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The EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays has returned for 2024 and runs from November 28 through December 30. From the festival kitchens and cookie stroll to entertainment, merchandise, and more, we’ve put together a full guide to help you plan your time at EPCOT this holiday season.
2025 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays
EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays Decorations
The park has decked its halls for the festive season, with a sign at the entrance and flats designed to look like lit candles. Other decorations include banners, Christmas trees, and more.
EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays Festival Passport
Navigate the festival with a festival passport, available for pick-up throughout EPCOT, including at the entrance. This year’s festival passport includes “Fun For Kids of All Ages,” festival merchandise, entertainment, and Holiday Kitchen menus.
Entertainment, Attractions, & Activities
Candlelight Processional
The famous Candlelight Processional is a tradition that’s performed each night of the festival. New celebrity narrators this year include Constance Wu, Henry Winkler, Brie Larson, and Sheryl Lee Ralph. The celebrity narrator tells the story of Christmas accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra, the Voices of Liberty, and a choir of Cast Members and community singers. See this year’s full list of celebrity narrators.
Susan Egan replaced Jennifer Garner for December 3-4 dates.
Showtimes are 5:00 p.m., 6:45 p.m., and 8:15 p.m. EST nightly at the America Gardens Theatre. Seating is first come, first served but guests with a Candlelight Processional Dining Package will have guaranteed seats.
Watch our video of the first 2024 Candlelight Processional performance featuring Disney Legend Josh Gad below:
Joyful! A Celebration of the Season
Celebrate Christmas and Kwanzaa with Gospel, R&B, and holiday tuned as performed by this vocal ensemble for “Joyful! A Celebration of the Season.” This group performs multiple times per day during the 2025 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays at the CommuniCore Plaza Stage. Showtimes are 2:00 PM, 3:05 PM, 4:05 PM and 5:10 PM.
Watch our video from their 2021 return to the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays:
Voices of Liberty as Dickens Carolers
The Voices of Liberty have returned to perform as Dickens Carolers for the 2025 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays. During the festival, the acapella group dons special costumes to perform festive tunes. Showtimes may vary, so be sure to check the My Disney Experience app on the day of your visit for the most accurate information.
Watch our video of their performance from 2023:
Holiday Storytellers
Learn about worldwide holiday traditions and stories with the Holiday Storytellers at the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays. These storytellers perform throughout World Showcase for the duration of the festival, which runs through December 30. Most are returning but there is a new puppet show at the Germany pavilion. See the new puppet show below:
Santa Claus Meet & Greet in CommuniCore Hall
CommuniCore Hall is decked out for the 2025 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, including the Spaceship Earth gingerbread display and Santa Claus meet and greet. The latter has moved from The Odyssey pavilion, where Santa Goofy will meet this year.
Returing for 2025 is the Gingerbread Spaceship Earth display, which can also be found inside CommuniCore Hall. Just like the real thing outside, this geodesic sphere lights up to a short music show periodically.
Watch our video tour of Communicore Hall and the Santa meet and greet:
Meet Santa Goofy in The Odyssey
Disney has decked out the Odyssey with festive decor for the 2025 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, including a meet and greet with Santa Goofy and the Glittering Grove “forest.” The latter was moved from Communicore Hall, where Santa Claus himself is meeting this year.
Sponsored by Balsam Hill, Glittering Grove lies “far from the hustle of the bustling city with trees oh-so-pretty” inside The Odyssey. The Grove this year doubles partially as the queue for the Santa Goofy meet and greet.
Check out our full video tour of the Odyssey decorated:
Living with the Land – Glimmering Greenhouses
Living with the Land – Glimmering Greenhouses has returned for the 2025 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays. This seasonal overlay sees holiday decorations and lights taking over the ride’s greenhouses. A Behind the Seeds tour specifically for this overlay returned this year, as well.
Watch our full POV video of this year’s Living with the Land – Glimmering Greenhouses overlay:
Journey into Imagination With Figment’s Holiday Sweater
Figment is once again dressed in his Christmas sweater on Journey Into Imagination with Figment at EPCOT in celebration of the 2025 International Festival of the Holidays. Though not an overlay in the traditional sense, Figment donning his Imagination! pavilion holiday sweater aboard Journey Into Imagination with Figment is an annual offering you won’t want to miss.
