Brother is there... all week at all the parks the crowds have been bad for them. They went to Epcot on Tuesday and Figment had over an hour wait.... Figment?
When we were there back 3rd week of Jan... it was the worst I have every seen. And no the crowds don't go away. In the past, Animal Kingdom was best if you went late afternoon, as everyone is leaving. Could ride most anything but Pandora without a FP or wait. Not that wasn't the case in Jan. The only time I'd say crowds were low were for Fireworks at Epcot - other than the wait for the Skyliner afterward. Thankfully we were just walking by on our way to Dolphin. But still the attraction waits were all over an hour when we got there about about 7:30, so opted to walk World Showcase and shopped and people watched.
But if you want to know about crowds... just use the app to check wait times throughout the day. Who knows if this is a one time perfect storm, or the new norm.... with all the new attractions coming on line.
Man if we get a price bump each time....