The Secret Apartments & Suites Inside Disney Parks

Cinderella’s Castle is known as many things, the centerpiece of the Magic Kingdom, the icon of Walt Disney World and a secret hotel for the influential and those who are extremely lucky. That’s because high up in the castle is a room in which you can stay overnight in Cinderella’s Royal Bedchamber...
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[@m.a195]

So I was actually lucky enough to win a night in the castle suite during the Year of a Million Dreams! It was absolutely amazing. I was in 7th grade, and I was the first person to ride a certain Dumbo after 9:05 in the morning. Cast members approached me when I got off the ride, and told me and my parents that we had won something special. They took us to Pinnochio's Village Haus (this was pre-New Fantasyland, so Dumbo was still close by) and played a portable DVD letting us know we won the castle suite. We were escorted back to our hotel to pack for the night, were grand marshalls in the afternoon parade, got a personal guide around the park, dinner at Cinderella's Royal Table, VIP seats for the nighttime parade and fireworks, and breakfast the next morning at Crystal Palace. The entire experience was surreal.

[@tacovids]

That sounds so cool

[@geensloth911]

That must have been amazing! Were you able to leave the castle and walk around the park? Could you get food somehow? Cheers!

[@m.a195]

@@geensloth911 We spent a few hours in the suite after initially winning and then went back out to enjoy the park. We didn't go back up until after the fireworks and I don't think we would have been allowed to leave since the park was closing. There was a phone to the front desk and I imagine they could have brought us food, but we didn't use it. Though there was a solid white chocolate Cinderella's pumpkin carriage filled with chocolate dipped strawberries waiting for us when we entered the room after the fireworks!

[@BobbieXxoo]

That's truly amazing! Wow! ❤️

[@kenneths8241]

Life goals!

[@tonysands6139]

I won a contest back in 2013 with our local television station it was a trip to Disneyland,staying at Grand California,park passes for four days and the stay one night in the dream suite it was amazing to many photos,souvenirs and a tour of the park after it was closed for the night.

[@douglasvitrano]

Sooooo Jealous

[@dlfendel2844]

Before they made it into the Dream Suite, the apartment over Pirates was the Disney Gallery--a wonderful art gallery of limited edition art by Disney masters and special exhibits, signings by imagineers, etc. etc. They also had a special dessert seating on the balcony to watch Fantasmic. I was there often.

[@LatinFratGuy1]

I miss the Disney gallery there it was awesome :)

[@kakauling]

Until they realized they could make money from the balcony, some of us passholders figured it out and used it to view Fantasmic. Then, it became a VIP viewing spot. You could get on a list and get a spot there if no VIPs were interested. Then --they switched to selling spots on the balcony. (Not worth it, though the balcony in Club 33 was a great spot, too, if you were lucky enough to have the opportunity to dine there.)

[@hiridavidfeign]

When I visited Disneyland in 1976, my uncle had reserved a secret room that's between the Plaza Inn and the entrance to Tomorrowland. It's right next to the restrooms on the Main Street side. It had a sofa, chairs, and a sink with glasses, and I think a little refrigerator. It was pretty small, but still cool to be there. I assume they still use that room for business clients to have a private getaway.

[@fabrisseterbrugghe8567]

I always wanted to stay in the Swiss Family Robinson tree house.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

The Cinderella Castle Suite is my dream hotel room. Wish I could live there. I'm sure Walt would've liked it up there

[@douglasvitrano]

Omaze.com is doing a contest of it right now!!

[@user-kh4ut1lq7z]

This is 8643 from Cinderella Castle Suite Hotel Room

[@iveywood4326]

My best friend did the 21 Royal experience for her birthday and it was amazing. The food was incredible, the staff was super nice. You get butlers the whole time you’re in there. And we got to see all the special touches in each room in person. The staff wouldn’t tell us where each button for the effects were was so part of the fun was running around in our dresses and heels trying to find them. Despite being right above Pirates, the patio is very quiet. There’s “fireflies” in the trees which is the same effect for the fireflies in pirates, and it was really cool being able to walk up to them and see how it’s done. The view for Fantasmic was perfect and we got to sit in comfy patio furniture with tea and hot chocolate. At the end they give you a gift bag and one of the things inside is a trading pin you can only get by doing 21 Royal. By the end of the night, you will have bonded with the staff so much, it will become hard to say goodbye to them and go back to your hotel. I probably won’t get to but I’d give anything to do it again.

