News Walt Disney World holidays 2021

[heapster411]

Candlelight Processional Dining Package??????

 

[DCBaker]

Here is the stage show -

Disney Very Merriest After Hours just got even merrier, with “Mickey & Minnie’s Very Merry Memories” joining the lineup of event-exclusive entertainment. Guests attending Disney Very Merriest After Hours, a separately ticketed event at Magic Kingdom Park taking place on 24 select nights Nov. 8 – Dec. 21, 2021, are invited to join Mickey and his pals for a celebration filled with music, dancing and nostalgic yuletide fun. Presented on the Cinderella Castle Forecourt Stage, the show features nods to classic Magic Kingdom holiday stage shows, including “Mickey’s Twas the Night Before Christmas,” “Celebrate the Season” and “Mickey’s Most Merriest Celebration.”

Also the Merry Menagerie is back in AK!

During the holiday season and beyond, nature holds the truest magic at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park. As a part of this year’s yuletide entertainment, Discovery Island will spring to life with a Merry Menagerie of winter animals, realized in the form of life-size, artisan-sculpted puppets. Reindeer, foxes, polar bears, penguins and more interact with guests, accompanied by serenading musicians as they create a whimsical display and playful atmosphere for guests of all ages to enjoy.

Delightful Holiday Entertainment Will Enchant Guests Across Walt Disney World Resort This Holiday Season

There is no better place to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year than The Most Magical Place on Earth – especially during The World’s Most Magical Celebration for the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World Resort!

disneyparks.disney.go.com

 

[wdwmagic]

Disney announces more holiday entertainment coming to Walt Disney World including a stage show for Disney Very Merriest After Hours​

Disney announces more holiday entertainment coming to Walt Disney World including a stage show for Disney Very Merriest After Hours

"Mickey & Minnie's Very Merry Memories" comes to the After Hours event at Magic Kingdom for 2021.

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[castlecake2.0]

Crickets in Epcot ...

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Seems earlier than ever before

 

[Squishy]

Still no mention of Jingle Bell Jingle Bam

 

[MisterPenguin]

Still no mention of Jingle Bell Jingle Bam

Disney discovered tweets from Lanny claiming that there were government tracking microchips in the vaccine.

 

[DCBaker]

More information on the Candlelight Processional -

"This year’s celebrity narrators will include Chita Rivera, Jodi Benson, Alton Fitzgerald White, Lisa Ling, Steven Curtis Chapman, Blair Underwood and Pat Sajak with more names being added over the next few weeks. Candlelight Processional Dining Packages are also returning, and can be booked online beginning Oct. 26."

Other entertainment -

"During the festival, holiday traditions of the world come to life around World Showcase, such as:

Las Posadas at the Mexico pavilion
Canadian Holiday Voyageurs in the Canada pavilion
Chinese Lion Dance celebrating the new year in the China pavilion
A Hanukkah storyteller along the promenade and delightful holiday storytellers in France, Italy, Japan, Norway and the United Kingdom
And outside The American Adventure, you can wave hello to Santa Claus as he gets ready for the big day."

Celebrity Narrators Return to Candlelight Processional Along with Other Joyous Traditions During EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays Presented by AdventHealth

Whether your holiday traditions include choirs singing, chestnuts roasting, kitchens cooking, cookies baking or gifts unwrapping, EPCOT is the place to be from Nov. 26 through Dec. 30.

disneyparks.disney.go.com

 

[Zummi Gummi]

More information on the Candlelight Processional -

"This year’s celebrity narrators will include Chita Rivera, Jodi Benson, Alton Fitzgerald White, Lisa Ling, Steven Curtis Chapman, Blair Underwood and Pat Sajak with more names being added over the next few weeks. Candlelight Processional Dining Packages are also returning, and can be booked online beginning Oct. 26."

Other entertainment -

"During the festival, holiday traditions of the world come to life around World Showcase, such as:

Las Posadas at the Mexico pavilion
Canadian Holiday Voyageurs in the Canada pavilion
Chinese Lion Dance celebrating the new year in the China pavilion
A Hanukkah storyteller along the promenade and delightful holiday storytellers in France, Italy, Japan, Norway and the United Kingdom
And outside The American Adventure, you can wave hello to Santa Claus as he gets ready for the big day."

