Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-111.95.136.153-20130427072601/@comment-5834856-20130427124229

If I understand it correctly Cora's shield spell was able to allow some residents to stay in Fairytaleland although the Curse came over the land. Nevertheless time froze wihin this zone for 28 years as it did in Storybrooke. When Emma lifted the Curse in Storybrooke time also started in Fairytaleland again (Mulan said that she and Philipp were able to resume their search for Aurora).

The part of Faitytaleland that wasn't protected by Cora's shield spell was destroyed. On their way to the wardrobe Snow and Emma wandered through a wasteland. The Curse that came over the land was a great force.

So if they decide to go back to Fairytaleland they'll go to the Save Heaven first, I think

I don't think they'll grow 28 years older at an instant though. Otherwise Granny might have died the moment the curse lifted in Storybrooke. Time stopped and resumed in both lands. Time's pace never changed though. A day before the Curse is the same as a day after the Curse. They'll age at an normal pace I think. Luckily that means perhaps they'll live for 28 years longer as they might have without the Curse.