Setup for viewing the planets is not remarkably difficult, however it is important to keep two things in mind:

1: Magnification is incredibly important. While the planets are bright, they are small, and so you'll want to plan on viewing them with as much magnification as possible. With the Celestron 130GT's and the Academy's equipment, this can be achieved with the 10mm eyepiece and the 2x Barlow, to achieve a magnification of approximately 130x. At this magnification, centering small objects may prove to be difficult, meaning a gradual approach to adding magnification may be beneficial. Start with just the telescope and 25mm eyepiece (just 26x magnification) and center a planet before gradually adding magnification, making sure to keep the planet centered along each step.

2: Due to their brightness, "star"-hopping to find the planets is not overly difficult. In fact, planets are one of the realms in which manual control of the scope can be handled with relative ease, meaning a perfect alignment is not necessary and instead can be supplemented with some fine tuning on the hand-controller.

Telescope Magnification Calculator: https://skyandtelescope.org/observing/telescope-calculator/#:~:text=Magnification%20(power)%3A%20The%20amount,twice%20its%20aperture%20in%20millimeters).