of our tenth anniversary at Disney :lovestruc

Congrats on your anniversary and have a wonderful trip!

[my3princes]

We are celebrating our 12th at WDW in a few months. We are planning to do the Rehitching ceremony at the Garden Grill and I would love to do the bride and groom hats, but my husband won't go along with it. He has agreed to wear a T-shirt that I have yet to make. I think I'm going to put our wedding photo on it and "12 Magical Years" or something. I am thinking of giving my DH a mickey watch with something engraved on it.

[CPM]

We celebrated our 10th anniversary last Nov. The dates were the same as my *girls* weekend last year so friends of mine already had a two bedrooms at OKW booked for us. I wasn't happy about the dates (we vote) but it ended up working out great!
They gave us the master, when we arrived they had a bucket of champagne on the jacuzzi with two engraved champagne glasses and a basket of really nice toiletries!
My kids had called my friends and sent money to one of them for a bottle of wine at Jiko where we were to have dinner. Upon arrival to dinner they handed us a really nice letter they typed out from my kids with Disney dollars to pay for wine, more Disney dollars from some of our friends and a really nice card signed by the staff! The chef came over & sent appetizers out and dessert at the end of the meal!
We spent the day time at the food & wine festival.
It was a great weekend even if I had to split my time with my husband & girlfriends ;)
OKW is a very romantic resort!

[JKanownik]

DW and I went to WDW for our honeymoon, celebrated our anniversary last year and are going back again this year. We've done special things such as dinner at CG with the fireworks and the rehitching ceremony, but looking back on it that wasn't anymore romantic than any other part of the trip. I think there are a lot of simple things you can do that are romantic that don't require spending large amounts of money. With that in mind here are a few tips:

1) Start thinking of the whole trip as your anniversary, not just as one day.

2) Make sure all of our PS's have anniversary noted on them.

3) Visit a few resorts in the evening and take walks. Most of the resorts are extremely romantic in the evening and are usually very quiet. It is especially nice to enjoy the Florida weather alone together.

4) Ride one of the many smaller free boats that WDW offers. You can ride from WL to MK or from POR to DTD or from YC to MGM. As long as it isn't park closing time the boats usually aren't too crowded.

5) Find out what the traditional anniversary gift is for that year and buy that for each other. Don't concentrate on getting it by the anniversary date so that you can spend the entire trip looking for just the right thing.

6) Go as far out of your way as possible to make sure your DW/DH has the most fantastic trip they can have. Your effort will be rewarded back 150% by the smile on their face and the connection you feel with them. For example: if they like the parades you could wait over an hour for a good parade spot even though you don't care about it or you could ride their favorite ride multiple times even though once is more than enough for you.

7) A full day at the parks leaves you very tired in the evening. Pace yourself during the day so that you still have some energy at night!

[keriannhoward]

We'll be celebrating our 6th anniversary this weekend at Disney. I loved the idea of finding something either traditional or modern to give each other this weekend. The only thing is traditional is iron and modern is wood!!

We're going to Whispering Canyon Cafe for dinner the night before our anniversary and Garden Grill the day of our actual anniversary (Sunday) my bil and sil are coming down on Saturday so we can all go to PI that night to celebrate.

[bonzie1]

Congratulations on your anniversary! It's such fun to celebrate at WDW! We had our honeymoon at the GF. Then on our 5th, we went back again. I had ordered a pair of waterford champagne flutes from the Wedding Pavilion, along with a cake, and had this delivered to the castle where we were having dinner. You should have seen my husband's face when they came to our table... priceless! We wore the wedding hats which we had worn on our honeymoon. It was wonderful.

As with anything, the joy comes from within you. Enjoy being together with the one you said "I do." to. Have fun!

[McCall]

I have done a few anniversaries at Disney. One of them we had dinner at CRT informing them of the anniversary, they had the special Mickie confetti on the table and at the end of dinner they brought lighted cup cakes and gave us CRT Champagne Flutes in a nice box.
For our 35th last year we had anniversary lunch at LTR did the confetti and cupcakes. and that night we had dinner at Boatwrights and then the Horse and Carriage ride which was beautiful, full moon and all.

