EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays
runs from November 29th to December 30th, 2024

Below is some information from the 2024 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays.

Stay tuned as we update this page with information for the 2025 International Festival of the Holidays as it becomes available.

In 2024, the Festival featured the always-popular Holiday Kitchens and more. The Candlelight Processional is a guest favorite (info below!), and the International Storytellers from around World Showcase are a truly unique experience.

Everything Confirmed for the 2024 EPCOT Festival of the Holidays

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Festival of the Holidays Logistics

The Festival begins on November 29th, 2024.

The Festival is included with the price of admission to EPCOT, though Holiday Kitchens, Festival merchandise, and some Festival offerings are an additional cost.

Candlelight Processional

This retelling of the Christmas story, as told by a celebrity narrator accompanied by a large and incredibly impressive orchestra (typically a 50-piece orchestra) and a mass choir, will wow audiences starting November 29th! 

The 2024 Narrators included:

• 11/29 – 11/30 Josh Gad
• 12/1 – 12/2 Nico Santos (NEW)
• 12/3-12/5 Chrissy Metz
• 12/6 – 12/7 Whoopi Goldberg
• 12/8 – 12/10 Tituss Burgess (NEW)
• 12/11 – 12/12 Brendan Fraser
• 12/13 – 12/14 Ralph Macchio (NEW)
• 12/15 – 12/16 Gary Sinise
• 12/17 – 12/18 Neil Patrick Harris
• 12/19 – 12/21 Pat Sajak
• 12/22 – 12/23 Gloria Estefan
• 12/24 – 12/26 Edward James Olmos
• 12/27 – 12/28 Sterling K Brown
• 12/29 – 12/30 Jodi Benson

Showtimes this year have adjusted to 5:00 p.m., 6:45 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.

Dining packages are usually available to pair with your Candlelight Processional experience. These enable you to enjoy a meal at select restaurants in EPCOT and then get reserved seating for one of the Candlelight Processional shows for the day. There are usually dining packages you can reserve in advance, as well as some day-of options. Check back for 2024 details.

Choose from a variety of EPCOT dining locations that offer Candlelight Processional Dining Packages. Here’s what’s included with your meal:

• At Spice Road Table: 2 small plates, a shared tagine, a shared dessert platter and a nonalcoholic beverage (or alcoholic beverage for Guests 21 and older)
• At Other Participating Restaurants: An entrée and dessert, or a full buffet (where applicable)—as well as a nonalcoholic beverage (or alcoholic beverage for Guests 21 and older)

Plus, you’ll get one (1) guaranteed seat per person to one Candlelight Processional performance on the same day.

Participating restaurants include:

• Biergarten Restaurant
• Chefs de France
• Coral Reef Restaurant
• Garden Grill Restaurant
• La Crêperie de Paris
• La Hacienda de San Angel
• Le Cellier Steakhouse
• Nine Dragons Restaurant
• Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Drafts & Barbecue (same-day dining packages only)
• Rose & Crown Dining Room
• Shiki-Sai: Sushi Izakaya
• Spice Road Table
• Teppan Edo
• Tutto Italia Ristorante
• Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria

Advance reservations are highly recommended.

Stay tuned as we update this page with information for the 2025 International Festival of the Holidays as it becomes available.

JOYFUL! A Celebration of the Season

This uplifting performance will be performing at CommuniCore Hall. JOYFUL! brings song traditions from both Christmas and Kwanzaa!

Daily Performance Times: 

2:40PM, 3:45PM, 4:50PM, and 6:10PM

Holiday Kitchens

Starting November 29th, the Festival of the Holidays will bring back Holiday Kitchens. Favorite dishes like Slow-Roasted Turkey from American Holiday Table and Cheese Fondue in a Bread Bowl from Bavaria Kitchen returned in 2024!

Click here to see what you can expect at the Holiday Kitchens this year.

We had some reappearance of our favorites from previous festivals and some new spots to check out!

• Experimental Prototype Cookies of Tomorrow Menu (New)
• Favorites of Festivals Past Menu (New)
• Connections Café & Eatery
• Holiday Hearth Desserts
• Las Posadas Holiday Kitchen
• Shanghai Holiday Kitchen
• Refreshment Outpost
• Bavaria Holiday Kitchen
• Tuscany Holiday Kitchen
• American Holiday Table
• Funnel Cake Stand
• Shi Wasu Holiday Kitchen
• Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina
• L’Chaim! Holiday Kitchen
• Le Marché de Noël Holiday Kitchen
• Yukon Holiday Kitchen
• Refreshment Port
• Swirled Showcase
• Holiday Sweets & Treats
• Mele Kalikimaka Holiday Kitchen
• Nochebuena Cocina
• Chestnuts & Good Cheer Holiday Kitchen
• Sunshine Seasons
• Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company

And check out our Guide to the Best Eats from the 2024 Festival of the Holidays!

