We're keeping track of performance on Al'Akir and other realms to see what might be the issue and how to improve it. Please note that this is a continual effort, and does not require the posting or bumping of threads on the forums.
These threads going for days aren't bringing much information or overview, and it seems people from some of these realms forget to check other threads. Please refer to the thread from yesterday on the realm instability issues:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=118922779&sid=1
We'll let you know once we have additional information.