Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24674051-20160719173444/@comment-24674051-20160720162915

Actually, I'm surprised that Rumple doesn't just contact one of the Charmings to at least help with communication. (Sure, he'd owe them a favor, but since they're all family anyway, he could deal with that). We've already seen that those that have already been under a sleeping curse can communicate with those currently under a sleeping curse. And while we only saw that communication occurring in the burning room, there is nothing to say that they couldn't find a way to "travel" to other areas of the dream realm. And there would be nothing left to chance, it would be low risk. I don't think it would work to convince Belle to allow Rumple to awaken her, but you never know.

Come to think of it, the dream realm is another potential source for new stories. and it is definitly different from the EF, Wonderland, or the UW. (Ok, that was off topic).