Why would someone even wear a Birthday Button if you did not want the attention and free goodies? Especially when it's worn day-in and day-out throughout a vacation. IMO it the button says "Pay attention to ME! I'm special! I deserve pixie dust and a treat!" And if you did indeed tell Disney that it was your birthday when it was not, that really isn't "right" is it? Technically, you are "celebrating your birthday" from sometime in the last or next 6 months.
Like I said on my first post on this subject there are no "Birthday Button Police". Do what you want. Wear the button all day, every day for your entire trip to garner all the attention and pixie dust and free goodies you can. Disney is a-okay with that. While I won't go as far to call it "greedy" or "attention grabbing", I can't help but feel that wearing the button all vacation is excessive and detracts from the "specialness" of it. It is, after all, a birthday button and not a birthweek button or birthvacation button. That's just my opinion and answers the original question ... speaking of which "etiquette" is such an interesting word. It doesn't ask "Could I do a certain thing?" it asks "Should I do a certain thing?" and while "Could" is pretty cut and dried "Should" is open to individual interpretation.
My birthday is July 19 and I'm going August 4. I'mturning 21 so I plan on celebrating there, I'm going to wear the pin all week and I'm gonna flaunt it. Sue me!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY and I hope you get lots of PIXIE DUST! I am going Oct 5 and my bday is OCT 23...Gonna wear that button and be happy!
I can't believe there is such a serious debate about Birthday Buttons.
That's all I have to say about this!![]()
I'm doing this to make him feel special, not get free treats.
I turned 50 in January and have been planning to celebrate in Disney for the past 5 years. I will not be doing this until October because 1) I celebrated my 40th at Disney on my actual birthday and it was cold and we all got sick and 2) fall is my favorite time of the year. And yes, I plan to wear a birthday button the entire time. I don't care if I get anything free or not. Just letting the world know that I made it to 50 and want to celebrate it!
Oh wow, now I sort of feel bad....we are going next week....and we are going with a large family.... Now the week we are going is my nephew third birthday and my daughter second is tomorrow...so we asked for buttons...now my two sons just celebrated there birthdays in April and I didn't want them to be left out so I got them buttons... It's not about getting freebies...we have the dinning plan so snacks are included at dinners. Just wanted everyone to feel special as we don't go to Disney very often....
Don't let people make you feel bad!! It's your vacation and you spent plenty on it.., celebrate anything you want!!! Those "free" birthday cupcakes are anything but free with the cost of your dinner and they make your child's visit to the world all the more special!!! Let them enjoy every second. It's all about the magic of Disney.
Thank you, we are also celebrating my graduation from college! Which is tomorrow on my daughters birthday so I won't get to spend that with her! We just want to have a good time and are not trying to scam anyone! My kids don't even like sweets lol! But they would love to hear happy birthday all week!
Congrats
Thank you I'm a first generation college grad so there is 16 of us going! Best of all the kids don't know! One week from today!
Thank you, we are also celebrating my graduation from college! Which is tomorrow on my daughters birthday so I won't get to spend that with her! We just want to have a good time and are not trying to scam anyone! My kids don't even like sweets lol! But they would love to hear happy birthday all week!