Is it "wrong" to wear a birthday pin on more than one day?

[Shir Kahn]

I say go for it! Every time I see a birthday button, I say happy birthday and almost always, the person smiles and says thank you. Think about how many extra smiles that adds to the parks every day, all those people saying happy birthday! How can more happiness be wrong?

 

[shadowryter]

I'm curious - what do these pins look like? Do they actually say "TODAY is my birthday?" If not, how is it a lie?

Here's a pic of one.

 

[Anything Disney!]

We stayed concierge at AKL for our 20th Anniversary. At check in the concierge presented us with a Happy Anniversary pin and told us to wear it our whole stay. We did and it was wonderful! As a family, we celebrate everything as birthday week, anniversary week and we were delighted to find that WDW did too! It just added to the magical experience.

 

[mrudman]

We're going to be celebrating both of my dd's birthdays during our trip later on this year.

My older dd's actual birthday is the day we'll be arriving, so I'm planning on making her a special t-shirt to wear for the flight down.... then because we're not getting there until after 5pm, I'll be getting her a b-day button the next day to wear to the parks.

My younger dd's birthday is 5 days after we leave, so I'm going to get her a button to wear on our last full day there, just so she won't feel left out.

Then mid-week, we're planning on going to the Coral Reef, and going to order the personalized menus from there and hopefully even get a diver to hold up a sign... so I'll probably have both dd's wear their b-day buttons during that meal only.

I figure it's definitely their b-day trip, so they may as well get a few "happy b-day" wishes.

 

[WDSearcher]

Sometimes the hotels have them as well but I have never heard of the restaurants giving them out.

Actually, the restaurants have them, just not a big stash. They have a small number just in case someone loses one or if a child gets upset because they forgot their button or whatever.

And FWIW .... we at Disney could care less whether it's your actual birthday when you wear your button or not. If we did, we'd ask for proof before handing over a button, don't you think? I'm just sayin' ... as long as you're spending your birthday money in our parks, you can wear that button whenever you want to!

 

[Anything Disney!]

That's a great attitude, WDSearcher! Just gotta love the disney thought process! Can't wait for my DD to get old enough for the college program. She is going to learn alot.

 

[eliza61]

I have Cinderella's Royal Table booked for the first day and then my birthday actually falls two days later. I was wondering if it is okay to wear the birthday pin on both days?

Thank you in advance. This will be the first time I've celebrated my birthday anywere, much less at Disney World, so I'm not sure what the polite thing is.

Generally I always ask. Why? I always felt that wearing a birthday button all week, while maybe not wrong is certainly tacky IMO. Lets say you do get a few birthday cupcakes, on day 3 & 4 do you politely say "no thank you" my actual birthday was ____ or do you keep accepting the gifts. Is it just to draw attention to yourself? Not sure of the reasoning?

 

[shadowryter]

Sometimes we go to the "Happiest Place on Earth", to celebrate a very special occasion. Wheather it be our birthday, anniversary, etc... Some of us may not be as lucky as others. Maybe we can't get away for our special day due to bad timing, kids in school, illness. So we make our plans and decide to celebrate what maybe has been celebrated or yet to be. It may not be the exact date and I don't see why that's a problem. Hasn't anyone not been able to celebrate their special occasion because it fell on a bad or busy day, so you pushed it to the weekend or another day that was better for you and others? Didn't you say Happy Birthday on that day, but had the party later or earlier? It's suppose to be your special day or your loved ones. What is so wrong with well wishes from strangers and a cupcake, if you're lucky to get one. So IMO...CELEBRATE.

 

[ScrapperKimmyD]

Here's a pic of one.

Doesn't look like a lie to me.

And FWIW .... we at Disney could care less whether it's your actual birthday when you wear your button or not. If we did, we'd ask for proof before handing over a button, don't you think? I'm just sayin' ... as long as you're spending your birthday money in our parks, you can wear that button whenever you want to!

That pretty much sums it up, doncha think?

Generally I always ask. Why? I always felt that wearing a birthday button all week, while maybe not wrong is certainly tacky IMO. Lets say you do get a few birthday cupcakes, on day 3 & 4 do you politely say "no thank you" my actual birthday was ____ or do you keep accepting the gifts. Is it just to draw attention to yourself? Not sure of the reasoning?

But one could also ask...Why not?

 

[teag_98]

I've never been to Disney, nor has anyone in my family. We are celebrating my son's tenth birthday, and unlike many on here, this may be the only time we ever get to go to Disney...you can bet he will be wearing that button every single day we are there, and I don't care one bit if he gets a cupcake...but I do care that he will be thrilled beyond words to get just a little bit of extra attention, and I really don't see why anyone would begrudge a child that, least of all people who love Disney!

 

[Freyja]

Sometimes we go to the "Happiest Place on Earth", to celebrate a very special occasion. Wheather it be our birthday, anniversary, etc... Some of us may not be as lucky as others. Maybe we can't get away for our special day due to bad timing, kids in school, illness. So we make our plans and decide to celebrate what maybe has been celebrated or yet to be. It may not be the exact date and I don't see why that's a problem. Hasn't anyone not been able to celebrate their special occasion because it fell on a bad or busy day, so you pushed it to the weekend or another day that was better for you and others? Didn't you say Happy Birthday on that day, but had the party later or earlier? It's suppose to be your special day or your loved ones. What is so wrong with well wishes from strangers and a cupcake, if you're lucky to get one. So IMO...CELEBRATE.