[@ThemeParkAcademy]

Super informative video, and the background music works really well with it. The history about Walt’s desk is especially fun... it’s interesting to think about him doing work up there. :-) The pictures are a fantastic throwback, too!

[@secondstartotheright]

My wife and I are the first couple EVER to have wedding photos in the dream suite

[@Spiderific]

Wow that's awesome! How did you pull that off, if you don't mind me asking?

[@secondstartotheright]

@@Spiderific we had a wedding planner from Disney, she couldn't get us the dream suite for the night but, she did get us a privet tour and photos in it. She also got us the big thunder suite for 2 nights. We were married in the morning infant of the castle before the park opened. They had to repave the mainstream trolly tracks so they changed the formula of the cement to cure in time for the crystal carriage for our wedding.

[@Spiderific]

@@secondstartotheright Wow that sounds really magical. I hope it was everything you dreamed and more.

[@secondstartotheright]

@@Spiderific ya and was surprisingly less than I thought it would cost

[@bluemilk4909]

What a flex lol

[@jamiemarsh8826]

The Disneyland Dream Suites spent several years as the Disneyland Gallery, featuring high end art and a location for author signings. The Gallery featured the beautiful balcony overlooking the Rivers of America and was the location for VIP viewing and dessert events for Fantasmic! It was remarkably quiet and empty during large sections of the day, and a greT place to just sit and chill.

[@DavidDMZ927]

Walt, and his family moved from Loz Feliz, to their much larger home (Walt would have his model train here) in Holmby Hills in 1950. About 5 years before the grand opening of Disneyland.

[@adamlemus7585]

I’ve been in the Royal Suite. In the late 90’s they used it as a walk they gallery with a bunch of Disney artifacts. Had no idea what it was till years later

[@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices]

The Dream Suite was never meant to be Walt's Florida apartment. It was always just empty space that the Imagineers wanted to put to good use. Sort of like how Walt wanted to turn the empty space in Sleeping beauty Castle into something, resulting in the Castle Walkthrough.

[@gregnulik1975]

I'd just like a couple weeks at disneyworld and a trouble-free travel experience, thank you.

[@richarddavis4954]

Great work as usual, really enjoy these behind the scenes videos

[@g.h7657]

Its a dream of mine to be able to stay in these suites for a few days each. live inside the disney magic for a short while. Too bad im not a famous or rich person haha. Great video.

[@BobbieXxoo]

I can't imagine being able to stay overnight in the magic Kingdom! If only I was a long lost grandkid of Walt's! Hahaha. I think it's quite sad Walt's family didn't continue w his legacy n stay in the apartments he had built for them to be together as family! I lost my Mom in '07 n I love going places that I feel close to her! I love Disneyland! I'd love to go there again!

[@slopesgameroom]

My wife and I had a tour inside Walt's room above the fireplace

[@AndrewSmoot]

Interesting tidbit, at least one cast member believes that Katy Perry's whitening toothpaste ruined the copper sink in Cinderella Castle in Disney World.

[@MissMyMusicAddiction]

In the back of the China pavilion in EPCOT, there is a door that is labeled "Hotel", and I believe in France there is one labeled "Hostel". I think it would be glorious to get to stay in either pavilion.

[@Joypyf]

Enjoyed this!

[@DavidinSLO]

1:27 Correction: Walt Disney had moved from his Los Feliz home long before Disneyland's construction and operation. He and his family had moved to a larger home in Homby Hills (located just north of Sunset Blvd in between Bel Air and Beverly Hills) in 1950.

[@weareorigin]

$50,000 dining experience, guess I'll keep on dreaming.

[@lordbison]

Next @ Disney: Orgies of The Rich & Famous @ Disney Theme Parks!

[@TheRManProds]

I so want to Live in that Castle!

[@danielmurciarius3634]

It would be amazing to stay one night at the castle suite

[@ralelunar]

For the price of spending a night in the Royal Bedchamber, it should come with Cinderella herself for the night

[@SWIFTO_SCYTHE]

:) best i can do is watch youtubers like Justin Scarred stay in these hidden or rare guest rooms like Princess diana or michael jackson's suites.

