Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party help!

[Cozzer]

After reading good things on here and to get us in the Christmas mood we have taken the plunge and booked tickets for this on our first full day 21st December. Hoping it will make the trip really magical.

However I'm hoping you experienced attenders can help with a couple of things.

We are thinking of only going into the park at 4pm. When we booked the tickets the guy on the phone said "I hope you're planning on going in early". Does anyone have any experience of how horrendously busy the car park will be if we arrive at say 2pm? Thinking of parking up in the main car park then getting the monorail over to GF and the other hotels before going in at 4pm.

Also, what are the timings for the evening? Don't want to miss the snowfall but no idea what actually happens on these nights!

I'm so excited it's actually a bit ridiculous!