I read through Hydroguy's guide, though I believe that he wrote that before the start of FP+ and MagicBands. As a DLR vet who just went for the first time to WDW last month, I'd highly recommend reading through http://**************.net/2014/09/28/2016-weeks-to-visit-walt-disney-world-ranked-in-order/ along with reading
http://www.easywdw.com/category/cheat-sheets/ and the day by day analysis of which park to visit on each day
http://www.easywdw.com/category/calendar/. The cheat sheets gives a good idea of a generic touring plan and FP+ priorities. Lucky for me, my 60d FP+ booking window was at 9pm (Pacific time) the night before the listed window date (so I assume it opens at midnight East Coast time). I avoided EMH even though we stayed onsite (unthinkable for my family to skip at DLR), and purchased nonhoppers tickets...way too much time/effort to park hop IMHO. I did have a subscription to Touring Plans, but in the end went with the plans from EasyWDW. Download the My Disney Experience app to your smartphone and or tablet. It will display all your reservations and FP+, and park maps & wait times.
I also read through several threads on the WDW side of the DIS, including the transportation boards, so that I could get a better grasp of how to get from point A to point B. Still, the unexpected can happen...on our Epcot day, all monorail lines were down in the AM due to a lightening strike the night before. We had walked from our resort to the Transportation Center, only to find we would need to take a bus rather than monorail. We still managed to survive without a rental car, but sorely missed the walkable distance the GCH is to the DLR parks.
All in all, my family was lucky because our kids Spring Break happened after the peak Spring Break season, so the crowds weren't there. Unfortunately we still had 90 deg weather with humidity. Yuck. And our resort's pool closed on afternoons when there had been lightning (things that just don't seem to come up in California!). We didn't even wear our assortment of Disney t-shirts, due to heat/humidity (opted for athletic moisture wicking shirts/shorts!)
Dining was the hardest thing for me, since I booked our trip with "only" 3 month lead time. I did manage to eat at most of the places I wanted to none the less. Scheduling Fastpasses in advance was odd to me, but the flip side was that it wasn't as critical to make it to rope drop for my family.