First celebrity narrators announced for the 2021 Candlelight Processional at EPCOT

Posted: Friday October 15, 2021 10:06am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The 2021 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays will see the return of the fan-favorite Candlelight Processional and we now know some of the celebrity narrators that will be appearing.

Ming-Na Wen Candlelight Processional 2019

This year's celebrity narrators will include Chita Rivera, Jodi Benson, Alton Fitzgerald White, Lisa Ling, Steven Curtis Chapman, Blair Underwood and Pat Sajak with more names being added over the next few weeks. Candlelight Processional Dining Packages are also returning, and can be booked online beginning October 26.

Chita Rivera - November 29 through December 1
Jodi Benson - December 2 through December 4
Alton Fitzgerald White - December 5 through December 7
Lisa Ling - December 11 through December 13
Steven Curtis Chapman - December 23 through December 25
Blair Underwood - December 26 through December 28
Pat Sajak - December 29 through December 30

The Candlelight Processional did not take place in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic and no vaccine available at that time.

Ming-Na Wen Candlelight Processional 2019

Confirmed holiday storytellers for 2021 include Las Posadas at the Mexico pavilion, Canadian Holiday Voyageurs in the Canada pavilion, Chinese Lion Dance celebrating the new year in the China pavilion, A Hanukkah storyteller along the promenade, and storytellers in France, Italy, Japan, Norway and the United Kingdom. Outside The American Adventure, you can wave hello to Santa Claus as he gets ready for the big day.

The EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays begins November 26 and takes place daily through December 30.

Neil Patrick Harris Candlelight Processional 2015

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Disney AnalystJan 13, 2022

Actually super cool! Never knew.

gerararJan 13, 2022

Disney Parks posted some BTS on what happens with the Grand Floridian gingerbread house after the holidays... The bees eat it!! Already trending with 2.5m views^

YodaManJan 08, 2022

Sunset Season Greetings? That ended on Monday the 3rd with the rest of the holiday offerings.

disneygeek90Jan 07, 2022

Oh yikes I guess I meant the Holiday projection on ToT and how long into January that runs. I am blanking on the name 😅

wdwmagicJan 07, 2022

18 months from Oct 1, unless it gets extended.

YodaManJan 07, 2022

Do you mean what time at night? Or what date it ends? I assume it runs all the way through the rest of the 50th Celebration.

disneygeek90Jan 07, 2022

Does anyone know when Beacon of Magic stops at HS? I tried to google but I couldn’t find any confirmed dates.

mm52200Dec 29, 2021

They were recently allowed to start wearing them. Omnicron is ripping through cast members.

TikibirdLandDec 28, 2021

My DS plays French Horn. They had a mask with a velcro opening for the mouthpiece. So, it's possible to do that. But, he was very happy to have that requirement stopped at that beginning of this month.

MisterPenguinDec 28, 2021

I don't recall anyone masked for Candlelight the first week of December except for a few instrumentalists... obviously not the wind instruments, tho.

PuertoRekinSamDec 28, 2021

We went to Epcot yesterday and saw the early candlelight show and my wife noticed that some of the performers were wearing mask while singing. Not just the golden choir but some voices as well. They looked like a solid color and not the blue pixie ones the average Cast wear. Has this been happening all season? Or was this new? I watched a you tube video of it earlier this year and don’t remember them being there.