Here is a small and cheap (free) tip.....when ever going into a park (especially epcot) go left as everyone (as a flock) seems to track to the right...We did this and it made alot of difference most of the time (not so much at AK)....Ask yourself which way have you gone in the past? I bet most will say to the right (but heres a tougher question: why?) 
We always go to the left, use FP, and even go to the open side at the registers at the CS restaurants. Time is a precious thing when on vacation. I don't want to waste any of it standing in line, if I can avoid it. Maggie