Epcot Christmas: Candlelight Processional and Holidays Around the World

Holidays at the Nov.-29-028Walt Disney World resort are packed with special experiences designed to make your season merry and bright, so much so that finding out about everything that’s going on can be difficult. If there’s a park that takes the holidays to heart more than any other, it’s Epcot. With its World Showcase Holidays Around the World and Candlelight Processional, the park is brimming with cheer – and crowds. We’ll show you how to get the most out of both offerings and fill you in on all the need-to-know details to make experiencing Epcot’s holiday festivities as easy and enjoyable as possible.

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Walt Disney World Swan Holiday Decorations 2014

The halls at  the Walt Disney World Swan are decked!

The Christmas decor at the Swan fits the overall resort’s overall theme well; tasteful, quiet touches, like the bows on the Swans on the central fountain, dignify the resort. This contrasts with the Swan’s sister resort, the Dolphin, which has very bombastic decorations (which will be examined tomorrow).

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Walt Disney World’s Jingle Cruise – A look at Christmas on a Boat

MK-017During the Christmas season last year, Walt Disney World experimented with its first holiday overlay of a Magic Kingdom attraction. While Disneyland has holiday overlays for Haunted Mansion, Space Mountain, Jungle Cruise, and It’s a Small World, the Orlando area had yet to see a ride get holiday’d. And so, in mid-November, Jingle Cruise was born to mostly great reviews from guests but feedback that more decorations and more consistent skipper spiels were desired. Fast Forward to November 7 of this year and the return of the Jingle Cruise. What’s in store for this year’s guests? Find out in our trip down the World’s rivers.

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