You’re not wrong.
On topic, I like the portal rooms. Organizing things is an improvement. Though, I don’t think they left themselves too much room to expand, at least for the Horde.
I don’t like them removing portals and forcing us to take the long way for everything. It doesn’t even support their stated goal that I quoted. Them moving the Pandaria one from the Shrine to the Jade Forest killed the population there. Instead of seeing at least a few other people there I’m all by my lonesome.