Candlelight Processional 2024 Dining Package Prices Revealed: Full List of EPCOT Restaurants

Oct 23, 2024 in "Candlelight Processional"

Posted: Wednesday October 23, 2024 9:22am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has released the pricing details for the Candlelight Processional Dining Packages, available during the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, from November 29 to December 30, 2024 at Walt Disney World.

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The packages offer guests the opportunity to enjoy a meal at one of EPCOT’s participating restaurants and receive a guaranteed seat for a Candlelight Processional performance later that day.

Several restaurants have seen noticeable price increases compared to 2023. For example, Biergarten Restaurant in the Germany Pavilion has increased from $65.00 for adults in 2023 to $71.00 in 2024. Similarly, Spice Road Table has gone from $55.00 for adults last year to $61.00 this year.

Here’s a breakdown of the dining packages and what they include:

At Spice Road Table: Guests will receive two small plates, a shared tagine, a shared dessert platter, and a nonalcoholic beverage (or an alcoholic beverage for guests 21 and older).

At other participating restaurants: Guests will receive an entrée and dessert or a full buffet, where applicable, as well as a nonalcoholic beverage (or alcoholic beverage for those 21 and older).

Every dining package also includes one guaranteed seat per person for a Candlelight Processional performance on the same day.

Participating Restaurants and Prices (Excluding Tax and Gratuity)

Biergarten Restaurant (Germany Pavilion)

• Adults: $71.00
• Children (ages 3 to 9): $38.00

Chefs de France (France Pavilion)

• Adults: $66.00
• Children: $37.00

Coral Reef Restaurant (The Living Seas)

• Adults: $78.00
• Children: $32.00

Garden Grill Restaurant (The Land Pavilion)

Breakfast

• Adults: $71.00
• Children: $43.00

Lunch/Dinner

• Adults: $84.00
• Children: $52.00

La Crêperie de Paris (France Pavilion)

• Adults: $53.00
• Children: $27.00

La Hacienda de San Angel (Mexico Pavilion)

• Adults: $86.00
• Children: $37.00

Le Cellier Steakhouse (Canada Pavilion)

• Adults: $104.00
• Children: $42.00

Nine Dragons Restaurant (China Pavilion)

• Adults: $65.00
• Children: $28.00

Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Drafts & Barbecue (American Adventure Pavilion)

• Same-day dining packages only:
• Adults: $41.00
• Children: $24.00

Rose & Crown Dining Room (United Kingdom Pavilion)

• Adults: $66.00
• Children: $29.00

Shiki-Sai: Sushi Izakaya (Japan Pavilion)

• Adults: $105.00
• Children: $60.00

Spice Road Table (Morocco Pavilion)

• Adults: $61.00
• Children: $24.00

Teppan Edo (Japan Pavilion)

• Adults: $105.00
• Children: $60.00

Tutto Italia Ristorante (Italy Pavilion)

• Adults: $75.00
• Children: $28.00

Via Napoli Ristorante (Italy Pavilion)

• Adults: $63.00
• Children: $27.00

Booking and Availability

Advance reservations for Candlelight Processional Dining Packages will be available starting October 29, 2024, and are highly recommended as availability tends to fill up quickly. Guests looking for a last-minute option may also be able to purchase a same-day dining package at Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Drafts & Barbecue, though same-day packages are subject to availability and are not guaranteed during peak dates.

Important Notes:

• Valid EPCOT park admission is required to attend the Candlelight Processional, and park reservations may also be necessary.
• Reservations require a credit card guarantee.
• After dining, guests will receive a Candlelight Seating badge, which grants access to a reserved seating section in the America Gardens Theatre.
• Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis for those with dining packages, though seats are guaranteed.
• For those without dining packages, limited seating may be available, but it’s not guaranteed.

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lentesta3 hours ago

I've updated our analysis with wait times through yesterday (Sunday): Orlando had heavy rains for much of Sunday. That definitely affected crowds. The Magic Kingdom's average waits were the lowest they've been at non-pandemic Christmas since December 29, 2013, a day also with a lot of rain. I'm surprised about EPCOT's drop in waits. Test Track is down, so you'd think capacity would be impacted enough to drive people to the other attractions. Maybe not Mission: Space, but others. Still, wait times are down across the board there. Universal's still showing gains over last year. Hagrid's, Spider-Man, Transformers, and Gringott's continue to do well.

