Candlelight Narrators

[SusieBea]

Geez, when are they going to announce more of the Narrators? I think there are only 3 currently, none of who will appear when we are there. If I make a blind package reservation, I know my husband won't sit through Whoopie! Lol

 

[vallygirl0221]

I am waiting to see as well as of now the one that we do know or the majority of our trip is a skip for us but if there is someone good on the 14th then I may rearrange stuff enough to go.

 

[calmpets]

I sent this email a couple of days ago:

I am wondering when I can expect to see the remaining guest narrators posted for this year's Candlelight Processional? I am booked for the CP dining package on December 6th, and am curious who the narrator will be, or at least when I can expect to find out. Thanks in advance!​

I received this fairly useless response:

Thank you for contacting the Walt Disney World® Resort

We are so excited that you are coming for a visit!

What an Exciting time to be coming, Candlelight Processional is one of the highlights of the Holiday Season here at the Walt Disney World® Resort.

There has been no announcement yet as to when the rest of the list of Celebrity Narrators will be announced. The best thing to do is just keep checking the

Walt Disney World® Resort website to see if any announcements have been made. The Celebrity Narrators are subject to change at anytime.

If you have questions or need further assistance, feel free to contact us.

Have a Magical Day and a Vacation filled with Pixie Dust and Dreams!!​

So I guess the answer is that they have no idea, but you are right, they absolutely should be posted by now.

 

[yulilin3]

last year Anthony Mackie was the last narrator to be announced and that was done Nov 18, so it can get very close to the start of the event.
Remember that with these narrators it's not only Disney but the schedule of the people they want that they have to deal with

 

[SusieBea]

last year Anthony Mackie was the last narrator to be announced and that was done Nov 18, so it can get very close to the start of the event.
Remember that with these narrators it's not only Disney but the schedule of the people they want that they have to deal with

I understand and I'm sympathetic, but I've seen enough Processionals to know that the narrator can change the tone of the performance. I'll deal. Ha

 

[DOOM1001]

What I see so far

• • TBA November 24-26
  • TBA November 27-28
  • TBA November 29-30
  • TBA December 1-3
  • Pat Sajak December 4-5
  • TBA December 6-8
  • TBA December 9-11
  • TBA December 12-14
  • Trace Adkins December 15-17
  • Neil Patrick Harris December 18-21
  • CCH Pounder December 22-24
  • Jaci Velasquez December 25-27
  • TBA December 28-30

 

[calmpets]

What I see so far

• • TBA November 24-26
  • TBA November 27-28
  • TBA November 29-30
  • TBA December 1-3
  • Pat Sajak December 4-5
  • TBA December 6-8
  • TBA December 9-11
  • TBA December 12-14
  • Trace Adkins December 15-17
  • Neil Patrick Harris December 18-21
  • CCH Pounder December 22-24
  • Jaci Velasquez December 25-27
  • TBA December 28-30

That is exactly what the list read when I booked back in July. I'm just surprised absolutely no one has been added since then. Even if they didn't have everyone, you would think in a month's time they would at least confirm one or two more, and add them to the list. Unless they are waiting for the list to be complete, for some reason.

 

[Keacc]

I made reservations for Dec 5th, 6th and 7th. I am not excited about Pat Sajak, but I will hold on to it in case the 6th or 7th has someone that I don't care for. I will eventually cancel two of the reservations.

 

[Allison]

So I guess the answer is that they have no idea, but you are right, they absolutely should be posted by now.

As far as thinking they should be posted by now, that would be great and I would like it, but that just isn't how it has worked in the past and I don't expect that to change. I'm sure there are a lot of moving parts with getting agreements in place and scheduled coordinated.

 

[ShadeDK]

Although it's frustrating not to know who all the narrators are yet, it'd be worse to release the list and then change it - there'd be many complaints from guests who planned for a specific narrator and then didn't get them. If you'll have multiple narrators during your stay, all you can do is play CP narrator roulette and see where Disney lands (or hedge your bet with multiple CP dining packages).

I agree with the many moving pieces part. There was a rumor on the main CP post about a Very Big Name that might do it. I can understand wanting to keep available dates open for such a person before releasing more of the roster.

 

[calmpets]

Although it's frustrating not to know who all the narrators are yet, it'd be worse to release the list and then change it - there'd be many complaints from guests who planned for a specific narrator and then didn't get them. If you'll have multiple narrators during your stay, all you can do is play CP narrator roulette and see where Disney lands (or hedge your bet with multiple CP dining packages).

I agree with the many moving pieces part. There was a rumor on the main CP post about a Very Big Name that might do it. I can understand wanting to keep available dates open for such a person before releasing more of the roster.

Can you link to the thread you are talking about? There are a ton of CP related threads, and I'd love to see the rumor.

 

[ShadeDK]

Here's the link to the page where they talk about this:

https://www.disboards.com/threads/c...-narrator-list-added-july-1st.3595055/page-38

I thought it was an interesting rumor - but that's all it is at this point.

 

[rlduvall]

I see that Whoopi Goldberg is now scheduled for December 1 - 3. Yay - that's one of my dates. Also, they just added Matt Bomer - 11/27 - 11/28 and Warwick Davis - 12/12 - 12/14.