As herbiesmomma said...S & S is the way to go. The park closes at 5pm but you will be directed to the S & S area near Jimmy Neutron. Then around 5:45pm, you can start queueing for NOES. By doing S & S, you can do 3-4 houses before the lines get really long.
We have PAPs and Freq Fear Passes. Normally we arrive 4:00 - 4:30, aned grab something to eat and wait.
We have stayed in the corraled safe zone. Last time we stayed in the back of the park and worked our way forward. Very relaxed back there and not really corraled. Seemed like self imposed corraling if you wished to. (Not being negative, It was a nice break. )
Not sure what we will do tonight.