{"id":546,"date":"2010-10-13T03:19:06","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T07:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/?p=546"},"modified":"2010-10-13T03:19:06","modified_gmt":"2010-10-13T07:19:06","slug":"disneyland-trip-report-birthday-at-disneyland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/?p=546","title":{"rendered":"Disneyland Trip Report – Birthday at Disneyland"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tiana<\/a>After two warm, but cloudy days, September 23rd bloomed into being with all the bright, shining promise of sun that a birthday should hold. \u00c2\u00a0And, I was awakened by a knock on the hotel room door and a special delivery of one, stunning, Princess Tiana birthday cake, which we ate heartily for breakfast! \u00c2\u00a0Every day should be this good!<\/p>\n

Full of cake and with my birthday Mickey ears squarely on my head, we ventured out for an unparalleled birthday extravaganza. \u00c2\u00a0First stop: a real breakfast to complement our cake breakfast. \ud83d\ude42 \u00c2\u00a0I chose my favorite place in all the Land… the Carnation Cafe. \u00c2\u00a0And the best part? \u00c2\u00a0Birthday wishes and a picture with Chef Oscar, my favorite Disney\u00c2\u00a0“character.”<\/p>\n

\"Oscar\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A birthday in Disneyland means all of my favorite things… pirates,\u00c2\u00a0ghosts, space rangers, and Neverland (oh my!)… and we\u00c2\u00a0accomplished them all! \u00c2\u00a0I was even surprised by a birthday guitar serenade from Ernie, another of my favorite Disney “characters.” \u00c2\u00a0If you haven’t met Ernie, he is the older man with the beautiful soul, who has played the jazz guitar in New Orleans Square for as long as I can remember. \u00c2\u00a0He gave me a wonderful birthday treat!<\/p>\n

The plan for the evening was dinner at the Napa Rose, but –<\/p>\n

\"Ernie\"<\/a>not being an adventurous eater, AT ALL – we diverted to plan B, Steakhouse 55, when nothing on the Napa Rose menu excited me. \u00c2\u00a0I know, I know, for all of the Disney foodies out there, it is surely sacrilege, but Steakhouse 55 provided a\u00c2\u00a0lovely birthday\u00c2\u00a0dinner, really unrivaled by any other I’ve had. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The perfect way to cap off a birthday – and keep my inner child happy – was a trip to Build-a-Bear for a birthday Jo Bro bear… no\u00c2\u00a0I’m not kidding, and no, I’m not embarrassed! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"Steakhouse<\/a><\/p>\n

It was really fun and helped soothe that aged feeling one gets when they are finally only one year away from the big 3-0. \ud83d\ude09 \u00c2\u00a0Full, happy, and beaming we returned to our hotel room, ready for the next day’s adventure to begin.<\/p>\n

Coming up next Tuesday… D23 Destination D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After two warm, but cloudy days, September 23rd bloomed into being with all the bright, shining promise of sun that a birthday should hold. \u00c2\u00a0And, I was awakened by a knock on the hotel room door and a special delivery of one, stunning, Princess Tiana birthday cake, which we ate heartily for breakfast! \u00c2\u00a0Every day […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,169],"tags":[178,29,176,177,179,531,164],"class_list":["post-546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nablowrimo","category-trip-report","tag-build-a-bear-workshop","tag-carnation-cafe","tag-chef-oscar","tag-ernie","tag-steakhouse-55","tag-trip-report","tag-trip-report-tuesday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=546"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":557,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions\/557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}