In my recent "Let's see if I like Wind Waker now" playthrough, I didn't use fast travel and it led to a lot of wasted time, but I also understand the appeal of the Great Sea now. So it helped.
Yikes.
BotW:
1. The world is just a big empty pit with Ganon in the middle shooting lasers.
2. The "overworld theme" is a child screaming on loop.
3. When you die, you go back to the North Palace.
TFH:
1. The Drablands is a fully explorable 2D overworld.
2. Lady Maud is the keeper of the Tetraforce...