Questing was really painful. Next time I'll quest enough to unlock dailies, but that is it. I was dissapointed as well that my shammies couldn't handle the instances, but I largely chalked it up to my lousy gear

pirate bombing and the plane shooting quest initially then grizzly hills initially made for a lot of easy xp (enough to level to 77 f patient) and then instance till my eyes bleed if I want to level faster.