Updated November 17, 2021
The EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays is back in all of its full glory this holiday season! Kicking off on November 26 and running through December 30, raise a glass and cheer to the holidays as you celebrate around the world!
Let’s dive in and see what’s in store!
This year, the Epcot International Festival of the Holidays kicks off on November 26 and runs through December 30, 2021.
Starting off with the basics, you’ll find 14 unique Holiday Kitchens located throughout World Showcase, the fan-favorite Cookie Stroll, Candlelight Processional, Holiday Storytellers, and so much more.
The Holiday Storytellers are returning this year at the festival! They can be found at each of the 11 countries on the World Showcase:
- Mexico
- Norway
- China
- Germany
- Italy
- America
- Japan
- Morocco
- France
- United Kingdom
- Canada
The Storytellers appears intermittently throughout the day. Each share unique stories and holiday traditions that are observed in their native country.
Times are listed in the EPCOT Entertainment guide or near the entrances to each country’s pavilion.
Be sure to catch other festive entertainment found within the World Showcase:
- Las Posadas will be performing at the Mexico pavilion.
- The Canadian Holiday Voyageurs will be up on stage over in the Canada pavilion.
- You can see the Chinese Lion Dance celebrating the new year in the China pavilion.
- You can check out the Hanukkah storyteller along the promenade.
- And Santa Claus will be getting ready for Christmas outside The American Adventure!
The Holiday Cookie Stroll returns this year! Earn your complimentary cookie as a reward for completing the confectionary collection. The delicious array of sweet treats to choose from will include cookies from five different locations throughout the park.
- Pick up your Festival Passport, which lists the five official Holiday Cookie Stroll locations.
- Each stop will offer a delicious cookie for purchase and a stamp for your Festival Passport.
- Once you’ve collected all five stamps, bring your Festival Passport to the Sweets & Treats Holiday Kitchen to receive an adorable complimentary 50th Anniversary Cookie!
Here are this years cookie locations:
- Yukon Holiday Kitchen
- SNICKERS®-Doodle Cookie made with SNICKERS® bar pieces
- L’Chaim! Holiday Kitchen
- Black and White Cookie
- American Holiday Table
- Chocolate Crinkle Cookie made with DOVE® Dark Chocolate
- Bavaria Holiday Kitchen
- Linzer Cookie
- Holiday Hearth Desserts
- Gingerbread Cookie
The Holiday Cookie Stroll can be completed at your own leisure, and you can even bring back your stamped Festival Passport to EPCOT at any time during the festival to complete your stroll.
Join in a festive adventure around World Showcase to round up holiday traditions Olaf misplaces.
You can purchase the map for $9.99 at Creations Shop, Port of Entry or World Traveler at International Gateway. The stickers are located on the back of the map with corresponding holiday traditions for each item.
Locate mini Olaf figures strategically placed within each country around the World Showcase. They aren’t easy to find, you have to look pretty hard to locate some of them.
Once you find them all, return your completed map to the same location you purchased it from. You’ll receive a gift “worth melting for” (while supplies last).
Food Items:
- Kālua Pork with Okinawa Purple Sweet Potatoes and Mango Salad
- Lomi Lomi Salmon with Tomatoes, Onions, Salmon Roe, Yuzu-Mayonnaise, and Yucca Chips (Gluten/Wheat Friendly)
- Haupia: Hawaiian Coconut Pudding with Candied Macadamia Nuts and Coconut
Beverages:
- Hawaiian Pale Wheat Ale (New Item)
- Sparkling Pineapple Wine, St. Petersburg, FL
- Melon Breeze with Spiced Rum
Select Dishes featuring Melissa’s Produce.
