I just logged into Dreadmaul (Oceanic) and I'm getting a 75ms ping from the Upper Midwest US... just wondering if maybe it's a local thing for you in FL.

The server itself resides in the Los Angeles datacenter. You can check on where your realm's server resides on wowwiki.com. There are only 4 datacenters for the US: Boston, MA; Dallas, TX; Los Angeles, CA; and Seattle, WA. Each battlegroup is clustered in one of the four datacenters. If you've got a low ping on your current server, it's probably either in Boston or Dallas, or it could be a local ISP thing for you down there. LA and Seattle centers are physically closer to me (well Dallas may be by a couple hundred miles) but the Seattle datacenter only has 2 battlegroup servers currently there (Emberstorm and Whirlwind servers).

Also, it's been open for a couple of months (Apr 21 launch) and looks to have some 70 transfers from the overcrowded servers... just looking at the /who when I made my level 1 to check ping...

I'll check from the house and see if the ping is any worse or not. If it's tolerable (200ms and under) then I'll probably start a Horde side 5 man group. Pally/Priest/Lock x 3... this altitis while multiboxing is a bit out of control on my part