Watch our video of Journey Into Imagination with Figment below to see the iconic purple dragon in his holiday sweater.
Figment Holiday Sweater Meet & Greet
For the first time, Figment is also wearing his holiday sweater for his meet and greet at EPCOT. Strangely, however, the sweater is not the same as the one he wears on Journey Into Imagination. Figment will be wearing his sweater for the duration of the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays.
Olaf’s Holiday Tradition Expedition Scavenger Hunt
Olaf’s Holiday Tradition Expedition scavenger hunt is back for 2025 at the Festival of the Holidays, this time with new locations and prizes to earn. To play, guests simply purchase the map and mark off the location of each hidden Olaf statue around World Showcase with the included stickers.
This year’s prizes are Frozen 2-themed plates. Different designs include one with Anna and Elsa, one with Sven and Kristoff, and one with just Olaf. You don’t have to actually complete the activity to redeem it for a prize, but each map can only be turned in once at Disney Traders, Creations Shop, or World Traveler.
Scentsy’s Festive Fragrances: A Sensory Wonderland
Returning for this year’s Festival of the Holidays is the Festive Fragrances garden, presented by Scentsy. This garden is located along the walkway between the Imagination! pavilion and World Showcase. It consists of four ornament-shaped displays, each offering different holiday scents. This year’s scents include Christmas Cottage, Sleigh Ride, Silver Bells, and Perfect Peppermint.
Holiday Kitchens
Experimental Prototype Cookies of Tomorrow Menu
You can find this booth at number 31 on the map below.
Location: CommuniCore Hall
Food Items:
- Prototype Cookie: Sugar cookie with orange-cranberry icing and dark chocolate (New)
- Ginger-Molasses Cookie with cream cheese icing (New)
- Salted Caramel Spaceship Earth Cookie
Beverages:
- Gingerbread Milk Shake (Non-alcoholic)
- Gingerbread Milk Shake with whipped cream vodka
- Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s (Non-alcoholic)
- Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s with whipped cream vodka (New)
- Crooked Can Brewing Company Gingerbread Bock(New)
- Gulf Stream Brewing Baking Spirits Bright Gingerbread Red Ale (New)
- Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. Frosted Gingerbread White Stout
- Beer Flight
- Seasonal Wine
Favorites of Festivals Past Menu
You can find this booth at number 30 on the map below.
Location: CommuniCore Plaza
Food Items:
- Reuben Croquettes with pastrami, sauerkraut, and Swiss cheese with Thousand Island dipping sauce
- Brown Sugar and Mustard-glazed Ham Sliders with cranberry and apple coleslaw on a Hawaiian roll
- Panettone Holiday Trifle with eggnog custard topped with cranberry-cherry compote and sugared almonds
Beverages:
- Cigar City Brewing Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Brown Ale (New)
- Keel Farms Pecan Pie Hard Cider
- Southern Tier Brewing Co. Tiramisu Imperial Stout
- Beverage Flight
- Seasonal White Wine
- Seasonal Red Wine
- Martin Ray Chardonnay
- Katherine Goldschmidt Cabernet Sauvignon
Holiday Hearth Desserts Menu
You can find Holiday Hearth Desserts at number 4 on the map below.
Location: The Odyssey
Food Items:
- Cranberry-Oatmeal Cookie (Plant-based) (New)
- Red Velvet Cake Pop with festive sprinkles (New)
- Reindeer Chow featuring M&M’S Milk Chocolate Candies Holiday Blend
- Apple-Caramel Crumb Cake
- Chocolate-covered Toffee Brittle
Beverages:
- Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s (Non-alcoholic)
- Frozen Caramel Hot Cocoa featuring TWIX cookie bar pieces and Whipped Cream (Non-alcoholic)
- BRLO Winter Hard Cider (New)
- Keel Farms Yukon Maple Bourbon Hard Cider (New)
- 3 Daughters Brewing Peppermint Hard Cider (New)
- Wicked Weed Brewing Jack Frost IPA
- Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. Cranberry Vanilla Wheat Ale (New)
- Brewery Ommegang Gilded Noel White Chocolate Imperial Blonde Stout (New)
- Beer Flight
- Hard Cider Flight
- Cocoa Peppermint Warmer: Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s with peppermint schnapps
Connections Café Menu
Connections Eatery is at number 2 on the map below.
Location: In World Discovery
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