Stay tuned as we update this page with information for the 2025 International Festival of the Holidays as it becomes available.

Cookie Stroll

Back in 2018, the Festival of the Holidays started offering a Cookie Stroll. This tasty survey of Holiday Kitchens’ cookies culminates in a celebratory final cookie — and we loved it again, in 2024!

The 2024 Cookie Stroll included:

• Spaceship Earth Tile Gingerbread Triangle from Experimental Prototype Cookies of Tomorrow
• Hazelnut Linzer Cookie at Bavaria Holiday Kitchen
• SNICKERS-Doodle Cookie at American Holiday Table
• Black and White Cookie at L’Chaim! Holiday Kitchen
• Peppermint Pinwheel Cookie at Yukon Holiday Kitchen
• Coffee Mocha Cookie at Mele Kalikimaka Holiday Kitchen
• Cinnamon-Spiced Chocolate Crinkle Cookie at Nochebuena Cocina
• Holiday Sugar Cookie at Connections Cafe
• Peanut Butter Cookie with Festive Red & Green M&M’s Milk Chocolate Minis at Sunshine Seasons

The prizes for 2024 included a special mix to make your own cookies at home!

All you need is water and you can make and decorate your own cookies at home. You also get festive sprinkles and M&M’s!

Click HERE to Read About Our Full Cookie Stroll Experience!

Stay tuned as we update this page with information for the 2025 International Festival of the Holidays as it becomes available.

Olaf’s Holiday Tradition Expedition

This family-friendly holiday fun allows guests to purchase a map and stickers from select merchandise locations and travel around World Showcase looking for traditions the famous snowman has lost along the way.

Guests can return their completed maps to Creations Shop or World Traveler for a festive surprise. Maps cost $9.99 plus tax and can be purchased at select Festival merchandise locations including Creations Shop, Port of Entry, and World Traveler.

Stay tuned as we update this page with information for the 2025 International Festival of the Holidays as it becomes available.

World Showcase Entertainment

Enjoy the sights and sounds of the nations of the World Showcase as each country’s holiday heritage comes to life amid joyful music and time-honored traditions.  Live musical performances typically happen throughout World Showcase. For entertainment, showtimes, and information, visit our full list of Festival of the Holidays Entertainment.

Holiday Storytellers in nearly every World Showcase country share tales from their own traditions, including (usually) a presentation in Norway to celebrate the Scandinavian Julenissen!

You can find Storytellers in the following locations:

• Las Posadas Celebration (Mexico)
• Mischievous Barn Santa and Sigrid (Norway)
• Chinese Lion Dancer (China)
• La Befana (Italy)
• Santa Claus (The Odyssey Pavilion)
• Daruma Storyteller (Japan)
• Hanukkah Storyteller (Between France and Morocco)
• Père Noël (France)
• Father Christmas (United Kingdom)
• Canadian Holiday Voyageurs (Canada)

Learn more about Festival of the Holidays Storytellers here!

Stay tuned as we update this page with information for the 2025 International Festival of the Holidays as it becomes available.

Gingerbread Display

We also stopped by CommuniCore to check out the brand-new Spaceship Earth Gingerbread Display! It was gorgeous and you can see a show every 15 minutes.

You can find a countdown timer on the display to see when the next show is. It is the same show every 15 minutes so once you see it once, it will be the same each time!

Meet Santa

Over in the Odyssey Pavilion, you can meet St. Nick himself!

Holiday Lights at Spaceship Earth

EPCOT always glows-up at night. You can expect a dazzling fireworks display over World Showcase Lagoon and some glimmer and shimmer on the illuminated Spaceship Earth.

If you’re looking for a special way to end your night with a bit of the holiday spirit though, you’ll want to head to Spaceship Earth! 

During the 2024 holiday season, Spaceship Earth added a special holiday section to its Beacon of Magic performance.

Click here to see more photos and a video of this holiday overlay!

Stay tuned as we update this page with information for the 2025 International Festival of the Holidays as it becomes available.