Each holiday season, Walt Disney World hosts its Candlelight Processional, an extremely popular live production. The only way to guarantee a seat in advance is to purchase a Dining Package. Reservations for 2026 just launched and are already selling out fast, but there are still ways to be smart about getting a spot. This follows previous Candlelight news.
In this story, we’ll take a look at the available dates remaining, the list of celebrity narrators, tips for securing reservations, and the lineup of EPCOT restaurants eligible for the Dining Package, including pricing. Mickey Visit brings you the latest Disney news and planning resources, including Disney World’s best Christmas experiences that don’t require a theme park ticket and 7 changes to Disney World’s newest Christmas party for 2026.
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Candlelight Processional Dining Packages 2026
The EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays will return to Walt Disney World from November 27 through December 30, 2026. One of the highlights of this event is the Candlelight Processional, a live production in which a celebrity narrator reads the story of Jesus’s birth between performances of spiritual Christmas songs by dozens of choir members, a 60-piece orchestra, and EPCOT’s Voices of Liberty vocalists. It takes place in the American Gardens Theatre, an outdoor amphitheater at the back of the park.
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The Candlelight Processional is included with EPCOT park admission, and there are no tickets for performances. A standby line is utilized for seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Depending on the popularity of the celebrity narrator and crowd levels that day, guests waiting in the standby line are not always guaranteed a seat.
The only way to ensure seating is by purchasing a Candlelight Processional Dining Package. This pairs a meal reservation at a participating EPCOT restaurant with guaranteed seating for a designated showtime at that evening’s Candlelight Processional. We have the full list of restaurants and pricing below.
Reservations for this year’s Candlelight Processional Dining Packages launched on October 14, 2026, for Candlelight dates from November 27 through December 13. These quickly sold out in a day.
From this point forward, Dining Package reservations for the remaining Candlelight Processional dates, December 14 through December 30, will become available on a day-by-day basis, 60 days in advance. For example, today, October 15, reservations opened for December 14, and on October 16 they’ll open for December 15, and so on. This adheres to Disney World’s typical 60-day rule for advance dining reservations (ADRs).
As I’m writing this, I performed a mock check-out, and all restaurants are completely sold out for all dates so far. If the date you wanted is already sold out, or if you’re anticipating a future date that you’d like to secure, don’t fret. Let’s take a look at some tips for Candlelight Processional Dining Package reservations.
Tips for Securing Reservations and Attending
Candlelight Processional Dining Package reservations open 60 days in advance at 6:00 AM ET. If securing a reservation is a priority for your trip, we recommend knowing your 60-day-out date and attempting to book a reservation right when they launch in the morning.
If you’re staying overnight at a Disney World hotel, you’ll have a head start on other guests. Candlelight Processional Dining Packages follow Disney’s typical reservation procedure that allows resort guests to book reservations for their entire trip 60 days in advance of their check-in date.
Most Candlelight Processional Dining Packages are for table service restaurants with reservations. However, Disney offers a same-day dining package at 1 quick service restaurant, Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Drafts & Barbecue, in The American Adventure Pavilion. This option is only available for purchase in person at Regal Eagle on the day of the show.
The Candlelight Processional is presented 3 times nightly, at 4:45 PM, 6:30 PM, and 8:00 PM. If you’re using the standby line, whether by choice or because Dining Packages are sold out, we typically see plenty of seating left after Disney fills in the Dining Package guests, especially for the 8:00 PM show. This showtime has less demand than others, and as a bonus, you don’t have to wait as long as guests attending earlier performances simply because you can’t line up until the previous show concludes and the audience empties out of the amphitheater.
For popular narrators, though, the standby line can get very crowded. When Jordan Fisher narrated last year, we could barely move in the walkways surrounding the amphitheater.
