A related phenomenon is that a lot of the NPCs who used to be available in the Great Seal (close to the prior portal teminus) are missing. NPCs like the Zandalari faction emissary or the solo LFR queuer.
What’s really cool, is if you were starting “The Fury of the Zandalari” storyline and need to finish it to get the Tides of Vengeance achievement, you can’t. Great patch!
Also having this issue, tested on characters that have completed the war campaign and the zone itself (including thankfully having the faster then master flight paku totems to try and help alleviate the horrible being ported to the docks now)
Also tested going back to org and porting back in after completing the ‘free mount’ quest from going to BFA and still get sent to the docks.
I desperately hope this is truly a bug and not an intended change.
If blue hasn’t replied, and if it’s not in the known issues list, there’s a good chance it’s intentional. Like when they wiped 10+ years of customization unlocks from me this patch and told me to go get them again with 0 compensation.