Disney: 9 new narrators set for Candlelight Processional

Walt Disney World has revealed its complete list of celebrity narrators for Epcot’s 2023 Candlelight Processional, and the list includes nine new readers. Among the newbies are Oscar winner Brendan Fraser, Broadway star Audra McDonald, singer Luis Fonsi and “Teen Beach Movie” and “Dear Evan Hansen” alum Jordan Fisher.

Candlelight Processional is one of the festivities for the Epcot International Festival of Holidays, which begins Nov. 24, the day after Thanksgiving. The musical event features a 50-piece orchestra, giant choir and a narrator who reads the Christmas story three times nightly.

The lineup of readers for 2023 includes:

• Nov. 24-25: Chrissy Metz

• Nov. 26-27: Luis Fonsi

• Nov. 28-29: Ann-Margret

• Nov. 30-Dec. 2: Simu Liu

• Dec. 3-5: John Stamos

• Dec. 6-8: Neil Patrick Harris

• Dec. 9-11: Marlee Matlin

• Dec. 12-14: Brendan Fraser

• Dec. 15-16: Eva Longoria

• Dec. 17-18: Joey McIntyre

• Dec. 19-20: Sterling K. Brown

• Dec. 21-23: Jordan Fisher

Epcot Food & Wine: What would it cost to eat everything in 2023?

• Dec. 24-26: Steven Curtis Chapman

• Dec. 27-28: Audra McDonald

• Dec. 29-30: Lisa Ling

In addition to Fraser, Fonsi, McDonald and Fisher, the other new-to-Candlelight narrators are Metz, Longoria, McIntyre, Brown and Ann-Margret, Disney says.

Disney to offer half-price dining, theme-park tickets for children

Candlelight Processional is included with regular Epcot admission. Dining packages associated with the event go on sale Oct. 17. The festival also includes 15 holiday kitchens, international storytellers around World Showcase, light displays inside the Living With the Land attraction, a scavenger hunt, a cookie stroll and visits from Santa Claus.

Email me at dbevil@orlandosentinel.com. My Threads account is @dbevil. You can subscribe to the Theme Park Rangers newsletter at orlandosentinel.com/newsletters.

Theme Park Rangers Radar: Nature at science center, Dinosaur at Disney World