Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-23906605-20130930233425

In the premiere episode of season 3, Neal says portals work by transporting you to whatever place you think of. When he was shot, he thought of the Enchanted Forest and that's why he ended up there. But now I'm wondering... if all you have to do is think of a place in order to get there, how come Hook, Cora, Emma and Snow all needed the help of that magic compass to get back to Storybrooke in season 2? 