A rare overnight stay in Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World is again the prize tied to a fundraiser for Give Kids the World Village.

The Cinderella Castle Suite, which looks down onto Magic Kingdom, is a rarely used space that cannot ordinarily be reserved. Amenities include stained-glass windows, limestone fireplace, mosaics and murals, a portrait of Cinderella and a gilded clock stuck at 11:59 p.m.

The top prize includes round-trip airfare, a two-night stay in a deluxe-level Disney resort for up to four people, three-day theme-park tickets, a $500 Disney gift card and breakfast for four at Cinderella's Royal Table. Participants may buy chances for the prize at a rate of $10 per entry, through March 17.

The contest rules offer an option to enter without purchase that involves mailed-in cards. The estimated value of the prize is $9,308.

Monarch migration

Monarch butterflies have an especially uncertain future. That's why you might want to put Natural Habitat Adventure's Kingdom of the Monarch itinerary on your to-do list. Each fall, millions of monarchs make an extraordinary 3,000-mile flight from the United States and Canada to their ancestral breeding grounds in Mexico. Here, they spend the winter and mate before eventually taking flight on their return journey northward in March. Observing this enormous gathering in person is a one-of-a-kind travel experience, says expedition leader Court Whelan. During this annual event, several hundred million monarchs cluster on groves of oyamel trees in an area of only about 12 square miles, Whelan explains. "Watching the butterflies, standing in their midst, is a truly awe-inducing experience."

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