Celebrating a birthday

[jilliemom]

Was wondering how you indicate on your dining reservation that your party is celebrating a birthday. Thanks!

 

[MakiraMarlena]

You can't do it online. Need to call 407-WDW-DINE and have the celebration added to the reservation.

 

[jilliemom]

Ok thanks!

 

[Hopefully]

What are you hoping for? If a special event is important to you, the best plan is to order & pay for it. Thousands of folks are celebrating something at Disney every day. They can not , and do not recognize each one. Many if not most are not recognized at all. We go for DS birthday every October & it has never been recognized.
You can order a special cake to be delivered to a restaurant & Disney Florist has many celebatory packages

 

[hulagirl87]

What are you hoping for? If a special event is important to you, the best plan is to order & pay for it. Thousands of folks are celebrating something at Disney every day. They can not , and do not recognize each one. Many if not most are not recognized at all. We go for DS birthday every October & it has never been recognized.
You can order a special cake to be delivered to a restaurant & Disney Florist has many celebatory packages

While nothing is expected, it is a special treat when it's acknowledged. They offer the birthday buttons and celebration buttons for a reason. Celebrating is fun and at Disney it's even more fun! DS will turn 3 on our trip. I'm not expecting anything and I am buying a special prince cupcake at CRT. If anything else happens, that will be great, but I'm not counting on it.

To the OP, I mentioned it to a cast member when I called asking a payment question. They asked what we were celebrating and I told them DS's birthday and his first trip. They were really excited and made a bigger deal about it than I thought! They said that they were going to add it to the reservation.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

What are you hoping for? If a special event is important to you, the best plan is to order & pay for it.

BIRTHDAY-ANNIVERSARY-HONEYMOON-GRADUATION-ETC Celebrations "411":
1) It is a matter of the CM's personal initiative.
. . . depends upon how much they like you as a guest
. . . it always helps to wear a "Happy Birthday" or "Just Married" button
. . . depends if they feel like doing anything special today
. . . depends upon the phase of the moon
2) CM's can do a lot, or they can do nothing at all as they have immense control
. . . they are under no obligation to give goodies or even acknowledge any special day
. . . they can go way overboard, give lots of gifts
. . . they have A LOT of leeway for what they will or will not do for you
. . . they can see the event if listed on the ADR or hotel ressie and you hope for the best
3) Some of the things a CM can do for free are
. . . table with Mickey confetti
. . . your name/celebration on menu at TS locations (except BOG)
. . . best table location
. . . special personalized menu
. . . character-autographed birthday cards
. . . balloons
. . . balloon animals
. . . wine or champagne or Shirley Temples
. . . room towel animals
. . . appetizers or desserts
. . . cakes
. . . cupcake with candle (almost always available for the asking)
. . . place mats autographed by characters
. . . free appy or free dessert
. . . ride an attraction with a character
. . . personalization items for the Magic Bands
5) Some other items CM's can give for free
. . . room full of balloons and/or flowers
. . . fruit basket or wine basket in hotel room
. . . individual fast passes or booklets of several fast passes
. . . food and snack items (candy, popcorn, sundries)
. . . room upgrades
. . . attraction rides with characters
6) If you really want something special, buy it yourself.
. . . eatery: carry presents in and keep/hide them in a paper bag
. . . eatery: carry a cake in, but, WDW won't prepare, store, or serve it
. . . eatery: order non-decorated cake at the eatery podium check-in
. . . eatery: order decorated cake from the WDW Cake Hotline
. . . room: order special in-room celebration decorating by Disney
. . . room: order strawberries and cream, if resort has room service
. . . room: decorate the room yourself
7) If there are multiple celebrations for people during a trip
. . . do not do separate celebration locations or tables
. . . one person may get an enthusiastic CM and get goodies
. . . one person may get a lazy CM and get nothing
8) Hundreds, or thousands, celebrate everyday at WDW.
9) It is too much time/money for CM's to attend or recognize every one of them.
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NOTE: If you are celebrating something, tell the SEATER (the podium person) when you check-in at the eatery. They will note it on the table-slip that is presented to the SERVER. The SERVER than can determine if they want to do something.