so if you take the bus from WL to epcot, youll come in to the front of the park where test track and guardians are. Id say if youre there scanning into Epcot by 7:30-7:45(youll probably want to be at WL bus loading zone by 7:15) for an 8:30 rope drop you could go to test track first, knock that out, then go to guardians. I say test track first because youll walk past guardians and some people will go off to guardians, others will go to TT...I think you can get to TT and be done with it and back to guardians and be in line before the non resort guests start filling in around 9.
the queue for guardians is weird, its broken up. theres the original line, then you go in a room, then theres a pre show, then theres another pre show in the next room, then you go down the hallway and into the loading area. its broken up into about 5 sections before you even get on the ride. you could probably have test track and guardians done by 9:45 or so. when you enter 3rd room(2nd pre show room) everyones gonna go to the right of the room, thats where the doors open up. it gets a little hectic so we kinda just stay back to the left and let the idiots trample eachother as they squeeze down the hallway to save 6 minutes.
Youd be in front of the park theres a couple burner rides near there(mission space, space ship earth, nemo, liviing with land) that you can use your first LL on and get your next tier 1(soarin, TT, Frozen). Our last epcot day we entered through the back entrance from skyliner and did Remys, frozen, guardians in under 2 hours, 8:25-10:10, including walking (epcot is huge mind you)
I wouldnt go to hollywood for 2 park days if youre only there for 4. I'd either 2 MK, 1 HS, 1 E or just do all 4 and do pandora,safari, dinosaur, expedition everest, shows. AK is a vibe and the chillest park of them all. thats why a lot of hardcore disney folks have it as their favorite park because its not so rush rush.
Also if you have your own car, dont be afraid to drive to epcot, HS, or AK if you dont want to chance waiting for a bus. those 3 parks are practical parking and they have trams to pick you up and drop you off at the front. dont park for MK day, TTC is a shit show, i'd take the boat from WL to MK. you get your own security line while everyone else has to wait in huge lines off to the side. be up and at the docks extra early from MK day, MK is usually the most hard core rope drop of the 4 parks.
yea WDW is a blast. you should be pumped. game planning and stategerizing is half the fun for me and my wife. then before you know it youre on your last day lol. it goes fast. One thing i do recommend is study the park lay outs. like i know where most bathrooms are, most stroller parking and stuff. doesnt hurt to know where those smaller things are like rides and restaurants too
. also this may sound ridiculous but if you have a single stroller for cooler/waters, backpack, souvenirs, shoes etc. you can push that bad boy around vs having to carry it. i recommend a mommy hook and strapping your back pack to it and save your shoulders. we rent through kingdomstrollers.com, they drop it off at your resort and pick it up. really slick not having to lug everything around. probalby be like $50 for your whole trip.