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Candlelight Processional

Candlelight Processional

An Attraction in EPCOT

Last updated: September 4, 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 of 2024 presenters:

  • Josh Gad: November 29-30
  • Nico Santo: December 1-2
  • Chrissy Metz: December 3-5
  • Whoopi Goldberg: December 6-7
  • Tituss Burgess: December 8-10
  • Brendan Fraser: December 11-12
  • Ralph Macchio: December 13-14
  • Gary Sinise: December 15-16
  • Neil Patrick Harris: December 17-18
  • Pat Sajak: December 19-21
  • Gloria Estefan: December 22-23
  • Edward James Olmos: December 24-26
  • Sterling K. Brown: December 27-28
  • Jodi Benson: 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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