“How a lot does an evening inside Cinderella Citadel Suite value?” That’s a surprisingly widespread query from readers who’ve seen photographs from inside Walt Disney World’s most lavish “lodge” room. This solutions that, with the sale worth a uncommon 1-night keep in Magic Kingdom’s Cinderella Citadel Suite. We’ll cowl how this room works and is used, and what further magical extras the suite keep consists of. (Up to date December 1, 2024.)
We’ve been contained in the Cinderella Citadel Suite in Magic Kingdom twice, and it’s unimaginable–undoubtedly the best lodging (in the event you may even name it that) at Walt Disney World. Each inch of the opulent lodging is meticulously detailed and thoughtfully themed. Like its namesake, the Cinderella Citadel Suite is match for royalty, with regal consideration to element and lavish flourishings in all places you look.
Not solely that, however the design is extremely intelligent. It showcases Imagineering on the prime of its design recreation. House within the is suite utilized brilliantly, remodeling what’s in actuality a fairly small house into one thing that feels extravagant. For these followers who bemoan who lodge rooms at Walt Disney World have gotten generic and unthemed…that is the precise reverse of that.
Designed to resemble a seventeenth century French chateau, the ornately-decorated Cinderella Citadel Suite options glowing stained glass home windows, coffered ceilings, an vintage limestone fire topped with a ‘magical’ portrait of Cinderella, elaborate mosaics and murals, and opulent furnishings match for a princess or prince. Naturally, the Cinderella Citadel Suite additionally incorporates a gilded clock caught completely at 11:59 p.m., since Cinderella’s magic spell ended at midnight.
For any followers who complain that Imagineering is incapable of doing lodge rooms and solely makes bland and generic designs, that is the most effective counterpoint. All it’s a must to do is improve your lodging to inside Magic Kingdom’s icon. Shouldn’t value an excessive amount of greater than a keep at All Star Sports activities, proper?!
For these unfamiliar with it, the Cinderella Citadel Suite is a comparatively current addition that’s not practically as outdated because the 50+ yr outdated centerpiece of Magic Kingdom. The suite opened in January 2007, and was created to function a every day prize for randomly chosen friends through the Yr of a Million Goals.
Previous to that, it was a utilitarian backstage space for storing; earlier than that, Walt Disney World cellphone operators used it as a workspace. (Speak in regards to the final workplace!) The Cinderella Citadel Suite is seldom used as of late, save for giveaways or when celebrities like Mariah Carey or Tom Cruise make a particular go to.
Actually, we haven’t heard something about celeb stays or giveaways within the Cinderella Citadel Suite for the many of the final 4 years. In immediately’s period of social media, we’d most likely have a fairly good thought if The Rock, Ryan Gosling, Blake Energetic, or different Disney-obsessed celebrities (or frequent movie stars) not too long ago had the prospect to spend the night time in Cinderella Citadel.
The most important exception to that was a sequence of sweepstakes for Solid Members as a part of the “Magic Backstage” program a few years in the past. There have additionally been auctions and sweepstakes for most of the people, principally of the charitable selection, within the final a number of years.
As for the price of a keep in Cinderella Citadel Suite, let’s break down the varied sweepstakes and their said values, from which we are able to reverse engineer the price or approximate retail worth of a keep within the Cinderella Citadel Suite from Walt Disney World’s perspective.
In 2024, Disney Trip Membership provided the prospect for one fortunate winner and 4 friends to take pleasure in a once-in-a-lifetime Magical Celebration Trip Bundle that includes a one-night keep within the Cinderella Citadel Suite, as a part of its “Keep Magical” sweepstakes.
The approximate retail worth of your entire trip package deal is $15,488.65. We are able to take the recognized approximate prices of all the things else within the package deal, take away these from the equation, and provide you with an ballpark “worth” for an evening within the Cinderella Citadel Suite. The full of the opposite package deal parts is $8,895 to $12,845.
That’s an enormous vary, however that’s the character of the beast given variations in airfare and celebration measurement. Walt Disney World can’t assign a variety to the worth, they want a particular worth. Nonetheless, from that we are able to conclude that Walt Disney World considers the approximate retail worth of 1 night time within the Cinderella Citadel Suite to be between $2,643 and $6,593.
Previous to this, there was a fundraiser for Give Youngsters the World, which is a large trigger that’s greater than deserving your help. (A little bit of an apart, however we strongly imagine within the group’s mission, and have been moved by our visits to the Village. We’ve requested readers to help Give Youngsters the World with previous fundraising initiatives, and would encourage you to recollect the group on Giving Tuesday.)
For that fundraiser, the approximate retail worth of the holiday package deal was listed as $9,308. As soon as once more, we took the recognized approximate prices of all the things else within the package deal, eliminated these, and got here up with an ballpark “worth” for an evening within the Cinderella Citadel Suite. In that case, the full of all the things else was $2,917 to $5,898.
That places the approximate retail worth of 1 night time within the Cinderella Citadel Suite to be round $3,410 to $6,391. Not that far off from the earlier giveaway! We’ve really seen just a few different giveaways/sweepstakes/fundraisers for the Cinderella Citadel Suite, and most fall within the $4,000 to $6,500 vary. If I needed to ascribe a particular approximate retail worth to the Cinderella Citadel Suite primarily based on the combination of those, it’d be proper round $6,000.
