I made it to the Dark Portal and Outland - only there's not much exploring and quite a lot of dying. As a stealthy rogue, I'm accomplished at sneaking around enemies, but when you're a lowbie, the mobs see you from a mile away, stealthed or not.
I went through the portal today and got my fps in Hellfire, Zangar, Shatt, Nagrand, Blade's Edge and Netherstorm.
I died once on the run from the portal to Thrall.
Once going through the pass from Hellfire to Zangar.
Once going from Shatt to Garadar.
Twice going from Garadar to the troll town in West Zangar.
Once in the spider tunnels leading to Blades Edge... (I spirit rezzed there... those caves are a death trap!)
About 4 times on the pass from Evergrove to Netherstorm
Twice in the eco-bubble between Area 52 & Stormspire.
That's about a dozen deaths to get a lot of flight paths and 4 new pets
. I was pretty pleased. Exploration achievements will be absolutely brutal, though. It seems like there are some flying-only subzones in Outland, so I may not have to bother with those achievements.
It was nostalgic running through those zones, though. I haven't had to do that since BC when we didn't get flight form until 68.