Disney is planning a return of the Candlelight Processional at EPCOT for the 2021 holiday season

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Posted: Monday August 16, 2021 11:55am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The 2021 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays may get a boost this year with the return of the fan-favorite Candlelight Processional.

Ming-Na Wen Candlelight Processional 2019

Disney is already in the advanced planning stages and is beginning the process of recruiting the choirs to perform in the show.

The Candlelight Processional did not take place in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic and no vaccine available at that time.

Ming-Na Wen Candlelight Processional 2019

Disney did not mention the Candlelight Processional in its July 12 update on the Walt Disney World holiday season, but a recent company-wide policy regarding COVID vaccinations may be enough to green-light the show for 2021. Disney will require all of its salaried and non-union Cast members to be vaccinated by September 30 2021.

Ming-Na Wen Candlelight Processional 2019

The EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays begins November 26 and takes place daily through December 30.

Neil Patrick Harris Candlelight Processional 2015

As we have seen over the past 18 months, anything can happen concerning COVID, and until officially announced by Disney, the return of the Candelight Processional should be treated as speculation.

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gerararJan 13, 2022

Disney Parks posted some BTS on what happens with the Grand Floridian gingerbread house after the holidays... The bees eat it!! Already trending with 2.5m views^

YodaManJan 08, 2022

Sunset Season Greetings? That ended on Monday the 3rd with the rest of the holiday offerings.

disneygeek90Jan 07, 2022

Oh yikes I guess I meant the Holiday projection on ToT and how long into January that runs. I am blanking on the name 😅

wdwmagicJan 07, 2022

18 months from Oct 1, unless it gets extended.

YodaManJan 07, 2022

Do you mean what time at night? Or what date it ends? I assume it runs all the way through the rest of the 50th Celebration.

disneygeek90Jan 07, 2022

Does anyone know when Beacon of Magic stops at HS? I tried to google but I couldn’t find any confirmed dates.

mm52200Dec 29, 2021

They were recently allowed to start wearing them. Omnicron is ripping through cast members.

My DS plays French Horn. They had a mask with a velcro opening for the mouthpiece. So, it's possible to do that. But, he was very happy to have that requirement stopped at that beginning of this month.

MisterPenguinDec 28, 2021

I don't recall anyone masked for Candlelight the first week of December except for a few instrumentalists... obviously not the wind instruments, tho.

PuertoRekinSamDec 28, 2021

We went to Epcot yesterday and saw the early candlelight show and my wife noticed that some of the performers were wearing mask while singing. Not just the golden choir but some voices as well. They looked like a solid color and not the blue pixie ones the average Cast wear. Has this been happening all season? Or was this new? I watched a you tube video of it earlier this year and don’t remember them being there.