Hi Kristin,
Welcome back to the Disney Parks Moms Panel and thank you for your question!
I unfortunately don’t know the exact date that you’ll be able to make your reservation for your visit to Walt Disney World Resort in 2017. That being said, in previous years, rates and reservations for the following year have typically popped up anywhere from late June to early August. I would keep checking the
Disney Parks Blog for up-to-the-minute information about when 2017 dates will be available for booking.
From what I understand, specials are often limited to a certain number of reservations at each Walt Disney World Resort Hotel. If you already have a Magic Your Way Vacation Package booked, you will have to cancel it and re-book it with a Resort that offers the promotion you’d like to use. You may get lucky and be able to get a package that is identical to the one you had initially booked, but there is a chance that you may not. In that case, you'll have to choose a different room type/Resort if you want to take advantage of the special offer, or you'll have to stick with your original package (and cost). Please keep checking the
Special Offers page often, once you have an idea of your 2017 vacation dates to make sure that you're one of the first people to jump on any offers that may be available to you.
As an aside, I would recommend booking your vacation through an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner. Whenever I've worked with one, they were usually quite good at getting my vacation re-booked seamlessly so that I could take advantage of any special offers that may have been released during my vacation dates.
Have a Magical Day,
Lynne