Disnee Dad Says.....................................See if you can check in right away. The first time we did red eye, we were able to check in by 8:30am! Took a three hour nap that was as good as a whole nights sleep. The last trip it was a little bit of a problem, we couldn't check in, so we went to EPCOT on no sleep! Well DD slept fine on the flight so she was ok. By 1:00pm we were wiped, checked in , slept for a couple hours and were good as new.
Be careful with that early to bed plan, 9:00pm is 6:00pm west coast time. Set your clock ahead as soon as you leave SFO. When we land at Atlanta it is better on the mind to think "god it's 6:00 am gotta get coffee and food", rather than " oh my god it's 3:00 am(west coast time), what the hell was I thinking!"