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Celebrate Birthdays At Disneyland

If you want to celebrate your birthday, or the birthday
of a child at Disneyland, you can easily do this – and
it doesn’t even have to be done on the exact date of
birth! Start celebrating by going to City Hall, which is
located in Town Square, upon your arrival to
Disneyland. Here, you will receive a Birthday Sticker
or button. This sticker tells everyone on at Disneyland
that you are to receive special treatment.

On your birthday celebration day, make sure that
you eat in one of the full service restaurants, and that
you order the Birthday Bucket. It will be full of
Disney treats, and it includes a cake. This costs
around twenty dollars. Eat breakfast at Goofy’s
Kitchen and you can get a Birthday Bag for five
dollars.

There are many ways to enjoy your birthday at
Disneyland. You will receive special treatment from
all of the Disney Characters in the park. This can be
a memorable birthday celebration for you or your
child – so make sure you take lots of pictures, and
don’t be shy about telling people who work at the
park that it is your birthday – if they don’t notice
your sticker!

Disneyland Purchases – Package Express

One of the nice guest service features at Disneyland
is the Package Express service. This will allow you
to make purchases, and not have to carry them
around with you all day! Can you imagine trying to
hold all of your packages, your kids, and ride the
rides?

Instead, have your purchases sent to the Newsstand,
which is located near the exit. This Package Express
purchase allows you to pick your packages up as
you are leaving the park. If you stay till closing, note
that the pickup line will be very long. You should plan
to leave at least an hour earlier than you had originally
planned if you have packages to pick up.

You can also have your purchases sent directly to
your hotel if you are staying at one of the Resort
Hotels. This offers even more convenience, because
you won’t have to leave the park earlier, or stand in
the package pickup line. Another option is to rent a
locker, and put all of your purchases in it until you
are ready to leave. However, this means that you will
have to walk back to the locker after each of your
Disneyland purchases.

Disneyland Magic Music Days

Disneyland has always contributed to the education
of young people in one way or another. This tradition
is continued with the Disneyland Magic Music Days
program, which is an educational program for
students of music, vocal arts, or dance.

Your group has the opportunity to showcase your
talent and to improve even more in a setting that
promotes learning – and you can have fun doing it!
The program is available all year, and is open to
schools, studios, and other organizations worldwide.
Auditions for the program are required.

There are many workshops held to help improve the
specific talents of each member of your group. These
workshops are taught by professional actors,
choreographers, comedians, dancers, composers,
singers, arrangers, musicians, and conductors.
Where else will your group have access to
professionals in these fields – all in one place? To
sweeten the pot, many of these professionals are
famous in their fields, performing in both Hollywood
and New York, among other famous places in the
world.

Instrumental groups can audition to perform on one
of the Disneyland stages. Marching bands can
audition for the famous Disneyland parades. Along
with performing in the happiest place on earth,
which is an experience you will remember and talk
about your entire life, you will also receive the
benefits of world-class workshops, conducted by
world-class professionals. Vocal groups and dancers
audition to perform on one of the Disneyland stages,
and are also offered the world-class workshops
designed for vocalists and vocalist groups or dancers.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for your group.
The performance alone will be unforgettable, but the
information that these young performers will learn in
the workshops is invaluable. Instrumental groups
and marching bands will benefit from the
soundtrack/instrumental workshop, the soundtrack
jazz workshop, the tune in seminar, and the
percussion workshop.

Vocalists are offered the industry show choir
workshop, academy show choir workshop, the
academy vocal workshop, the industry vocal
workshop, and the express yourself workshop.
Dancers can take advantage of the industry dance
workshop, academy dance workshop, and the
express yourself workshop. There is something for
all performers as Disneyland Magic Music Days!

Each member of each group will receive an 8 x 10
glossy picture of their entire group, dressed in
performance attire, in front of the Sleeping Beauty
Castle. Although you won’t need any help
remembering your time at Disneyland Magic Music
Days, you can share this photo with your friends
and loved ones when you return home from the most
unforgettable performance you will ever have!

Disneyland Ticket Security

If you think you might not want to spend a little bit of
money on the FastPass holder, you should consider
what a new Disneyland ticket will cost. If you lose
your Disneyland ticket, you will not be allowed to
enter the park the next day without purchasing a new
ticket. When you look at the small cost of the
Disneyland FastPass holder, you will see that it is
well worth it.

