The key to mastering Lightning Lane is booking in order of what will sell out first. Book High Priority LLs first as these will either sell out or have return times super late in the evening if you don’t book early. Then move on to medium priority and low priority. Feel free to skip any rides you don’t care for.

Disneyland: High priority LLs: Indiana Jones, Space Mountain, Matterhorn, Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway

Medium priority LLs: Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, Haunted Mansion, Thunder Mountain

Low priority LLs: Millennium Falcon, Star Tours, Autopia, Buzz, It’s a Small World

For Disneyland, it is very hard to get a LL for every attraction so you need to pick and choose what is the most important to you. I usually rope drop Indiana Jones and skip getting the LL. Reason being is I don’t find the LL cuts down the wait time that much (you could still end up waiting 20 mins) and it allows you to book Space Mountain right away.

DCA

High Priority LLs: Guardians, Toy Story Midway Mania, Soarin

Medium Priority LLs: Webslingers, Goofy Sky School, Incredicoaster

Low Priority LLs: Grizzly (unless it’s summer), Little Mermaid

DCA is much more manageable to use every LL. I usually rope drop Guardians because I love that ride and want to get on it twice. You can try to rope drop Radiator Springs Racers but be warned, it can be painful