Not wholly. You can do half of the Black Fathoms Deep dungeon without launching an instance and I've just started Gnomergan and haven't run in to an instance yet.
If Marigold doesn't have back ups, she's going to be losing serious geek cred here.
I-rony. Losing serious geek cred.... and you're citing your experience in
Gnomergan and
BFD?
For the record, they're all fucking instances. Instance=dungeon, they're entirely interchangeable words.
From the official WoW site: "An instance is a personal copy of the dungeon for you and your party. The only players in this instance will be yourself and members of your party - no one else can enter your
dungeon instance. Instances allow you and a group of friends to have a more personal experience exploring, adventuring, or completing quests in your own private dungeon."
The second you walk into Gnomer, or BFD... you're in an instance!
Gah! How can you correct someone when you obviously have a astoundingly rudimentary grasp of the game itself?! Nerd rage... hulking... out.