Going to Disneyland on Your Birthday???

[Mouse Freak]

Are you going to Disneyland on your birthday?? Here is a small Tip for getting special recognition:

Special Treat for Disneyland Guests on Their Birthday -

Guests who go to Disneyland on their birthday are treated like VIPs.

When first entering the park, guests will be on Main Street. Go to City Hall located on Main Street and tell a cast member [employee] that it is your birthday. They will give you a special sticker badge to wear on your clothing. The badge will say, "Happy Birthday, Disneyland," with a picture of Mickey on it. They will also write your name on the badge.

During the day when cast members see you they will say Happy Birthday to you. You may also experience all sorts of special treats such as being sung happy birthday by unexpected CMs or given special sweet treats or special birthday coins. You might even be escorted to the front of a ride line.

Once while strolling along the shops in New Orleans Square the traveling jazz band started playing the birthday song for my friend who was wearing a badge and a shopkeeper came out with a free cookie for him.

 

[bumbershoot]

It's not a sticker anymore, it's a pin, and it doesn't have Mickey on it.

Anything but Happy Birthday is never to be expected or hoped for; good way to be disappointed if you're expecting the jazz band to notice and to play something for ya!

 

[DesertBell]

Oy.

 

[Alice's Mom]

There is nothing better than going to the Mission Tortilla Factory and getting your free bag of fresh made tortillas on your birthday.

YUM!

 

[bumbershoot]

This is true. You can expect the tortillas, if the factory is open and they have bags ready.

 

[kelmac284]

Some of the restaurants will do stuff. My daughter got a free cupcake at Storytellers and I think Goofy's kitchen will do something as well as Hook's point. Most of the nicer places will. We also went to breakfast at Carnation Cafe and they brought my daughter some strawberries with whipped cream and a candle. And we did get the tortillas. But other than that nothing else really but some happy birthdays. So I agree with bumbershoot don't "expect" anything but you never know.

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

Yep, don’t expect anything except happy birthdays from CMs and other people. I’ve gone to DLR for 2 birthdays for myself (this trip being my 3rd) and 1 for DBF, and each time we’re wearing our birthday buttons and we’re at a full service restaurant we usually get a little cupcake or something and the CMs since Happy Birthday.. Other than that and the happy birthday’s we haven’t gotten anything extra..

But this trip we are going to the tortilla factory…!

 

[avalon451]

Oy.

Yeah. What she said.

Hey, Mouse Freak, you're metaphorically trying to teach the ABC's to the college grads, here. (I mean, not that everybody here knows everything-- we all have learned so much-- but anybody who actually reads these boards at all knows that many people here are pretty experienced already!) Read the boards a bit more before you presume to tell us all your "tips."

Thanks for the effort, though! Nice of you to want to help out.

 

[AmericanItGirl]

Yeah. What she said.

Hey, Mouse Freak, you're metaphorically trying to teach the ABC's to the college grads, here.

The CM who gave me my pin drew a Mickey head (the three dots) wearing a crown. Other than occasionally getting happy birthday, I got some great character interaction with a couple of pirates who insisted that I give them gifts because it was my birthday and that's what you do when it's your birthday (I gave them each a penny ). That was a moment that my roommate and I still crack up over, a month later.

 

[Alice's Mom]

Yeah. What she said.

Hey, Mouse Freak, you're metaphorically trying to teach the ABC's to the college grads, here. (I mean, not that everybody here knows everything-- we all have learned so much-- but anybody who actually reads these boards at all knows that many people here are pretty experienced already!) Read the boards a bit more before you presume to tell us all your "tips."

Thanks for the effort, though! Nice of you to want to help out.

I think it is very sweet of Mouse Freak to share a special event with the board. This board helps so many, I know that I love to give back whenever I can.

Welcome to the DIS


PS: I am originally from Oahu, aloha!

 

[pixiewings71]

We have used the buttons before, we usually get birthday wishes from random CM's and even random guests. We've received a dessert once, it was at BB and they brought us some ice cream out with the gold coins. We didn't eat the ice cream completely, it was pouring rain and cold outside. lol But we did love it and Thanked our server very much, he said he wanted to bring us something else but they were out of everything....LOL We walked up and got the last seating so it was late. We love wearing the button and sharing our birthdays but we don't ever expect anything, that way we aren't disappointed when we don't get anything.