Family Reunions at Disneyland

Everyone looks forward to family reunions – and who
doesn’t love Disneyland? You can bring the two
together by having your family reunion at the happiest
place on earth. It is really easier than you might think
to arrange this!

Start by calling the Disneyland Vacation Planning
Services Department. Let them help you book rooms
at the Resort hotels, and admission tickets to the park.
You should be able to get discounts on the tickets by
purchasing them in bulk.

The specific service that you need to accommodate
all of your family members is the ‘Happiest Place on
Earth Picnic.’ This service is offered year round, and
includes admission to the park for your entire party.
You also get a choice of fully catered meals for the
event. For 100 – 300 people, your event can be held
at Big Thunder Ranch. For 300 – 1000 people, the
event will be held at the Festival Arena.

If there are less than 100 people in your party, you
may not be eligible for the catering services. This is
at the sole discretion of Disneyland, and you will
need to discuss this with Guest Services or the
Planning Services Departments. If catering is not
available, reservations in the many restaurants can
be made instead.

You may be able to get a discount on your family
member’s rooms at the Resorts as well, if you book
well in advance, hold your event during the off-season,
and book a block of rooms. Airline tickets for those
who will need to fly to Disneyland should also be
purchased well in advance, and in bulk for additional
discounts.

Again, allow Disneyland Vacation Planning Services
to help you with the arrangements, and use a travel
agent to handle any arrangements that planning
services doesn’t cover. For best results, choose one
family member to work with the planning services
and the travel agent, and relay information back and
forth between the services and the family members.
Having one person collecting and sharing information
will cut down on a great deal of confusion and
misinformation when you are trying to make travel
arrangements for a large number of people.

It may take work and planning, but in the end, this
will be one family reunion that will never be forgotten.
Talk with the Vacation Planning Services Department
to find out what other services are available to make
this an even more special experience for you and
your family members. The Surprise services would
be a nice touch!

Personal Comfort at Disneyland

More than blisters can cause discomfort. Some
people simply are not used to being on their feet all
day. If your feet are tired and sore at the end of the
day, soak them in cool water with Epsom salt. This
will offer more relief than soaking them in hot or
warm water. After a good twenty minute soak, your
feet will feel refreshed and ready for more walking!

For the ultimate Disneyland vacation, you should
definitely stay at the Disneyland Resort Hotel. With
990 rooms in three high rise towers, this is the
original Disney Hotel, located in Downtown Disney.
If you want to truly experience all that Disneyland
has to offer, you must stay at the Disneyland Resort
Hotel.

The guest rooms in the Disneyland Hotel are
astounding. Offering standard rooms and suites,
each room has either a king size bed or two queen
size beds, room service, phones with voicemail, irons,
ironing boards, refrigerators, hairdryers, make up
mirrors, and safes. Cribs and roll away beds are
available, as well as smoking and non-smoking rooms.
The rooms are even sprinkled with Pixie Dust! For
families, the suites are highly recommended. Suites
contain one, two, or three bedrooms, and have all
of the amenities of a standard room as well.

The Concierge service at the Disneyland Hotel
cannot be topped. Concierge service entitles you to
priority check-in, admission to an exclusive lounge,
a continental breakfast, an evening wine and cheese
reception. Nightly turn-down service is included, as
well as DVD players and complimentary movies.
You will also have an unlimited supply of bottled
water and soft drinks. The Concierge serves to
make your vacation as enjoyable and trouble-free
as possible.

Disney touches are everywhere, and this is the
closest you can actually come to living in Never Land.
The swimming pool even has a Never Land theme,
and there are several cove pools and a sandy beach.
The hotel also features a children’s playground, a
volleyball court, and Koi fish ponds. The recreational
area encompasses a 5000 square foot area inspired
by Peter Pan. There are many scenic waterfalls,
tropical foliage, and mysterious caves on the property.
There is even a Team Mickey work out room full of
state-of-the-art gym equipment.

At the Disneyland Hotel, you will feel like your
Disney experience has truly already started as soon
as you walk in the door. This is where the famous
Goofy’s Kitchen is located, as well as The Captain’s
Galley, The Coffee House, Crocs Bits ‘n’ Bites,
Granville’s Steak House, Hook’s Pointe, The Wine
Cellar, and The Lost Bar.

When you stay at the Disneyland Hotel, your
vacation continues even after a day of sight seeing
and attractions in the park. In fact, your Disneyland
vacation begins each and every morning when you
wake up in the Magic Kingdom that the Disneyland
Hotel represents.