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[Mariposa]

Okay, we plan to go in November-December to celebrate DD's birthday. I mean, the trip is serving as her present (mostly, anyway). She'll be 7.

Here's the dilemma... Her birthday is Nov. 29th. We don't want to go then, it's too close to Thanksgiving and we'd prefer to wait for the beginning of December.

Do you think it would be wrong to get her a Birthday button if we're not there over her birthday? Should I just make her a special button or t-shirt saying we're there to celebrate her birthday? If you've ever gotten the Birthday Button, did you wear it your entire trip or just on your birthday? Should we consider moving the trip up a little so it starts on her birthday, at least?

(Now I'm worried about crowds anyway, because MouseFest will be going on while we're down there. How are the crowds during that?)

It's not that I want to "pull a fast one" on the WDW employees, it's just that this trip is specifically for DD's birthday, so I'd kinda like her birthday to be mentioned, or something.. if that makes ANY sense.

Alicia the Befuddled.

[TINKN]

I really don't see a problem with it if it is a celebration of her birthday. It's really a personal choice though. I believe that the wording on the button is "Today is My Birthday", so you'd have to make your descision based on that. Maybe if you made a button that says "This is my birthday trip" it would work. But, as I said I really see no problem with it.

I did hear of CM's asking people "Is today really your Birthday?" (I guess it must get abused?), so I would think about how your daughter would handle this situation as well. (I think it is rude for CM's to ask this)

[graygables]

DH and I celebrate our b-days together on Dec 6th, even though mine is in Nov and his is Christmas Eve, so we didn't feel we were pulling a "fast one" on anyone. Nobody asked if it was really our birthdays and we had great fun. We did only wear our buttons on the day we celebrate.

When I was back in Jan, it was to celebrate oldest DDs 18th b-day which was new year's eve, so we just picked a day to be her birthday. A few CMs asked if it was really and we told them that it was really an "unbirthday birthday" since we missed the real one and they got a big kick out of that.

I don't have any problem with people picking an "unbirthday" and celebrating there. For the most part, you just get a lot of "Happy Birthdays", an occasional break into song, and a piece of cake here and there. Go for it and enjoy!!!

(BTW, when I called for the PSes for the 18th b-day trip, I had told the CM that the Cinderella's Castle PS was for a birthday and she noted *all* the PSes that we were celebrating a birthday "all week", so I think they enjoy it as much as we do!)

[LilMarcieMouse]

<font color="blue">OK let me tell Do not worry. My Birthday is in Dec. I cannot go then since I work in retail so when we went in August upon arriving at EPCOT my sister went to Guest Services and got me a Birthday button she deiced to celebrate it that day. I got treat like a VIP. Mickey even bought me my dessert.

Get DD a button and let her be a Princess. </font>

[lilo2]

We are going in May for my birthday(May 7th-I'll be 27)but my dd's, 7, birthday is March 31st--needless to say,due to cost and crowds I do not expect that we will EVER be able to go during her birthday. So I am going to let her wear my Birthday button for the day(or so--we will spend most of the birthday at Typhoon Lagoon) because the trip is really for her birthday but we can't go during it-- I think it's just fine!!!