Disney has revealed the full celebrity narrator lineup for the 2026 Candlelight Processional at EPCOT, marking the tradition’s 55th year at Walt Disney World and its 32nd at EPCOT specifically. Three names are new to the stage this year: Robin Roberts, Jason Kelce, and Lacey Chabert.
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.
Here’s the full schedule:
- 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
Two dates, December 2 and 3 and December 13 and 14, are still listed as To Be Announced, so this lineup isn’t fully locked in yet.
Each performance pairs a celebrity narrator with a 51-piece orchestra, the Voices of Liberty, and a choir of more than 150 Disney cast members and community singers retelling the story of Christmas at the America Gardens Theatre. Shows run nightly at 4:45 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 8:00 p.m. EST throughout the run of the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays.
Seating is first-come, first-served and fills up quickly, especially for the more popular narrators. Candlelight Processional Dining Packages guarantee a reserved seat at one of the three nightly performances when booked alongside a meal at a participating EPCOT restaurant, with options ranging from breakfast through dinner depending on the restaurant. Dining packages open for booking October 14.
Jason Kelce’s addition is the most unexpected name on this list. Robin Roberts and Lacey Chabert both have obvious ties to Disney’s media ecosystem already, but a retired NFL center narrating the Christmas story at EPCOT is a genuinely different kind of booking, and it says something about how far Disney is willing to reach outside the usual actor-and-singer pool to keep this lineup feeling fresh every year.
We’ve tracked this lineup every year, including last year’s narrator announcement and 2024’s lineup, and this year’s narrators were one of the last details still pending in our EPCOT Festival of the Holidays 2026 guide.
2026 EPCOT Candlelight Processional Narrator Lineup Revealed
