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According to the imdb page of OUAT, characters that have 2014 as the participation in the series are Emma, Queen, Henry Hook, Baelfire, Snow White, Prince Charming, Belle, Grumpy, Aurora, Philip, Dr. Whale, Tinker Bell. All others, including Rumple are still 2013. I do not know if as reported by imdb can be trusted, but if so Robert Carlyle would be released from the series and then either died or remained as a recurring character.

But it is still strange that imdb carryovers to 2013 characters like Jiminy Cricket, the Blue Fairy, Granny and the Seven Dwarfs because at the end of episode 11 we saw them together with the other returning in the Enchanted Forest. So it may be that the dates of some of the characters have not yet been updated on imdb.

Also, I saw some photos from the set of the end of November and beginning of December and it seems the locations of the city are the same as the first Storybrooke. So, I do not think we'll see a "new" Storybrooke. Rather, I am inclined to think they'll be back in the Storybrooke that we have always seen until now. On the other hand, I do not think it is convenient, from an economic standpoint, to move the whole set in a different location, nor does build from scratch a new "Storybrooke".