So I have a question on this. Heading down in two weeks and we’re not keen on being up and out of the room between 7 and 8 AM. Thus I was starting to like this idea of in the morning booking something I really want to ride for late afternoon at my “park hopper park“ first. Maybe for 4 pm timeframe. Say that is Epcot. Then at 9 AM start booking for my first park (ie MK) and shoot for an 11AM attraction perhaps. Arrive at MK by 10 AM, do one or two standby rides and then after tapping in at 11 am start making additional LL’s at either park. Would that be a reasonable plan?
The flaw with this is that you can't be sure that 4pm is going to be the time available to reserve at 7am. It will be 2pm or later, but may not be 4pm. You can't pick the time with regular LL.
What you are describing is the way it should work. If the return time for Soarin is 1:25 that's the time that a person with a park hopper should see too. If you have a Park Hopper you will have to play the waiting game too. If that means waiting til 12 to find something that fits you schedule so be it.
Perhaps disney meters how many post 2pm LL are available to park hoppers. That would seem like a fair alternative. If I've paid for Park Hopper AND G+, they know I intend to go to > 1 park, well, because I paid for that feature. If my entire touring plan is based on hitting multiple parks in 1 day (my trips are usually short, 2-3 days) and I'm willing to pay for that, I want to be able to schedule that time.
I totally get what you are saying, but if my priority is riding headliner X in the park I have to hop to, then I'd like the chance to reserve that first thing in the morning. FP+ didn't let you do this (multiple park FP+s on 1 day), but FP+ was free.