Celebrating a Birthday at Walt Disney World

May 4th is the best day of the year! That’s right, Star Wars Day is MY birthday! In 2014 I scheduled the PERFECT Disney vacation. We were at the parks for my birthday, my oldest son’s 13th birthday and Mother’s Day!

Your birthday is that special ‘you’ day, but getting to spend it at Disney is like twice the magic. You can celebrate your birthday (anniversary, first time at Disney, engagement, retirement…you get the idea) on your Disney trip, and unlike your local restaurant they don’t check ID. When a cast member asks you ‘and what will you be celebrating?’ they want you to celebrate and have a good time. If your birthday is in October and you’re on vacation in March go ahead and celebrate it! When you check into your resort the cast member will give you your very own handy dandy birthday badge to wear during your trip. One might think this is just a simple badge….one would be wrong. Wear that badge for 5 minutes inside Magic Kingdom and you’ll feel like a celebrity. You’ll get birthday wishes from Cast Members and Disney enthusiasts the entire time! I found myself wishing my fellow birthday peeps the happiest of birthdays. The badge doesn’t stop there. It works like a beacon for crowd participation. Don’t bother hiding if you’re wearing it.

For my oldest son’s birthday we went to Whispering Canyon Café at the Wilderness Lodge. Our cast member was amazing! He messed with our party of 14 the entire time and had the kids laughing all night. He brought a cupcake out for Jake and made the entire restaurant sing Happy Birthday and then…..he ate Jake’s cupcake! It was hilariously perfect.

On my birthday it was crazy insane! The park was bustling and we had just arrived, so it was a long day for us. Just as I’m standing there with an extremely tired 5 year old that just wanted to get back to our room we stop at the train station to watch the fireworks. All of a sudden I’m standing at the Magic Kingdom on my birthday with the child that thinks I’m the greatest person on earth. Those fireworks were quite possibly the best fireworks in the history of fireworks!