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.
Here's how the rest of our week went:
Tuesday, October 20th - DHS
MF:SR at RD - 10 minutes posted, walk on
Got BG 9 for ROTR (called around 11 am)
MF:SR - 25 minutes posted, waited 15 minutes
TSMM - 30 minutes posted, waited 10 minutes
Swirling Saucers - 30 minutes posted, waited 7 minutes
Tower of Terror - 45 minutes posted, waited 25 minutes
Lightning McQueen Racing Academy - 15 minutes posted, walk on
MMRR - 90 minutes posted, waited 50 minutes
RnRC - 45 minutes posted, waited 30 minutes
Star Tours - 35 minutes posted, waited 15 minutes
Wednesday, October 21st - EPCOT
Soarin' - 65 minutes posted, waited 30 minutes
Food & Wine - short waits (1-4 people in line) at all food booths
Mission Space Orange - 20 minutes posted, waited 5 minutes
Mission Space Green - 10 minutes posted, walk on
Spaceship Earth - 15 minutes posted, walk on
Test Track went down a little while before we got there and remained down the rest of the day, so we missed out on riding this time.
Friday, October 23rd - Magic Kingdom
By the time we got to 7DMT at RD, the line was already posted as 65 minutes.
Plan B: Haunted Mansion - walk on
Pirates - 15 minutes posted, walk on
Jungle Cruise - 30 minutes posted. They gave us a return time for ECV, so we had a Dole Whip and came back in 30 minutes... might have taken less time if we were standing in line, but we got to relax and have a Dole Whip during that 30 minutes. We could have done Magic Carpets as a walk-on while we waited, but opted not to.
Splash Mountain - 45 minutes posted, waited 45 minutes
Space Mountain - 50 minutes posted, waited 30 minutes
7DMT (take two in the afternoon) - 65 minutes posted, waited 60 minutes
BTMRR was posted at 60 minutes and we needed to leave sooner than that to freshen up for dinner reservations at DS, so skipped it.
Saturday, October 24th - Animal Kingdom
FOP at RD - 35 minutes posted, waited 30 minutes
NRJ - 25 minutes posted, waited 15 minutes
Safari - 15 minutes posted, waited 15 minutes
Everest - 45 minutes posted, waited 25 minutes
We spent time on the Gorilla and Tiger trails, as well as Conservation Station
Departed around 2 pm to relax at the resort the rest of the afternoon
Sunday, October 25th - DHS
MF:SR at RD - 10 minutes posted, walk on
MF:SR - 15 minutes posted, waited 15 minutes (should have played it safe and waited to get back in line until after BGs at 10 am, but was overconfident that we'd either be off the ride by then or still waiting. Got BG 18 from INSIDE the cockpit of the MF!)
TSMM - 30 minutes posted, waited 15 minutes
ROTR BG called around noon
Tower of Terror - 35 minutes posted, waited 15 minutes
Slinky Dog - 50 minutes posted, 35 minutes
Saucers - 5 minutes posted, walk on
MF:SR - 25 minutes posted, waited 15 minutes
Overall, a great trip despite heat (did someone forget to tell Florida it's October?), masks, some crowded areas and a few long lines, but no worse than we are used to.