[The House of Mouse]

gingermommy94,

We will have our kids as well, I couldn't imagine them not coming. When we were on our honeymoon floating around Castaway Creek at TL we made a pact that we would come back 10 years later and show our kids (which we did not yet have obviously) the magic of Disney. We have managed to sneak in 2 trips with our 2 children already, so it won't all be knew to them, but now they are 7 & 9 a perfect age. We have talked the kids into the Neverland Club so we will have some time on our own. Their ages also make for an easy time of it, no diapers, they dress themselves, great swimmers, etc.

Others just don't get it when I say we are celebrating our anniversary in Disney and with the kids, but we do and that's what matters. It's nice to come on these boards and know there are others who feel the same way we do.

Congratulations to you and enjoy your 10 years of Magic Family Trip!

[dgaston]

We have celebrated two anniversaries in WDW. On one, I surprised my DH with two nights at the Hard Rock Hotel, and passes to Universal (not to sound traitorous, but we do like the thrill rides there). We have also celebrated at Mickey's Backyard Barbeque. We look at the whole trip as an anniversary thing, and have done backstage tours as special events, too.

[llfowl]

We always celebrate ours at the Rose & Crown!

[The House of Mouse]

JKanownik,

You seem to be on these boards as much as me! I study for a bit, and the DIS boards are my break time, to refresh; studying about the Arctic makes me cold, this warms me up!LOL!

Did you really put "Anniversary" on all your PS? I've booked the rehitching for a couple days before, thought I would sneak (DH and kids don't know about it) it in. I've heard that SOA asks those with anniversaries to stand up, but that's really all I had planned. I like your idea of celebrating our anniversary for the whole 2 weeks. Your others ideas inspire me too, thanks!

[DisKim]

Others just don't get it when I say we are celebrating our anniversary in Disney and with the kids, but we do and that's what matters. It's nice to come on these boards and know there are others who feel the same way we do.
I'm celebrating my tenth this July and I'm also bringing the kids. We thought about going other places, but decided we would go to the place we love with our two little beauties. I get the same reaction from people, but I don't care. You have to celebrate in the way that feels right. By the way, we're leaving the kids with relatives who will be there and going to CG during Wishes. Also, what is SOA? I couldn't figure it out. Happy Anniversary everyone!

[The House of Mouse]

DisKim,

Glad to have you onboard this thread in regards to the anniversary (Happy Early, BTW) and the family thing.

SOA is Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show at the Poly. I am going to a luau for my anniversary, and Cinderella's Castle for Mother's Day!

Wonder what the 10th anniversary gifts/symbols are, I will look it up and let you know.

[JKanownik]

Originally posted by The House of Mouse
JKanownik,

You seem to be on these boards as much as me! I study for a bit, and the DIS boards are my break time, to refresh; studying about the Arctic makes me cold, this warms me up!LOL!

Did you really put "Anniversary" on all your PS? I've booked the rehitching for a couple days before, thought I would sneak (DH and kids don't know about it) it in. I've heard that SOA asks those with anniversaries to stand up, but that's really all I had planned. I like your idea of celebrating our anniversary for the whole 2 weeks. Your others ideas inspire me too, thanks!

I've got an advantage over you when it comes to time on the boards because DW and I use the same account.

I do put anniversary on any PS during a trip when we are celebrating an anniversary. Since it is an anniversary trip, every meal is an anniversary meal.

-DH

[Cathy K.]

Hi All,
Great thread. My DH and I will be celebrating our 20th at WDW for a week this August. So far I've got the Luau booked for the actual anniversary night. I'm also planning on at least one backstage tour. We are going alone this trip as a second honeymoon. Don't worry though our DS got to go for a week already in February and he's going back with us for a week in December.

I loved the tips above. We plan on taking it slower and relaxing on this trip since it's just the 2 of us. We are staying at the Boardwalk so I'm hoping to hit some of the night spots there like Jelly Rolls this time around.

Cathy K.

