Lacey Chabert is joining the EPCOT Candlelight Processional as a first-time narrator this December, and the timing could not line up better. This is the same holiday season Chabert stars in Hallmark’s first-ever movie collaboration with Walt Disney World, giving her two separate reasons to be the face of Disney’s holidays in 2026.
Chabert stars as Lindsey in Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True, Hallmark Channel’s first-ever movie made in partnership with Disney, which we’ve been covering closely since the full cast breakdown dropped earlier this month. The film was shot on location at Magic Kingdom, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and the Polynesian Village Resort, and follows Lindsey and her family on a Walt Disney World Christmas trip that gets complicated when she discovers her hotel neighbor is Philip, played by Travis Van Winkle, the man behind her worst first date ever. Richard Kind, Christy Carlson Romano, Bryce Durfee, Taegen Burns, and Asher Alexander round out the cast, with Patrick Renna appearing in a cameo. Holiday Ever After premieres November 28 on Hallmark Channel, streaming the next day on Hallmark+.
Chabert has built more than four decades of Hallmark holiday movies into becoming the network’s most recognizable face, and pairing that with a Candlelight Processional narrating slot puts her name on two of the biggest Christmas-at-Disney-World stories of the season at once. It’s the kind of scheduling that reads less like coincidence and more like Disney and Hallmark both understanding exactly how much crossover audience they share this year.
The Full 2026 Candlelight Processional Lineup
- Nov. 27 & 28 — Auli’i Cravalho
- Nov. 29 – Dec. 1 — Gary Sinise
- Dec. 2 & 3 — To Be Announced
- Dec. 4 & 5 — Whoopi Goldberg
- Dec. 6 & 7 — Robin Roberts (New)
- Dec. 8 & 9 — Jason Kelce (New)
- Dec. 10 – 12 — Neil Patrick Harris
- Dec. 13 & 14 — To Be Announced
- Dec. 15 & 16 — Lauren Daigle
- Dec. 17 – 19 — Ralph Macchio
- Dec. 20 & 21 — Henry Winkler
- Dec. 22 & 23 — Lacey Chabert (New)
- Dec. 24 & 25 — Jodi Benson
- Dec. 26 & 27 — Simu Liu
- Dec. 28 – 30 — Eva Longoria
Performances run nightly at 4:45 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 8:00 p.m. EST at the America Gardens Theatre, backed by a 51-piece orchestra, the Voices of Liberty, and a choir of more than 150 Disney cast members and community singers. Seating is first-come, first-served, though Candlelight Processional Dining Packages guarantee a spot at one of the three nightly shows when paired with a meal at a participating EPCOT restaurant. Dining packages open for booking October 14.
We’ve tracked this tradition for years, including last year’s narrator lineup, and we’d already flagged this year’s narrators as one of the last pieces still pending in our EPCOT Festival of the Holidays 2026 guide.
