LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Some familiar faces are heading to EPCOT this holiday season to help tell the story of Christmas.
Disney announced the 2026 celebrity narrator lineup for the Candlelight Processional, which returns as part of the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays.
This year’s lineup includes returning narrators Gary Sinise, Whoopi Goldberg, Neil Patrick Harris, Lauren Daigle, Ralph Macchio, Henry Winkler, Jodi Benson, Simu Liu and Eva Longoria.
Several celebrities will make their Candlelight Processional debut, including Benjamin Bratt, Robin Roberts, Jason Kelce, Josh Groban and Lacey Chabert.
Each performance features a celebrity narrator retelling the Christmas story alongside a 51-piece orchestra, the Voices of Liberty and a choir of more than 150 Disney cast members and community singers.
The Candlelight Processional will be performed nightly at 4:45 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the America Gardens Theatre beginning Nov. 27.
Guests looking to guarantee a seat can book a Candlelight Processional Dining Package beginning Oct. 14. The packages include a meal at select EPCOT restaurants and reserved seating for one of the performances.
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