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[JMCDAD]

I know I tried

 

[mistydoodles]

I would like to reply to this. My dd's birthday is Dec 2nd. Every year for the last three years we have had to celebrate her birthday on different days because she is in the local production of the Nutcracker and her birthday always falls on the week of the performances.

One year we celebrated her birthday the day after Thanksgiving and one year it was the week after her birthday and one year we did celebrate it on the actual day but that was very stressful because she had to be at the theater by 4:00.

So this year we are planning our second trip to WDW for Dec 10-17 and we have decided to celebrate her birthday on our first day there because once again her birthday falls during Nutcracker performances.

She is really excited and I feel we are doing nothing wrong. After having to rush through 3 birthdays because of other holidays and Nutcracker performances I believe she deserves to have a birthday celebration that is special.

I am sorry if other people feel we are taking advantage of WDW's birthday magic by not celebrating her birthday on her actual birthdate but I don't care.

I think people should mind there own business and allow other's to enjoy their special day whenever they please.

Thank you.

 

[meandtheguys2]

We always celebrate "unbirthdays" while there. Usually brings a smile to the face of the server! Never received a "freebie", and never wanted/expected to! Well, received extra cherries on sundays once...

It is nice when magic hits there though. After a night of a tummy bug, and apologizing profusely to HK she left my then DS1 and his brother a beanie and pic. of Mickey and the Gang.

 

[JMCDAD]

The bottomline is we celebrate my daughters bday at disney because crazy and wacky as it seems, its actually her bday.

There is enough to do and see, and enough magic in Disney for us to not manipulate dates to force a make believe birthday at WDW.

But hey that just us.

 

[lillygator]

The bottomline is we celebrate my daughters bday at disney because crazy and wacky as it seems, its actually her bday.

There is enough to do and see, and enough magic in Disney for us to not manipulate dates to force a make believe birthday at WDW.

But hey that just us.

so, in my DD's case, her birthday is 10/31, we will be having a dinner at 1900 Park Fare on 10/28 to celebrate her birthday....that is manipulating dates to force a make believe birthday?
We are going to WDW SPECIFICALLY for her birthday celebration, it is unfortunate that we can't go on 10/31 but that is the case....

 

[lillygator]

what is your definition of a make believe birthday?

 

[mistydoodles]

The bottomline is we celebrate my daughters bday at disney because crazy and wacky as it seems, its actually her bday.

There is enough to do and see, and enough magic in Disney for us to not manipulate dates to force a make believe birthday at WDW.

But hey that just us.

I am sorry that you are so worked up about other people wanting to have a special time with their kids.

On December 10th we will be celebrating my daughter's birthday!!! Not a MAKE BELIEVE BIRTHDAY but her actual BIRTHDAY, just 8 days late. There is nothing wrong with this.

I guess you would feel better if for some reason you are unable to celebrate your child's birthday on that EXACTE date then that child doesn't get to have a party.

Come on!!!!! There is nothing wrong with having a party after the actual birthdate. It is done all the time. For example, if my daughter's birthday is on a weekday or during her Nutcracker performances we will then have her party a week early or a week later. This is to allow her to ejoy the entire day without feeling like we just are rushing through it. We want her to have a special day that she deserves to have.

Us deciding to celebrate her birthday this year on our 1st day at Disney has nothing to do with getting free stuff but rather allowing her to experience a magical birthday. We aren't destroying other people's birthdays.

I wish you could allow other people to enjoy their special day without feeling like they are stealing your daughter's thunder. Get over it!!!!

 

[Stitch Inside]

The bottomline is we celebrate my daughters bday at disney because crazy and wacky as it seems, its actually her bday.

There is enough to do and see, and enough magic in Disney for us to not manipulate dates to force a make believe birthday at WDW.

But hey that just us.

Disney is all about "make believe."

 

[JMCDAD]

doodles

I know there are alot of posts but please actually read them before you posts insults and stuff.

I can't keep answering the same misrepresentations/questions over and over (i.e celebrating with your family or having a party on a different day has absolutley nothing to do with what I am talking about, I am talking about people walking into a restaurant or getting a pin at a park that says its my bday when their birhtday is not even near that day)

Thanks

 

[lillygator]

doodles

I know there are alot of posts but please actually read them before you posts insults and stuff.

I can't keep answering the same misrepresentations/questions over and over (i.e celebrating with your family or having a party on a different day has absolutley nothing to do with what I am talking about, I am talking about people walking into a restaurant or getting a pin at a park that says its my bday when their birhtday is not even near that day)

Thanks

Its not a big deal and I an not trying to start an argument, but............
It kind of annoys me when people say its their kids birthday at disney restaurants and its not.
We go away roughly the same time every year, so we usually will be on vacation on my middle daughters bday.
I feel it kind of takes away from her special day when almost every other table happens to be celebrating a birthday.
And its got to annoy the CM's
My other 2 children are both within 2 weeks of this so we certainly could do it. Yet we only do my middle daughters on her birthday, we don't even do it multiple times that week.
I know people do this alot I have friends of ours that do it, and tell us all the time just tell them its one of you kids birthdays at every restaurant.
I just don't think its right.
Maybe I am more sensitive to it since, it actually is my daughters birthday when we are there and my other 2 children's birthdays are within 2 weeks.
Although I am proud that my kids never asked us and even asked me why do people do that when its not ther bday?

