Jordan Fisher Takes EPCOT's Candlelight Processional Opening Nights, November 27 and 28, Completing the 2026 Narrator Lineup

The last two empty seats at the EPCOT podium are filled. Jordan Fisher will narrate the Candlelight Processional on November 27 and 28, the opening nights of the 2026 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays.

Disney announced it on the @DisneyParks account on X on Friday afternoon, October 23: "Jordan Fisher has joined the Candlelight Processional narrator lineup." The post came with an updated lineup graphic, stamped "UPDATED!", with Fisher's name marked "Just announced!"

The updated 2026 Candlelight Processional narrator lineup. Image: Disney

Why those two nights were open

When Disney first published the 2026 lineup in September, November 27 and 28 belonged to Auli'i Cravalho. As we reported, the updated list Disney posted on October 6 showed both nights as "To Be Announced," and they stayed that way until Friday's announcement. With Fisher in, Blog Mickey notes that "Every night of the festival now has a celebrity narrator."

Fisher is not new to the role. He joined the Candlelight Processional lineup as a first-time narrator in 2023 (December 21 to 23) and was back on the 2025 lineup (November 30 to December 2). Disney's graphic tags him "Just announced," not "New this year," and Blog Mickey leaves him out of its five first-time narrators. WDW News Today points out that he also sings the theme song for Magic Kingdom's "Happily Ever After" fireworks and recorded "Together We Set Sail" for Disney Cruise Line, and that he won season 25 of "Dancing with the Stars."

Jordan Fisher at the EPCOT podium during an earlier Candlelight Processional. Photo: BlogMickey.com

The complete 2026 lineup

• Nov. 27 and 28: Jordan Fisher (just announced)
• Nov. 29 to Dec. 1: Gary Sinise
• Dec. 2 and 3: Benjamin Bratt (new this year)
• Dec. 4 and 5: Whoopi Goldberg
• Dec. 6 and 7: Robin Roberts (new this year)
• Dec. 8 and 9: Jason Kelce (new this year)
• Dec. 10 to 12: Neil Patrick Harris
• Dec. 13 and 14: Josh Groban (new this year)
• Dec. 15 and 16: Lauren Daigle
• Dec. 17 to 19: Ralph Macchio
• Dec. 20 and 21: Henry Winkler
• Dec. 22 and 23: Lacey Chabert (new this year)
• Dec. 24 and 25: Jodi Benson
• Dec. 26 and 27: Simu Liu
• Dec. 28 to 30: Eva Longoria

That is 15 narrators, five of them first-timers: Bratt, Roberts, Kelce, Groban and Chabert.

Planning to go?

Blog Mickey lists three shows a night at America Gardens Theatre, at 4:45pm, 6:30pm and 8:00pm, which it says are 15 minutes earlier than in 2025 to fit EPCOT's 9pm close during the festival. Candlelight Processional Dining Packages, which guarantee a seat by pairing a meal with a same-day show, opened for booking on October 14.

One heads-up: when we checked Disney's Candlelight Processional page on Saturday, it still listed November 27 and 28 as "To Be Announced," so the X post and its graphic are the place to look for now.

Opening weekend with Jordan Fisher, or are you holding out for your favorite later in December?

Sources

• @DisneyParks on X (October 23, 2026)
• WDW News Today, "Final Celebrity Narrator Announced for 2026 EPCOT Candlelight Processional Lineup" (October 23, 2026)
• Blog Mickey, "EPCOT Candlelight Processional 2026 Narrator Lineup Is Now Complete" (October 23, 2026)
• Blog Mickey, "Full List of Celebrity Narrators for 2023 Candlelight Processional at EPCOT" (October 2023)
• Orange Observer, "Candlelight Processional returns to Disney's EPCOT" (September 18, 2025)
• Walt Disney World, Candlelight Processional (checked October 24, 2026)

Image credits: Disney; BlogMickey.com.