Here now.
Crowds... Maybe not helpful to say, but whether or not it seems crowded this week probably depends on your comfort level and/or how risk averse you are. Most of the time, we felt there was PLENTY of room to remain far enough away from others. But in a few choke points, we felt crowded and unable to stay as far away. But we were moving and only took about one minute to get past the logjam.
Wait times... overall good. I did notice high wait times on many attractions on
MDE at various times throughout the day, but we just kept checking and went when times dropped (with a few exceptions).
Monday, Oct 19th - Animal Kingdom
At rope drop, we went on other rides first before Pandora.
Safari: 15 minutes posted - walk-on.
Everest: 20 minutes posted - waited 16 minutes (glad we did this early, it was down the rest of the day).
Dinosaur: 25 minutes posted (jumped to 45 right after we got in line) - waited 25 minutes.
TTBAB: 15 minutes posted - walk-on to the "lobby" and just had to wait about 10 minutes for the next show to start.
Picked up mobile order lunch at Satuli Canteen around 12:30 (waited maybe 5 minutes after clicking "I'm here").
It started raining pretty heavily, but fortunately we were sitting under the covered area eating. It let up to a sprinkle by the time we finished eating.
Flight of Passage: 80 minutes posted (decided to chance it taking less and it looked like some people got out of line because of the earlier monsoon) - we waited 55 minutes and didn't mind... always rode it with FP before and we really enjoyed seeing the rest of the queue. It didn't seem like an hour to us because we entertained ourselves in line.
Gorilla Trail: not crowded at all, got a great view of the whole family (including baby) sitting right next to the glass because it was raining lightly again.
When we exited the trail (around 4pm) the monsoon started again and we got soaked. Navi was posted as 35 minutes, but we opted to leave early instead of standing in the rain. We also skipped the Tiger trail because of the rain, but we'll be back at AK on Saturday.
Heading out for a relaxing resort day now, but will provide a summary of Tuesday (DHS) and Wednesday (EPCOT) when I have some more time tonight.