Q about unbirthdays and un anniversaries?

[schlepsnort]

I've seen on a few trip reports and other posts that people celebrate birthdays and anniversaries at the Disney restaurants with a special cake. I've also read a few where it's not even anywhere near that person's birthday and they get the cake done, I guess an un-birthday.

We will be in WDW about 3 weeks before our 6th anniversary, one time I called the Dining Res. line to make YET ANOTHER ADR change and the CM asked if we were celebrating anything and I said no. But now that I think about it, why not? I'm pretty sure we won't be doing much special, or at least not AS special as being in WDW, on our actual anniversary. So maybe I should go ahead and call and mention that I would like to surprise DH with something as an anniversary celebration?

But then again I kinda feel like if it's not REALLY your birthday or anniversary then all you are doing is just getting extra attention under false pretenses? **Not Bashing ANYONE who does the above, you are paying for it, it's all you!**Just not sure what to do.

Get the extra attention and make it our anniv. surprise or don't and just hope we end up doing something on our actual date. Like find a babysitter.

Any suggestions?

 

[travelitis]

You're close enough to your anniversary to pick a meal and celebrate it. We did that with our Nov. b-day kid when we went over Thanksgiving. It was close enough for us to designate a whole day to celebrate his b-day. At home we often have parties on a more convenient day. What kid is going to have a b-day party on a school night? We also celebrated our anniversary on a cruise when we were a week off. We saved $$ by going that week instead. We still went to celebrate our anniversary, though. You can celebrate your anniversary all month if you want. You don't need to restrict your celebration to one day of the year. Go to WDW and Par-tay!

 

[pouncingpluto]

It's sort of a gray area. In your case, I think you're close enough that you should go for it!

But since restaurants do often give free congratulatory desserts, etc. (or at least they did when we were there on our wedding trip... practically every TS meal we had), I'd hate to see people abusing it to the point that WDW has to stop doing that.

 

[olbear]

I say go celebrate. DH & I clebrated the week we were there. We only had 4 Ressies, but I had it noted we were celebrating our anniversry on each one.
It made it alot of fun.

Go for it!
Blessings,
Winnie

 

[MickeyNicki]

We are going the week after our 10 year anniversary. When I made the ADR's the CM asked if we were celebrating anything special..I said the week before we are ha ha and she asked me what I meant....I told her it was our anniversay and we could not come earlier because of the holiday (Thanksgiving) and could not get off of work. She said she was making a note on all of ADR's that is was a special belated 10 year anniversary anyways! I do have a cake ordered for our dinner at 1900 Park Fare...I am so excited!!

 

[goofy4tink]

Just be aware that even if you are asked if you are celebrating something special, and you give the particulars, nothing may happen. We have traveled to WDW for my dd's b-day, my b-day and our anniv. Only for dd's 6th b-day was something done. She got a cupcake at CP, plus a card signed by the characters. If I want something 'extra' done for someone in our group, I do it myself. It seems that every other person in WDW is celebrating something, and there is nothing wrong with that!! But, if you go into it, expecting something special to be done, you could very well be disappointed. So.....if you are having a nice dinner someplace, perhaps you could call ahead and order a special cake. The GF has a really nice mini-Castle cake that's about $25...makes a terrific anniversary cake!!

 

[kldmom2000]

We'll be there 9/29-10/4. We are definitely celebrating our DD's 4th bday on 9/30 and the I joked with the CM when booking our hotel that I wish we could stay the extra 4 days to celebrate out 12th wedding anniversary too-she told me it was close enough (10/8) and put it on the reservations

 

[newholidayx2]

DHs birthday is next week
We'll be celebrating his bday when he's at WDW 8/19-26

(he had to fast on his bday last year due to having his kidney removed the day after his bday so this year we're doing it up big time! One year cancer free )

 

[tabrizia]

But then again I kinda feel like if it's not REALLY your birthday or anniversary then all you are doing is just getting extra attention under false pretenses? **Not Bashing ANYONE who does the above, you are paying for it, it's all you!**Just not sure what to do.

We were planning on being at Disney over our aniversery (we were supose to be there at the moment). However, since free dining came out we found we could move our dates back 2 weeks and take advantage of it. So we are celebrating our aniversery at Disney, we just aren't celebrating on the exact dates of our weddings (we had to cerimonies). We went ahead and set one of the dinners when we are there as our aniversery dinner anyways, and I made a quick note that the reservation was for our anivesery. Since we are going to celebrate our aniversery, even if we are not celebrating on the exact dates we were married.

I don't have it noted on all our ADRs, but even if we were there over our aniversery I won't have had it noted on all our ADRs since hubby and I tend to be private people, but I do have it noted on one dinner, because hey, we are celebrating our aniversery, it was the restaraunt we would have been at on our aniversery if we hadn't moved our trip, and even if it is 2 weeks later, it is still why we are in Disney and the reason we chose to go at this time of the year.

