We stayed in Cinderella's Castle

[alicenwonder99]

Congratulations! How exciting for you and your family.

 

[DisneyMomJen]

I am so happy for you! I am holding back the tears of joy! Thanks for sharing your experience!

 

[annamonte]

Congratulations!!!!

I was so happy to hear a DISer won!!! What a magical memory!

 

[heaven2006]

Congratulations!

Our first DIS user to win a Castle Stay! The pics are beautifull! What a magical moment

However it seems that i'll never be able to win that stay because I don't live in the countries you mencioned... I'm sad.. but still happy for you

 

[AimKo]

Congratulations!!!! What a wonderful dream come true! Thank you for sharing.

Aimee

 

[rabx5]

This brought tears to my eyes but in a good way. What a truly magical memory for your family. Thank you for sharing your pictures. Congrats to you and your family.

Jodi

 

[tink2020]

Congratulations!! That is awesome for you all!
I am so glad that I got to hear someones 'first hand' account of winning!!

I wonder what they would do if they picked you and it was your last day there! Wouldn't that be so disappointing to know that you could have won but your plane was leaving say, that night??!!

Do you have any idea why you were picked? Was it that you were in the right seat on the ride?

Um...we'd be 'missing' our flight!

 

[gogriz]

Congratulations. Did the suite only sleep 4?

The legal paperwork says the "winner and 5 guests" and that is about all the suite would hold. There are two queen beds and one love seat that pulls out into a full size bed. The beds were extremely comfortable with lots of pillows and perfectly pressed cotton sheets. The blankets on the bed, super soft themselves, were between sheets so it not only looked beautiful but was even more comfortable.

I am going to try to go into detail about the suite for anyone who hasn't read the descriptions online:

Foyer--a mosaic of Cinderella's Coach is on the floor and consists of over 30,000 tiles, including 3400 24-carat gold and more than 120 white gold pieces which took more than 4 months for 4 craftswomen to complete. We had no idea about this until we got home and read this. We didn't even look at it that closely!

Bed chamber-- 17th century secretary desk from the Netherlands, 2 antique slipper chairs (used by people to put there shoes on), 2 beds with head boards standing 8 ft high with a large C at the top, a "portrait" of Cinderella above the fireplace that turns into a TV, two columns that have the mice characters carved in the top, a huge limestone fireplace that has a fiber obtic fireworks display, and the most incredible floor I have ever seen. The floor sparkled with flecks of maybe gold!?! We were able to choose ambiance , just above the bed, or sleep lighting from one of many keypads. Lots of mirrors. The alarm clock is even in a fabric covered box so that it doesn't disturb the look with its modern look. Not that we needed it because 1) I didn't sleep more than 15 mintes at a time all night from the excitement and 2) Cinderella gave us a wake up call. The speakers on the mantle were disguised in antique looking books on one side and a decorative box on the other. When they turned down our beds they lined up our ears along the mantle, left chocolates wrapped in gold foil with a castle, cards with a glass slipper that said "May all your dreams come true." They also created a glass slipper on a pillow in the bathroom out of wash clothes and ribbon, sprinkled rose petals around the bathroom, and laid out the bath rugs. The movie of Cinderella was playing on both TVs when we walked into our room after dinner. Oh--there was stationary that of course we took with us!!

Parlor--beautiful wood floors, a touch screen to control the mirror that turned into a TV, fridge stocked with drinks, a safe, hidden closets, DVD players and a selection of DVDs, antique spy glass that our little one discovered and my husband noticed her discovering in the knick of time. Tinkerbelle left our daughters a note when she turned down the room and left Mickie and Minnie dream friends along with a signed framed photo of Jasmin, Aladdin and Genie that said "Congratulations Lindsey" since those are her favorite characters.

Bathroom--two copper basins with fixtures that are designed to look like pumps on a well like in the movie when Cinderella is feeding the animals. More mosaics on the walls around the tub made of 30,000 tiles made of Italian smalti glass similar in look to the ones in the castle breezeway at ground level. The lighting allows you to light just the mosaics or just turn on the stars in the ceiling. The stars are actual constellations. The floors and walls of the shower are made of tiny travertine peices that create swirl patterns. The bath products are the ones used at the higher end resorts and are WONDERFUL. The soaps had an "F" on them for the Floridian I guess.

I can't think of much more.

 

[Lauralee131]

Big, heavy sigh....How wonderful!!

Thanks so much for sharing the story and the pictures!! I devoured every bit of it!!

 

[momofdbsdc]

Amazing!!! Thank you sooo much for sharing your experience!!!!

 

[Fantasmic303]

Thanks SO much for sharing all of this with us!!

I'm so happy to see that such a sincere family won it...I mean, my biggest problem with this Suite is that the randomness makes it possible for anyone to win it, and that includes people who wouldn't appreciate it when so many of us cry just hearing about someone ELSE experiencing it!! So I'm really happy to see that you guys drank it in like any good DISer would.


Please share any details that pop into your head, as we're all ready to devour your posts!!

By the way, were you guys planning to go to the P&P party? Or was that a perk of staying in the Castle? What time did you go up into the room? Do they tell you when you need to retire, or do you tell them when you're ready to go?


Keep it coming!!

 

[gogriz]

Thanks SO much for sharing all of this with us!!

I'm so happy to see that such a sincere family won it...I mean, my biggest problem with this Suite is that the randomness makes it possible for anyone to win it, and that includes people who wouldn't appreciate it when so many of us cry just hearing about someone ELSE experiencing it!! So I'm really happy to see that you guys drank it in like any good DISer would.


Please share any details that pop into your head, as we're all ready to devour your posts!!

By the way, were you guys planning to go to the P&P party? Or was that a perk of staying in the Castle? What time did you go up into the room? Do they tell you when you need to retire, or do you tell them when you're ready
to go?

Thanks you for the kind words (to everyone, really)


We had thought about the P&P party while we were planning but just didn't think our little one could stay up late enough for it to be worth the extra expense. Going was just a perk that we got. If we had won on a night the park closed at its regular time I am not sure what would have have gone on in the evening. I am sure they would have returned us to our suite when the P&P party ended but we actually gave up earlier than that.(midnight vs. 12:30)

 

[mommyoftwinfants]

WoW!!!
Congratulations to you and your family.

 

[oybolshoi]

Wow! That's just so wonderful for you and your family - thank you so much for sharing this with us all!

 

[2BusyPlanning]

Congratulaions, yet again! I love that you are updating us with things that you have remembered. I will be checking back often! I can't think of any questions, I am just stunned that a DISer won this early and that we can hear all about it! Thank you very much!

 

[Joan S.]

Hi, CONGRATULATIONS!!! And THANK YOU so much for taking the time to post your experience and pics! In case you could not tell DIS folks(myself included) HANG on every word about the stay in the CASTLE! Truely a ONCE in a LIFETIME experience! Thanks again! Joan

 

[ms_mckenna]

That is soooo awesome! Thank you so much for sharing your day with us! I am so thrilled a diser won so we could all hear about it!

 

[FLSharon]

What a great story! Thanks so much for letting us share your magic. Imagine future trips when you'll be able to look at the castle and remember sleeping there!

 

[eeyore0616]

Congratulations to you and your family on winning such a magical experience!

 

[FLSharon]

I just had another thought...This would be a great story to send to some magazines.. I'm sure they'd love to publish your story while this is still all so new.

And i'm curious, have you been in the local paper?