Food Items:
- Cinnamon-glazed Almonds (Gluten/Wheat Friendly; (New Item)
- Cinnamon-glazed Cashews (Gluten/Wheat Friendly; New Item)
- Cinnamon-glazed Pecans (Gluten/Wheat Friendly; New Item)
- Fire-roasted Chestnuts (Gluten/Wheat Friendly; New Item)
Beverages:
- AMERICAN HERITAGE Gourmet Hot Cocoa (Non-alcoholic; New Item)
- T.G. Lee Eggnog (nonalcoholic)
- Sweet Nutty Stout, Orlando (New Item)
- AMERICAN HERITAGE Gourmet Hot Cocoa with Peanut Butter Whiskey, Whipped Cream, and Candied Nuts (New Item)
- T.G. Lee Eggnog with Peanut Butter Whiskey (New Item)
Food Items:
- Peppermint Sundae: Chocolate ice cream, whipped cream, and peppermint candy (Gluten/Wheat Friendly)
- Exclusive Redemption Cookie (Holiday Cookie Stroll)
Beverages:
- Hot Cocoa (nonalcoholic)
- Chocolate Peppermint Shake featuring Twinings Peppermint Cheer Tea (nonalcoholic)
- Eggnog White Porter
- Coquito Beer (New Item)
- S’mores Black Lager (New Item)
- Hot Cocoa with assorted alcoholic cordials
- Chocolate Peppermint Shake featuring Twinings Peppermint Cheer Tea and Whipped Cream Vodka
- Beer Flight
Food Items:
- Red Velvet Mini Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
- Salted Caramel Spaceship Earth Cookie
- Snowball Cookies
- Peppermint Bark(Gluten/Wheat Friendly)
- Mouse Crunch
- Gingerbread Cookie (Holiday Cookie Stroll)
Beverages:
- Hot Cocoa (nonalcoholic)
- Cinnamon Apple Cider (Non-alcoholic; New Item)
- Cocoa Candy Cane: Hot cocoa with peppermint schnapps
Food Items:
- Coquito Soft-Serve Waffle Cone (New Item)
- Turkey Poutine – French fries with turkey gravy, cranberry relish, and crispy onions
Beverages:
- Cranberry Hard Cider (New Item)
- Pumpkin Spice Ginger Cocktail (New Item)
- Coquito Soft-serve with Spiced Rum (New Item)
Food Items:
- Seared Scallops with Parsnip Silk, Apple Chutney, and Hazelnut Croquant
- Beef Bourguignon with Crushed Potatoes
- Maple Bûche de Noël: Maple mousse and cranberry rolled in gingerbread chiffon cake
- SNICKERS-Doodle Cookie made with SNICKERS bar pieces (Holiday Cookie Stroll; New Item)
Beverages:
- Frozen Coffee (nonalcoholic)
- Maple Cinnamon Coffee Beer
- Maple Cookie Blonde Ale (New Item)
- Peanut Butter & Banana Porter (New Item)
- Icewine, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
- Red Wine, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
- Frozen Coffee with Whisky
- Beer Flight
Select Dishes featuring Melissa’s Produce
Food Items:
- Pastrami on Rye with House-made Pickles and Deli Mustard
- Smoked Salmon Potato Latke (Gluten/Wheat Friendly)
- Potato Latkes (Gluten/Wheat Friendly; Plant-based)
- Sufganiyot: Mini jelly-filled donuts
- Black and White Cookie (Plant-based; Holiday Cookie Stroll)
Beverages:
- Hanukkah Beer
- Blue Cosmo Cocktail
Food Items:
- Grilled Kebabs with Carrot-Chickpea Salad and Garlic Aïoli (New Item)
- Lamb Kefta (Gluten/Wheat Friendly)
- Harissa Chicken (Gluten/Wheat Friendly)
- Stone-baked Moroccan Bread with Hummus, Fig Tapenade, and Zhoug Dip
- Almond-spiced Cake with Ginger Mousse, Orange Ganache, and Sesame Tuile (New Item)
Beverages:
- Lavender Apple Hard Cider (New Item)
- Ginger Tumeric Hard Cider
- Spicy Nutmeg Hard Cider
- Fig Cocktail with Sparkling Wine, Fig Vodka, and Cranberry Juice (New Item)
- Cider Flight
Food Items:
- Slow-roasted Turkey with BEN’S ORIGINAL Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, and Cranberry Sauce
- Holiday Pot Pie with Jackfruit, Mushrooms, Carrots, Peas, Onions, and Puff Pastry (Plant-based)
- Pumpkin Gingerbread Cheesecake with Cranberry Whipped Cream and Candied Pumpkin Seeds
- Chocolate Crinkle Cookie made with DOVE Dark Chocolate (Holiday Cookie Stroll)
Beverages:
- Bright White Ale
- Eggnog White Porter
- Peppermint Chocolate Stout
- Regional White Wine
- Regional Red Wine
- Beer Flight
Select Dishes featuring Melissa’s Produce
Food Items:
- Pork Schnitzel with Mushroom Sauce, Spätzle, and Braised Red Cabbage
- Cheese Fondue in a Bread Bowl with Steamed Baby Vegetables and Marble Potatoes
- Linzer Cookie (Holiday Cookie Stroll)
Beverages:
- Hard Apple Cider
- German-style Gold Lager (New Item)
- Doppelbock Beer
- Regional Riesling
- Glühwein: House-made hot spiced wine
- Beer Flight
Select Dishes featuring Melissa’s Produce
Food Items:
- Coconut-Pineapple Cake with DOLE Whip (New Item)
Beverages:
- Midnight Lager (New Item)
- Nairobi Coffee Dark Beer (New Item)
Food Items
- Pumpkin Cake Donut with Pumpkin Spice Icing (New Item)
- Holiday Donut with Coconut and Crisp Pearls (New Item)
- Chocolate Peppermint Donut (New Item)
- Eggnog-Cream-filled Donut with Cinnamon Icing and Crumbled Gingersnap Cookies (New Item)
Beverages:
- Gingerbread Milkshake (nonalcoholic)
