I booked our Christmas Eve CP package (at Le cellier) during our vacation the 3rd week of August. We were in Williamsburg and I had just hijacked hubby's PC/internet connection to visit the DIS and found a post about the packages being available - and that the
DDP was being accepted. A short while later, the narrator list was available online
We had planned to "listen outside" and just have a nice dinner - but with this announcement I hopped on the phone to Disney dining, and was rewarded with a ressie. So I'm guessing it's about 3 1/2 to 4 months ahead for the CP packages to be released.
Back then we were thrilled to know that we'd hear Gary Sinese again. Now, well, I'm not a big Jim Caviezel fan and there were some less-than-flattering posts about his performance last year. But at least dinner will be good and the music during the concert will be awesome!