Fast-Leveling Alliance from 40 to 60

[Brista]

With 4 Horde chars so far - one at level 60 - I know the Horde quests and areas in and out, but not the Alliance quests/areas. My Night Elf Druid (Feral specialization) just reached level 40, and I want her to become my second level 60 asap. Which quests and areas would you recommend from now on? I prefer to play solo most of the time (and avoid instances), so the quests should be doable solo, and the rest will be grinding (of relatively easy creatures (no fleeing Humanoids if possible)). On the Horde side, I used the following path from 40 to 60 with my Undead Warrior:

40-50 Feralas/Tanaris
50-55 Un'Goro Crater/Western Plaguelands
55-60 Western Plaguelands/Eastern Plaguelands

Would these areas be also recommended for Alliance, or are there better (and faster) ways?
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For power grinding you are best off in cat. Sure you take more damage but grindable mobs are low to zero danger anyway. Cat dps is significantly higher than other methods

You may wish to respec specifically for cat. I have done on mine

I rather like questing, I know you're more of a grinder so I'll try to point out things to consider with both

Questing
- do every zone. There's really no reason to skip a zone if you're after quest exp
- exploring is inversely proportional to levelling. If you explore you level slower
- grouping is usually more efficient than soloing

Grinding
- avoid popular spots. The first field in wpl and the furbolgs you have to kill for Timbermaw faction are very popular on my server. If it gets to the point where you have to run further to find a new mob
- you can usually add in extra benefits. You can get faction, cloth or whatever while you grind. This one is a herbalist isn't it? Gathering is something to bear in mind while you grind
- if you grind in cat you are significantly affected by mob armour. Avoid turtles crabs scorpids and warrior types
- if the mobs are easy enough you may wish to pull multiple mobs to get extra Thorns damage. Pulling lots of mobs then healing yourself while they beat themselves to death isn't a viable tactic though imo
- even if you solo grind grouping for instances provides a very good way to get upgrades. In instances you will usually be expected to heal and can do it perfectly well even with Feral Spec
- use your knowledge of Horde to anticipate where there will be lots of Horde competitors for mobs. In Feralas for instance on my server most Horde do the southern yeti cave but not the northern one.