Cinderella Castle Stay

Ya gotta be in it to win it... Round trip flights to Orlando for family
$900, Hotel and park tickets $1600, Staying in princess suite in
Cinderella's Castle... priceless. It is one of the prizes in the Year of a
Million Dreams


"JDP" <k4jdp@> wrote in message
news:BVbuh.5317$jA.3165@bignews1....
> Local TV channel ads are mentioning a first-time-ever stay-over at the
> Castle. Has anyone booked it yet? How long of a wait to get in, rates,
> etc.? Many thanks!
>
> jdp
>

Wilde Oscar <wildeoscar@cinci.> wrote:
: Ya gotta be in it to win it... Round trip flights to Orlando for family
: $900, Hotel and park tickets $1600, Staying in princess suite in
: Cinderella's Castle... priceless. It is one of the prizes in the Year
: of a Million Dreams

This brings to mind a question. After the YoaMD celebration will they rip
this suite out, keep it for Disney top management, allow celebs to rent
it, or continue to offer it (for an absolutely horrendous amount of cash)
for booking? Anyone want to bet that the rate would equal or exceed the
total income of the average CM for 20 years?

It would be interrsting to see this apartment, but personally I would
never feel comfortable staying there. I'll stick with my tent, thanks. On
the other hand I could see this as the scene of one of our RADP wine and
cheese, and chat parties (if someone wins the lottery). :)

Randy

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Randy Berbaum
Champaign, IL

I have to agree, what are the logistics for 911, or an ambulance, or getting
to early Chef Mickey's reservations the next morning. Do ya wake up get
ready and just walk out into the park? That might mean that a nights stay
in the castle gets ya free admission to the MK the next morning? At what
time do ya end up on "lock down" so to speak? It would seem that after
dinner ya get shuffled off to the special fire works location, then shuffled
up to the room? They know they have to award this early in a day, cause
someone has to go get toiletries and a change of cloths... not to mention
they would have to not be leaving that day... this all does nothing to
change the fact that I hear that YoaMD commercial in my dreams it is on so
often.

It does seem like it was an executive decision, that was not fully formed.
At this point they hopefully have the details worked out...

I imagine that the first lucky family is finding this all out right about
now.

"Rob Steere" <steerr@charter.net> wrote in message
news:Ubhuh.1293$sX6.677@newsfe05.lga...
> They've been a little mum on the details, but I believe that in general,
> once you're in the suite, you're in there for the night. I'm sure if you
> *really* had to leave they'd let you, but probably would prefer if you
> stayed in the suite all night. :-)
>
> (The logistics of the overnight stay was one of the problems that hadn't
> even been thought about when either the PR department or Iger came up with
> this new idea as part of the promotion)
>
> As for how much they'd charge after the contest is over.... The Official
> Rules list the stay in the suite as having an Approximate Retail Value
> (for tax purposes, I'm sure) of $587. But why do I think that Disney would
> be able to charge more than that? ;-)
> The prize also includes dinner at CRT, photos with Cinderella, snacks in
> the room, and VIP viewing for Spectro and/or Wishes. If a mail-in entry is
> selected for the Suite, they'd get a gift basket worth the amount of
> money.
>
> -Rob
>
>
> "Dave in Dallas - The One And Only" <Daveintx@swbell.net> wrote in message
> news:2k5jr2p14b3koljf04fv7s8m20c2affm1u@...
>> On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:32:54 +0000 (UTC), Randy Berbaum
>> <rberbaum@bluestem.prairienet.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>It would be interrsting to see this apartment, but personally I would
>>>never feel comfortable staying there. I'll stick with my tent, thanks.
>>
>> I feel the same way, but for a different reason. OK, once you're in
>> your room in the castle, if you want to get up at 3 AM and go
>> somewhere, can you? It's not that I'd go for a jog at the wee hours of
>> the morning, but I wouldn't want to feel like I'm under "lock down"
>> once I'm in the room. If you wake up at 6 AM and want to go for a walk
>> somewhere, can you?
>>
>>
>> Dave in Dallas - The one and only!
>> Accept no substitutes.
>
>

