It’s likely that you heard the big announcement from Jay Rasulo this week regarding the big celebration for Disney parks in 2009. Everyone can go free to Disneyland or Walt Disney World on their birthday.

You must first register for this on Disneyparks.com. Then you have to bring the print out with you, along with some ID, to the ticket booth to redeem your free admission.

Visitors with annual or multi-day passes can either get a one-day one-park ticket for use in the next year; a “Fastpass” for four rides for up to six people; or a card with a dollar amount equal to the free ticket, usable toward merchandise and other purchases.

Each adult must register seperately on the website, but you can add your children to the same registration so that they can also redeem the free admission or other perk.

The idea here is that families often choose destination to celebrate events such as birtherdays, so the free admission encourages the whole family to come to the park. This reminds me of the good ole days when the park used to give away a car-a-day! We are annual passholders, so I am excited to get the free gift card and get some Christmas gifts for the kids.