[8 Ears]

::yes:: We will be celebrating our 15th in December at WDW and on the Wonder with our 2 DS (10+13). Looking forward to it. The boys have NEVER been! :sunny:

[zakatak]

My dh & I are heading out next Friday for 4 nights at AKL without the kids (they will be joining us in November for a 9 night Family Trip!). This trip we are doing all the things we just can't do with the kids, eat at fancy restaurants (sitting for two hours), ride the same rides at the same time :eek: (no swapping), sleep in *no EMH :eek: , stay out past 1am :eek: (well, maybe!)... you get the idea!

We are very excited! We have our special dinner at Jiko on Saturday night where we will exchange gifts.

I am so looking forward to relaxing with him in the hot tub late at night, or sitting by the fireplace in the Lobby sipping drinks, etc...

Oh, BTW it is our 15th wedding anniversary! :bounce:

Karen

[beachbunny]

We celebrated our tenth anniversary at WDW last July. We booked a lagoon view room at the GF with a view of the castle. Since we had mentioned it was our 10th, there was champagne waiting in our room. Every night, we watched the fireworks over MK from our balcony, followed by the electric water pagent. On the night of our anniversary, we had dinner at V&A. The next day was July 4, so we had dinner at Citrico's and then went on a MK fireworks cruise. It was costly, but unforgettable.

[peanutzmom]

We, too, will be celebrating our 10th anniversary at WDW and will have our kids along!!:D We'll be there 7 nights -- five at ASMo, and the last two at AKL for an anniversary treat. We have two kid-free nights planned -- one night we'll get a sitter to stay with the kids in the room and will either resort hop or go to PI, and another night while we're at AKL we'll take the kids to Simba's Cubhouse and have a nice dinner at either Boma or Jiko. We have a family anniversary lunch planned for CRT on one of the days we'll be at MK. No "fancy stuff," but I think we'll have a great time! Based on what I've heard lots of places, I'll just make sure I mention our anniversary for all of our PS's and when we check into our resorts, and see if a little pixie dust gets sprinkled our way. If not, it will still be a great week in my favorite place with my favorite people!

[sullins5]

Congrats to everyone for all the anniversaries! We too are celebrating our 20th in May. And yes, we'll have the kids too!:cool: It's O.k. though, because when you've been married as long as us, you really don't mind - we love having our kids with us! Love all the ideas, we really haven't planned an evening 'just for us' although we have ps at 4 restaurants and I will call back and tell them its our anniv. Our WHOLE trip is our anniversary present, I plan to make every day a memory!

Here's hoping SPECIAL Pixie Dust falls on all of us!

"Come on Everybody Let's Do the Dance!!!":jumping1: :jumping1:

[CRSNDSNY]

We'll be celebrating 3 years of marriage this October during the Food & Wine Festival. We'll be staying at BWV. Haven't made solid plans as of yet, but some ideas I have are:

Celebratory dinner at either CG, Wolfgang Puck's or other yet-to-be determined destination.

Maybe a couple's spa treatment at Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa?

We celebrated our one-year anniversary with a couple days in WDW and then a 4-day cruise. We enjoyed a Surial Spa treatment and a couple's massage on Castaway Cay.

Maybe I'll find some great ideas from you all!

:hug:

[alacazander]

Us too - we are going for our 6th anniversary and my dh's birthday! We don't have anything planned except the trip itself. I'd like to order some champange - any idea's on where to order it?

Can someone tell me all about the
Rehitching ceremony at the Garden Grill ?

Thank you!::MickeyMo

[gingermommy94]

Originally posted by The House of Mouse
gingermommy94,

We will have our kids as well, I couldn't imagine them not coming. When we were on our honeymoon floating around Castaway Creek at TL we made a pact that we would come back 10 years later and show our kids (which we did not yet have obviously) the magic of Disney. We have managed to sneak in 2 trips with our 2 children already, so it won't all be knew to them, but now they are 7 & 9 a perfect age. We have talked the kids into the Neverland Club so we will have some time on our own. Their ages also make for an easy time of it, no diapers, they dress themselves, great swimmers, etc.

Others just don't get it when I say we are celebrating our anniversary in Disney and with the kids, but we do and that's what matters. It's nice to come on these boards and know there are others who feel the same way we do.

Congratulations to you and enjoy your 10 years of Magic Family Trip!

