The thing that concerns me about wasting a rope drop on Rise is that it goes down so much… But still, I’d rope drop rise, then do the Smugglers Run (if you rope drop early enough, you should be able to stay ahead of the crowd like is typical at Animal Kingdom). I would wait to do slinky until it’s night. It’s such a better ride/experience at night. That line in the sun is brutal. After leaving the GE area, I’d be looking at the touring plans lines app to get a feel for the “real” wait times, and go from there. If Midway Mania is under 40 min, I’d hit that and work towards the Minnie/Mickey/Runaway, stopping off for One Man’s World for AC.
One good thing is that the queue for Rise is really cool. We were there on a day where it broke down a lot, so we had a 55 min wait even using the boarding group system. The queue is easily capable of holding at least a 90 min wait, I would think. And in the cool, themed shade, with some interactive games (using QR codes) that we never quite got to work.