Well, I can happily report that having the right strut out of the car while changing the timing belt IS a good thing. There were a number of times when the extra access and visibility made things that much easier.
FWIW, it took eight hours (including cleaning up after) to do the following yesterday:
1) Change the timing belt
2) Change the front struts (including removing the springs from the old ones and reinstalling on the new ones, and replacing the mounts and upper bearings)
3) Change the radiator hoses (might as well since you have to drain the coolant anyway)
4) Change the right motor mount (surprising amount of extra effort because of the location of the third "hidden" bolt, but worth it, IMHO)
5) Change the accessory belt tensioner (it was getting noisy, and has to come off anyway, so no extra work for that)
6) Change the accessory belt (it looked great, but it makes no sense to NOT change it)
Now I just have to schedule a 4-wheel alignment (recently installed an adjustable rear upper control arms to bring my rear camber back into factory spec, and one tie rod end).
Busy day, but now I'm good to go for another 100,000 miles plus (which will take me well over 300,000 miles).