Walt Disney World guests can start booking their Candlelight Processional Dining Packages. This is great for you early planners since the event starts the night after Thanksgiving (November 28) and runs through December 30.
Disney Parks Blog has also shared a partial list of celebrity narrators including Candlelight veterans Whoopi Goldberg and Jodi Benson, and two fabulous new narrators – Academy-Award-winning actress Sharon Stone and Saturday Night Live alum Ana Gasteyer.
For those unfamiliar with the event, it’s a gorgeous re-telling of the Christmas story with a celebrity narrator each night and seasonal music from a massed choir and huge orchestra. The event started at Disneyland park in the 1958 with Walt Disney himself. At Walt Disney World Resort, it’s presented at the America Gardens Theater at Epcot, a beautiful venue, especially when all decked out for the holidays.
Here is a partial list of celebrity narrators:
- Jodi Benson – 11/28 – 11/29
- TBD – 11/30 – 12/2
- TBD – 12/3 – 12/4
- Whoopi Goldberg – 12/5 – 12/6
- TBD – 12/7* – 12/8
- TBD – 12/9 – 12/11
- TBD – 12/12 – 12/14
- Sharon Stone (New) – 12/15 – 12/17
- Ana Gasteyer (New) – 12/18 – 12/20
- Marlee Matlin – 12/21 – 12/23
- TBD – 12/24 – 12/25
- TBD – 12/26 – 12/27
- Steven Curtis Chapman – 12/28 – 12/30
Narrators are subject to change without notice. – Show Times are at 5 p.m., 6:45 p.m. & 8:15 p.m. each night. *Show Times on December 7 are 6:45 p.m. & 8:15 p.m. only
Candlelight Processional Dining Packages, available on select days, start at $35 for lunch and $50 for dinner for adults, include a delicious meal at an Epcot restaurant and a guaranteed seat for one of the Candlelight Processional performances and pre-arranged fireworks viewing. Note: Availability is limited.
Contact your Kingdom Magic Travel Planner for more information.
