How To Redirect to a Named Node upon Registration
You can use the Rules Module to redirect a user after an account is created.  


Simply add a new rule for the event "User account has been created"
Add an action of "Page redirect"
Fill in the information for the page you want to redirect the user to.


Make sure that "Immediately issue the page redirect" is not checked or else the same thing will happen and the email will not get sent.