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Candlelight Processional Celebrity Narrator and Dining Package List for 2025

Posted on September 18th, 2025

| Mealtrip

Candlelight Processional Celebrity Narrator and Dining Package List for 2025

The Candlelight Processional is a holiday tradition at Epcot that takes place during the park's Festival of the Holidays (specifically, from November 28 through December 30, 2025). It's a full-scale 40-ish minute production where a celebrity narrator tells the story of Christmas — recounting the biblical tale of a savior born in Bethlehem. The production features a 50-piece orchestra and a large choir.

This very popular annual show takes place nightly at 5:00 PM, 6:45 PM and 8:15 PM at the America Gardens Theatre at Epcot.

The Candlelight Processional 2025 Narrator List

The following celebrity lineup will lend their talents to the performance (click on the little bio card to look up the celebrity)...

Constance Wu (bio )
November 28 and 29, 2025 (Friday and Saturday)
Jordan Fisher (bio )
November 30, December 1 and 2, 2025 (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday)
Jennifer Garner (bio )
December 3 and 4, 2025 (Wednesday and Thursday)
Ashley Eckstein (bio )
December 5 and 6, 2025 (Friday and Saturday)
Ralph Macchio (bio )
December 7 and 8, 2025 (Sunday and Monday)
Leslie Uggams (bio )
December 9 and 10, 2025 (Tuesday and Wednesday)
Marlee Matlin (bio )
December 11, 12 and 13, 2025 (Thursday, Friday and Saturday)
Henry Winkler (bio )
December 14 and 15, 2025 (Sunday and Monday)
Lauren Daigle (bio )
December 16 and 17, 2025 (Tuesday and Wednesday)
Gary Sinise (bio )
December 18 and 19, 2025 (Thursday and Friday)
Brendan Fraser (bio )
December 20, 21 and 22, 2025 (Saturday, Sunday and Monday)
Luis Fonsi (bio )
December 23 and 24, 2025 (Tuesday and Wednesday)
Joel Smallbone (bio )
December 25 and 26, 2025 (Thursday and Friday)
Brie Larson (bio )
December 27 and 28, 2025 (Saturday and Sunday)
Sheryl Lee Ralph (bio )
December 29 and 30, 2025 (Saturday and Sunday)

(Celebrity narrators, dates and other entertainment are subject to change or cancellation without notice.)

Dining Packages

Technically, the Candlelight Processional is seated on a first-come, first-served basis. However, guests that have purchased a "Candlelight Processional Dining Package" get to wait in a special line on the side of the American Gardens Theater, while guests that did not purchase a dining package have to wait on the opposite side of the theater.

Before show time, all of the Candlelight Processional Dining Package guests are let into the theater first. Once all of the dining package guests are seated — any other guests in the "stand by" line are let in. Since capacity is limited, just getting into the "stand by" line, does not guarantee you'll get into the theatre to see the show on any given night. Guests that have purchased the Dining Package are guaranteed a seat.

Dining Packages and Prices

There are a total of 16 restaurants at Epcot offering Candlelight Processional Dining Packages for the 2025 season ... 15 of those restaurants advise guests to place advanced reservations. Each package includes:

An entrée and dessert or one (1) full buffet (where applicable).
At Spice Road Table, Candlelight Processional Dining Package guest will recieve 2 small plates and one nonalcoholic beverage per person, plus a shared tagine and a shared dessert platter (sized for your party).
One (1) guaranteed seat per person to the Candlelight Processional held on the same day.

Remember — these prices are before tax and gratuity, so the actual out-of-pocket cost is going to be higher than what's published, based on the manditory sales tax, and whatever you tip your server.

We use Garden Grill as a measuring stick, because their Candlelight Dining Package has included one buffet entitlement and one beverage — which has remained the same from 2021-2025, even though the pricing has not remained the same.

Booking for the Candlelight Processional Dining Packages – opens on October 14th, 2025.

Candlelight Dining Package Restaurants for 2025

Biergarten Restaurant — Germany Pavilion
Adult $70.00 | Child $38.00 (3-9)
Chefs de France — France Pavilion
Adult $86.00 | Child $35.00 (3-9)
Coral Reef Restaurant — The Living Seas Pavilion
Adult $78.00 | Child $32.00 (3-9)
Garden Grill Restaurant (Breakfast) — The Land Pavilion
Adult $71.00 | Child $43.00 (3-9)
Garden Grill Restaurant (Lunch/Dinner) — The Land Pavilion
Adult $84.00 | Child $52.00 (3-9)
La Crêperie de Paris — France Pavilion
Adult $57.00 | Child $30.00 (3-9)
La Hacienda de San Angel — Mexico Pavilion
Adult $86.00 | Child $37.00 (3-9)
Le Cellier Steakhouse — Canada Pavilion
Adult $104.00 | Child $42.00 (3-9)
Nine Dragons Restaurant — China Pavilion
Adult $68.00 | Child $28.00 (3-9)
Rose & Crown Dining Room — UK Pavilion
Adult $66.00 | Child $29.00 (3-9)
Shiki-Sai: Sushi Izakaya — Japan Pavilion
Adult $99.00 | Child $50.00 (3-9)
Spice Road Table — Morocco Pavilion
Adult $60.00 | Child $24.00 (3-9)
Teppan Edo — Japan Pavilion
Adult $110.00 | Child $60.00 (3-9)
Tutto Italia Ristorante — Italy Pavilion
Adult $77.00 | Child $29.00 (3-9)
Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria — Italy Pavilion
Adult $65.00 | Child $28.00 (3-9)

Advance reservations are highly recommended, as Dining Packages normally sell-out weeks in advance of any given show. Reservations can be made up to 60 days in advance ... beginning on October 14th, 2025. Reservations require a credit card guarantee. To enter Epcot, both a theme park reservation and valid theme park admission are required. Epcot admission is not included in the price of the dining package.

There is one restaurant in 2025 that is offering same-day Candlelight Processional Dining Packages, that would be the Regal Eagle Smokehouse.

Same-Day Candlelight Processional Dining Package Restaurants

Regal Eagle Smokehouse — American Adventure Pavilion
Adult $41.00 | Child $24.00 (3-9)

To check availability for same-day dining packages, visit the Regal Eagle Smokehouse on the same day you want to see the Candlelight Processional (first thing in the morning… guests will "rope-drop" these same-day packages). Same-day dining packages are subject to availability and MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE on peak dates.