 

[Quinn222]

I asked a similar question a while ago and am still undecided as to what to do. My mother, my sister and I are taking our annual 'girl's only Christmas' trip at the beginning of December to see the decorations and just generally have fun. We've planned some really nice meals. As it happens my sister's birthday is right near (and sometime actually on) Thanksgiving, mine is Christmas. Needless to say we never really get to do anything special for our birthdays. I'm thinking of getting us a cake. We have an ADR at Citricos and I know the GF bakery could do something nice.

 

[schlepsnort]

Ok, now I think I feel better about doing that, having a cake for our anniversary. But we don't have any ADRs at really 'sit' down restaurants--we have Crystal Palace and Hollywood and Vine Character Meals as our main meals (lunchtime). Can you order a cake if it's a buffet type meal? And how do you go about ordering a cake?
Plus I have to figure out how to do this on the sly- dh works from home so getting on the phone and doing this may be tricky...but I'm sure I can do it!
Thanks for all of the advice so far and any advice forthcoming!

 

[Goofy22]

We are going the week after our 10 year anniversary. When I made the ADR's the CM asked if we were celebrating anything special..I said the week before we are ha ha and she asked me what I meant....I told her it was our anniversay and we could not come earlier because of the holiday (Thanksgiving) and could not get off of work. She said she was making a note on all of ADR's that is was a special belated 10 year anniversary anyways! I do have a cake ordered for our dinner at 1900 Park Fare...I am so excited!!

HI! We are going very close to our 10 year annv also we actually leave 2 days before it! I was thinking about having a cake at our last adr that we eat out! How much did the cake run you? and you have to ask for that in advance? correct? Thanks for any help!

 

[M 'n C]

I wasn't going to mention my birthday when I made my ADRs since I'm arriving on my b-day but didn't make any adrs but after the 4th or 5th time the girl asked me about anything special I finally said well its my birthday when I arrive but we aren't going anywhere for it and she ended up noting it on all my adr's because she said at WDW they celebrate your b-day all week and to make sure I get my birthday pin from the park each day. I'm sure I'll get the pin but I probably won't wear it every day.

 

[Ladybugsy]

I feel kinda guilty. We actually have 2 Anniversaries and 1 birthday during our 10 day trip. I'm sure the CM I spoke with thought I was just trying to extract pixie dust, but that's just the way it fell. What can ya do?

 

[kritter]

Just wondering do you pay extra for the cake?? My birthday is the week before we go and the kids would love to have a cake??? how do I do this just tell a CM before i get there??????

 

[schlepsnort]

I did a search on here: ordering cakes
and it does bring up a few old threads that go into better detail about ordering cakes, their approx. cost and who to call for some of the restaurants.
It is so weird, I had tried this search before and it just wouldn't work!!
Oh well, it has worked now and I've got a list started (and stashed away so DH won't see!)
I think the one post I had seen said to call about two weeks before you want the cake but no less than 48 hours before.
I'm actually thinking of doing a double whammy on DH.
First would be an anni cake at our first ADR as a surprise. Knowing him he'd think oh ok but that's all for the surprises!
Well his b-day is 4 days after our anniv. so I was going to get him a special b-day cake for the next day at our next ADR. One cake will surprise him, two will floor him! Hee hee hee! I get such joy out of 'pulling one over' on him.
I don't even really want the CMs to do anything extra, I just think the cake will suffice. Especially if I have the one for his b-day be from the 3 kids.

 

[mickeysaver]

Our next trip is meant to celebrate our 7th anniversary, but our anniversary is actually on Tuesday of next week. Gabby's work schedule was not open until September, so that is when we are taking the trip. Gabby said, "Check out the details on a little trip to Disney when I am off in September." The budget was within reasonable limits and it all worked out. So, it's noted on the reservation.....we don't expect anything to happen. I just wanted it noted and if pixie dust falls, I will be hugely surprised. Maggie

 

[Simbee3]

I would celebrate if I were you. As a matter a fact my husband's birhtday is today, but we won't arrive at Disney until 8/15 (due to free dining) . During our trip we will also be celebrating our wedding anniversary . And to top it off our daughter will turn 1 a couple of weeks after we leave . And a week after that my oldest son also has a birthday . It isn't that we are taking advantage or abusing anything in any shape or form. But, at the same time this is a family vacation that just so happens to fall in the middle of most of our familiy' s special occasions. I did however order my own special deserts for 3 of our ADR's, let's see what happen.
And may the Disney magic begin for our first Disney vacation as a family .

 

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

We too are celbrateing our 15th anniversary a week early due to Thanksgiving so I dont see what the biggie is. Have a great anniversary celebration.

 

[Lizzy Lemon]

Its lovely you get to wear a special badge to show its your birthday but what about wedding anniversaries. After all everyone has a birthday, but a lot less have wedding anniversaries. It will be our 25th and would love to be made a fuss of. I'm going to get DH some flowers delivered to our room, do the illuminations cruise if I can get it booked but would like a treat myself also, unfortunately DH won't sort anything out but I'd love it if The Great Mouse himself could do something!