Tinkerbelle's Mom
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Okay so today dd and I went to the birthday party with Pat E. Cake at the plaza inn in honor of her 7th birthday.
This was the worst event we have ever paid for at any Disney property. While I am a die hard DL fan - the DLR resort could really use some advise from thier WDW counterparts on how to host an event like this.
I thought it was lame. The premise of it is that you go to celebrate your birhtday. Pat E. Cake is your host. He goes around talking to people and making jokes. He made a bunch of cakes but did not decorate them. You get to do that. Each person is given a small cake, icing, and sprinkles. First you have to decorate the cake so Pat E Cake can look at it. Then the birthday people are invited up to the front to be sung to. Then Mickey and Minnie show up and they do a March around the room followed by a very, very brief oppertunity for a photo with Mickey and Minnie. Then you have like two minutes to eat the cake before you are given the boot.
The premise of the event is cute - which is why I paid $15/person for it. The CMs who carried it out were rude. They were rushing everyone and not letting kids finish thier cake. I would be willing to pay more (I have paid the $250 at WDW for the princess tea) to have a more relaxing fun event.
So I was just wondering what other people thought of this event.
This was the worst event we have ever paid for at any Disney property. While I am a die hard DL fan - the DLR resort could really use some advise from thier WDW counterparts on how to host an event like this.
I thought it was lame. The premise of it is that you go to celebrate your birhtday. Pat E. Cake is your host. He goes around talking to people and making jokes. He made a bunch of cakes but did not decorate them. You get to do that. Each person is given a small cake, icing, and sprinkles. First you have to decorate the cake so Pat E Cake can look at it. Then the birthday people are invited up to the front to be sung to. Then Mickey and Minnie show up and they do a March around the room followed by a very, very brief oppertunity for a photo with Mickey and Minnie. Then you have like two minutes to eat the cake before you are given the boot.
The premise of the event is cute - which is why I paid $15/person for it. The CMs who carried it out were rude. They were rushing everyone and not letting kids finish thier cake. I would be willing to pay more (I have paid the $250 at WDW for the princess tea) to have a more relaxing fun event.
So I was just wondering what other people thought of this event.
We liked it for the experience to take pics with Mickey and Minnie together. We took one as a family and then one with just the boys. The boys had fun during the Birthday Party part too 
After the pictured we were rushed out of the area by the CMs. The whole event took only about 30 minutes - from the time we walked in to walking out. There were no lingering guests.
...Just a guess i have no idea, i have never done it, because I thought the group would have be atleast 10-15 kinda thing.... me and about 12 people are going but there will only be 4 kids and i don't think some of the other adults would want to do it... so i didn't want them to call and laugh at me for wanting a party for 7 
I was thinking about ordering a cake but they won't even send them into 
Like another said, would not do this again.
We loved the birthday hats and the kids still use those birthday cups, and talk about their day there. LOVED getting the picture with both Mickey and Minnie together, but the last time DS didn't want to do it, he was having too much fun with Grandpa and his friend he invited. 
That stinks when you are really hoping an event will be memorable and it turns out to be kind of a waste of your time.
