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Candlelight Processional

Candlelight Processional

An Attraction in EPCOT

Last updated: September 20, 2025

This attraction is open seasonally.
At a Glance

Held in the America Gardens Theatre, this holiday season show tells the Christmas story through music and words, presented three times every night from the day after Thanksgiving through December 30. The Processional features a live choir and orchestra, along with a celebrity narrator.

Celebrity narrators vary year-to-year. Here is the list announced for 2025:

  • Constance Wu on November 28-29
  • Jordan Fisher on November 30-December 2
  • Jennifer Garner December 3-4
  • Ashley Eckstein December 5-6
  • Ralph Macchio on December 7-8
  • Leslie Uggams on December 9-10
  • Marlee Matlin on December 11-13
  • Henry Winkler December 14-15
  • Lauren Daigle December 16-17
  • Gary Sinise on December 18-19
  • Brendan Fraser on December 20-22
  • Luis Fonsi on December 23-24
  • Joel Smallbone on December 25-26
  • Brie Larson on December 27-28
  • Sheryl Lee Ralph on December 29-30
Guest Overall Rating
Teens
Young Adults
Over 30
Seniors
Location
World Showcase in EPCOT
Duration
40 min
Rider Switch?
No
Minimum Height
None
Queues
  • Standby
Accessibility
  • May Remain in Wheelchair/ECV
  • Sign Language

Touring Tips

Early Theme Park Entry?
No
Extended Evening Theme Park Hours?
No
Weekday shows (other than around Thanksgiving and the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve) and shows with unpopular narrators tend to have lower crowds. To guarantee yourself a seat, get in line very early or purchase a Candlelight Processional Dinner Package. Many people purchase the Dinner Package, so you still need to line up early (60+ minutes) if you want a close-in seat. If you wait in the standby line and don't get in, note that you can hear the beautiful music just fine in the plaza in front of the American Adventure building.

Disney offers Candlelight Processional Dinner Packages at certain World Showcase restaurants. For a fixed price, guests receive a meal and a ticket for preferred admission to a specific Candlelight Processional show on the day of the meal.

Disney starts filling the theater with dinner package guests, who form a line on the Japan side of the theater. Once those guests have been seated, Disney admits people from the normal standby line, which forms on the Italy side of the theater.

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