 

[Alex2kMommy]

I agree, wear the button but don't go in expecting a lot of extras. If it happens, it's just a nice touch of magic!

We were just there on DS4's birthday (April 27), and I think a couple of CMs said happy birthday to him, that was about it. A friend bought him a birthday bucket at breakfast, so CMs did sing Happy Birthday to him then, and we did take him to Goofy's Kitchen for dinner, and CMs did some sort of little rah-rah thing and gave him a tiny cake.

But he wasn't being feted all day long by every CM he came across by any means.

 

[HoneyBee06]

I only got about 5 "Happy Birthdays" and 1 or 2 of those were from other guests.

Lame.

 

[SnowWhite12]

They were great to DD turning age 3 two weeks ago. She of course had on her b-day button. On Jungle Cruise, they announced it over the intercom. On that rocket ride at CA (sorry drawing a blank on the name), they announced it over their microphone. Twice, they let us ride other rides (Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan) twice in a row because of her birthday button. Bashful came right up to her in the DEP parade (of course she ran screaming because he got right in her face). At Ariel's Grotto, the staff sang Happy b-day, and brought her a cup of ice cream with a candle in it. Also there, they presented her with a Snow White pin (says on it, it is #1 out of 6). She had a ball, thought the whole week was her birthday. Of course, every cast member we came across said "happy birthday Ragan." She thought it was amazing they new who she was. She even thought that the end of Pooh's ride was a birthday party for her! That was really cute.

 

[lulubelle]

I just have to say that on my birthday in November, I wore the button and was overwhelmed by the number of well wishes I received. Especially from CM's. Everywhere I went I heard "HB Linda". Maybe it was due to a slow time of year, but on the second day of vacation I took the button off because I felt I had had enough notoritity. I did not get any other extras other than the tortillas. I wouldn't expect it. On the Horseless Carriage ride from the entrance of Main St to the other end we had an 8 YO boy with a BD button and our driver had all eight of us sing HB loudly to him and at the end the crowd around us was applading and waving to the little boy. He was giddy and it was a precious moment. I really like moments like that at DL.

 

[Silly Little Pixie]

In February, DD and I both wore our buttons as our birthdays are 1 day apart, and we always go to DL on either hers or mine. We got SO many Happy Birthdays- from CMs as well as guests. We didn't get anything special to eat, other than our Mission Tortillas, but we definitely felt like most CMs we passed shouted out to us. DH and DS also have birthdays together in March (all our birthdays fall within 30 days!), and on their trip they also got lots of shout-outs. It felt like more than in previous years?

DH got quite a few "looks" as the CM who gave him his button told him he got to be any age he wanted to be for his birthday. He picked 28 (I talked him out of 21!)- and she wrote it on his button. Now DS had "8" on his button- which is not that unusual an age difference between father and son- except that DH is, uh, not 28! Try just a bit older. So I think lots of folks gave him second looks, like, "hmmmm..."

Glad the CM didn't write my age on my button!

 

[Dizneydaz]

Yes, ditto the "don't expect extras" because you never know. Of course, the free dozen tortillas is a for sure. I even had a few CM tell me about it just in case I didn't know. A few years ago we went on my birthday (in the summer) and while we watched the Beach Blast Parade one of the green soldiers noticed my button and said my name, constantly, during it's stop. He must have said it about 10-20 times. It got to be funny. He would say things like.... Come on Terri, I can't hear you!

I got alot of HB from CMs and some guests and my free tortillas. We ate at WCT and even though I had mentioned my birthday when I made my ADR, and I saw it on the little card they write on, they didn't do anything special. I think they just forgot?

But do get the button, it is fun. Lets just say my slightly younger sister was jealous enough of the treatment I got that we had to go on her birthday in November. Bummer was that Mission Tortilla was closed! She was a not a happy camper!

I do think they give kids more special treatment than adults. And they definitely do at WDW. When my DD wears her button there, she's gotten a free dessert from most restaurants, even CS, even when we are on DDP!