Candlelight Processional

All over Disney World the holidays are in full swing. No matter what park you go to there is a little bit of holiday cheer and holiday events happening. All this week we will look at just a little bit of the Holidays Around the World in Epcot. To start off the week let’s talk about the very popular Candlelight Processional. This year was the first time Norwood and I have seen the processional. We had no idea that it was so popular. We went last week just to see Neil Patrick Harris. We arrived a couple of hours early so we could have dinner before the first show and had assumed that we would be able to just walk right in a few minutes before the show started, like all the concerts we had been to all year long at Epcot. After talking to our dinner companions at Biergarten in Germany we found out that the best way to ensure that you have a seat is to make reservations at an Epcot restaurant with the Candlelight Processional tickets included. With the help of our wonderful waiter at Biergarten we were able to get tickets for the second show.

The Candlelight Processional is amazing! To the music of a mass choir and a 50 piece orchestra a guest narrator (on our night the great NPH!) will tell the Christmas Story. It is absolutely lovely from the beginning to the end. I highly recommend it and I also want to stress to have your tickets included with your meal (most of the World Showcase sit down restaurants are participating – ask the person at Disney when you make your reservations about the cost and restaurants that offer the tickets). Also get in line early. We went two hours before our show was to begin and we were not the only ones in line. After our show (we had the second show) we noticed that the line went from America all the way to Japan for those who had tickets.

If you would like to see more photos of the processional check out my Disney Holiday Slideshow or see below…



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