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An Enchanted Night's Sleep Disney Disney PAID PRSRT STD PRSRT U.S. POSTAGE POSTAGE U.S. Destinations, LLC Destinations, An Enchanted Night’s Sleep Get the inside sneak peek into the NEW Cinderella Castle Suite. You could be a lucky winner! Disney Destinations, LLC PO Box 10045 • Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-0045 ©Disney C7333936 mickey monitor Cinderella Castle Suite 2 her party will begin their dream-come- true night that evening at Cinderella’s Royal Table, the popular restaurant located in Cinderella Castle. Some What’s prizes such as the Cinderella Castle Suite stay require use on day awarded, Inside so mail-in winners will receive a prize Cinderella Castle Suite 1 of comparable value. After the rest of the Magic Kingdom® Passholder Preview 3 Guests have headed home, these lucky Guests can keep the castle Epcot Flower & Garden Festival 4 lights burning brightly well into the night, wrapping themselves in the Disney’s Pirate and cozy comforts of their dream suite, Princess Party 7 replete with rich details befitting a 17th-century fairy tale. The Royal Offers 11 Our castle A magical transformation Amenities Monitor Calendar 14 “The architecture of the castle, the Cinderella story and the suite are The Cinderella Castle Suite is an elegant all interwoven,” said Stephen Silvestri, the Walt Disney Imagineering could be your home mixture of centuries-old details and show producer/director, who is leading a team of designers and 21st-century amenities. According to craftsmen in the dream makeover. Stephen Silvestri, “We want to balance for the night the practical realities within the fantasy It’s a dream a lot of us have had at least once in our lives. “We want our Guests to feel as though they are inside our castle, but place to make the experience truly a Register You’re standing in the middle of Magic Kingdom® Park, staring up also immersed within the fantasy realm of the Cinderella story.” dream-come-true for our Guests.” at Cinderella Castle. Eventually, you begin to wonder what it might Your Email The first thing castle Guests will encounter is the lobby of the for some exciting news! be like to actually spend a night in that magical place. suite, where the fairy-tale pumpkin coach and other Cinderella story A 17th-century-style painting Well, this is no longer a fairy-tale notion. Because now this particular elements are captured in the marble floor inlay and cove walls. above the regal fireplace swings Do we have your email address? away to reveal a modern flat-screen dream can actually come true for some lucky Guests. This time, The suite is made up of a parlor, bedchamber and bathroom off a If not, take a second and register television. it online today. Go to when the clock strikes midnight, the magic won’t end. private marble-floored lobby some four stories above the surrounding disneyworld.com/passholder Magic Kingdom Park. And talk about location. Guests will be treated In the bathroom, hand-decorated Granting a new dream copper basins sit atop the and register your email address. to incredible views of Fantasyland® and Liberty Square. Or if your email has changed, be One of the most exciting parts of The Year of a Million Dreams vanity, recalling a time when sure to update it. celebration is the Disney Dreams Giveaway Inside, regal canopies drape two queen beds tempting Guests fresh water was carried to the bedchamber. promotion, where over a million extra-special with their fluffy feather comforters. Everywhere you look, rich, wood- paneled walls, stained-glass windows, vaulted ceilings and familiar dreams, some thought impossible, are being Need anything? A private butler S E C R E T randomly awarded to eligible Guests and gray castle stone add to the royal accoutrements. While underfoot, a is on call throughout the night to cut-stone bedchamber floor, inspired by the mosaic castle breezeway assist you with any royal whim. mail-in participants. Talk about royal But just recently, a magnificent new dream chambers. The new murals, designed by legendary Disney Imagineer Dorothea Redmond, has been added to the list. Now a Dream Squad suite makes use completes the rich storybook design. look for the of unused space Cast Member might tap a Guest on the shoulder within Cinderella Look up “royal treatment” in the dictionary and you might very well see a picture of this place. and announce that he or she has been invited Castle that was originally envisioned S E C R E T as a special Guest to enjoy a stay that night in as in-Park NO PURCHASE NECESSARY to enter or win in the Disney Dreams Giveaway. