Candlelight Processional/Festival of the Holidays 2026

This feels very early for this announcement of narrators!

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I just looked it up and it was announced September 18th last year but October 16th in 2024. So early, but not much more than last year.

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I felt like I was waiting on it forever last year to make my CP Dining Package reservation - but I could have that backwards. Or I could be dramatic…

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I think the dining packages were released super late, like in November!

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I know most of us won’t adjust our dates, so you get who you get if you go. But I’m curious which of these you’d most like to see? I might pick Ralph Macchio because thats who I was supposed to see last year when I got rained out by the monsoon.

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If I was going during the holidays I would definitely see Simu to make up for the missed opportunity.

Whoopi put on an awesome show the year I saw her with DW. Jason Kelce would be a riot. NPH of course would be great, but probably insane crowds. Auli’i Cravalho would be awesome.

I’m sure I would enjoy the others if I saw them but they don’t particularly get me excited.

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I adore Henry Winkler, so I would choose him. After that - probably Whoopi?

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Agreed! If we go, Simu would be the presenter and I’m just unfamiliar.

Laura Daigle all the way for me if I had a choice! She’s amazing and from my neck of the woods!

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Same!

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Lauren Daigle :sparkling_heart:

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Had to look that one up.

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Go Birds! :eagle:

I don’t know if I’d choose him or Jodi Benson.

Or I could go on my birthday, but I have no idea who Lauren Daigle is. :sweat_smile:

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Simu Liu 100%

Shang-Chi is underrated as a Marvel movie.

My spouse would choose NPH.

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:100:

It’s my favorite outside of the Spider-Man and Avengers movies, and probably rivals a couple of those.

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This is a fun update - but I absolutely LOVED the Santa that was in The Odyssey last year. I did not get a picture with him, but he was so jolly and wonderful.

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Regular Santa is still meeting…but at Communicore

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A few small price increases on CP Dining Packages

2026:

2025 (pulled from WDWMagic):

Interestingly - if I’m reading this correctly, Shiki-Sai and Teppan Edo had the biggest changes and they went DOWN in price.

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