The great DL birthday debate!

[Indiana Scott]

I don't see anyone as any kind of villain here but I feel that if we want to teach out children complete honesty, one should only wear the birthday button on the actual day.
It's when it costs us something that our honesty is most tested - and revealed.

JMO

 

[mrsbicewdw]

We went for 3 days for my DD's birthday. I asked this question before we had our trip and I got the same answers - do what you want. I figured that I would let my DD decide what she wanted to do. When we were checking into the DLH, our CM was "earning his ears" and the trainer actually got a Birthday Button out and wrote my DD's name on it. They both made a big deal of my DD's birthday. My DD got a picture signed from Goofy. That night when we returned from the Parks, there was Mickey and Minnie Cookies and milk, a note and a picture signed from the Pooh characters. Everyone who saw the button, CM's and guests, wished my DD a Happy Birthday! The next day, my DD's actual birthday, we had breakfast at Surf's Up. She received a special cupcake with a candle and a song. Stitch played a lot with her as he is one of her favorite characters and the reason we had breakfast there. My DD's favorite pictures are of Stitch photo bombing the pictures we were taking of the other characters. Stitch photo bombed a picture with each of the other characters. As we were leaving Stitch communicated that DD needed another picture with Mickey so he could photo bomb it. We had an early dinner/late lunch at Carnation Cafe and our Waitress recognized my DD's birthday with Tinkerbell lightup on her drink and a cupcake. The next day we had breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen. Again my DD received a cupcake and a song. Goofy kept coming over to our table and interacting with my DD. All in all, we had a great time. Oh, my DD went to the front desk to tell them "thank you" for the cookies and milk. The CM asked what her plans were for the day and my DD mentioned that she was going to view WOC that night. We got a call later and the CM had made arrangements for my DD and I to have VIP seating for WOC.

Stories like this make me miss being a CM!I loved making extra magic for families. Your DD got the treatment that disney hopes is happening all the time.

FWIW - we are planning a trip for our DS1 5th birthday. Poor thing, his bday is directly after Christmas. Due to the huge crowds in the week between Christmas and New Years we will most likely go in early December. It will still be for his birthday and he can wear the button all he wants.

 

[disneyobsessed808]

I take exception to the idea that wearing the button for more than one day is somehow "dishonest" or "immature" or even "cheating."

If someone wants to celebrate the anniversary of their birth for a week, that's their prerogative. Maybe the true lesson here is not about "honesty" but rather that not everything is black or white. After all, birthdays are an arbitrary period for celebration...why not celebrate a birthhour or birth minute instead if we're insisting on limiting the celebration to a specific period of time and being "honest"?!

 

[goooof1]

I take exception to the idea that wearing the button for more than one day is somehow "dishonest" or "immature" or even "cheating."

If someone wants to celebrate the anniversary of their birth for a week, that's their prerogative. Maybe the true lesson here is not about "honesty" but rather that not everything is black or white. After all, birthdays are an arbitrary period for celebration...why not celebrate a birthhour or birth minute instead if we're insisting on limiting the celebration to a specific period of time and being "honest"?!

 

[mrsbicewdw]

I take exception to the idea that wearing the button for more than one day is somehow "dishonest" or "immature" or even "cheating."

If someone wants to celebrate the anniversary of their birth for a week, that's their prerogative. Maybe the true lesson here is not about "honesty" but rather that not everything is black or white. After all, birthdays are an arbitrary period for celebration...why not celebrate a birthhour or birth minute instead if we're insisting on limiting the celebration to a specific period of time and being "honest"?!

Agreed. Even at home, we generally have a birthday "weekend" or "week" (depending on when the date falls), and the birthday person gets to pick favorite meals, rent and watch their favorite movies for movie night, request their favorite dining places, etc. I grew up with that tradition, and oddly enough my husband did too. And honestly, for adults it is nice to do it that way since most of us don't have birthday parties anymore!

 

[GrandBob]

I take exception to the idea that wearing the button for more than one day is somehow "dishonest" or "immature" or even "cheating."

If someone wants to celebrate the anniversary of their birth for a week, that's their prerogative. Maybe the true lesson here is not about "honesty" but rather that not everything is black or white. After all, birthdays are an arbitrary period for celebration...why not celebrate a birthhour or birth minute instead if we're insisting on limiting the celebration to a specific period of time and being "honest"?!

I agree. My DW insists on having a birth month. Every day for a month I'm required to sing Happy Birthday / Birthweek / Birthmonth to her. My birthday is the following month, so when that's done, she turns it around and sings to me for a month. Very civilized.

-Bob