Walt Disney World‘s longest-running Christmas tradition is the Candlelight Processional, a pageant featuring a celebrity narrator reading the Nativity story surrounded by a huge choir and a live orchestra. The Candlelight Processional is included with EPCOT park admission, but guests often wait hours to secure their seat, especially when the evening’s narrator is super famous. The only way to guarantee a spot and not wait as long in the standby line is by purchasing a dining package, and Disney shared details for this year’s selections.
In this story, we’ll map out all the details on 2026’s Candlelight Processional dining packages, including eligible restaurants, pricing, and when to book your reservation. Dining packages are also ongoing now for the Food & Wine Festival’s concert series. See also big announcements for Disney’s holiday season. Mickey Visit brings you the latest Disney news and planning resources, including Disney World discontinuing the single ride line at a popular ride and a surprise flash sale on Disney World theme park tickets.
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Candlelight Processional Dining Packages 2026
The Candlelight Processional will return as part of the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays from November 27 through December 30, 2026. A celebrity narrator reads the story of Jesus’s birth in between performances of spiritual Christmas songs by dozens of choir members, a 60-piece orchestra, and EPCOT’s Voices of Liberty vocalists.
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The Candlelight Processional is presented in the outdoor American Gardens Theatre three times nightly, at 4:45 PM, 6:30 PM, and 8:00 PM.
With a dining package, guests book a meal reservation at a participating EPCOT restaurant and receive guaranteed seating for a designated showtime at that evening’s Candlelight Processional.
Of all the live entertainment hosted at various EPCOT festivals throughout the year, the Candlelight Processional is the most popular, and the one that we’d most recommend securing a dining package for. We have the full list of restaurants and pricing below.
Candlelight Processional Narrators 2026
First, here’s the lineup of Candlelight Processional narrators for the 2026 season:
- November 27 & 28: Auli’i Cravalho
- November 29 & 30 and December 1: Gary Sinise
- December 2 & 3: TBA
- December 4 & 5: Whoopi Goldberg
- December 6 & 7: Robin Roberts (NEW)
- December 8 & 9: Jason Kelce (NEW)
- December 10, 11, & 12: Neil Patrick Harris
- December 13 & 14: TBA
- December 15 & 16: Lauren Daigle
- December 17, 18, & 19: Ralph Macchio
- December 20 & 21: Henry Winkler
- December 22 & 23: Lacey Chabert (NEW)
- December 24 & 25: Jodi Benson
- December 26 & 27: Simu Liu
- December 28, 29, & 30: Eva Longoria
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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.
Reservations for Candlelight Processional dining packages will open on October 14, 2026.
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)
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)
Alternatively, Disney offers a same-day dining package at a 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. This package costs $43 for guests ages 10+ and $26 for guests 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 two 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 two 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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