Candlelight Processional Narrators 2026
First, here’s the lineup of Candlelight Processional narrators for the 2026 season:
Dining package sold out:
- November 27 & 28: TBA
- November 29 & 30 and December 1: Gary Sinise
- December 2 & 3: Benjamin Bratt (New for 2026)
- December 4 & 5: Whoopi Goldberg
- December 6 & 7: Robin Roberts (New for 2026)
- December 8 & 9: Jason Kelce (New for 2026)
- December 10, 11, & 12: Neil Patrick Harris
- December 13 & 14: Josh Groban (New for 2026)
Dining package will become available on a day-to-day basis, rolling from 60 days:
- December 15 & 16: Lauren Daigle
- December 17, 18, & 19: Ralph Macchio
- December 20 & 21: Henry Winkler
- December 22 & 23: Lacey Chabert (New for 2026)
- December 24 & 25: Jodi Benson
- December 26 & 27: Simu Liu
- December 28, 29, & 30: Eva Longoria
Note that Auli’i Cravalho, the voice of Moana, was originally announced as the narrator for November 27 and 28, but was later removed from the schedule.
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Candlelight Processional Restaurants 2026
Here’s the full list of participating EPCOT table service restaurants for the Candlelight Processional 2026 dining packages, and the price of each meal.
Coral Reef Restaurant (The Seas With Nemo & Friends)
- $82 (ages 10+)
- $34 (ages 3-9)
Garden Grill Restaurant (The Land Pavilion)
- $73 (breakfast, ages 10+)
- $46 (breakfast, ages 3-9)
- $86 (lunch/dinner, ages 10+)
- $55 (lunch/dinner, ages 3-9)
La Hacienda de San Angel (Mexico Pavilion)
- $86 (ages 10+)
- $37 (ages 3-9)
Akershus Royal Banquet Hall (Norway Pavilion)
- $87 (ages 10+)
- $59 (ages 3-9)
Nine Dragons Restaurant (China Pavilion)
- $70 (ages 10+)
- $30 (ages 3-9)
Biergarten Restaurant (Germany Pavilion)
- $75 (ages 10+)
- $40 (ages 3-9)
Tutto Italia Ristorante (Italy Pavilion)
- $85 (ages 10+)
- $36 (ages 3-9)
Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria (Italy Pavilion)
- $71 (ages 10+)
- $33 (ages 3-9)
Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Drafts & Barbecue (The American Adventure Pavilion)
- DAY-OF ONLY, no reservations
- $43 (ages 10+)
- $26 (ages 3-9)
Teppan Edo (Japan Pavilion)
- $89 (ages 10+)
- $40 (ages 3-9)
Shiki-Sai: Sushi Izakaya (Japan Pavilion)
- $85 (ages 10+)
- $40 (ages 3-9)
Spice Road Table (Morocco Pavilion)
- $63 (ages 10+)
- $26 (ages 3-9)
Chefs de France (France Pavilion)
- $89 (ages 10+)
- $37 (ages 3-9)
La Crêperie de Paris (France Pavilion)
- $59 (ages 10+)
- $31 (ages 3-9)
Rose & Crown Dining Room (United Kingdom Pavilion)
- $68 (ages 10+)
- $31 (ages 3-9)
Le Cellier Steakhouse (Canada Pavilion)
- $109 (ages 10+)
- $44 (ages 3-9)
The Candlelight Processional dining package is compatible with the Disney Dining Plan. All the restaurants listed above require one table service dining credit, except for Akershus Royal Banquet Hall and Le Cellier Steakhouse, which require 2 credits. The same-day dining package at Regal Eagle is not eligible for any Disney Dining Plan.
At most restaurants, the Candlelight Processional dining package includes an entrée and dessert, or, if offered, a full buffet, plus a nonalcoholic beverage or an alcoholic beverage for guests ages 21+.
At Spice Road Table, the Candlelight Processional dining package comes with 2 small plates per person, a shared tagine (traditional Moroccan stew), a shared dessert platter, and a nonalcoholic beverage or an alcoholic beverage for guests ages 21+.
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