- Gingerbread Stout (New Item)
- Gingerbread Milkshake with Whipped Cream Vodka
Food Items:
- Napoleon de Saumon Fumé en Brioche: Smoked salmon napoleon with layers of smoked salmon, dill mousse, and crème fraîche mousse served in brioche (New Item)
- Dinde Forestière, Patates Douces Rôties: Turkey with bacon, mushrooms, and onions in a mustard cream sauce served with roasted sweet potatoes (New Item)
- Bûche de Noël Chocolat Blanc, Framboise: Chocolate Christmas log with chocolate biscuit, white chocolate mousse, raspberry cream, and chocolate fudge coating (New Item)
Beverages:
- Frozen Hot Chocolate Martini: Vanilla vodka, vodka, chocolate milk, and whipped cream
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Rosé Sparkling Wine
- Cranberry Mimosa: Sparkling wine with orange juice and cranberry syrup
Food Items:
- Mezzelune Croccanti: Crispy half-moon breaded mozzarella-filled ravioli with pomodoro sauce (New Item)
- Ravioli: Shrimp ravioli in scampi sauce with white wine, garlic, lemon zest, and parsley (New Item)
- Bomboloni alla Cioccolato-Nocciola: Chocolate-filled Italian doughnut with chocolate-hazelnut spread and powdered sugar (New Item)
Beverages:
- Pinot Grigio
- Chianti
- Prosecco
- Sparkling Red Wine
- Moscato
- Italian White Sangria with Prosecco
- Italian Red Sangria with Cabernet Sauvignon
- Italian Margarita with Tequila and Limoncello
- Pilsner
- House-made Cheesy Crab Wontons
Beverages:
- Fireworks: Tequila gold, vodka, orange juice, and mango syrup
Food Items:
- Chirashi Sushi Tree: Sashimi-grade tuna, salmon, ikura, and yellowtail with vegetables decorated on an artistic bed of rice to celebrate the holidays
- New Year Celebration Soba: Buckwheat soba noodle in a hot dashi soup with shrimp tempura, fish cake, shiitake mushrooms, and chopped green onion
- Mont Blanc Tart: Matcha mousse tart with a sweet red bean center sprinkled with konpeito sugar candy
Beverages:
- Chocolate Banana Boba: Cocoa, Japanese milky drink, banana syrup, and strawberry popping boba pearls (nonalcoholic; New Item)
- Sparkling Plum Wine (New Item)
- Chocolate Tokyo Banana: Cocoa, Japanese milky drink, banana syrup, and vodka (New Item)
- Pomegranate Draft Lager: Rice lager with hints of pomegranate and lemon (New Item)
Food Items:
- Giant Tostada de Chorizo: Chorizo served on a giant tostada with chipotle black bean purée, salsa verde, queso cotija, crema mexicana, and pickled onion
- Tamal de Barbacoa: Shredded barbacoa beef in a corn masa topped with ranchera salsa, queso cotija, and crema Mexicana (Gluten/Wheat Friendly; New Item)
- Dulce de Leche Churros sprinkled with cinnamon-sugar
Beverages:
- Cranberry-Cinnamon Margarita: Apple-cinnamon infused mezcal, cranberry juice, orange liqueur, and lime juice with a cinnamon-sugar rim (New Item)
- Horchata Margarita: Tequila blanco, corn whiskey, horchata, and cinnamon horchata rum
- Mistletoe Cerveza: Lager with blackcurrant liqueur (New Item)
Food Item:
- Mini Pumpkin Pie Funnel Cake: Pumpkin funnel cake topped with ice cream, whipped cream, and graham cracker crumbles (New Item)
Beverage:
- Carolers’ Cold Brew – Joffrey’s French Roast Cold Brew with brown butter toffee, swiss chocolate syrup, and sweet cream topped with whipped cream and TWIX bar pieces (New Item)
The Candlelight Processional WILL RETURN this year!! A limited list of dates and narrators have been announced. More could be added. Stay tuned!
The following celebrity lineup will lend their talents to the performance:
- Auli’i Cravalho – November 26 through November 28
- Chita Rivera – November 29 through December 1
- Jodi Benson – December 2 through December 4
- Alton Fitzgerald White – December 5 through December 7
- Bart Millard – December 8 through December 10
- Lisa Ling – December 11 through December 13
- Andy Garcia – December 14 through December 16
- Ana Gasteyer – December 17 through December 19
- Courtney B. Vance – December 20 through December 22
- Steven Curtis Chapman – December 23 through December 25
- Blair Underwood – December 26 through December 28
- Pat Sajak – December 29 through December 30
If you want to save some time in your day, book a dining package for the Candlelight Processional! This guarantees you a seat without waiting in line. It’s worth it! The Processional is popular and draws a crowd.
You can start booking on October 26th here.
During the Festival, ride Living with the Land for a special, sparkling boat tour. Enjoy a peaceful cruise and view twinkling holiday light displays throughout the greenhouses.
The Living with the Land attraction is located in the newly named World Nature (formerly Future World, The Land Pavilion).