Sincerely, we would love to see how close reality comes to this plan!
I did want to chime back in with how our plan worked last month (in case you missed my TR).
Actually had to wait quite a while to have anything other than Jungle Cruise to show up for later than 2pm. Pre-tour, we rode Seven Dwarfs at early opening and then Small World. And we had Jungle Cruise and Haunted Mansion as part of the tourAt about 9am, we booked Pan for 1:30-2:30pm. Then at 11am, we booked Space Mountain for 3:15-4:15pm. And at 1pm, we booked Big Thunder for 4pm-5pm. Our tour ended at about 2:15pm, so we headed right to Pan. Then did Carousel of Progress (it was also raining, so this was a nice dry spot to spend some time). At 3pm we booked Pirates for 4:15pm. Rode Space Mountain and then grabbed a very early dinner. Big Thunder was down, so our LL became generic and we used it for Buzz Lightyear instead (at a bit after 4pm). Then over to ride Pirates. As soon as we get into Pirates we could book again, so we got Big Thunder again - now for 5:45pm. With a bit of time to kill, we watched Philharmagic. Then rode Big Thunder. Had we wanted to do more, there was a lot available at 6:30pm when we finished riding, but we were exhausted and headed out. If we do a full day at some point (without the tour), I suspect we would have booked Jungle at 7am, then Pan at 11am, Space at 1pm, BTM at 3pm, but then I think we likely would have started using it for things with near immediate availability and close by and I think we could have done just about everything in the park. Definitely saved us about 4 hours of line waiting time, so over a full day maybe 6 hours of line time saved. Worth $15 for each of us? Yeah, probably.
Booking Summary:
7am - didn't book anything
9am - Pan for 1:30
11am - Space Mountain for 3:15
1pm - Big Thunder for 4pm (used for Buzz)
3pm - Pirates for 4:15pm
4:30 - Big Thunder for 5:45pm
6:30 - Could have gotten Pooh, Mermaid, Dumbo, Teacups, or Speedway for nearly immediate use or Haunted Mansion or Astro Orbiter for a little later.