No we are not celebrating anything...

[tjbaggott]

OP, very sorry as well about your loss. The phrase I think of in such circumstances is "Roses from Ashes" ie" good things from bad.
Not Disney related but I remember being very angry with a a girl on the phone of a company I had called to CANCEL the free baby stuff promotion they were sending me. I had signed up for this promotion. Sadly/tragically my beautiful baby was stillborn at full term. A few weeks later I found a can of baby formula hanging from my mailbox, sent by this company. I called them to tell them I wanted to cancel and not have them send ANY more items. The girl said, "but don't you want to receive our beautiful free baby announcements and ......." The emotional state I was in was NOT condusive to a mature adult conversation with this women.

Anyways, life got better after that, a long while, but it did.

This year, we booked our trip to celebrate something Huge to US, and I had no idea that the "what are you celebrating" promotion was going on. We booked the trip to celebrate my oldest childs end of CHEMO/End Of Cancer. So we were quite pleased to be asked "What are you celebrating".

But from what I"ve heard, perhaps the CM's do go overboard in the asking, because not everybody IS celebrating something.
All the best to you and your girls.

 

[Sgt Mickey]

I am sorry for your loss.
When I made our reservations they only asked us once too it is crazy she was going on and on about it.

 

[Disneylush]

I am so happy to hear other people vent about this. I let a CM have it on the phone when she wouldn't stop asking. Finally I just told her we are celebrating death! My mom lost her mom and my dad last his dad 6 weeks apart and I took care of both of them around the clock. If you want to put death on my ressie go right ahead! Her response was "we will put down family" as your reason.

I HATE this promo.., I had no idea there were buttons for the parks. What if ours said death

OP...

 

[Pirate1+Princess4]

I am so very sorry for the loss of your DH. I pray for you and your DDs to have a magical time away from daily life. I wish you more magic and less sadness on this trip.

I, too, have had a hard time coming up with something to celebrate every time I call. Our confirmation email boldly states we are celebrating "The XXXX Family's First Trip to WDW!" Best I could come up with, but then I really didn't want to go into our family history over the last 7 years.

I just don't think our celebration translates into a button.

 

[tiggspring]

Maybe its just the phone reps that are such pains about this. When we went in May the only times CM said anything was when we wore our buttons. I think many CM's feel the same way. It seemed like a real pain to look for then identify which type of pin (some were customized) as we passed by on sidewalks etc and greet each and every visitor they passed with a pin. If you dont wear a Pin you shouldn't be bothered. The CM's might even be relieved not to have to greet you with anything other then a smile! Disneylusch sorry for your loss too

 

[tiggspring]

they do have first visit buttons ..among many others

 

[tjmw2727]

they do have first visit buttons ..among many others

This isn't our first visit and we are not celebrating.

Tj

 

[Camping Griswalds]

When we went in May, we got asked at check into every restaurant. Usually we said, "Nothing." And it was done. At Crystal Palace, we were asked, "Well certainly you are celebrating something." My DH joked, "Yeah we are still married after standing in lines and a gazillion trips to Disney" This is what we found on our table. Honestly, we both laughed, and our server told us that my DH's comment had been passed around So a snarky remark made him feel better, made the CMs laugh, and gave us a good memory. All is not lost

 

[tiggspring]

I did realize you wer not celebrating. Sorry if I offended you didnt mean too

 

[tjmw2727]

I did realize you wer not celebrating. Sorry if I offended you didnt mean too

Sorry to have been a little snarky. FWIW I am the OP and my entire OP is about the fact that we are not celebrating anything this trip.

TJ

 

[tiggspring]

My Bad should have caught myself before the post.

 

[tjmw2727]

When we went in May, we got asked at check into every restaurant. Usually we said, "Nothing." And it was done. At Crystal Palace, we were asked, "Well certainly you are celebrating something." My DH joked, "Yeah we are still married after standing in lines and a gazillion trips to Disney" This is what we found on our table. Honestly, we both laughed, and our server told us that my DH's comment had been passed around So a snarky remark made him feel better, made the CMs laugh, and gave us a good memory. All is not lost

That's cool!

TJ

 

[mousygirl]

We have had a bunch of bad things happen in the past year too, so I think I will just let my kids come up with something.
I hate to be sarcastic, but the only thing I can think of celebrating is that I am not in the loony bin after taking care of my mom during hospice, cleaning out her house and dealing with the million other things that come with it. It is a bit insensitive, but then if bad things wouldn't have happened, would I have even noticed this promotion?

