First time Disney - park hopper in 1 day (12/26/2025); plan feasible?

By no means are we trying to see everything (me and spouse). Actually, we wanted to do Epic Universal but had to pivot to Disney when the only options at the time were 3-day tickets. Of course, Epic has since released 1-day tickets but that does us no good to cancel all of our plans now and lose out on money.

We are not staying on site, so immediately at 7 AM this morning I made MP and LL selections, and still holding out hope for Tron LL.

Please let me know feasibility of this plan... whether travel is possible, etc...

*We have a scheduled rideshare and will be at the park by 8 AM. By 9 AM, we will already be ready to be let into the park and can make our way straight to Slinky Dog Dash.

Slinky Dog Dash (Booked - Lightning Lane Multi Pass)
Redeem Between: 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Alien Swirling Saucers (Booked - Lightning Lane Multi Pass)
Redeem Between: 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM
*Really shocked at this btw, Alien Swirling Saucers was going to be the burner to use to shift around all other plans, but it has not budged much and just shifted from 11 AM to 10:40 AM availability. Did not matter in the end as I wanted Slinky Dog Dash and was able to drop Rock n' Roller Coaster for it somehow.
*We will walk from Hollywood Studios to EPCOT

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind (Booked - Lightning Lane Single Pass)
Redeem Between: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

*I like the timeslot we have between Alien Swirling Saucers and Guardians as we want to enjoy the country pavilions and probably eat and drink lightly in this time (dinner reservation later).
*Seemingly a 45-minute walk between Guardians and Tower of Terror, however..

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (Booked - Lightning Lane Multi Pass)
Redeem Between: 5:20 PM - 6:20 PM

*May have to scrap and leave line if it means we cannot make dinner reservation
Be Our Guest Dinner
7:20 PM Reservation


Where I draw my concern is the potential wait time at Guardians even with LL, we will redeem and be in line right at 3:30 PM, but how long potentially will we be waiting in line? If I assume the worst and say 1 hr even with LL, we get on our way around 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM to book it back on foot to Hollywood studios to get as close to our 5:20 check in for Tower of Terror as we can. If I assume the worst for the line for Tower of Terror even with LL, let's say we do not get out of ride until 6:30 PM. How can we make it to our dinner reservation in time? I guess I was trying to do it for free, but ordering a Minnie Van from Hollywood Studios after Tower of Terror to get to Magic Kingdom for dinner is probably best and would ensure we cannot possibly miss our dinner reservation, right?

Bonus: Still trying to get a Tron LL for after dinner anywhere from 8:30-10:30 PM window. Any chance this becomes available? I guess we could always just go up to the regular line after dinner and wait 60-90 minutes or so and still be able to ride it? Otherwise, we have on our agenda everything we really want to do.
 
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