Touring Plan- Help me with the order! One Day Park-Hopper, Adults/Teens

[RoosMomKanga]

Only one day at the parks (hopper pass) and I'm trying to decide which ride to head to first and what the touring plan should be for the day? It's a short opening 10am-7pm (Mon., May 19) so we only have 9 hours for both parks (no, we don’t have EMH). We're arriving on the train from Paris, we've never been to DLRP, we have our tickets already, and I've read we need to be there about 30-40 min. early? We’ll eat a quick Counter Service lunch and dinner after the parks close. The 3 kids are teens so they're interested in hitting mainly the major thrill rides, and we're skipping all the shows, parades, and character greets.

I've been looking everywhere for a one-day touring plan for Adults, even bought the new "Brit's Guide..." book (disappointed-no one day plans), but I can't find a current one that includes both parks anywhere. Here's what we want to do, what order would you suggest doing these in? I'll number them so it's easier for you to reply (you can just give me my numbers in your order) and the numbers have nothing to do with our preferences. If you have any suggestions on which things/when to get Fast Passes please add! Do you think we can get all 14 attractions done in 9 hours on a Monday with NO EMH? Thanks so much for your help...I've never had to look at a Disney Park with a "commado-style" touring plan so this is difficult, but it's a gift for my son's 18th birthday, so we're doing this the teen way ! Don't worry, there'll be plenty of moments for the kids to drink in the atmosphere and surroundings too...what else can you do while waiting in queues or eating meals?

*Depending on time, I plan to enjoy some of the milder attractions (I have a bad back and can’t do 5 of the thrill rides above ) that we don’t have at WDW and take videos for everyone to watch later (ie. Nautilus, Storybook Ride, Casey Jr., Alice’s Labyrinth, Small World- can’t wait to see an America section, etc.). I also plan to be the one to go get the FP’s (sounds like there are sometimes long queues to get the FP's there?) and snacks/meals while the others ride, so I’m hoping that will speed some of this up for the rest of the family .
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!!

DISNEYLAND
1. Space Mountain: Mission 2
2. Star Tours
3. Buzz Lightyear’s Laser Blast
4. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
5. Phantom Manor
6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril
7. Pirates of the Caribbean
STUDIOS
8. Crush's Coaster
9. Tower of Terror
10. Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster
11. Cinemagique
12. Armegeddon Special Effects (from reading here, this sounds like the one to skip if we run out of time?)
MUST DO, But I think these won’t have much of a line at anytime, right? Thought we’d fit them in where we can; does that sound right?
13. Pinocchio’s Fantastic Journey
14. Castle: Gallery and Dragon

 

[Danauk]

OK, I will try to help! Now with the hours being shorter that = less crowds. There is no reason why I can't see you getting all this done in a day. The only thing you might have to check is the timings of Cinemagique. So number 1) As you know being a WDW vet fastpass is your friend!! 2) The studios are very close to the DL park so park hopping is easy so you could go back and forth between the parks easier if you wanted to.

Now here is what I would do (although I will test these things out for you when we visit a week on Monday so I might tweek a few things after our visit.)

1) Go to the parks and get a FP for Space Mtn
2) Then head straight to BTMRR
3) Phantom Manor
4) Indy
5) POTC
6) Use Space Mtn fast pass
7) Star tours
8) Buzz

9) Head over to studios - food break (during which one person takes all FP's and get ToT FP)
10) RnRC
11) Cinamagique (if appropriate time)
12) Armegeddon
13) ToT using FP

Then another quick sit down and drink break.

14) Head back to the DL park, do the rides you want to (Storybook Ride, Alice’s Labyrinth, Small World, Pinocchio’s Fantastic Journey, Castle: Gallery and Dragon - does jnot take long as it is a walk through)

15) Head back over to the studios to ride Crush (remember the park closing time is when the ride que closes not the park.)

Now I am no expert (I'm on my 4th visit to DLP but haven't been since Crush and ToT opened, but I do go there to ride the coasters as they are my favourite) but I hope this helps.
Like I said I'll post again after my visit when I will test some of this advice out!!

 

[Ware Bears]

Danauk's plan sounds good to me.

 

[RoosMomKanga]

Thanks so much Danauk!
"remember the park closing time is when the ride que closes not the park."
I didn't know this- so I can get in line right at park close- just before 7pm? I would have guessed that they closed the queue for this earlier. Now I'm wondering if dinner reservations at 8pm (haven't made them yet) is late enough? Do you think I'll get through the queue and ride in less than an hour?
I can't wait to see your trip report! Have a great trip!

 

[Fiona35]

Oh I thought when the park closes at say 7pm it means that they close the gates at that time!!! Not that you can be in the queue at that time waiting to ride! Thanks for that!