Your Complete Guide to the 2025 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

Everything You Need to Know About the 2025 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

The most wonderful time of the year has arrived at EPCOT, and the 2025 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays is delivering enough festive fun, food, and Figment sweaters to keep holiday spirits glowing brighter than Spaceship Earth at night. Running now through December 30, this year’s festival blends beloved traditions with fresh new flavors, entertainment, and experiences across World Showcase and the newly reimagined CommuniCore spaces. Consider this your sleigh-ride guide to everything you need to know before dashing through EPCOT this season.

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EPCOT has once again transformed into a global celebration of winter holidays, decked out with shimmering candle-inspired entrance flats, towering Christmas trees, garlands, and pavilion-specific touches that make every stroll feel like a world tour of tinsel. Inside the gates, guests can grab a Festival Passport to track menus, entertainment, and, of course, the ever-popular Holiday Cookie Stroll. The passport will be your trusted holiday GPS as you navigate more than two dozen Holiday Kitchens, scavenger hunts, storytellers, and seasonal overlays from morning rope drop to nighttime sparkle.

The signature show of the season, Candlelight Processional, returns with its full orchestra, mass choir, Voices of Liberty, and an impressive 2025 lineup of celebrity narrators, including Constance Wu, Henry Winkler, Brie Larson, and Sheryl Lee Ralph. Susan Egan also steps in to narrate December 3 and 4. Shows take place nightly at 5:00, 6:45, and 8:15 pm at America Gardens Theatre, with dining packages once again offering guaranteed seating. Crowds flock to this EPCOT tradition every year, so plan accordingly if experiencing this centerpiece performance is on your holiday must-do list.

Entertainment sparkles throughout the day, starting with JOYFUL! A Celebration of the Season, bringing Christmas and Kwanzaa rhythms to the CommuniCore Plaza Stage several times daily. The Voices of Liberty don their Dickens Caroler attire for nostalgic harmonies in The American Adventure, and Holiday Storytellers fill each pavilion with stories from around the world, including a brand-new puppet show debuting in Germany. Spaceship Earth also gets a sweet transformation inside CommuniCore Hall with the returning Gingerbread Spaceship Earth display, while Santa Claus now greets guests in the very same hall. Meanwhile, Santa Goofy steals the show in his own festive meet and greet over in The Odyssey, where the Glittering Grove forest has taken root after a move from last year’s setup.

Rides get in on the celebration as well. Living with the Land – Glimmering Greenhouses overlays the classic boat ride with lights, décor, and a returning seasonal Behind the Seeds tour. Figment once again sports his holiday sweater on Journey Into Imagination, and for the first time ever, guests can meet Figment in a holiday sweater too. Olaf’s Holiday Tradition Expedition scavenger hunt has brand-new hiding spots and Frozen 2–themed plate prizes, and Scentsy’s Festive Fragrances Garden returns with ornament displays offering seasonal scents like Sleigh Ride, Silver Bells, Perfect Peppermint, and Christmas Cottage.

Of course, food is one of the biggest stars of any EPCOT festival, and this year’s Holiday Kitchens serve up an enormous lineup of seasonal favorites, specialty drinks, and inventive new dishes. Whether you are team gingerbread, team schnitzel, team tamale, or proudly team “I will eat every cookie on the Cookie Stroll,” there is something tempting at every turn. New booths in the CommuniCore area include Experimental Prototype Cookies of Tomorrow and Favorites of Festivals Past, both offering nostalgia-packed treats and comforting flavors. Mexico debuts several new items such as Tostada de Carne and Dulce de Leche Churro along with spirited margaritas. Germany brings back its beloved schnitzel and cheese fondue, while France introduces a stunning gingerbread macaron and new mulled wine.

China jumps into the action with a brand new Tiger Milk Tea, Japan offers a whimsical Strawberry Bun and Sushi Tree Roll, and Morocco’s Tangierine Café brings hearty wraps and stone-baked bread. The returning Mele Kalikimaka booth serves tropical holiday favorites, while Nochebuena Cocina celebrates Latin traditions with Pan de Jamón and warm Ponche Navideño. Canada’s Yukon Holiday Kitchen continues to impress with seared salmon, beef bourguignon, and the Maple Leaf Shortbread Cookie. Beyond the booths, don’t skip Refreshment Port’s Turkey Poutine, the red velvet cookie funnel cake in the American Adventure, or Connections Eatery’s Figment Sweater Liege Waffle.

The Holiday Cookie Stroll remains one of EPCOT’s most beloved yuletide quests, featuring cookies from around the park that you can collect stamps for in your Festival Passport. After gathering at least five stamps, guests can redeem their map for a completer treat at Holiday Sweets & Treats. This year’s stroll is sweeter than ever with new additions like the Mickey-shaped Almond Black and White Cookie, Cranberry-Oatmeal Cookie, Coffee-Mocha Cookie, and the Maple Leaf Shortbread Cookie.

The merchandise game is strong this year, and Figment is leading the charge in full holiday style. The 2025 Festival of the Holidays merch lineup is inspired by his iconic sweater and includes a new spirit jersey-style sweater, accessories, drinkware, and an Annual Passholder-exclusive long-sleeve. Festival pin collectors can pick up Figment gingerbread designs along with Santa Mickey pins at kiosks throughout the park.

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Whether you are here for the food, the entertainment, the décor, or the chance to see a purple dragon in knitwear, the 2025 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays is packed with magic from start to finish. With so many traditions from around the world to explore, EPCOT’s holiday celebration continues to shine as one of Walt Disney World’s most heartwarming offerings of the season.

Here’s to festive bites, warm lights, merry music, and full passports as the 2025 festival fills EPCOT with international joy once again.

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