On October 15th it was still officially closed and the marker for the deviation was shrouded in plastic. I spoke with some southbound walkers who had just come that way, so when my party of 3 reached the turn off, I waited until I could see no one behind us, and then we quickly hustled down the trail without being followed.
There were still some trees down from the storms we had to climb over, and they were still working on repairing the trail, adding some new bridges. Luckily, no one was working on it that day other than what appeared to be a group of surveyors. It was absolutely magical to be there with no one else chattering away on the trail. We were able to go the whole distance taking the tunnel at the very end.
I will be taking it again on Tuesday, and can provide updated info on it then.