I can´t see anything wrong with celebrating at an earlier/later date. Just don´t see why people would celebrate everyday for maybe 10 days. But it´s just a "to each their own" thing, and I don´t see anything wrong with it. It´s just not for me!

 

[delmar411]

I see most of the ppl replying are single child households or no kids or kids that will be celebrating together.

I don't do the whole week b-day buttons because I've got 4 kids. Not only that, younger DD & DH share their b-day and older DS's b-day is just 7days after theirs.

Ppl need their own days that are just for them. We celebrated DD's b-day at CRT and the server immediately said but isn't it also DH's b-day then? I told her this was just for DD and we were only celebrating her b-day there. She was of the same mindset as me and mentioned that it was quite refreshing to see that. She did bring out DH a magical moments certificate & a b-day card with all the princess signatures on it that I tucked away for him. We celebrated DH's b-day the next day and then DS's on our last day, his real b-day.

We just got back from older DD's surprise 'mom & me' b-day trip. But she wore her b-day button only on her actual b-day. It made the day special and all the little treats & b-day attention just helped make her b-day extra special.

So while you do whatever you want, I can say in *my* family it would cause major issues if someone else was celebrating their b-day when it wasn't. And would cause resentment between the children.

And I only even posted this because the OP mentioned being worried about her other children's feelings.

 

[Anything Disney!]

I think the beauty of this topic is to allow everyone to post their opinions and experiences. What works for some, may not work for others but it does not mean there is a right or wrong. Do what you feel the most comfortable for your family but keep in mind that others may feel differently, which is okay too. You can always agree to disagree!

 

[kelmac284]

On our last trip we went a week after our dd's 16th birthday and a few days after our anniversary and a few days before my mom's birthday. So we all got buttons. Birthday ones for mom and dd and anniversary buttons for dh and I. We wore them the entire time. I had ordered a cake for DD one night and we had a special dinner and they brought a smaller cake for my mom but dh and I never got any special treatment and only got a few happy anniversarys from CM's. DD and my mom got some happy birthdays from CM's all week but other than that nothing else special so I don't think it is a matter of doing it to get anything "extra". Sure there is always that possibility that you "might" but what the heck. I say go for it as well.

Esp in DD's case she turned 16 and it was a big deal for her so she wanted to wear it all week since it was a big birthday and this was the one and only time we had come during an anniversary so I say why not! We have been for all our kids birthdays now except the youngest and we are taking her for her birthday month next year. And actually we have to go when the kids are on their school break which is a few weeks before her actual birthday but of course we are going to let her celebrate it early and she will also wear the pin the entire week. So again why not!

 

[kelmac284]

And I have to add after reading some of the above comments that had I had any kids with birthdays that were close together like some of the other posters I might agree that I would make them not overlap like that but my kids are all spread apart. I have one in Dec, one in Feb and one in April. So we don't have that problem. We have gone in Dec a few times so my middle daughter was able to celebrate her birthday at the park a few times and this was the first time we have done a Feb trip and since it was the oldest's 16th we wanted to make it a special birthday for her. And now my youngest wants HER turn so we are going to make a special trip next spring so that SHE can have a Disney birthday as well. I do agree that they all need to feel special and that they have their own day or "week" as the case may be LOL.

 

[ajsmommy1129]

I have been wondering the same thing . We are going in November and that is where we will celebrate my DH's 40th birthday (he will turn 40 7 days after we get home). He doesn't know we will celebrate at WDW.

My current plan (although no ADRs have been made as it is too early) is to take him and our boys to dinner at Whispering Canyon (tell them its his b-day) and give him his gift there. He will be going to do the Richard Petty Driving experience!

If you really want to have fun at WCC, make sure they know it is DH's birthday All the birthday boys get to be in the hobby horse parade!

 

[tigger813]

We will be going in Oct. We heard this was a somewhat slow time. DH turns 40 in August and our youngest DD turns 4 the end of October. The trip is birthday celebrations for both of them so they will wear pins during our entire trip. We wore our anniversary pins our entire trip in July since it was our anniversary trip.

 

[Shir Kahn]

I've never been to Disney, nor has anyone in my family. We are celebrating my son's tenth birthday, and unlike many on here, this may be the only time we ever get to go to Disney...you can bet he will be wearing that button every single day we are there, and I don't care one bit if he gets a cupcake...but I do care that he will be thrilled beyond words to get just a little bit of extra attention, and I really don't see why anyone would begrudge a child that, least of all people who love Disney!

I hope you have a fantastic trip Teag_98, especially if it's your only trip!

 

[Tinkertini]

Wear it whatever day you're choosing to celebrate your birthday. People shouldn't wear it if it isn't remotely close to their birthday, because then the magic really isn't real for them, and probably won't mean as much to them. But if it's when you're celebrating your birthday, I think you should go for it.

 

[SunnieRN]

I have been to disneyland about 30 times, but only once on my birthday. I wore a button, the "happy birthdays" were so much fun.
Then two nights later I dined at the Grand Californian. Someone told our wait person that it was my birthday....they brought me a small box of truffles after dinner!! I thought that was so sweet. On it was a small card that said "thank you for celebrating your birthday at disneyland."
When we go to disneyworld in Sept. it will be during my grandson and son in laws birthdays (two days apart). When I made our ADR's I told them it was there birthday and that we were going to celebrate it at coral reef.
I didn't know about the diver or the special menu, so I may call back to find out about that.
So we will celebrate inbetween their birthdays, since we are on the dining plan we will get dessert anyway, so they wont be giving them a $3 cupcake! lol