Holiday Candlelight Processional At Epcot

[LeSabreStationWagon1978]

Does anyone know how many years the Walt Disney Travel Company has been holding the Holiday Candlelight Processional at Epcot each year (or, shall we say each Christmas Holiday Season)?
Also, does anyone know if people such as Shari Lewis and Angela Lansbury have ever served as one of the Celebrity Narrators for the Holiday Candlelight Processional at Epcot?

 

[erionm]

Does anyone know how many years the Walt Disney Travel Company has been holding the Holiday Candlelight Processional at Epcot each year (or, shall we say each Christmas Holiday Season)?

It started at the Magic Kingdom in 1971 and then moved to Epcot in 1994.

Also, does anyone know if people such as Shari Lewis and Angela Lansbury have ever served as one of the Celebrity Narrators for the Holiday Candlelight Processional at Epcot?

Unsure.

 

[snoopy two]

I saw James Earl Jones at MK. It was set up at the train station. Fantastic!

 

[bbeagle]

These have been the Candlelight Processional Narrators at DisneyLAND:

• Dennis Morgan (1961-1964)
• Dick Van Dyke(1965) (Walt’s last Candlelight ceremony)
• Dennis Morgan (1966)
• Gregory Peck & Dean Jones (1967)
• Henry Fonda & Rock Hudson(1968)
• Gary Grant (1969)
• Charlton Heston & Dean Jones (1970)
• John Wayne (1971)
• Rock Hudson (1972)
• Cary Grant (1973-1974)
• Jimmy Stewart (1975)
• Rock Hudson (1976)
• Buddy Ebsen & Ed Asner(1977)
• Cary Grant (1978)
• Elliot Gould & Joseph Cotton (1979)
• Michael Landon (1980)
• Ed Asner & Jason Robards(1981)
• Pat and Shirley Boone (1982)
• Darren McGavin (1983)
• Joseph Campanella (1984)
• Kevin Dobson (1985)
• Craig T. Nelson & Elliot Gould (1986)
• Howard Keel (1987):
• Joseph Campanella (1988)
• John Forsythe (1989)
• James Earl Jones (1990)
• Robert Urich (1991)
• George Kennedy (1992)
• Michael York (1993)
• Peter Graves (1994)
• David Ogden Stiers (1995)
• Mary Hart (1996)
• Joseph Campanella (1997)
• Richard Crenna & Edward James Olmos (1998)
• Olympia Dukakis (1999)
• John Tesh & Barry Bostwick (2000)
• David Ogden Stiers (2001)
• Mickey Rooney & Stephen Collins (2002)
• Louis Gossett, Jr. & Marie Osmond (2003)
• Marie Osmond (2004)
• Dick Van Dyke (2005)
• Andy Garcia & Hector Elizondo (2006)
• Jane Seymour (2007)
• John Stamos (2008)
• Jon Voight (2009)
• Tom Skerritt (2010)
• Gary Sinise (2011):
• Dec. 1-2, 2012: Dennis Haysbert
• Dec. 3-5, 2012: Kurt Russell
• Dec. 6-8, 2012: Edward James Olmos
• Dec. 9-11, 2012: Lou Diamond Phillips
• Dec. 12-13, 2012: Dick Van Dyke
• Dec. 14, 2012: Dennis Haysbert
• Dec. 15-16, 2012: Patricia Heaton
• Dec. 17-19, 2012: Molly Ringwald
• Dec. 20, 2012: John Stamos
• Kurt Russell & Blair Underwood (2013)
• Beau Bridges (2014)
• Geena Davis & Lana Parilla (2015)
• Gennifer Goodwin (2016)
• Chris Hemsworth (2017)
• Chris Pratt (2018)
• Lin-Manuel Miranda (2019)
• Sterling K. Brown (2021)

I'll try to find a list for WDW.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Does anyone know how many years the Walt Disney Travel Company has been holding the Holiday Candlelight Processional at Epcot each year (or, shall we say each Christmas Holiday Season)?
Also, does anyone know if people such as Shari Lewis and Angela Lansbury have ever served as one of the Celebrity Narrators for the Holiday Candlelight Processional at Epcot?

Good to see you posting again, StationWagon.