Celebrity Narrators Return to Candlelight Processional Along with Other Joyous Traditions During EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays Presented by AdventHealth

Whether your holiday traditions include choirs singing, chestnuts roasting, kitchens cooking, cookies baking or gifts unwrapping, EPCOT is the place to be from Nov. 26 through Dec. 30.

disneyparks.disney.go.com

She's not as big a name as some of the others, but don't sleep on Chita Rivera as the narrator. Wonderful, wonderful, narrator and a real stage legend (the original Anita in West Side Story, among so many other credits). So glad she's coming back.

I imagine they'll get Whoopi and NPH like the always do as well. Probably working on their schedules. I'm sure Whoopi will film a segment or two for The View while she's here.

 

[DCBaker]

Here are the dates for the celebrities announced -

Chita Rivera
November 29 through December 1

Jodi Benson
December 2 through December 4

Alton Fitzgerald White
December 5 through December 7

Lisa Ling
December 11 through December 13

Steven Curtis Chapman
December 23 through December 25

Blair Underwood
December 26 through December 28

Pat Sajak
December 29 through December 30

 

[jpinkc]

Uhm isnt someone missing from that list, Neil Patrick Harris?? I assume he is going to be there? Isnt he almost the Poster Boy for this now?

 

[Zummi Gummi]

Here are the dates for the celebrities announced -

Chita Rivera
November 29 through December 1

Jodi Benson
December 2 through December 4

Alton Fitzgerald White
December 5 through December 7

Lisa Ling
December 11 through December 13

Steven Curtis Chapman
December 23 through December 25

Blair Underwood
December 26 through December 28

Pat Sajak
December 29 through December 30

December 8-10 and 14-22 is available. I imagine both he and Whoopi will end up in there.

 

[heapster411]

If you notice you CAN NOT book Dining packages until 10/26/21. You only have a choice of Biergarten, Coral Reef, Garden Grill or Rose and Crown.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Uhm isnt someone missing from that list, Neil Patrick Harris?? I assume he is going to be there? Isnt he almost the Poster Boy for this now?

Honestly, I found the show to be a bore but, thankfully, NPH was hosting the one time we saw it (a few years back). He’s wonderful. Show wasn’t our cup of tea, though. Glad it is returning for its fans, though! I’d like JBJB back but it doesn’t look like it is happening. I presume they don’t want to close MMRR early.

 

[wdwmagic]

EPCOT Candlelight Processional Dining Packages and Prices​

EPCOT Candlelight Processional Dining Packages and Prices

Details on restaurants and pricing for the holiday dining package at EPCOT.

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[Touchdown]

4 resturants? I’m guessing the reason for the delay is contracts are still being worked out for others. Correct me if I’m wrong but the dining listed so far are fully Disney owned.

 

[mm52200]

There's a lot to criticize Chapek for, but both of these are not valid critiques. The parade situation in particular is because of the labor shortage. And in regards to meet and greets, my guess is that the choir was deemed fine because company policy would have everyone in the choir vaccinated, but with a meet and greet you can't tell who is vaccinated and who isn't. But that doesn't fit your narrative.

That’s literally not the reason for parades or anything not returning. The labor is there waiting. They are sitting on lists of hundreds and hundreds of displaced and laid off entertainment cast members waiting for a call back to their original roles performing. So please stop spinning that narrative when it simply isn’t true at this point.

 

[ToTBellHop]

That’s literally not the reason for parades or anything not returning. The labor is there waiting. They are sitting on lists of hundreds and hundreds of displaced and laid off entertainment cast members waiting for a call back to their original roles performing. So please stop spinning that narrative when it simply isn’t true at this point.

Parades, I will agree with. M&Gs are different, but vaccinated cast can absolutely star in a parade while guests stay away from them. It is no different than the cavalcades. There is no reasonable explanation for the lack of FoF. Parades are safe in CA but not FL?

In any event, parades return to WDW next month. They’ll surely want them for day-guests soon after since the “but Covid!“ or “but staffing issues!” claims will fall flat.

They can only find parade cast when you are paying an extra $200 for 4 hours?

 

[PaulZ]

I’ll be doing a dining package reservation on 10/26. Looking forward to this.

 

[bruin086]

Ugh I was hoping to get the dining package through via napoli