So, yes I can officially state that it IS perfectly possible to use Chromie Time on a brand-new character, even if you don’t have any other level 50s on the account.
Steps are:
- Go to ‘Noob Island’
- Finish the quests there
- Fly back to Stormwind
- Take the ‘check out the stuff in Stormwind’ quest, with that Gnome tagging along, who promises to buy you a pint, but never does - last Gnome I’ll ever trust!
- Attend the meeting in the keep.
- Meet Jaina, sail to Kul Tiras, get thrown in jail.
- Break out, do the Boralus intro quests until you get to the Harbourmaster’s office.
- Chromie Time should now be visible in your Adventure Journal, accept the quest to meet Chromie.
- Take the portal back to Stormwind, meet Chromie.
- Select the expansion you wish to travel to and level up in.
- Bingo!
Hope this clears up any confusion, and is helpful to any other new characters wishing to do the same thing.
I’m still uncertain how to run the expansion content on a low level character without Chromie Time, nobody seems to know - but if you do know please feel free to add instructions on this thread.