So glad to read that KarenH and her family had such a good time at DCA and DL this past week, I just had to share the great time I had this past weekend there too!
We got there on Friday, since it was my birthday & I'd never gotten to spend it at Disneyland before. My DH had pre-arranged (that sneaky, wonderful guy!

) with the concierge at the Disneyland Hotel, to have a birthday button with my name on it at check-in, then a card, presents and a gorgeous basket of flowers with 3 Mickey Mouse balloons in it, waiting for me in our room!
It was a wonderful surprise and I wore my birthday button with pride! Lots of "Happy Birthday Karen!" wishes from CMs, a few songs here and there, one was by the CM working Gadget's Go Coaster, who had all the guests on the train clap along, as he sang a mercifully short song to me, a semi-private Jungle Cruise (just us and a mom & kid using the baby swap pass), etc.
FREE yummy desserts - a chocolate mousse when we ate at the Blue Bayou (waterside table!), Napa Rose brought me a fig crustada (like a very large tart) along with a metal holder set on the table with several tiny desserts on the it (creme brule, chocolate triangle - the best!, chocolate chip madelaine and apple tart) and Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen brought me a piece of their Chocolate Decadence cake! We had it wrapped to go, as my DH and I really wanted their Bananas Foster, that they flambe table-side, made only for two.
Almost forgot! When we entered the park and they scanned my premium annual pass, the computer displayed, "Happy Birthday Karen Wallis" on it! I'd never seen that before, so it was a treat, and the CM working there wished me a Happy Birthday as well.
MouseAdventure was a blast, like in past times, but the park was really crowded, so it was hard to get around. But we still had a great time with our friends who came out to join us, to be on our team.
It was a wild and wacky weekend, with lots of surprises and my first and best birthday at the Disneyland Resort!!

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Karen W2 - Oceanside, CA.