Wilde Oscar wrote:
> I have to agree, what are the logistics for 911, or an ambulance, or getting
> to early Chef Mickey's reservations the next morning. Do ya wake up get
> ready and just walk out into the park? That might mean that a nights stay
> in the castle gets ya free admission to the MK the next morning? At what
> time do ya end up on "lock down" so to speak? It would seem that after
> dinner ya get shuffled off to the special fire works location, then shuffled
> up to the room? They know they have to award this early in a day, cause
> someone has to go get toiletries and a change of cloths... not to mention
> they would have to not be leaving that day... this all does nothing to
> change the fact that I hear that YoaMD commercial in my dreams it is on so
> often.
>
> It does seem like it was an executive decision, that was not fully formed.
> At this point they hopefully have the details worked out...
>
> I imagine that the first lucky family is finding this all out right about
> now.
>
> "Rob Steere" <steerr@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:Ubhuh.1293$sX6.677@newsfe05.lga...
>
>>They've been a little mum on the details, but I believe that in general,
>>once you're in the suite, you're in there for the night. I'm sure if you
>>*really* had to leave they'd let you, but probably would prefer if you
>>stayed in the suite all night. :-)
>>
>>(The logistics of the overnight stay was one of the problems that hadn't
>>even been thought about when either the PR department or Iger came up with
>>this new idea as part of the promotion)
>>
>>As for how much they'd charge after the contest is over.... The Official
>>Rules list the stay in the suite as having an Approximate Retail Value
>>(for tax purposes, I'm sure) of $587. But why do I think that Disney would
>>be able to charge more than that? ;-)
>>The prize also includes dinner at CRT, photos with Cinderella, snacks in
>>the room, and VIP viewing for Spectro and/or Wishes. If a mail-in entry is
>>selected for the Suite, they'd get a gift basket worth the amount of
>>money.
>>
>>-Rob
>>
>>
>>"Dave in Dallas - The One And Only" <Daveintx@swbell.net> wrote in message
>>news:2k5jr2p14b3koljf04fv7s8m20c2affm1u@. ..
>>
>>>On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:32:54 +0000 (UTC), Randy Berbaum
>>><rberbaum@bluestem.prairienet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>It would be interrsting to see this apartment, but personally I would
>>>>never feel comfortable staying there. I'll stick with my tent, thanks.
>>>
>>>I feel the same way, but for a different reason. OK, once you're in
>>>your room in the castle, if you want to get up at 3 AM and go
>>>somewhere, can you? It's not that I'd go for a jog at the wee hours of
>>>the morning, but I wouldn't want to feel like I'm under "lock down"
>>>once I'm in the room. If you wake up at 6 AM and want to go for a walk
>>>somewhere, can you?
>>>
>>>
>>>Dave in Dallas - The one and only!
>>>Accept no substitutes.
>>
>>
>
>
The family does have an option to go out at night. There is a limo
standing by if the family wants to go to DTD (see a movie, shop, etc.)
for example. They cant go roam the park, but they can leave the park
and go somewhere if they choose.

The following morning, they have breakfast at Crystal Palace.

There are a lot of rumors floating around that the suite will be used
for Fairytale Weddings after YOAMD.

-a

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:28:25 -0500, "Rob Steere" <steerr@charter.net>
wrote:

>They've been a little mum on the details, but I believe that in general,
>once you're in the suite, you're in there for the night. I'm sure if you
>*really* had to leave they'd let you, but probably would prefer if you
>stayed in the suite all night. :-)

OK, so when does "lock down" begin and end? Do you have to stay in
the room until the park opens? I'm getting visions of the room where
Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned in the Tower of London. It was a
nice enough room, but he was still locked in.


Dave in Dallas - The one and only!
Accept no substitutes.

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:56:53 -0500, Amber <ad_amber@> wrote:


>There are a lot of rumors floating around that the suite will be used
>for Fairytale Weddings after YOAMD.

That's one way to make sure the people don't want to leave the room.
<G>


Dave in Dallas - The one and only!
Accept no substitutes.

Bartender Sam <bartendersam@> wrote:

: Would be nifty if the 2nd barstool on the right at the Rose and Crown Pub
: were one of the 3267 but I somehow doubt that, I'll still never win.

Even more "nifty", the third person wearing a RADP pin to enter the PotC
line. ;) Or maybe an Allearsnet.com pin (durring the Mega mouse meet
weekend). :)

Randy

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Randy Berbaum
Champaign, IL