Most sit down restaurants will provide you a cupcake or small personal cake for free if you let them know when you check in that you are celebrating a birthday. We did that with our son's first b-day, along with the first haircut of course. We will be returning in March for our second's son's first birthday to repeat the same thing. We can't wait!! Oh -if you are staying on property tell them at the front desk at check-in that you are celebrating your son's first birthday. later that day there were balloons and a card signed by all the characters waiting for us back in the room. There is also an extension you or a castmember can call on the phone and Goofy will wish your son a happy birthday. Enjoy!