From latimes.com:
Starting Thursday, Disneyland plans to award free overnight stays in the $3-million Dream Suite, once intended as Walt Disney’s private apartment.
During an exclusive tour last week, computer technicians armed with laptops continued to fine-tune and debug the extensive electronic surprises planned for almost every room of the 2,600-square-foot suite.
Each room of the two-bedroom, two-bathroom suite corresponds to a land in the Anaheim theme park:
* Front parlor — French provincial décor in blues and golds representing New Orleans Square.
* Master bedroom — Victorian era décor in aqua and forest green with a starscape ceiling and an Adventureland theme.* Master bathroom — Fantasyland theme with a replica Tiffany window over the bathtub inspired by “Sleeping Beauty.”
* Children’s bedroom — Frontierland theme in burgundy and gold features a model train that circles the room at bedtime.
* Children’s bathroom — themed to Main Street U.S.A.
* Central courtyard — electronic fireflies inhabit the trees.
* Patio balcony — overlooks the Rivers of America with an incomparable view of the Fantasmic nighttime show.The random winner of the $594 Dream Suite prize will be selected at a time and location in the park that changes daily.
Winners and their family check in at 3 p.m., receive a complimentary dinner at the Blue Bayou (not the exclusive Club 33 restaurant next door to the suite), serve as grand marshals of the day’s parade and take a two-hour after-hours tour of the park.
Mice Age columnist Al Lutz tagged the price for the suite at $3 million, which begs the obvious question: What will Disney do with the in-park perk after the $13-million Year of a Million Dreams contest ends later in 2008?
Might Mickey dole out the comp to VIPs and celebrities or let the luxury digs to the highest bidder? Similar presidential suites at the Disneyland Hotel and Disney’s Grand Californian go for $2,625 to $4,980 per night (pre-tax).
