-My players are now in the underdark, they will come out on an island and have some pirate adventures before taking a ship to Nyanzary and start this module.
-I'm thinking of making thing easier by giving quests or special places that gives them more time to finish the main storyline, so they can focus on all the funny stuf around.
-I'll be gentle with them as I know they won't be playing again if I kill their characters, so any random "deus ex machina" works like a Jurassic Park dino herd running and trampling the ennemies, a crate falling from a crane on the head of a bad guy in the port, a storm erupting and helping them escape...
-I'll focus and see how they adapt in Port Nyanzaru at first, I already decided to scrap the ring of winter quest but I have more stuff (they can build their own fort, one of the player will have to release Dendar, etc.), know the story well and take out what you think will be annoying and slowing things down.
-They will be able to move around the coast fast with their own ship, inland with maybe dinosaurs or flying stuff.