Hello Vickie!
It is wonderful to hear you are planning a Walt Disney World vacation and a Disney cruise. Hooray! We took our first Disney cruise in February of this year and it was absolutely marvelous.
Vacation packages are historically released in mid to late summer, so I'd start checking the Walt Disney World website and the
Disney Parks Blog, around that time. If there is a certain hotel you would like to stay in, you can book a room-only reservation up to 499 days in advance and then change it to a package reservation once the dates have been released.
With so much fun to plan, please let us know how else we may assist you and ensure your vacations are magical. Please send me any follow-up questions, or reach out to any of my fellow panelists; we are here to help!
Enjoy your Pixie-Dusted planning,
Lauren