Cliff18 hours ago

I read a few months back that Burbank has already raked in close to 1 billion dollars on LL. (And that was months ago) If this is true, this "pay to ride" or "pay to skip the line" business model is here to stay forever. The only question now is: Can this business model sustain itself? What happens "if" Burbank's research begins to show that high numbers of guests are frustrated with app purchases and overall high prices so much so that they begin to avoid Disney parks in high numbers? Theoretical question: Where is the tipping point? If WDW only had "half" of it's normal, annual number of guests, but then successfully charged "double" the average cost to the remaining half of attending guests? Or in other words, how far can they squeeze guests that DO go to cover the loss of the guests that reject going? This is a mind-boggling mathematical equation that "slides" left and right to deliver a financial sum that Burbank is happy with. As far as average revenue per user goes, (ARPU) what is the amount of money that the average person is willing to pay for a single day at Disney? $35 parking? $150 ticket? $60 Lightning Lane? $75 food and snacks? $50 Merch? $?? Hotel night? Would $370 seem like an average value that high numbers of people are willing to pay for one park day? (average for 80% of park guests) Maybe the answer is much lower or much higher. I don't know. I do suspect that Burbank's bean counters are searching for this number to add into the algorithms? I just feel like Burbank is riding a tightrope with price hikes and it will be fascinating to see how this plays out in 2 more years.

lentesta21 hours ago

Thank you for that context. The 4x thing comes directly from a WDW third party. The margins are a ballpark from someone in the industry.

lentesta21 hours ago

The part of me that thinks that is fighting with the part of me says park ops relies heavily on young adults who aren’t trained to manage that kind of daily variability. So I don’t know.

Thank1521 hours ago

I know I’m preaching to the choir, but the trade off of short term profit in exchange for long term allegiance is so frustrating. A character meal is a memory that can make you want to come back. The extra add ons to just do what you already paid to do can make you a one and done. TLDR: the Disney decade > the Disney fiscal quarter

monothingie1 day ago

Almost all of which is profit. Do you think they play with the inventory to maximize daily haul so to speak? For example overselling (akin to airlines overbooking) on forecasted busy days in anticipation that not all LL entitlements will be redeemed, or holding back inventory on quieter days and releasing it over the course of the day to create scarcity and keep prices as high as possible.

Trueblood1 day ago

You might be conflating some numbers there. My understanding is that the rule of thumb is to triple the food cost of an item, and that markup covers facilities, labor, etc. More sophisticated businesses will average that markup across the menu, which is why you see lasagna (<$1 to make a portion) sold for $20 at spots like Carrabba's. The average net profit margin for full-service restaurants is something like 10%. If Disney can pull 50%, that's astonishing.

bwr8271 day ago

Using a sample size of one family (ha), on our recent trip I estimate we shifted ~90% of our Lightning Lane spending directly from dining.

lentesta1 day ago

I don't, although I'm working on an analysis of that for a manifesto ... I MEAN BLOG POST ... that should be out next week. I'm told Disney's restaurant margins are > 50%. I believe (because I was told) that third parties have a general rule where the cost to produce an item can't be more than 25% of its listed price. So a $16 appetizer costs $4 in labor and ingredients to produce. I'm guessing 25%-ish of the $16 goes to rent, utilities, insurance, etc. Granted, Disney's its own landlord, but they have building maintenance to consider. The margins on digital goods is pretty close to 100%. I'm guessing the cost of running Lightning Lane is ~$25MM annually, which would put margins at 97%.

Thank151 day ago

Do you have any idea how much of that is new revenue vs revenue that’s shifted from other business units like dining?

lentesta1 day ago

It's probably $700MM/year domestically at this point.

monothingie1 day ago

Well then maybe they are quicker to move to another phase under normal operating conditions. Which are? Specifics please. So no then?

monothingie1 day ago

Except LL brought in almost a three quarter billion in revenue since its inception. So maybe there’s a little bit more attention given to LL.

peter114351 day ago

I wasn’t putting words in your mouth. I was explaining why the ratios can be (and are) the same across attractions regardless of capacity. You claimed that low capacity attractions would have exorbitant LL queues if they used the same ratio. That’s not true because they have lower allotment of LL that is specifically determined to maintain that same ratio. Under normal operating conditions they use the exact same LL ratios. Im not guessing. You would intentionally misunderstand those too. Also I didn’t say those factors affected crowd size. I said those factors are affecting wait times independent of crowd size.