[@sliderx1897]

Justin is my buddy hes super tall

[@loveycat5474]

The dream suite was once a gallery of Disney art and the history of Disneyland. There was a painting above the fireplace that showed how the apartment would have looked like if it was completed for Disney. Also I remember seeing the fire pole in the firehouse on Main Street as a child in the 1970s. It was not boarded up. But years later in my teens I found it missing and I heard about an adult trying to get inside the apartment to have a look before tours were being given for a fee of the apartment.🏰🏰

[@Mike__B]

Disney Dream Suites... made for those who have enough money/fame that they can get a "dream suite" anywhere they want. Way to go Disney!

[@largol33t1]

Um, you can't pay for these. Disney's snobby management have to let you stay there first.

[@zl2071]

Does the castle have plumbing I need to know before I book

[@milmil5350]

You said apartments not hotel -- I thought people actually lived there

[@mbn4055]

i wish to the room by night in the Grand Suite Tour from Grand Floridian Resort & Spa by Walt Disney World

[@TheRManProds]

LOL Not So Secret Now!

[@depressedtrashpanda4827]

So the park shut down at night. 3am all alone except for cleaning stafg... creepy

[@cybercats2823]

I would have cried to have stayed in there and they tore it down.. for a super expensive restaurant.... still i guess there's still disney world

[@rebekahbridges-tervydis5054]

I am starting to dislike Disney. Hen my children realize they aren’t equal toe everyone at Disney? Well, the magic is tarnished.

[@ZontarDow]

Not so secret now is it?

[@tomharris5169]

$15,000! How?? Why??

[@anonkneemouse]

Salon...not Saloon. Lol

[@Meira750]

British pronounciation is saloon.

[@vickireynolds4055]

I agree that some "ordinary" people should get the chance of a lifetime to stay in that suite! Not save it for a celebrity. It would be perfect for Make-A-Wish, or an unsuspecting family who maybe broke the piggy banks to take the trip! Not a celebrity or athlete who could buy a hotel. Somebody who would appreciate it.🇺🇸😷

[@yotsubafanfan]

I agree. The Cinderella castle should be given to Make a wish recipients. I mean that would be the ultimate wish come true. Although I'd much rather have Walt's Disneyland apartment.

[@rocketraccoon1976]

The castle suite looks more like a claustrophobic prison to me. Opaque unopenable windows + small + ever-present guard at the entrance = prison. 😒

[@Meira750]

As soon as I heard a "cast member" is there to keep you from wandering, that's exactly what I thought.

[@magicmyth2635]

what a waste the first soo was beautiful i wish they just stay of it it instead of making it a stupid restaurant what a shame. love the cinderalla sweet althought i find it a bit sad that you have to be someone ridiculously famous to stay in it? it just doesnt fit Walt disney mindset. :(

[@AndreyRubtsovRU]

I cant get all the comments here. People (mostly americans) are really oversold on this

[@MrMelgibstein]

Creepy

[@calotono]

No 4K? It’s almost 2020, come on.

[@RyanM7532]

Dumb request, I bet none of the clips sourced for this video were even in 4K plus its a small channel. Entitled are we?

[@danopticon]

I was the third-ever guest at Cinderella’s castle suite, and she even let me come in her back door. It must get lonely up there.

[@astraviil3043]

Dear parents! Let the kids choose their favourite Disney Parks souvenirs!!! When the kids are very good, then they deserve more souvenirs. Every good behaviour kid should have 1-2 bags of Disney Parks souvenirs: plush toys, toys, mini figures, bubble blower, Mickey ears, t-shirts, jacket, drinking bottle, and some pins or magnets and etc. Please buy only those Disney Parks souvenirs, what the kids very want!!!! I know many Disney souvenirs are very expensive, but when the kids are very good all the times, then sometimes they deserve these things!!! Please be kind parents and make Your kids very happy with these Disney Parks souvenirs, what the kids have chosen and don’t say NO all the times, when the kids very deserves those Disney Parks souvenirs for good behaviour!!!

[@harrykuheim6107]

Walt was the kinda' Guy that Made America Great ...now Democrats Demonize him as a Heartless Capitalist.... Sound familiar?... BUCK FIDEN 2020