Nope, didn't get to the mines. But well, if the game didn't catch me outside, I don't see how they'll fix it by taking us inside. My problems with LotRO are pretty deep-rooted, and since much of my griping is based on how they've designed the world, the shots I've seen from inside Moria didn't do to lift my spirits about it. The characters and architecture remain as awful as ever. But mostly it's just the feeling of having done it all before, ya know? That isn't LotRO's fault as such, that's just me being a long-time player of MMO's that follow the same formula.
2009 got some interesting things in the lineup. The MMO companies are starting to realise people like me are getting tired of playing the same game over and over with a new skin, and so are being a bit more inventive from what I've seen. The Next Generation is coming, and it looks promising.