(I apologize ahead of time if this is long-winded... I'm kind of brainstorming as I write!!)
We're going to be at Disney in early February to celebrate two of our daughters' birthdays. One is just a toddler and is pretty easy to please, but my older DD is turning 7 on one of the days we're actually there. It's a surprise trip (we had to cancel a couple of trips in the past year due to illness and bad luck, so I didn't want to get her hopes up yet again in case we couldn't make it!) so I can't really ask her for input on what to do.
My plan was to book a character breakfast, go to MK during the day, and then go back there sans toddler for the Wishes dessert party to wrap up the night. Problem is, there were tickets for Wishes yesterday... today I go to book it... no tickets left. Grr! So right now, I have an 8:30 breakfast booked at 1900 Park Fare (which we've never done before but looks... girly). And then... nothing. I don't know!
DH and DS are going to do archery from 1-4:30 and they don't want to do the character breakfast with us, BUT they want to do her birthday dinner. And since it's her special night, grandma offered to babysit the toddler so we could have a toddler-free birthday dinner... somewhere. I'm thinking we'll have a girl's day for most of the day, go back to the hotel to clean up, and then meet up with the boys at night.
Problem is... I don't know what to do. BOG would be great for a special dinner but of course there's no way in heck I can get reservations for that this late in the game. (Yes, I tried against all odds.) Now that it looks like we're not even going to get the Wishes tickets, it might not even be worth it to make it a MK day... (We didn't get Park Hoppers this time.) We're not a fan of Illuminations, and although we like Epcot and probably go there most often of all the parks, I'm not sure there's anything really new there for us that stands out as a birthday celebration. We have another Hollywood Studios day planned too, so Fantasmic is out. (That's DH's favorite park and he wants to do that one all together for the full day.)
We could, in theory, go to the Coronado Springs restaurant, because she had a birthday dinner there a few years ago that she loved (the guitar player sang to her etc.) but it's kind of out of the way, seeing as how we're not staying there... And we can't guarantee a repeat of the last dinner. We also like Shutters, the Wilderness Lodge restaurant, etc., but again... not sure if that's unique enough.
Maybe dinner and a movie at Downtown Disney? Dinner at the Poly and go over to MK for a late night, even without Wishes? Spend the day at Fort Wilderness and/or maybe do Hoop-de-Doo? (I'm not 100% she'd like it.. probably, but not sure.) So... yeah... I don't know!
If you had a daughter turning 7 on a Disney day, how would YOU celebrate?
ETA: I also want to make sure whatever we have planned is not weather-dependent... It could be great weather, or it could be a cold and rainy day... I want her to have fun no matter what the weather.
We're going to be at Disney in early February to celebrate two of our daughters' birthdays. One is just a toddler and is pretty easy to please, but my older DD is turning 7 on one of the days we're actually there. It's a surprise trip (we had to cancel a couple of trips in the past year due to illness and bad luck, so I didn't want to get her hopes up yet again in case we couldn't make it!) so I can't really ask her for input on what to do.
My plan was to book a character breakfast, go to MK during the day, and then go back there sans toddler for the Wishes dessert party to wrap up the night. Problem is, there were tickets for Wishes yesterday... today I go to book it... no tickets left. Grr! So right now, I have an 8:30 breakfast booked at 1900 Park Fare (which we've never done before but looks... girly). And then... nothing. I don't know!
DH and DS are going to do archery from 1-4:30 and they don't want to do the character breakfast with us, BUT they want to do her birthday dinner. And since it's her special night, grandma offered to babysit the toddler so we could have a toddler-free birthday dinner... somewhere. I'm thinking we'll have a girl's day for most of the day, go back to the hotel to clean up, and then meet up with the boys at night.
Problem is... I don't know what to do. BOG would be great for a special dinner but of course there's no way in heck I can get reservations for that this late in the game. (Yes, I tried against all odds.) Now that it looks like we're not even going to get the Wishes tickets, it might not even be worth it to make it a MK day... (We didn't get Park Hoppers this time.) We're not a fan of Illuminations, and although we like Epcot and probably go there most often of all the parks, I'm not sure there's anything really new there for us that stands out as a birthday celebration. We have another Hollywood Studios day planned too, so Fantasmic is out. (That's DH's favorite park and he wants to do that one all together for the full day.)
We could, in theory, go to the Coronado Springs restaurant, because she had a birthday dinner there a few years ago that she loved (the guitar player sang to her etc.) but it's kind of out of the way, seeing as how we're not staying there... And we can't guarantee a repeat of the last dinner. We also like Shutters, the Wilderness Lodge restaurant, etc., but again... not sure if that's unique enough.
Maybe dinner and a movie at Downtown Disney? Dinner at the Poly and go over to MK for a late night, even without Wishes? Spend the day at Fort Wilderness and/or maybe do Hoop-de-Doo? (I'm not 100% she'd like it.. probably, but not sure.) So... yeah... I don't know!
If you had a daughter turning 7 on a Disney day, how would YOU celebrate?
ETA: I also want to make sure whatever we have planned is not weather-dependent... It could be great weather, or it could be a cold and rainy day... I want her to have fun no matter what the weather.
