Royal Castle

"My place. You wanna see where you're from, Emma? That's right. We're going home."

- Mary Margaret Blanchard to Emma Swan

The Royal Castle is an Enchanted Forest location on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the first episode of the first season.

Employees

 * Charlotte † (formerly)
 * Count of Monte Cristo † (briefly)
 * Guard


 * Lancelot (formerly)
 * Majordomo
 * Prison Guard

Visitors

 * Abigail
 * Aurora
 * Bashful
 * Bishop
 * Black Knights
 * Blue Fairy
 * Cora †
 * Cruella De Vil †
 * Doc
 * Dopey
 * Evil Queen


 * Geppetto
 * Granny
 * Grumpy
 * Happy
 * Hook
 * Jack †
 * Jiminy Cricket
 * King Midas
 * Maleficent
 * Mary Margaret Blanchard


 * Mulan
 * Pinocchio
 * Prince Neal
 * Red Riding Hood
 * Rumplestiltskin
 * Sleepy
 * Sneezy
 * Stealthy †
 * Ursula
 * Valet †

Trivia

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Production Notes

 * The CGI set used to portray Snow White and Prince Charming's dining room is recycled from the computer generated model used for the interior of the Royal Manor in "The Stable Boy", "The Doctor" and "Sisters", and the interior of the Summer Palace in "The New Neverland". For example, the archways and the flowers on the window sill have a very similar design. The horse tapestries in the dining room are the same as the ones in the Royal Manor.


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Disney

 * There are plushes of Minnie Mouse and Bambi in Emma's baby room.


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Props Notes

 * The unicorn mobile over Emma's baby crib, a gift from Cinderella, is in Mr. Gold's pawnshop during the curse.
 * Later, the same mobile can be seen hanging in Prince Neal's nursery room in the Storybrooke Convent.
 * The palace council table in Isaac's alternate reality in "Operation Mongoose Part 2", is an alternate version of the Royal Castle council table. The alternate version is painted in different colors, and Snow White and Prince Charming's crest has been replaced with the Evil Queen's crest.
 * King George's coat of arms is a lion surrounded by seven flowers. These flowers are red with a blue border. The royal knights' armor, and King George's own armor, is emblazoned with a modified version with white roses. When Prince Charming and Snow White take over the kingdom, they adopt the same coat of arms, with the white roses.

Set Dressing

 * Near Emma's crib, there is a navy officer doll and a knight doll, foreshadowing events in "Good Form" and "The Jolly Roger".
 * The same navy officer doll is in Pinocchio's home in "The Stranger", and at the market that Jefferson and Grace visit in "Hat Trick".
 * A mini hot air balloon is sitting on a shelf in Emma's nursery room, which is meant to allude to other stories.
 * The same toy is at the marketplace that Jefferson and Grace visit in "Hat Trick", and is hanging over one of the beds in the Darling family nursery room in "Second Star to the Right".
 * A small doll plushie of Red Riding Hood sits on the shelf of Emma's nursery.
 * There is a stuffed tiger in Emma's nursery room. The same toy can be seen sitting next to the gargoyles that children throw bottles at on Pleasure Island in "Murder Most Foul".
 * A White Rabbit plush toy is sitting on a shelf in Emma's nursery room.
 * Underworld duplicates of items from Emma's nursery room in "Pilot", "The Stranger", "Going Home", "The Tower" and "Best Laid Plans", including the baby crib, toys and the unicorn mobile, can be seen in the Underbrooke Swan House.


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Reawakened: A Once Upon a Time Tale

 * The castle is referred to as the "Royal Castle".
 * During Prince Charming and Princess Abigail's journey to the castle for their engagement ceremony, they travel on "the high road beyond Midas's castle". This indicates King Midas's castle is not too far off from the Royal Castle itself.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.