A $10 donation buys 100 entries to win a night inside Cinderella Castle, with the money going to Give Kids The World. The prize is valued at $17,708, and about $10,000 of that is airfare.
Disney World won't sell you a night in the Cinderella Castle Suite, but a charity sweepstakes will give one away. Entries close Saturday, Nov. 14, at 11:59:59 p.m. Pacific, Disney Tourist Blog reported Nov. 7.
Money raised goes to Give Kids The World Village, the Kissimmee nonprofit resort that gives free weeklong vacations to kids with critical illnesses and their families. The charity links to the contest from its own homepage.
This isn't a brand-new contest. It launched in mid-July, WDW News Today reported at the time, and Disney Tourist Blog circled back because the deadline is close. The winner is set to be drawn on or about Monday, Nov. 16.
The winning trip has to happen by Nov. 15, 2027, so the castle night lands sometime in the next year.
Here's a look inside the Cinderella Castle Suite:
How do you enter the Cinderella Castle Suite sweepstakes?
Entries run through royaldreamcometrue.com, which forwards to the Prizeo fundraising page. The more you donate, the more entries you get, per Disney Tourist Blog:
$10: 100 entries
$25: 250 entries
$50: 600 entries (500 plus 100 bonus)
$100: 1,000 entries
$250 or more: 2,500 entries
Each person tops out at 5,000 entries, Mickey Visit reported. There's also a free way in, through Prizeo's digital free entry form. Disney Tourist Blog said the free option mostly exists for legal reasons and nudged readers to donate.
Who can enter? The coverage we found didn't spell out age or residency limits, so read Prizeo's official rules before you donate. The Make-A-Wish version that ended in February required entrants to be 18 or older, for example.
What does the Cinderella Castle Suite prize include?
The package is called "A Royal Dream Come True." One winner and up to three guests get:
One night in the Cinderella Castle Suite for up to four people
Breakfast at Cinderella's Royal Table
Two nights in a standard room at a Disney Deluxe Resort hotel
Up to four 3-day Park Hopper tickets
A $500 Disney gift card
Domestic round-trip coach airfare for up to four
Blackout dates apply. Winners request dates 90 days ahead and confirm 45 days before arrival. Check-in is 4 p.m., and checkout is a brisk 9 a.m. Cinderella only had to be out by midnight, so call it a wash.
Disney Tourist Blog lists the actual retail value at $17,708, with about $10,000 of that in airfare. The Make-A-Wish contest that closed Feb. 4 listed $11,708, with $4,000 for airfare.
Do the math and the Disney part of both prizes comes to the same $7,708. The airfare estimate is what got the glow-up.
What's inside the Cinderella Castle Suite?
Disney built the suite for its Year of a Million Dreams promotion, which ran from late 2006 through 2008 and gave away 307 one-night stays, WDW News Today reported. Disney doesn't take reservations for it. Getting in usually takes a contest or an invitation.
Here's what WDWNT says is inside:
A floor mosaic of Cinderella's carriage made of more than 30,000 tiles
Two queen beds under Cinderella's royal crest, next to stained-glass windows
A limestone fireplace with fiber-optic "fire"
A portrait of Cinderella over the fireplace that's actually a TV
A soaking tub with mosaics on three sides, under a ceiling of stars
A clock that never strikes midnight
Have there been other Cinderella Castle Suite contests?
Yes, and they keep coming. Give Kids The World ran one that closed March 17, 2025, with a prize valued at $9,308. Make-A-Wish, Charitybuzz and Dude Perfect ran the one that closed Feb. 4, 2026.
That makes this summer's launch at least the third castle contest in about 18 months. Disney Tourist Blog noted Give Kids The World holds a 99 out of 100 score on Charity Navigator.
Give Kids The World says it has hosted more than 205,000 families since 1986, from all 50 states and 77 countries.
Article compiled and written by Kambrea Pratt (editor-in-chief), Derek Gibbs (beat editor) and the Pirates & Princesses newsroom. Pirates & Princesses is part of WebReef Media.
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Hat Tips:
Disney Tourist Blog (Nov. 7, 2026), the deadline, entry tiers, prize details, travel rules and retail value
WDW News Today (July 14, 2026), the July launch, free entry form and drawing date
WDW News Today (Jan. 29, 2026), Cinderella Castle Suite history and features
Mickey Visit (July 14, 2026), the 5,000-entry cap and Nov. 14 close
Disney Tourist Blog (Feb. 4, 2025, and Oct. 5, 2025), earlier contests and their retail values
Everything Mouse (2025), the 18-and-older rule on the Make-A-Wish contest
Give Kids The World (Nov. 7, 2026), the charity's contest link and background
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