Birthday @ Disneyland

[Pao927]

Hi everyone...i'd just like to go *off topic* and say that im glad to be back at visions fantastic...ive taken quite a break, but now happy to be back...


Anyways..i ve always wanted to have a birthday at disneyland. I was wondering how cool is it when you spend your once every year special day at the park. For all you lucky peeps who have done it...tell me how your day went!! thanks!!!

-pao927

[PeoplemoverMatt]

Welcome back Pao! Well I can certainly tell you about my birthday experiences there having spent age 5,6,7,8,10,11,12,19,20,21,& 22's birthdays all there (awkward teen years...don't ask).

It's always a different yet similar experience to an unbirthday spent there. For me, it was a chance where I could do/see anything/everything I'd always wanted to see but never had because it was an unpopular thing. So that's neat. Plus some extraordinary things always seem to happen on the birthday. In '04, I made it onto the Millionaire hot seat & performed in the Parade of Stars. In '05, I had a pathetic margarita from Rita's, & did Karaoke in Animation for the first time. Then a month ago, I watched Greg Maddux pitch 6 innings of no-hit baseball in his Dodgers debut from the ESPN Zone's Zone Thrones. It's just a day to do anything & everything YOU have ever wanted to do.

-- PMM

[behindtheseHAZELeyes]

OK I'm 16 and I've spent all my birthdays since I was five at Disneyland. (BTW I'm turning 17 this weekend and guess where I'm going?....) I have to say my 16th birtday was the BEST by far. I spent 3 days at the DL resort with my cousins who have the same love for Disney as I do (I hate going with people who don't like Disneyland.) Anyway we stayed at the Grand Californian Hotel looking right out into DCA! I did literally EVRYTHING you can do at the Disneyland Resort. I had Character breakfasts, had my birtday dinner at Club 33, dropped $350 alone on souviners, rode every ride at both parks, saw every show, had fun in Downtown Disney, and so much more. The best part though was the morning we had to leave (sounds funny I know). We went to one last Character Breakfast and my favorite characters were there- Chip and Dale. I told them I was leaving that day so they wrote me letters in my autograph book saying "We hope you had the most magical birthday.." so on and so on. It was so great. My birthday is when the summer crowds start winding down so the lines were always short and it felt like I had the park to myself...... I can't wait for this years trip!

[Rtoups]

I heard that you can have parties and barmitzvahs and things like that in the dining room of the haunted mansion! wouldnt that be awesome!

[Pao927]

Originally Posted by Rtoups

I heard that you can have parties and barmitzvahs and things like that in the dining room of the haunted mansion! wouldnt that be awesome!

really??

[iluvdisney01]

Originally Posted by Rtoups

I heard that you can have parties and barmitzvahs and things like that in the dining room of the haunted mansion! wouldnt that be awesome!

Wow! Really? Has anybody done this?

[TimmyII]

Originally Posted by Pao927

Anyways..i ve always wanted to have a birthday at disneyland. I was wondering how cool is it when you spend your once every year special day at the park. For all you lucky peeps who have done it...tell me how your day went!! thanks!!!

-pao927

I've spent about 1/4th of my birthdays at Disneyland ON my birthday. But the BEST birthday I ever spent at Disneyland was the very first day I WORKED at Disneyland. That's right, the very first day I was an employee in the park was on November 24, 1996. IT WAS FREAKIN' AWESOME! Nothing has ever topped it. It was just awesome. My supervisors gave me little pins and gifts and as a brand new employee it was just awesome that they'd even know or get me a gift.
If you ever get to spend your birthday there, you'll never forget it!
?o?

[RankoAnime]

Originally Posted by behindtheseHAZELeyes

We went to one last Character Breakfast and my favorite characters were there- Chip and Dale. I told them I was leaving that day so they wrote me letters in my autograph book saying "We hope you had the most magical birthday.." so on and so on. It was so great.

That's so awesome! I love Chip & Dale too. They're my second favorite pair behind Lilo & Stitch.

I've only been to Disneyland once on my 20th birthday because it always seems to rain on my special day (literally). The weather was really great though and I had a lot of fun (though my story isn't as great as everyone else's). I got my birthday sticker at City Hall and used the phone there to get a special b-day wish from Goofy. Then I went to Innoventions where a REALLY good Stitch sang Happy B-day to me, discussed how I'm so old (compared to him anyway), then we did a hula (or rather, I did a hula like an idiot while he kinda rocked back and forth). For the first time ever, I got to "steer" the Mark Twain. Then in Critter Country, my mom let me stand in line to see Pooh & Co. Tigger got ALL excited when the CM told him it was my b-day, so he gave me an extra big hug! On the Jungle Cruise, the other guests in my boat shouted "Happy Birthday!" then our skipper sang the special birthday song (which isn't very long). On IJA, the CM made sure I got the driver's seat. To end the day, my mom saved a really great spot for the fireworks while I went on Space Mountain. So, we got to sit down near the castle and enjoy the fireworks.

I had a LOT of bad moments on my birthday too, but I figure I won't go into those details...

[Disneyluvr2]

I just spent my birthday at Disneyland for the first time last weekend. It was the best birthday EVER because I got to ride on the Lilly Belle!!!!! I don't know what will ever top that! I had an awesome time!

[toratorakisa]

Originally Posted by RankoAnime

That's so awesome! I love Chip & Dale too. They're my second favorite pair behind Lilo & Stitch.

I've only been to Disneyland once on my 20th birthday because it always seems to rain on my special day (literally). The weather was really great though and I had a lot of fun (though my story isn't as great as everyone else's). I got my birthday sticker at City Hall and used the phone there to get a special b-day wish from Goofy. Then I went to Innoventions where a REALLY good Stitch sang Happy B-day to me, discussed how I'm so old (compared to him anyway), then we did a hula (or rather, I did a hula like an idiot while he kinda rocked back and forth). For the first time ever, I got to "steer" the Mark Twain. Then in Critter Country, my mom let me stand in line to see Pooh & Co. Tigger got ALL excited when the CM told him it was my b-day, so he gave me an extra big hug! On the Jungle Cruise, the other guests in my boat shouted "Happy Birthday!" then our skipper sang the special birthday song (which isn't very long). On IJA, the CM made sure I got the driver's seat. To end the day, my mom saved a really great spot for the fireworks while I went on Space Mountain. So, we got to sit down near the castle and enjoy the fireworks.

I had a LOT of bad moments on my birthday too, but I figure I won't go into those details...

That sounds SO awesome. What a great day. I hope that your good parts outnumbered the bad. I want to go to Disneyland on my birthday... never done it before. Maybe for my seventeenth birthday? :D

[Lozzie]

Last year we went to Disney Florida for my boyfriends Birthday. We didnt want to tell anyone we just kept it nice and quiet. And then in the evening we sat on the beach area of the Polynesian Hotel and watched the Fireworks from the castle, was a great view. Then he proposed to me. There was no one around so it was lovely. I dont like making a big fuss of things lol. It was the most memorable day!