By Juliana Octavini
If you, like me, love Christmas magic at Disneyland, get ready: Disney has just announced official dates of the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays 2025And I'm already counting the days to live this delightful experience!
The EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays is part of the Christmas festivities that take place at Disney parks at the end of the year. I even told you in another post about them (check below)
👉 Christmas on Disney 2025: announced dates
About the EPCOT Festival of the Holidays 2025
O Disney End of Year Festival at EPCOT It will happen from 28 November to 30 December 2025It's the perfect time to trade turkey for Christmas trees, bright lights and festive traditions from all over the world.
Just like other festivals that take place at EPCOT throughout the year, this also brings together a lot of gastronomy, live shows and many other attractions for the whole family to have fun together!
It is definitely a must-have event for you to enter the Christmas climate of Disney with and with the right foot! Let’s check what’s going on on this year’s schedule?
Programming of EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays 2025
During the festival, the park becomes special attractions. JOYFUL! A Celebration of the Season, a vibrant musical performance that celebrates the Christmas spirit with gospel, jazz and R&B influences bringing the incredible performance of Central Florida D'Vine Voices.
Another unmissable attraction is the Storytellers for World Showcase where artists share Christmas traditions from their countries in their respective pavilions. This year’s programming includes:
- Mexico Pavilion – Celebration of Las Posadas
- Norway Pavilion – A Magic and Travesso Santa Claus
- China Pavilion – Chinese Lion Dancer
- Italy Pavilion – La Befana
- Japan Pavilion – Daruma Storyteller
- Between the pavilions of Morocco and France – Hanukkah Storyteller
- Pavilion of France – Père Noël
- United Kingdom Pavilion – Santa Claus
- Canada Pavilion – Canadian holiday travelers
But, without a doubt, one of the most anticipated attractions is the Candlelight Processional Here, invited celebrities tell the narrative of the birth of Jesus accompanied by an exciting choir with live orchestra. There is no way not to get excited!
The presentations take place every night at the America Gardens Theatre at 5pm, 6:45pm and 8:15pm. However, the seats are filled in by order of arrival, that is, you need to get there early! And for those who want to secure their place in advance, Disney offers food packages with a seat reserved that are a great option and will be available soon at the Disney official website.
Remembering that you can consult all the schedules of the shows in My Disney Experience app.
Gastronomy of EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays 2025
To make the festival even more delicious, Disney has prepared several seasonal tastes to complete the event. Throughout the World Showcase, you can taste several theme foods with Christmas recipes that have been prepared especially for this time of year. That is, whoever has tried, has tried!
Disney has assured us that this year's list is sensational, so as soon as she releases the full list of dishes and drinks from the festival, I'll be back to tell you everything, so keep an eye out!
For those who love sweets, you can celebrate because the traditional Holiday Cookie Stroll It's a kind of cookie hunt, where you collect stamps at the Passport Festival and by completing all the stamps, you get a special toast at the Holiday Sweet and TreatsOne of those already confirmed toasts is the Coffee-Mocha Cookie. Guest sweetheart, this Christmas cookie is covered with coffee buttercream and cocoa nibs and made with chocolate.
More activities for the whole family
In addition to the typical shows and food, the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays also brings a number of other very fun attractions for the whole family.
One of them is Olaf's treasure hunt. Olaf’s Holiday Tradition Expedition" Returns to the park once again for a journey where visitors need to find the character scattered across several World Showcase flags. After finding it, they need to go to the Creations Shop or the World Traveler at the International Gateway to rescue a special gift.
It is a very fun activity and children love. Besides, it is the opportunity to take the journey to get to know each of the countries that make up the area.
Another attraction is the Living with the Land – Glimmering Greenhouses, the classic boat ride that wins a stunning Christmas decoration!
And not that way. Santa Claus in the pavilions of France and Norway, where he will not only tell Christmas stories, but will also receive little cards and will be ready to take photos with visitors.
Did you see how much is waiting for you at this year’s EPCOT International Festivval of the Holidays? So if you are planning your trip to the end of 2025 and want to live the Christmas climate in style, tips are all in the works! Keep following Orlando’s Journey here and on social networks to stay in on everything that goes on in Orlando’s theme parks and region to plan an incredible and unforgettable trip!
