I play NWLO via the Facebook group New Wonderland Online. There are posts that links to the Discord channel. Also they give updates about events that are comming up.
I love playing NWLO and i am not thinking to get to WLO Rode Island. Maybe when i am tired of playing ;)
There are a lot of real players on NWLO and i love playing the instances to meet them. I know about bots and sometimes you see some clouds where they fighting but i dont mind. I play because i like the game. I play together with my husband (in real life) so that is more fun :)
Enjoy whatever you do