had been looking forward

Will realms that don't merge be able to increase the number of toons per account? I had been looking forward
to a realm merge as Ysera was not a high population realm. I have 12 toons and would like them all on the same realm/connected realm. Recently our status changed and our realm was assigned the euwowgold "New Players" tag which has led to us being a high population realm. It is cost prohibitive to move all 12 toons to realms that are connected. Maybe I misunderstood and connected realms will have an 11 toon limit on all of the connected realms combined. Anyone have any idea?