Disney Just Announced a NEW Celebrity Narrator for Candlelight Processional This Year

Disney Just Announced a NEW Celebrity Narrator for Candlelight Processional This Year

🎶It’s tiiime🎶 for the Festival of the Holidays! From November 27th to December 30th, EPCOT will turn into a winter wonderland featuring great food, live entertainment, and TONS of cookies.

Candlelight Processional!

Candlelight Processional is one of the most popular entertainment offerings during the festival, where a celebrity narrator takes the stage with a 51-piece orchestra and choir to tell the Christmas story. Disney just announced that a MAJOR star will be narrating this year!

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Jordan Fisher will be narrating the Candlelight Processional on Friday, November 27th and Saturday, November 28th! Jordan Fisher has acted in Disney movies Turning Red, Teen Beach Movie, and Teen Beach 2. On TV, you might have seen him in Liv and Maddie or Dancing With The Stars. But Disney World fans will recognize his voice as the male singer in “Happily Ever After!”

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Here’s the full up-to-date list of Celebrity Narrators for the Candlelight Processional with the announcement:

  • Nov. 27 & 28 – Jordan Fisher
  • Nov. 29 – Dec. 1 – Gary Sinise
  • Dec. 2 & 3 – Benjamin Bratt (NEW)
  • Dec. 4 & 5 – Whoopi Goldberg
  • Dec. 6 & 7 – Robin Roberts (NEW)
  • Dec. 8 & 9 – Jason Kelce (NEW)
  • Dec. 10 – 12 – Neil Patrick Harris
  • Dec. 13 & 14 – Josh Groban (NEW)
  • Dec. 15 & 16 – Lauren Daigle
  • Dec. 17 – 19 – Ralph Macchio
  • Dec. 20 & 21 – Henry Winkler
  • Dec. 22 & 23 – Lacey Chabert (NEW)
  • Dec. 24 & 25 – Jodi Benson
  • Dec. 26 & 27 – Simu Liu
  • Dec. 28 – 30 – Eva Longoria

Candlelight Processional

Jordan Fisher is a super-popular narrator, so we recommend getting a dining package for a guaranteed seat. With a Candlelight Processional Dining Package, you get guaranteed seating through a special entrance and a full meal at the restaurant of your choice. Choose a reserved seat in the front half of the theater to be even closer to your favorite narrators.

Dining package entrance for EPCOT Festival of the Holidays’ Candlelight Processional

Here are all the prices for each restaurant’s dinner package:

Participating Restaurants Adult (ages 10+) Child (ages 3 to 9) Dining Plan
Akershus Royal Banquet Hall
Norway Pavilion
$87 $59 2 Table-Service Meals
Biergarten Restaurant
Germany Pavilion
$75 $40 1 Table-Service Meal
Chefs de France
France Pavilion
$89 $37 1 Table-Service Meal
Coral Reef Restaurant
The Living Seas
$82 $34 1 Table-Service Meal
Garden Grill Restaurant
The Land Pavilion
$73 – Breakfast

$86 – Lunch/Dinner

$46 – Breakfast

$55 – Lunch/Dinner

1 Table-Service Meal
La Crêperie de Paris
France Pavilion
$59 $31 1 Table-Service Meal
La Hacienda de San Ángel
Mexico Pavilion
$86 $37 1 Table-Service Meal
Le Cellier Steakhouse
Canada Pavilion
$109 $44 2 Table-Service Meals
Nine Dragons Restaurant
China Pavilion
$70 $30 1 Table-Service Meal
Regal Eagle Smokehouse:
Craft Drafts & Barbecue
(Same-Day Dining Packages Only)
American Adventure Pavilion
$43 $26 Not Eligible
Rose & Crown Dining Room
United Kingdom Pavilion
$68 $31 1 Table-Service Meal
Shiki-Sai: Sushi Izakaya
Japan Pavilion
$85 $40 1 Table-Service Meal
Spice Road Table
Morocco Pavilion
$63 $26 1 Table-Service Meal
Teppan Edo
Japan Pavilion
$89 $40 1 Table-Service Meal
Tutto Italia Ristorante
Italy Pavilion
$85 $36 1 Table-Service Meal
Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria
Italy Pavilion
$71 $33 1 Table-Service Meal

It’s time to eat!

We’ll be sure to keep you updated on more Festival of the Holidays news, so stay tuned to Disney Food Blog!

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