It’s price mentioning that the approximate retail worth is an imperfect measure of the Cinderella Citadel Suite’s worth or potential value have been it made bookable. Walt Disney World is aware of the precise worth of the opposite parts, as costs are set at market charges primarily based on what friends can pay.
That’s not the case with the Cinderella Citadel Suite, since friends can not merely shell out $X for a keep. So the price of the Cinderella Citadel Suite in these is considerably arbitrarily set for the sake of the competition and authorized compliance. It’s all however sure that if the Cinderella Citadel Suite have been bookable, the free market would set its worth at a a lot, a lot greater stage.
We’re pretty assured of this primarily based on its exclusivity, attraction, and pricing patterns of different suites round Walt Disney World. And likewise as a result of there was an precise public sale just a few years again that kind of did precisely this–discovered the precise worth of the Cinderella Citadel Suite that individuals have been keen to pay. This occurred as a part of an public sale by ESPN throughout V Week.
As with the aforementioned giveaways, that public sale was not only for a single night time in Cinderella Citadel Suite. It additionally included a trip package deal for 3 nights and 4 days at Walt Disney World, with airfare, floor transfers, customary lodging, park tickets, a present card, VIP tour information, and keep contained in the Cinderella Citadel Suite.
An important two issues are that the estimated retail worth of the holiday package deal is $10,644.80, which is the estimated worth of the entire Walt Disney World trip package deal add-ons. Which means we might kind of take the ultimate profitable bid and subtract $10,644 to find out the per night time truthful market worth of an evening in Cinderella Citadel Suite by itself.
With that mentioned, this finally a “for enjoyable” train to reply the age outdated query of “how a lot is an evening within the Cinderella Citadel Suite price?” Surely, it gained’t even be capable of present a definitive reply. For one, this goes to charity, so bidders is likely to be extra beneficiant than if the only real beneficiary have been Disney.
For one more factor, there’s the matter of shortage. To my data, that is the primary time because the Cinderella Citadel Suite opened that you may purchase your manner into it. There’s doubtless numerous demand and disposable wealth that might evaporate rapidly if the Cinderella Citadel Suite have been accessible to be booked twelve months per yr.
Previous to the public sale ending, my prediction was that the profitable bid could be $64,499.49.
That’s an obscene sum of money, however there are many extremely prosperous Disney followers keen to blow their cash. After all, if the Lopez brothers and John Stamos caught wind of this, it might’ve resulted in a six-figures bidding battle!
Ultimately, there have been 114 bids positioned on the Cinderella Citadel Suite public sale and the winner paid $75,600 (plus $7.75 for delivery…for some purpose). Not too far off from our authentic guess!
We’re guessing that if an evening within the Cinderella Citadel Suite have been auctioned off each single day, the common worth would drop significantly beneath that…however nonetheless doubtless above $10,000. In any case, there are suites on the Grand Floridian and 4 Seasons Orlando that fetch practically that nightly fee!
On condition that, it’d most likely promote for between $15,000 and $20,000 per night time. Once more, which may appear obscene and unlikely, particularly after Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser failed spectacularly at decrease costs, however there are a pair issues to think about.
First, Starcruiser had extra room stock. Only some voyages would quantity to your entire yr of availability for the Cinderella Citadel Suite. This alone is a giant distinction, as restricted provide and exclusivity are enormous promoting factors for the suite. (To not point out it being the one lodge room inside a theme park at Walt Disney World, however that’s a part of the exclusivity!)
Second, Starcruiser was rather more area of interest. In the event you’re a rich funding banker or no matter taking their children for a rite-of-passage Walt Disney World journey, you’re going to be rather more within the Cinderella Citadel Suite than Star Wars cosplaying. The suite has cachet and bragging rights even amongst non-fans, whereas Starcruiser primarily appealed to weirdos (I say that lovingly, as a weirdo) and never the rich.
Obscene because it might sound, I don’t assume Walt Disney World would have any issue discovering 365 superfans or wealthy individuals every year keen to shell out $20,000 for an evening inside Cinderella Citadel. Given the extensive attraction of such an expertise, the market fee may find yourself being even greater, who is aware of!
If you wish to see extra glimpses of the rooms contained in the suite, take a look at our Cinderella Citadel Suite Photograph Tour submit (that loo is past perception!).
In that, we cowl why it’s not lifelike for Walt Disney World to make use of this on a nightly foundation for Make a Want households and even money bookings. Nonetheless, it feels virtually felony that it simply sits empty most nights.
It’d be cool if there have been a extra egalitarian method to Walt Disney World providing nights within the Cinderella Citadel Suite regularly, such because the random giveaways like through the Yr of a Million Goals. It was all the time extremely thrilling to see somebody who was randomly chosen return from their journey and submit about it. You couldn’t assist however really feel joyful for the winners, albeit with only a bit of good-natured jealousy.
With Walt Disney World probably not having something occur in 2025, and Epic Universe opening simply down the highway, it will be an awesome alternative to revive the Yr of a Million Goals or one other formidable advertising and marketing marketing campaign that might get individuals enthusiastic about visiting Walt Disney World once more. Few prizes are fairly as thrilling as an evening within the Cinderella Citadel Suite!
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