I just exited right through the doorway from Noble’s Folly (the shimmering doorway – just walk through it, it’s right where you entered into NF) into Verdant Brink, and soared around for a while and saw lots of players. No issues at all. There were players, updrafts, even some events going on in VB.
Literally, you just walk into the shimmering doorway and it loads you right into Verdant Brink. And that’s after coming from other places in the world, i.e. I didn’t originate in VB.