But from your OP it doesn't sound like you were talking months away?! Especially since you said your other children were within two weeks and you didn't celebrate theirs while there.

And - like I asked you before - how do you know it isn't their actual day (or close to it) - yes you responded with look at this thread this board even, but for the majority aren't most people saying they celebrate pretty close to their actual dates?

 

[grlpwrd]

Yes, I read the whole thread - 3 times in fact because I don't understand why it's such a the big deal to you. Plus, just because your friends do it what makes you think the people celebrating at the same time as your dd are doing the same thing?

I think doodles is right on the money and I do believe she read the whole thread, too.


You sure sound like Jan from the Brady Bunch ... Marcia, Marcia, Marcia. lol

 

[JMCDAD]

gator
My point was my other 2 children's bdays were only 2 weeks away and we don't do it.

And no, I don't agree, the jist I get was it doesn't matter when my childs bday is, if I choose to tell disney its this day, thats my business.

The ironic part is that celebrating a bday a disney is not a big deal to us, we just love being there for all the obvious reasons. We happen to have a child that has a bday when we go and we celebrate it.

I just feel it a bit of a contradiction that people are saying on one hand I don;t want anything out of it maybe just a little extra special treatment for my child, but on the other hand, every child can do this every day according to them so it kind of takes away from the "special"

 

[JMCDAD]

GRL
So you read the thread 4 times and Doodles is on the money? even though he/she talks about having a bday party not on your kids bday which I addressed multiple times has nothing to do with what I am referring to

Perhaps 5th time will be the charm

 

[mistydoodles]

GRL
So you read the thread 4 times and Doodles is on the money? even though he/she talks about having a bday party not on your kids bday which I addressed multiple times has nothing to do with what I am referring to

Perhaps 5th time will be the charm

I have read all 5 pages of post and the more you post the more you seem upset and/or offended that someone may be celebrating their child's birthday on a day other than the child's actual birthdate.

I completely agree that you are allowed to have your view on this but I just wish that you wouldn't make the rest of us feel like we are just trying to take advantage of Disney.

My husband and myself have been wanting to go to Disney our whole lives and we were finally able to make this dream come true last year with our two dd ages 8 & 4. We enjoyed ourselves completely without any additional bonuses. So this isn't our goal at all.

We have decided to allow our oldest daughter celebrate her 9th birthday at Disney this year instead of having a party at home because she is going to be busy again this year with her annual Nutcracker performances. I don't feel there is anything wrong with this.

Thank you.

 

[JMCDAD]

BBGIRL
I liked your analogy of the taking of the free stuff.
Be careful though they will start calling you the free stuff police

 

[The Disney Bunch]

How do you know it is not the birthday for other people at the same time? I don;t see why it should bug you or take away from your daughter's birthday just because other people happen to have birthdays around the same time as hers. I think you are being a little unreasonable.

 

[JMCDAD]

bunch

a) because the family next us was quite loud about it when we were there once the waitress left

b) then people I know told me that they did it multiple times on their trip to WDW

c) then I read it on mulitple forums on this site

d) then I read it multiple times on this thread

 

[lillygator]

gator
My point was my other 2 children's bdays were only 2 weeks away and we don't do it.

And no, I don't agree, the jist I get was it doesn't matter when my childs bday is, if I choose to tell disney its this day, thats my business.

The ironic part is that celebrating a bday a disney is not a big deal to us, we just love being there for all the obvious reasons. We happen to have a child that has a bday when we go and we celebrate it.

I just feel it a bit of a contradiction that people are saying on one hand I don;t want anything out of it maybe just a little extra special treatment for my child, but on the other hand, every child can do this every day according to them so it kind of takes away from the "special"

We don't expect or want anything special....we are going on our October trip ONLY because of DD's birthday so we are celebrating ourselves....

and your original point was that you were miffed that people were celebrating a birthday not on the actual day and that you felt it took away from DD's celebration. Which you stated in your original post. Then you are saying you understand it can't be on the actual day but you had a problem with it being not close to the actual day, which you never defined the not close but considering you said your other children's birthday's were within two weeks and you wouldn't let them celebrate there (poor kids) I would imagine it to be within days....


I guess Disney is in the wrong too because they are celebrating the land's 50th for how many days??? And according to you they should have only celebrated it on the actual anniversary of the 50th!!

 

[JMCDAD]

gator

yeah "poor kids" they are only going to be in Disney for a week, what fun is that?

I think that sums my point up nicely ,thanks

 

[lillygator]

gator

yeah "poor kids" they are only going to be in Disney for a week, what fun is that?

I think that sums my point up nicely ,thanks

I don't mean it like that - I mean, since you only go over one DD's birthday, it's a shame they never get to celebrate theirs in a Disney atmosphere...

You still never seem to clear the questions up do you?