Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26392556-20150414073627/@comment-24674051-20150415140828

Utter solitude wrote: We've already seen a bit of it:

Our Queens of Darkness and dear Mr. Gold entered town: but only with the aid of some magic to reveal it to them.

Seems to me, and this is just me, that it works the same way it back when Regina's Curse was in effect: if you don't have some magic to show you the town, it's just some road through the woods to you XD I think that's true to a point. And I won't bring up Henry and Emma from the Pilot. However, between "Broken" and "Dark Hollow" (or "Heart of the Truest Believer, depending if you are following episodes or just timeline), it appears that the border was open.  Yes, there were consequences for people that were brought by the curse if they crossed the line without adequate preparation, but others were able to cross back and forth with no problem.  Hook leaves and comes back, Neal is able to enter without problems (though admittedly he was with Emma on the Jolly Roger when he came back), Greg and Tamara are able to easily cross the border. John and Michael have no problems. Gold, with his talisman, was able to leave and return, and the talisman only prevented his loss of memory while in the LWM.

And the second curse, Emma and Hook do not have any problems finding and entering Storybrooke.

Snow's Curse is now in the same Broken State as Regina's was in Season 2, so it would stand to reason that the border SHOULD be crossable both ways. Of course, it is magic, and it can be manipulated, so who know what rules are in effect at the moment.