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning. Open only to legal residents of 50 U.S., D.C., Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico & UK. Void elsewhere and where prohibited. Giveaway runs October 1, 2006 – December 31, 2007 (mail-in entries postmarked starting the all-new Cinderella Castle Suite. accommodations for Learn secret facts the Disney family. September 18, 2006 & received by January 14, 2008, on a 3.5x5 postcard with complete name, address, daytime phone #, birthdate and proper postage sent to P.O. Box about our new These fortunate Guests are being selected 8629, Elmhurst, IL 60126 USA). Cinderella Castle Suite stay will be awarded most days starting January 25, 2007, will likely be awarded early in the day at the Parks and Downtown Disney ® area in Florida, and will be for a stay that night. Approximate retail value of Cinderella Castle Suite stay is US $587. Prizes range in value from US attractions. randomly early in the day most days. And after the shouts of “I can’t $3.83 to US $83,701. All prize awards are subject to verification. Odds of winning on a given day depend on the number of eligible participants at a selected location or believe it!” have subsided, the Guest and up to five members of his or within the mail-in entry pool for the time or date (as applicable) selected. Subject to official rules (at disneyparks.com/rules). Sponsor: Magic Kingdom Productions, Inc., P.O. Box 10000, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830. For residents of Canada, a mathematical skill-testing question must be correctly answered to win any prize. mickey monitor news 3 4 An Event that Keeps on Growing! The Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival! At the Epcot® Flower & Garden Festival, our green thumb has grown! With sixty days to explore floral fantasies and new ways to discover some gardening fun, you don’t want to miss it! Passholder Previews Is that a pirate ship in the petunias? Arrrgh, Matey, there be pirates in this festival! Guests will see our first-ever pirate ship are Pixar-perfect topiary, full of Disney Characters! Peter Pan, Tink and Captain Hook battle it out amid the shrubbery, while Pirate Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald, Pluto and Princess Minnie One of the great things about being a Disney Passholder Mouse sail the seas bringing floral fantasy to new heights. is being among the first to enjoy new attractions and shows before the general public. And the last few months have You won’t believe your nose. yielded a bumper crop of magical previews! And there’s plenty of room for you to get your hands dirty as well, at the Great American Seven-year Passholder Ronald Covaleski was delighted Gardeners or the Fragrance Garden. And you can experience floral extravaganzas like ® “I didn’t tell my family what was going to to gather his family at Epcot to enjoy The Seas with Nemo never before during themed weekends such as Spring Into Romance and the new happen before the preview, so I could watch & Friends, inspired by Disney•Pixar’s “Finding Nemo.” Easter Weekend. Plus your family can experience the wonders of gardening at Growing the expressions on their faces. We all loved it.” “We were very happy to get in,” Ronald told us. “It’s -Gabriel Aguilar, Sr., Los Angeles, CA Future Gardeners, play with creepy-crawlies in I Dig Bugs, or spot their favorite Disney fantastic. The way they do the interaction with the real Characters during the Characters in Bloom Weekend. fish and the animated fish in the tank was just amazing. I don’t know how they did it, and I don’t care—it was Flower Power Concert Series “This is great. We became just amazing!” at the America Gardens Theatre Dude, can’t we all Passholders in August Passholders also were thrilled when they were and we’ve already got our just sing along? Relax “under the stars” and enjoy music from the invited to enjoy special seatings in December for money’s worth.” Acts from the ’60s and ’70s will rock the ’60s and ’70s at 5:45, 7:00 & 8:15 pm -Joe Rolenc, Orlando, FL the new Finding Nemo—The Musical at Disney’s Park at the Flower Power Concert Series. Animal Kingdom® Theme Park. The whimsical blend of 4/05 – 4/09 Paul Revere and The Raiders Performers including The Turtles, Davy 4/10 – 4/14 Tony Orlando in Concert puppetry, new songs and special effects, also inspired by Jones (no, not the pirate), Peter Noone 4/15 – 4/18 The Buckinghams Disney•Pixar’s “Finding Nemo,” was met with enthusiastic 4/19 – 4/21 The Turtles featuring Flo and Eddie and many other acts will be there! reviews from kids and grownups alike. 4/22 – 4/24 The Box Tops (New) 4/25 – 4/28 The Tokens And of course, you never know when there will be more 4/29 – 5/01 Peter & Gordon (New) The Epcot Flower & Garden Festival Passholder previews and special events in the future, so make 5/02 – 5/03 Jose Feliciano (New) just keeps growing and growing! Make 5/04 – 5/05 Petula Clark (New) sure you’re registered and up-to-date on disneyworld.
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