Kids love to celebrate and you might be surprised or touched by what they come up with.

 

[Darcy03231]

Sorry for your loss

I was asked once and said nothing, we're just going on vacation, although I'm sure my niece will be celebrating that she gets to miss three days of school. That was the end of the conversation about it.

 

[Tiffany_PartyOf7]

We took a trip after my dad died last year and boy am I glad this promo wasn't going on then... LOL. All right before our trip: My dad was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and died a month later, 2 weeks after that my mom lost her job, another 3 weeks and my husbands employer (grandfather) stopped paying him but expected him to come to work haha, we had to put grandma, who my dad had been taking care of - she has dementia, into an assisted living place because we just couldn't take care of her without dad here, we lost our house (ARM loan that adjusted from $1600 to $2800 per month!!!!!) and we had a really hard time finding a new place to live since my mom lives with us (shes never lived alone) and we needed a minimum of 5 bedrooms with as many kids as we have haha... So yeah, we weren't in a celebrating mood. We took the trip as a break. We knew that it would be a long time before my husband and mom could both leave work. My kids were a mess from losing Papa (they were closer than anything I've ever seen - especially my oldest) So yep, we took some of the life insurance money and spent a long weekend at Disney and it really helped us have a fresh outlook on things after such tragedy.

So here we are a year later - hubby and mom both have new jobs that pay even better than the old ones.... we miss dad like crazy still... Grandma ended up doing GREAT in assisted living and even has a boyfriend.... We took a trip down for the kids birthdays this year. We take random day trips but we stay overnight only once or twice a year.... My older 3 all chose a Disney trip over a birthday party. So thats what we did. We stayed a long weekend at the Poly and enjoyed it... So this promo worked out well for us since this year we are celebrating... Celebrated the kids birthdays AND celebrated that we survived the first year without dad and that hubby and mom got jobs.... God works it all out

However, if they had asked us last year what we were celebrating I'm sure mom would have sucker punched someone. LOL.

 

[frndshpcptn]

We were in WDW for dd7's birthday. DH's birthday is the next day, so he dutifully wore his "birthday button" on his birthday....until he was...ahem....using the facilities when a CM...using the facilities next to him....wished him a happy birthday. That was enough CM enthusiasm for him---off came the button!

Wow - a CM was using guest "facilities??" That's really not protocol (at least not at the MK or at Epcot where I worked!!)

Where was this???

 

[frndshpcptn]

I'm sorry for everyones losses.





I'm like this about most promotions in recent years---

The pink birthday cake.

The 1 million dreams...


Sometimes we gotta remember that folks go to the parks for a million and one different reasons.

My favorite theme years was their 15 year celebration. I so remember the parade....

"FIFTEEN YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEARS....WE'RE HAVING A PA-ARTY at DIS....NEEEEEEY...WORLLLLLD. FIFTEEEEENNNNNNNNNN YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO PARTY ALL YEAR LONG."

I'm not sure if that's the year they started theming--but I loved it. Unfortunately, I Can't get that song out of my head.




"What are you celebrating?"

"That I am able to control the urge to shove that pin up your ."


Though that might land you on a special private tour of Disney Jail.

15 Years was my favorite as well (I still wear that tee-shirt!) Singing the song in my head now...
"15 years of magic, come and join the fun, 15 years of celebration and their all rolled into one. Another 15 Years of FUUUNNN FUUNNN - we're havin' a party - come on everybody jump into the beat and put your hands up - HAVIN A PARTY! The party's getting started, jammin' in the street and put your hands up HAVIN' A PARTY."

Yeah....the song is REALLY addicting.

 

[braydensmom]

I was booking a Pirates and Pals Cruise and the Cast Member was also very insistent that we "must be celebrating something"
"Well then, I must be celebrating that my husband left me for his blond size 2 secretary, and I need a vacation from reality"
I really hope people dont keep asking or i will make my own button saying "Celebrating what my Divorce Lawyer got him to pay for"

Grrrr....

(im really not bitter)

(really!)

 

[Camping Griswalds]

button saying "Celebrating what my Divorce Lawyer got him to pay for"

WHAT A FABULOUS BUTTON!!!!!!!!



We could start a whole new trend of celebration buttons

 

[Hollytigs]

What about wearing a button saying 'I'm NOT celebrating anything' or 'Please don't ask me if I'm celebrating'.