I couldn't agree more! ::yes:: I just couldn't imagine taking this trip without the kids. My kids are about the same age as yours! Looks like we have lots in common ;) Congrats to all of us..and I can't wait to compare anniversay trip reports! :Pinkbounc

[The House of Mouse]

Originally posted by alacazander
Us too - we are going for our 6th anniversary and my dh's birthday! We don't have anything planned except the trip itself. I'd like to order some champange - any idea's on where to order it?

Can someone tell me all about the
Rehitching ceremony at the Garden Grill ?

Thank you!::MickeyMo

Haven't done the ceremony myself yet, but it sounds like they have you stand up, say a few words, and kiss to 100. I've already made sure my kids can use our new digital camera to make a memory of this! They will all be surprised. As for the champagne I saw on another thread that you could probably ask at the front desk for them to help you arrange this.

Is there anyone out there who has actually done either of these?

[my3princes]

I didn't mention earlier that we will also have our kids with us for our anniversary trip. I would never do a vacation without them. They are only little once and DH and I have the rest of our lives together. Happy Annivesary to all of you. It is nice to see that there are so many couples out there that are as happy as us.

[The House of Mouse]

For those of us celebrating #10 the 'gifts' are tin/aluminum (how romantic) and diamonds. Not sure about the first two, and don't know that I can afford the diamonds after paying for this trip. Anyone happen to know if their is a jewellry store at Disney, maybe diamond Mickeys for me?, or anything made out of aluminum or tin? LOL! Let's brainstorm.

[JKanownik]

DH and I did the Rehitchin' Ceremony for our anniversary last May. After we had finished eating, four CM's came up to our table with the rehitching certificate and a cake. They basically said "do you..." and then made us kiss for a count of 100. :love2: We had a blast. The Garden Grill is a great location for rehitching because it is one of the smaller restaurants and it is curved, so the ceremony is pretty intimate. The CM's were great and one even picked up our camera and took a couple pictures for us.

[Janet2k]

Originally posted by The House of Mouse
Who has celebrated their anniversaries in Disney?
What did you do?

My husband & I have celebrated many anniversaries in WDW. We normally have our anniversary dinner at Victoria & Albert's, but there were times when we've celebrated at the Luau or the Hoop-Dee-Doo. No matter what we did, we always had a wonderful time. We just love vacationing in WDW.

Last year's anniversary was different. I had an accident and was disabled for a few months. Since our vacation was almost cancelled due to my injuries, I wanted to do something extra special to thank my husband for having supported me through the "sickness" part of "in sickness and health." We celebrated our anniversary with a private dinner party inside the Disney Studios Theme Park (I wrote about it in my trip report on the Dis' Trip Reports Forum). It was magical and I will cherish the memories of it always.

This year's anniversary will see us renewing our vows inside Disney's Wedding Pavilion. My husband and I watched the pavilion being built during one of our vacations years ago, and we always said we'd renew our vows there someday. Well, that someday has finally come. I know it will be magical.

Whatever you chose to do to celebrate your anniversary, I hope it is followed by many, many years of happily ever afters.

[JKanownik]

Originally posted by The House of Mouse
For those of us celebrating #10 the 'gifts' are tin/aluminum (how romantic) and diamonds. Not sure about the first two, and don't know that I can afford the diamonds after paying for this trip. Anyone happen to know if their is a jewellry store at Disney, maybe diamond Mickeys for me?, or anything made out of aluminum or tin? LOL! Let's brainstorm.

Many Disney watches come in tin cases. Beyond that if you want to get a present at the parks, you're probably limited to games or candy in tin cases. If you get a present before going down, you have many options. One good choice would be one of the Disney Treasures DVDs that come in tin cases. The first two series have been discontinued and are not available in stores. The third series is going to be released May 18th, but that might be too late for you.

-DH

[keriannhoward]

Originally posted by Janet2k

This year's anniversary will see us renewing our vows inside Disney's Wedding Pavilion. My husband and I watched the pavilion being built during one of our vacations years ago, and we always said we'd renew our vows there someday. Well, that someday has finally come. I know it will be magical.

