Thanks! Garrett will be turning 8 this trip. Wyatt had his 6th birthday on our last trip in January. Make sure to get the badges at Guest Relations that say "today is my birthday". All of the CM's certainly do go all out for a birthday guest!
We arrive on the 23rd and leave Dec 2. We have gone the past two Januarys and haven't had any E nights. We did get to have one in November 2001. It was great. We went on Buzz Lightyear 10 times in a row without a line!
By the way, the ice cream social is a nice "inexpensive" way to add an extra celebration for your son's birthday. If you've never done it, book the latest seating you can and then you have all of the characters to yourself. I have a picture of the boys with Mickey, Pluto, Chip and Dale - all together.