Adding a celebration to a reservation - what does it actually mean?

[squirtlovespiglet]

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone could help. I booked a reservation for a restaurant and afterwards I noticed it said to add a celebration. We will be at Disney World on our honeymoon, so I added that on to the reservation and saved it and now I'm wondering what it actually means? Does it mean that I have now booked ourselves one of the celebration cakes? As we don't actually want that, there's only 2 of us so we would never eat it all so it would be a bit of a waste!!
Natalie

 

[wezee]

Some restaurants do nothing, others might give you a free desert or drink.

 

[catne]

you won't be charged for anything...as PP said, you may or may not get anything special. Some hotels will notice the celebration & you'll get a Congratulations card from Mickey & Minnie in your room. Some restaurants will give you a free glass of wine, or a free dessert. They may sprinkle metallic Mickey confetti (or castles, if you're eating at CRT) If you are on the dining plan & you get dessert with your plan they will often do a special presentation on the dessert plate, like spelling out "Congratulations" in cocoa powder on a chocolate dessert, or putting a little candy medallion saying "congratulations" on the top of a creme brulee for example.

-OR- nothing...your hotel may not do anything, and the person checking you in at the restaurant may just say Congratulations to you (or not) and that's it.

Key to the situation...enjoy the pixie dust when it happens, if it happens.

 

[nfavero]

So we are going in a week and we are really celebrating our anniversary, BUT DD's birthday is in 2 weeks after that. Is it unethical to add her birthday to a reservation at CRT?

 

[Niki in NJ]

So we are going in a week and we are really celebrating our anniversary, BUT DD's birthday is in 2 weeks after that. Is it unethical to add her birthday to a reservation at CRT?

I don't think it's unethical. My fiance and I will be celebrating our anniversary while we are in Disney in June, but our actual anniversary is three weeks before in May. We just couldn't get to disney on our actual anniversary, but plan to have a special dinner during our June vacation to celebrate.

 

[dragonfly08]

So we are going in a week and we are really celebrating our anniversary, BUT DD's birthday is in 2 weeks after that. Is it unethical to add her birthday to a reservation at CRT?

Nope.

DD won't turn 5 until August, but we just got back from a trip to WDW that was her birthday gift from me. Her sister got the same when she turned 5, so I wanted to do it for #2 even though going closer to her birthday simply wasn't possible for us. I still noted it on our reservation at the suggestion of the CM I booked with, and got her a birthday button when we arrived. No real pixie dust other than a photo of Mickey (and honestly, in the 2.5 years since #1 celebrated at WDW they've turned that into a big Photopass marketing ploy...it used to be hand signed with no advertisements on the folder) and that was ok. It was enough for me that she LOVED the button and the fact that every CM she passed wished her "Happy birthday".

 

[Nadjalu]

OP, the only thing it means is the restaurant will know you are celebrating your honeymoon.

Depending on the server at the time of reservation you may get confetti on the table, a dessert to share, a glass of champagne, somthing along those lines.
Then again you may not get anything. There is no policy regarding this, so it is all "luck".

So don't worry you won't get anything and be charged for it, just sit back and enjoy!!

 

[mountdew1]

We added our honeymoon to our reservation. And as PP's have said, it really varies. At Jiko we got a card from the staff, a free amuse bouche, and a free dessert. At BlueZoo we got a free dessert sampler, but at Brown Derby they didn't even say congratulations. It is all over the place, really depends on the mood of the wait staff and how busy they are. Never expect anything, and be surprised when/if you get something.

 

[Mickey2013]

We noted DD's Birthday and our anniversary last year on different ADRs..We got our buttons and a cupcake at each meal where we noted it. DD loved being told, "Happy Birthday!" the entire trip b/c she wore her button everyday! I thinkd they sang to DD at her "birthday dinner". Her actually birthday was a few days prior to our trip, as was our anniversary.

 

[disneywatcher]

Were going for our actual Anniversary but also celebrating DH's birthday because on his actual birthday he will be back in Afghanistan. Figured we'd give him some happy memories to have while he's in the rocky sand box.

Last year we celebrated my DSis's birthday a few months late. I hadn't seen her in years so I wanted her whole week to be all about her birthday. She got cupcakes, cards and an autographed placemat and I ordered her a bracelet that was delivered to our room.

 

[singhsongs]

We've celebrated belated birthdays etc before. Not everyone can pack up and to to Disney everytime to celebrate something.

 

[TDC Nala]

It doesn't guarantee that you will get anything, but you might. They shouldn't charge you for anything they do or give you spontaneously.

 

[bmloftis]

so would it be unethical to make a note of a celebration on every ADR. Everytime I have made reservations the CM has asked if I would like her to add the Celebration and I say sure go ahead. But got to thinking, should I just make it a Celebration on the actual day of my daughters birthday?

 

[dpmfloyd]

like said before, it means something or nothing. these are things you could experience:

-better seating
-mickey confetti and streamers at your table
-a card signed by the entire serving staff of the restaurant
-if over 21, free glass of chamagne
-chef prepared "special dessert" (rare, and only at signature restaurant)

or nothing.
I proposed to my fiance on our last trip to WDW. Before catching our ME bus back to MCO, I set lunch reservations at Tony's. My fiance LOVES Tony's. The server was stale and rude. "Oh, I see you're recently engaged (monotone). Let me say how excited I am to hear your good news (monotone and sarcastic)." Then she put a card down and walked away.

Luckily the two of us were still on cloud 9 and just laughed it off. "Well, that was nice..."

something could happen, or nothing at all... i think the wait staff are tired of people that might be milking the system looking for handouts.

 

[LittleStinkerbelle]

We added our anniversary to our ADR last year (and somehow it attached to all our reservations). YSH brought out a plate of chocolates, at 50s PTC the waitress made us napkin hats and announced the celebration to our section, at Bistro they brought us a plate with happy anniversary written on it in chocolate.

For birthdays we've had anything from cards signed by the characters, a cupcake, confetti on the table to no acknowledgement at all.

 

[Vowelmommy]

If I already have ADR's how can I add celebration to them? I mentioned it when I bboked my resort, but I did not notate it on my ADR's. Do I need to call?