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One of the
holiday features at Disney World is the Candlelight
Processional at Epcot. Have you attended the Candlelight
Processional in the past? If so what did you think of this
performance and would you recommend it?What celebrity
narrator did you see at this event? Would you recommend the
dinner package to get preferred seating at the Candlelight
Processional? What has been your experience with the dinner
package if you got it?
Answers posted to the list:
We have attended this ceremony
2 or 3 times actually seated in the audience, and several
times just standing out in back trying to see in. Usually
we are sitting at an umbrella table outside of American
Adventure restaurant. There we eat and enjoy the wonderful
holiday music. I would highly recommend the processional.
It is a beautifully spiritual experience, whether you are
religious or not, whether you are Christian, Jew, Buddist,
whatever. I think it draws everyone in with it's beautiful
music and voices, and you can feel the spirit of the season
whoever you are. We never do the dinner package, we just
got in line early for whichever show we wanted to attend,
early or later. The dinner package is probably a very nice
way to go; we may try that sometime also. One of the fun
things about the show is you get to see some celebrities
narrate. We have seen people such as George Hamilton,
Barbara Eden, Phylisia Rhasad, Robby Benson, Billie Dee
Williams, and Garry Sinese. (My spelling is probably wrong
here) There may have been a couple more I'm forgetting, but
it's been a nice event to see each time we go to Disney
during the Christmas Season.
Kathy
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We have done Candlelight every year at least once since we
first discovered it in about 1999. It is absolutely without
a doubt my very favorite thing at any Disney park! So
imagine how excited I was when the guy who WROTE
Candlelight (arrianged the music) was hired to be our
church choir director! So last year, in one of the
highlights of my LIFE, I got to PERFORM Candlelight! OK,
I'm gushing a little here...
Um, we've seen Robby Benson, Wayne Brady, I can't really
remember all of the narrators...
We did the package last year and really enjoyed it. Ate at
Le Cellier-- one of the best meals of my life!
I'm not sure if we'll do the package again this year or
just go see it (maybe 2 or 3 times).
Grace
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We have gone several times. Our narrators were Cindy
Williams, Jodi Benson (the voice of Ariel), Gary Sinese and
James Avery (who was wonderful, he was probably the best of
all). I think we did the dinner package each time - we ate
at the French restaurant, but were very hurried and nearly
didn't get it. We ate at Le Cellier after the CP and missed
Illuminations. We ate at Teppanyaki and it was very nice.
We had a great dinner and had plenty of time to get in
line. Last time we went on Christmas Eve and just about
only the dinner package people got in. It was a rainy day
and they wound up cancelling the later shows because of the
torrential downfall.
Deborah
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We've seen it twice; both times it was wonderful! First
narrator was Robert Guilleaume (sp?), and second, just this
past Christmas, was Robby Benson. (Unfortunately, in the
years between, they seem to have done away with the
handbell choir, which was a highlight of the Candlelight
Processional for me.)
We find the dinner package to be a good deal for us and
have had great seats. We have booked the first CP
performance and dinner later, so we don't have to worry
about rushing through dinner to get to the CP. I Absolutely
do recommend seeing the CP, with or without the dinner
package, if you're in Epcot around Christmas.
Chris
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We have attended CAndelight every year since its
inception,a nd have had the
dinner package every year also.
Our first few years we visited early December and just
planned a night at
Candelight. The last 3 we were there for Christmas so we
did it on Christmas
Night.
We have seen many hosts the most memorable were Wayne Brady
and Gary Sinese,
last year.
Candelight is a good value, and the resrved seating isa
plus also. I do wish
they would bring back the 15% shopping Discount!
Dennis
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I'm mostly a lurker, but I had to respond to this question!
Our family
absolutely loves the Candlelight Processional, I think it's
our favorite of all of
the special holiday festivities. We've seen Wayne Brady and
last year we saw
Miss America. (I can't remember her name right now.) We've
booked the dinner
package both times, and have eaten dinner at LeCellier
around 4 pm so we can
catch the last Candlelight performance, and then still have
time to find a
spot for Illuminations. I would recommend the dinner
package, I think we've
definitely gotten our money's worth out of it, and I like
knowing we'll have a
reserved seat waiting for us. The music, the singing, and
the reading of the
Christmas story literally give me chills at times! It's a
beautiful show, and I
would recommend everyone see it at least once.
Tracy
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I've seen it twice. Once we were walking around World
Showcase and
timed it for the start of one of the shows. So we stood in
the back
and watched and listened. The narrator was Robert Urich. He
did a
very good job. Last year I went and did the dinner thing -
ate at Le
Cellier, which is a favorite of mine. I would definitely do
this
again. I thought I got a great value for the price of the
ticket and
the food I ate. I think it depends on the night and how
late into the
season you go whether you really need the package or not. I
personally would not want to wait in the stand by line.
People get
there early and to me it's a waste of valuable time. You do
have to
stand in a line to get in even if you do the dinner package
but it's
not as long and as long as you aren't arriving at the last
minute,
you can get a really good seat. My narrator last year was
Stephen
Curtis Chapman. He did a good job but not my idea of an
outstanding
voice to read the story. I've got the CD and enjoy it with
Phylicia
Rashad. Of course the ultimate voice is James Earl Jones or
maybe
David Ogden Stiers.
Pam
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We do the dinner package for the CP, too and our favorite
places to eat are the Rose and Crown and LeCellier. The
food is wonderful! Up until about 5 years ago we didn't
feel it necessary to do the dinner package...but back them
the wait wasn't more than 45 minutes. Another thing we do
on another night, is get ourselves a hot chocolate and sit
outside the American Gardens Theater and listen...the music
is so beautiful we could sit there over and over and over
just listening to it. We love Gary Sinese, Edward James
Olmos, and Robby Benson.
Maggie
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Unfortunately we've only attended the CP once about two
years ago.
We did the dinner package (Nine Dragons which was good).
When we
attened the performance Philisha Rashad was the narrator,
who did a
wonderful job. We go to Disney every year early December
but I can't
seem to get my husband to stand in the line to see the
performance
again. Luckily, I bought the CD which has Ms. Rashad as the
narrator so I listen to it often throughout the year, and I
almost
feel like I'm there in person. The music is wonderful (I am
amazed
that most of the performers are high school students), when
you have
the dinner package you get great seats, and the
presentation of the
Christmas Story helps to keep me grounded/focused for the
holidays
on why we actually celebrate the holidays. If I ever do get
my
husband to see the show for a second time we will
definitely do the
dinner package (but do a different restaurant) so that we
don't have
to wait in the other line (which every time we've passed it
has been
EXTREMELY long). Whether you do the dinner package or not,
this is
definitely something you don't want to miss when you're in
Epcot
during the holidays.
Goofymom
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