Whatever you chose to do to celebrate your anniversary, I hope it is followed by many, many years of happily ever afters.

We are planning to do this same thing on our 10th anniversary in 4 years. That's also when we'll buy our DVC. My mother didn't like DH so at our reception she made a very loud bet that IF we stayed married 10 years, she would give DH 1000 dollars. We plan to use that grand towards our DVC down payment :)

What a beautiful story, your DH is very lucky to be married to someone as sweet as you!

[PatriciaH]

DH and I will be celebrating our 8th anniversary at WDW and on the 3 night Wonder cruise this October! The 20th is our anniversary day so we are planning to eat at Citricos that night. I did not plan anything for that day yet. I noted we are celebrating our 8th on our reservations and will tell Poly concierge when they make our PS too. We have some fun things planned like MNSSHP, the Food and Wine festival, the Segway tour at Epcot and lunch with an Imagineer at MGM. I hope we can get open air massages on Castaway Cay too!

I would love to renew our vows at the wedding pavilion in 2 years for our 10th. I told DH this and he liked the idea, but I would also like to go to Europe so it depends on how much we save before then! :hyper:

[Janet2k]

Originally posted by keriannhoward
We are planning to do this same thing on our 10th anniversary in 4 years. That's also when we'll buy our DVC. My mother didn't like DH so at our reception she made a very loud bet that IF we stayed married 10 years, she would give DH 1000 dollars. We plan to use that grand towards our DVC down payment :)


Oh, Keriannhoward, your story made me laugh! How cute! I hope you get to collect. My father promised my husband $20,000 if he married me. My husband, silly fool that he was, believed my father. We've been married for quite a few years now and my husband is still hoping to "collect" that money. So far, no luck. I hope you're a little more successful than my husband is. ;) By the way, we are DVC members and love it. We'll be spending part of our anniversary trip in our home-away-from-home (the BoardWalk Villas).

[WDWguru]

Just checking in... DH and I will be celebrating our 10th the last week of May. We've been down that time of year several times before, and it's always great. For the 10th, I'm surprising him with something (shhh, he's on these boards too) and we're doing V&A on our actual anniversary (28th). We're childfree, but as DVC owners we almost always end up taking some family with us. Not this trip! Our first few days we'll be at AKL concierge to do all the special safaris, then we'll move to BWV. Can't wait!

[CRSNDSNY]

Originally posted by WDWguru
For the 10th, I'm surprising him with something (shhh, he's on these boards too) and we're doing V&A on our actual anniversary (28th). We're childfree, but as DVC owners we almost always end up taking some family with us. Not this trip! Our first few days we'll be at AKL concierge to do all the special safaris, then we'll move to BWV. Can't wait!

That sounds great! One of these days we'll splurge for AKL concierge, too...we really want to do the sunrise sufari.

[MicheleC]

My husband and I really wanted to get married at Disney World but didn't just so that all the family could be around us. We vowed that at our 10th anniversary we would renew our vows at Disney World so thats what we will be doing next November. We will probably do it at the boardwalk since the Wedding Pavilion requires a minimum of $10000 from what I've heard. We will just do something small at the Boardwalk which is where we own DVC anyway so it will be nice. We will probably have a few friends and family down there so maybe we can plan a Magical Gatherings event or something. Since it isn't until Nov 05 I figured I'd have some time to plan. Thanks for all the tips on this thread and congrats to everyone else celebrating out there.

[snowglobe girl]

We're going for our 5th anniversary in October. So far, we're doing MNSSHP, Cirque, and Keys to the Kingdom tour. A couple of years ago, we were there for the New Year and bought a glass picture frame and had it personalized with our names and the date. We thought that this year, we'd get something else personalized on our anniversary, like glasses or something.

I've also bought (er, should I say am making payments on) a ring for him. I bought a bear that plays "When you wish upon a star" and holds a box that I'm going to put the ring in to give him. I just can't decide whether or not to try to bring it all the way there and give it on our anniversary, or give it to him the night before we leave so that he doesn't have to keep up with it all during the trip. I feel that it would be so much more magical to give it to him there, but I kind of worry about bringing it that far and the aspect of loosing it or having it stolen...any ideas/thoughts??