You could assume their expectations were wrong and just there to provide some conflicting opinions in-universe.
Assuming he would awaken early, I expect how much power he could access would correlate with the energy provided. For instance, assuming he woke up at half the necessary energy, he'd likely only be able to access half of his full power. Whether or not this would impact the plot much would depend on whether or not he gets angry enough to split and eventually become Evil Boo far earlier or at what percentage/time period he was awoken.