EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

Festival of the Holidays 2025

2025 is not announced. Everything below is either the pattern or the last confirmed cycle, labeled as such — see the main Festival of the Holidays page for how the event works.

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Last confirmed cycle · Checked July 2026

2025 cycle, labelled as such. We have not reproduced the 2025 kitchen roster or the 2025 Candlelight narrator lineup, because both change annually and the narrator list in particular has been altered after publication within a single cycle.

Next review November 2026

What is different in 2025

  • Ran the standard mid-November to end-of-December window as an included-with-admission festival, with the Candlelight Processional performing three times nightly at the America Gardens Theatre.
  • The holiday kitchen count stayed well below the autumn festival's, which continues to mean longer lines per stand in December than in October despite a comparable total crowd.

How the event works

This part does not change year to year, so it is kept in one place.

The pattern

Typically starts
mid-November
Typically ends
30 December
Nights
~45 (40–50)
Nights of the week
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Hours
Daily with park admission. Holiday kitchens typically open late morning; the Candlelight Processional runs three performances each evening.

Full guide to Festival of the Holidays

The permanent version of all this

Height requirements, ride mechanics, accessibility detail, and permanent dining live on our evergreen guide, our year-round sister site. They do not change with the season, so we do not repeat them here.